VEED ANSWERS Public Service Column Questions
The column answers reader inquiries on childbirth options, postage history, welfare figures, and livestock care. It notes no national group for natural childbirth, outlines Franklin stamp history, cites Ohio welfare data, and references an Ohio State University animal science clipping on feeding frequency versus total feed.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Department of Animal Science
Ohio State University
Morgantown groups launch petition drive for stronger law enforcement
The Combined Civic Club Committee initiates a statewide petition to back tougher policing including a criminal investigating unit, Civil Service status for sheriffs deputies, and a larger State Police force. Kickoff is set for February 12 with calls for legislative funding and public support.
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CCCC
Morgantown
West Virginia
Rotary Club of
Quota Club International
Rotary Club
Big Brothers
Morgantown Club
William A. Moreland
Robert W. Dinsmore
Robert B. Stone
Terry T. Jones
Rotary
Quota Club
WVU
Petition Poem Warns of Pollution's Grim End
A poem laments Earth's fate with smog, dwindling water, and dead landscapes. It envisions a starving world, polluted air, and forests burned to stumps, questioning whether disaster is inevitable. The piece ends with a reflective note attributed to Molly Current.
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Molly
Student Letters Seek Answers From Big Companies On Pollution
Catherine Balliet a 10 year old Second Ward School pupil asks how to contact large corporations with questions about problems Liz Ebi also writes to Morgantown papers voicing concern over pollution The Dominion Post published a petition by Molly Current including a pollution poem and notes teachers at Second Ward School were contacted.
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Dominion-Post
Catherine Balliet
Second Ward
Catherine
Liz Ebi
Morgantown
Dominion Post
Molly Current
Miss Current
Terra Alta plans expansion and renovations across town
Officials reveal remodeling of an old theater into a Town Hall in Terra Alta while Hopemont State Hospital seeks permission to add two more wings. Terra Alta Development Credit Corp. eyes extra housing, and Mountaintop Vacations expands facilities amid broader town growth.
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Frank Heaster
Dominion Post
Terra Alta
Hopemont State Hospital
Terra Alta Development Credit Corp
TADC
Terra Alta Seeks Housing To Grow Best Inc Factory
Terra Alta's Best Inc dress plant plans expansion from 14 workers to about 300 within a year. Manager Oscar Gerlach warns housing shortages as workers from outside the area will need homes. The TADC plans to reactivate with a $10 dues drive and housing sponsorship push.
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Best, Inc
Terra Alta
Oscar Gerlach
TADC
New Coliseum traffic plan rolls in amid snow
Winter weather hampered efforts at West Virginia University's Coliseum as police and university officials tested new exit signs directing fans to southern lots. Despite 5,118 fans and full lots, 75 percent used downtown routes and traffic moved well, though Beechurst Avenue bottlenecks and Beechurst and Monongahela Boulevard congestion lingered in four inches of slush.
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Mike Connell
Dominion Post
Winter University
West Virginia University
Monongahela Boulevard
Coliseum
Patrick A. Tork
Tork
University
Beechurst Avenue
Beechurst
Osage elects reforming mayor cracks down on sewage and bootleggers
Osage Mayor John Hughes declares a 90 day period for residents to install septic tanks to curb storm sewer dumping and vows fines of 100 dollars thereafter. He also targets bootleggers selling State Store whiskey with police cooperation. Councilman Melvin Turner was arrested for interfering with a police officer and posted 100 dollar bond awaiting trial.
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Osage
John Hughes
Hughes
Leonzie
Dutch) Morris
Melvin Turner
Virgil Colter
Turner
Snow and cold sweep Mason-Dixon region causing road woes
Sporadic heavy snow kept Mason-Dixonland road crews busy while motorists faced delays and hazardous conditions. Monongalia and Preston counties reported 3-7 inch depths with multiple DOH crews operating through the night to clear primary routes. secondary roads awaited thaw.
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Mason-Dixonland
Morgantown
Monongalia
Pentress
Halleck
Preston County
Taylor County
Undercover agent testifies in Monongalia drug probe case
Dominion Post reports Roger Fortney 18 of Ridgeway Ave bound over to the Monongalia County grand jury after a preliminary hearing on marijuana sale charges from Jan 6. State Policeman Larry Wildman testified about undercover methods and Fortney’s alleged sale of marijuana and a hash pipe for 20 dollars.
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Bob Risher
Dominion Post
Roger Fortney
Ridgeway Ave
Monongana
Grand
Fortney
Justice of the Peace
John P
Ruth) Shale
Ralph Chris Hatfield
Brownsville
Roy Glenn Blanchard
Maidsville
Wildman
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Need Council
American Society For Psychoprophylactics In Obstetrics Inc
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New York
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Franklin
George Washington
Public Service Department
Nancy Conners
Emory Rowland
Evelene Hartman
Denver
Pleasant St
Shelby Young
Susan Harman
James Faust
Combined Civic Club Committee
Faust
O.J. White
O.B. Fawley Jr
Susan Conte
Dominion
Post
Terra
Alta
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ron Rittenhouse
Monongalia County
State Department of Highways
DOH
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