Open Letter Urges Morgantown to Plan a Greater City
The writer praises WAJR host Nat Saffel for the Focal Point interview with Mayor Earl McCartney and urges a shift to a City Manager system to pursue a unified Greater Morgantown. He calls for coordinated regional planning with annexation, zoning reform, and a public-private approach, naming Dr. Harlow and WVU agronomy professor Mr. van Eck as referenced contributors.
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WAJR
Nat Saffel
Earl McCartney
Morgantown
Star City
Westover
Granville
Harlow
Orchard Road
Morgantown Must Plan Bold Citywide Effort for Future
A Morgantown editorial urges the community to unite and raise planning and thinking to the 1970s level. It highlights the university, two new highways and the need for open road access, urging public participation to drive development and avoid isolation.
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Morgantown
du Pont
2-1
University
Glasses
Winter camping notes and local scenes in Pennsylvania
A small regional column recounts winter camping adventures with eight men in three camps across Pennsylvania. It mentions John Westfall and his son, Carl Thomas and sons, and Bill and Frank Simon, plus stories of winter travels to Alaska, Yellowstone, and Washington state. A 79-year-old Joseph D. Miller in Masontown is recovering and grateful for support from the United Mine Workers and Masontown Mennonite Church. The Post Office wildlife dinner at Point Marion features deer and bear on the menu. A stray dog named Sarg is missing in Uniontown with a reward offered.
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John Westfall
John Jr
Uniontown, Pa
Carl Thomas
Dan, Earl and
Carl Jr
Allison, Pa
Bill and
Frank Simon
Fairmont
Dan Thomas
Canada
Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Washington State
Hlackwater Park
C ‘9 Rock
Dominion
Shelby Young
Majortown
Joseph D. Miller
Main Street
P.O
Miller
United Mine Workers of America
Masontown Mennonite Church
Pene
Tet offensive expected to be limited to select sites
U.S. intelligence predicts a limited Tet offensive in Vietnam with hit and run attacks. South Vietnam reportedly can fend off current North Vietnamese units but lacks American combat troops to alter the tide. Likely targets include Pleiku Kontum Ban Me Thuot City and Quang Nam areas near the Cambodian border.
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University Avenue
Greenbay
Hartman Run
West Run
Washington
Vietnam
Re Pleiku
Kontum
Yok Yao
Bu Sra
Quang Due
Ban Me Thuot
Pleiku
Hiep
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McCartney
Bill Hart
Virgina Manor
Suncrest Lake Addition
Chestnut Ridge Road
Mr. van Eck
Division
West Virginia University
Woodland Drive
Z-1
Coward
IDA Beverage
John Blosser and
Michael Delardas
Miss Ruble
Mospentown
Uniontown
Sarg
Sarge
Point Marion
Eagle's Club
Post
Auxiliary
Sanin
NVA
South Vietnam
Tam Ky
Hiep Duc
Hau Duc
Tien Phuoc
Nguyen Quang Hiep
Goa
Tereamee Calaus
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