City parking garage eyed by Downtown Action Council
The Central Cities Park Committee of the Downtown Action Council seeks support for a city parking garage under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Members plan two mandatory public meetings, Jan. 21 and a Tuesday night session, to place the project on the grant application. Robert Horn notes funds could pair with revenue sharing for Morgantown Parking Authority.
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Central Cities Park Committee
Downtown Action Council
City Council
Robert Horn
Morgantown
Carroll W. Hill & Associates
High Street
Chestnut Street
Spruce Street
Recreation Commission adds two new members in Morgantown
The Consolidated Recreation Commission names Prof Emeritus John G. Scherlacher and retired Morgantown High School PE teacher Jack Roberts to three year terms. Roberts replaces Violet Petsa, and Scherlacher succeeds Richard Davies. Both bring extensive recreation and parks expertise to guide county programs.
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Consolidated Recreation Commission
John G. Scherlacher
Morgantown
Jack Roberts
Roberts
CRC
Monongalia County Board of Education
Violet Petso
Scherlacher
Monongalia County Commission
Van
Margaret Chittum
West Virginia University
Giant Eagle Set to Open at Mountaineer Mall
Giant Eagle will open at Mountaineer Mall tomorrow at 9 a.m with about 3000 attendees expected. The new 29000 square foot store will offer groceries deli ethnic foods and housewares, employ 125 locals, and host prize giveaways including 14 television sets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giant Eagle
Mountaineer
Paul Karpiac
Karpiac
Robert Budd
Pittsburgh
Eyesore torn down on Morgantown entrance
The Community Improvement Program Committee of the Womans Club of Morgantown commends Attorney Donald E. Price and family for removing another obsolete structure on South University Avenue. The effort, part of city entrance improvements, follows two prior demolitions under the REAP program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South University Avenue
Womans Club of
Morgantown
Donald E. Price
O. J. White
White
Human Resources Development Project
Honor students vie in sixth annual area contest
Thirty six area Honor Boys and Honor Girls met at the Greer Building for interviews essays and tours of the newspaper facilities. Seventeen area schools are represented with winners to be announced each week in the Sunday Dominion Post. Final awards elevate first place to 500 dollars second to 200 and third to 100 with an honor banquet May 14 at the Lakeview Inn.
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Greer
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Hills Department Store
Sunday Dominion Post
Lakeview Inn and Country Club
Neil Bolyard
West Virginia University
Robert C. Halbritter
Kingwood
Rose Crain
WVU
Jean Moss
Betty Hall
Joseph D. Henry Jr
James F. Carruth
Rockwell Begins $2 Million Plant Upgrades At Morgantown
Rockwell International started a $2 million upgrade program at the Morgantown plant, installing the first part of a $1 million foundry equipment addition and moving toward ecological anti pollution systems. J Richard Downes says the project affirms the plant is not closing, with about seventy new operators to run the presses as deliveries arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell International
J. Richard Downes
Downes
Rockwell
England
Morgantown
Dr Lapp Designs Alford Position At ALFORD-NIOSH
Dr N L Lapp chief of the medical branch at the Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational and Respiratory Disease submits his resignation effective Tuesday. He is the fifth ALFORD NIOSH top manager to leave in nine months amid earlier resignations and political interference concerns. The article traces departures including Dr W K C Morgan and Dr Marcus Key, and notes ongoing leadership gaps as NIOSH searches for a replacement under CDC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandi Metheney
N. Leroy Lapp
Appalachian Laboratory For Occupational and Respiratory Disease
Alford
Alford-Niosh
National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health
W. K. C. Morgan
University School of Medicine
Cerns
Albert Gelderman
West Virginia
Raymond T. Moore
Public Health Service
NIOSH
Texas
Morgan
Appalachian Center For Occupational Health and Safety
ACOSH
Chestnut Ridge Road
Virginia University
Lapp
WVU
Jack Butler
Moore
Edward Baier
Key
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
CDC
Mary Ann Jimersor
Institute
Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health
U.S. Health Education and Welfare
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DAC
Recreation Agency
Recreation Commission
Commission
Mark Crabtree
18Th Judicial Circuit
James Carruth
Betty S. Hall
Rose M. Crain
Jean D. Moss
Mountaineer Mall
Dave Poling
DR. Lapp
Job Health Agency
Marcus Key
West
DR. N. Leroy Lapp
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