Recreation projects, $8 million, bids sought in WV parks
Charleston West Virginia United Press International reports eight million dollars in bids will be accepted September 7 for Twin Falls State Park Wyoming County and Pipestem State Park Summers County. Projects include lodge construction cabins roads grounds earth filled dam sewer system and park facilities.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Twin Falls State Park
Wyoming County
Pipestein State Park
Summers County
Clarence E. Johnson
Division of Purchases
Johnson
Twin Falls
Pipestem
Giant GM Parts Center Rising Near Martinsburg
A massive structure three miles north of Martinsburg rises to host General Motors Chevrolet parts processing and distribution. When finished it will be one of GM's largest ground area facilities in its global plant network.
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Martinsburg
Chevrolet
General Motors Corporation
West Virginia Stories Highlights Notorious State Figures
The radio series West Virginia Stories airs on 11 stations, recounting tales of Devil Anse Hatfield Rimfire Hamrick and other mountain figures. From Daniel Boone to Johnny Appleseed and Jesse James, the program cites 260 stories drawn from gully to statehouse life, with copies available via Mountain State Stories at C and P offices in Charleston.
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West Virginia
Johnny Appleseed
C. Kenneth Meeker
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Lewis County
Frederick Weaver
Berlin
W. Va
Meeker
Statehouse Lawn
Stonewall
Jonse Hatfield
Anderson
Devil Anse) Hatfield
Logan Wildcats
Devil Anse
Duke Garrett
Hills
McCulloch
Wheeling
Mary Ingle
Samuel Brady
Musty
Snyder
Charleston
Alleghenies
Summers County
Cincinnati
Richard Clayton
Clayton
John Henry
Big Bend Mountain
Belle Boyd
Yankes
Martinsburg
Harry
Jack) Dempsey
Logan County
George Clendenin
Jesse James
Huntington
C&p
Disabled Miners Fight Over Welfare Fund Administration
The newly formed Association of Disabled Miners and Their Widows plans two UMWA welfare and retirement fund suits in U.S. District Court. It charges arbitrary denial of claims and seeks pension rule changes plus back pay for specific retirees, while noting future membership could reach 100,000.
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Julia Sadd
United Press International
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Association of Disabled Miners
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Maryland
Kentucky
Jerry Cook
Association
Cook
U.S. Supreme Court
Umwa Welfare and Retirement Fund
Washington
D.C
Fund Review and Appeal Board
UMWA
Beckley
U.S
Tommy Gibson
Madison
Eastern Associates
Sharton
Duffie Raines
Hernshaw
Armco Steel Corp
Gibson
Raines
Armco Steel
Weir High Named State Pacemaker
Weir High School of Weirton West Virginia has been named the Mountain State Pacemaker in educational improvement in a national recognition project. A Citation will be given at the July 8 awards dinner during the 105th National Education Association convention.
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Minneapolis
UPI
Weir High School
Weirton
W. Va
National Education Association
NEA
Parade
District of Columbia
America
Weir High
Delegates Named for Mountaineer Boys Nation Trip
Jackson's Mill West Virginia speakers chose Barry Louden of Parkersburg and Charles A Riffee of St Albans as state delegates to Boys Nation in Washington from July 24 to 29. The selections followed the Mountaineer Boys' Nation activity ending Saturday.
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Jackson’s Mill
W. Va
UPI
Barry Louden
Parkersburg
Charles A. Riffee
St. Albans
Washington
Mountaineer
Pleads Innocent After Fatal Stabbing in Tavern
Lonzie Turner of Keystone pleaded innocent to charges he fatally stabbed Sam Morgan of Kyle during an altercation Friday night at Estelle's Place in Keystone. State Police cited the stabbing occurred at about 10 45 p m leaving Morgan about 70 dead.
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Welch
W. Va
UPI
Lonzie Turner
Keystone
Sam Morgan
Kyle
Morgan
Estelle
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West Virginia Military Academy
Camp Dawson
Charles R. Lavender, Jr
Anawalt
McDowell County
Vernon E. Greene
Fort Knox
Gene H. Williams
Greene
West Virginia National Guard
US Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy
Richard Phillips
Shades OF Devil Anse and
Rimfire
Hamrick
Jess Willard
Phineas Taylor
P. T. Barnum
Kanawha
Coun
Booker T. Washington
Malden
John L
Montgomery Ward Murphys
Cital
Charles E. Sargent
Hancock County Education Association
Jig
South Side Lumber Co
Warren St
Morgantown Hardware
High St. Ph
Centura
Corning
Morgantown
High ST
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