Parking and access roads drive Morgantown’s future growth
Morgantown merchant Milton Cohen urges planning to support downtown vitality as Interstate 79 and Corridor E shape traffic and access. He cites downtown landmarks like the Courthouse and Post Office and notes local loyalty to the downtown business district as essential to future prosperity.
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George A. Crago
Morgantown
Milton Cohen
Sidler’s
Monongalia County
Courthouse Square
High Street
Cohen
Milt Cohen
Dean
Gordon S. Hirtle
Williamsburg
Chamber of Commerce
Downtown Action Council
Planning Commissions
College Avenue speeding issue prompts council deadline
College Avenue residents demand action by the Winter City Council by September first to curb speeding and curbside dangers. They urge speed bumps or stricter enforcement as crashes and vandalism threaten homes along the narrow street.
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Barbara Rasmussen
Dominion Post
Winter City
College Avenue
Henry Gould
College Ave
Goulds
Fuller
Margaret McDowell
Special Forces Begin Two Week Camp Dawson Training
A 22 man detachment from Fort Bragg arrived in Morgantown for a two week summer training encampment at Camp Dawson. The July 7 21 program includes over 450 West Virginia National Guard personnel with 329 Special Forces and about 150 support troops from Huntington Charleston and Kingwood. Capt Jack Treatle notes the first week covers basic training rudiments including operations intelligence weapons medical and communications. The second week focuses on field exercises and demolitions.
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Kingwood
Fifth Special Forces Group
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Morgantown
Camp Dawson
Special Forces
West Virginia National Guard
Jack Treatle
Co. C
19Th Special Forces Group
Huntington
Charleston
Treatle
Escapee John Matthews Flees Washington County Jail
Police search for 22 year old John W Matthews of Muse Washington County after he sawed from his cell and window, dropped to the yard, and escaped in a car. He was jailed awaiting sentence on a first degree murder conviction believed armed.
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Washington, Pa
UPI
John W. Matthews
Muse
Washington County
Matthews
McDonald
Wellsburg Teen Drowns In Buffalo Creek
Fifteen year old Ronald Mechling of Wellsburg drowned while swimming with friends as Wellburg firefighters recovered the body. In a separate note, West Virginia unemployment fell in three metropolitan areas from March to April with declines in Wheeling Bridgeport Huntington Ashland Ironton and Charleston. Cabell County Common Pleas Court set July dates for 32 Huntington drug crackdown arrestees.
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Wellsburg
W.va
Ronald Mechling
Buffalo Creek
Brooke County
Wellburg
Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Wheeling Bridgeport
Department of Labor
Wheeling - Bridgeport
Huntington
Ashland - Ironton
Charleston
Wheeling-Bridgeport
Cabell County Common Pleas Court
Robert C. Conaty
Obituaries Addams and Martins Across Morgantown District
Obituaries list multiple local figures dying in Morgantown and surrounding areas. Eddie Earl Christopher 80, of Green Bay Road, World War I veteran, survived by Edna Jenkins Christopher and many siblings. Annie Belle Bradford 85 of Morgantown died at University Hospital, survived by four daughters and five sons. Bernardino Marcucci 66 of Morgantown, born in Rome, Italy, a mason, survived by three brothers and a sister. Oliver J. Creel 58 of Lake Lynn, Pa., former Gladding Chevrolet manager, survived by wife and two sons. Harry B. Ellifritz Sr. of Ridgeville died at home, survived by wife Edna and many children and grandchildren. The notices include churches, fraternal memberships, and unions all reflecting a community obituary roundup.
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Eddie Earl Christopher
Rt. 3
Green Bay Road
Division General Hospital
Preston County
Ralph
Effie Ryan Christopher
Sabraton
Kermit
Dilliner
Quinton
Pisgah
Hattie O'Neal
Morgantown
Vida McGill
Akron
Ohio
Erma Walls
Pansy Rogers
Ft. Lauderdale
Mary Schneider
Lola Gorgas
Pittsburgh
Una Graham
Ft. Hill
Berta Kerezsi
Bethel Park
Hastings Funeral Home
Annie Belle Bradford
University Hospital
Maysville
Keyser
Aaron
Hanna Elizabeth Harris
Brethern Church
John Bradford
Justina Ford
Williamsburg
Audry Lolla
Belle McVickers
Denlslow
Glenn Elva Bankhead
Smithfield
Lloyd Norma Gribble
Bruceton Mills
Sam
John
Star City
Norman
Clyde
Donald
Lucy
Indiana
Martha
Somerset
Lessie Harris
Bernardino
Ben
Marcucci
Ben) Marcucci
Monongalia General Hospital
Echia DeCastro
Rome
Italy
Joseph and
Victoria Rossi Marcucci
Sons of Italy Lodge No. 914
the Loyal Order of Moose, Bricklayers and Stone Masons Union of
Rock Forge
Mary Oleska
Angelo
Anthony
New Castle
Francesca Antionelli
Oliver J. Creel
Lake Lynn
Samuel and
Oliver Maneer Creel
Glen Burnie Lodge
AF & AM
BPO Elks
Glen Burnie
Gladding Chevrolet Co
Baltimore
Laura Hall Creel
Russell James Creel
Linthicum
Roy Lynn Creel
Catonsville
Robert
Severna Park
Carl
Paul
Joseph
Arthur
Phoenix
Ariz
Harry B. Ellifritz
Ridgeville
William F. Ellifritz
Orpha Metcalfe Ellifritz
Hazel Tasker Ellifritz
Edna Catlett Ellifritz
Harry B. Ellifritz, Jr
Frostburg
George Ellifritz
New Creek
Robert E. Ellifritz
Clayton
N.C
Harold Ellifritz
Antioch
Fred Ellifritz
Samuel Ellifritz
Norfolk
Violet Deverbliss
Noakesville
Juanita Whitaker
Martin
Betty Decker
Alexandria
Jeane Clayton
Burlington
Judy Reynolds
Fairbanks
Alaska
Bonnie Jenkins
Lois Rohrbaugh
Mary Canan
Patsy Snider
Freda Zoll
Syracuse
N.Y
Ray Ellifritz
Clyde Ellifritz
Kingwood
Funeral notices from Morgantown area July 1973 deaths
Obituaries list deaths of Bernard ino Ben Marcucci Annie Belle Bradford Oliver J Creel Eddie Earl Christopher Harry B Ellifritz Ruth Griffin Mary Headley Keck Ethel May Michae across Morgantown Osage Masontown and nearby towns with funeral home calls, services times, officiants, and interment details. Memorial services noted for Sons of Italy and VFW posts.
Birds With Oxygen Tanks Rally For Fresh Stale Air
The weather service extends a 24 hour air stagnation advisory across Mason-Dixonland and nearby areas. Temperatures rise to the upper 80s to low 90s today, then back to around the 80s tomorrow as a morning with partial clouds gives way to scattered thundershowers in the afternoon and evening.
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National Weather Service
Mason-Dixonland
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Martin Biafora
Steve Tanner
Just To
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Gould
John Jacobsohn
Fifth Ward
Miami
Tennessee Valley
South Atlantic States
Gulf Coast
Pacific Coast
Preston
157Th Military Police
130Th Special Operations Group
Air National Guard
Air Commandos
10Th Special Forces Group
Ft. Devens
Mass
Kentucky
Friends
Davidson -Mancinelli Funeral Home
Funeral Home Chapel
James Mohrman
East Oak Grove
Sons of Italy
Bradford
Annie Belle
John Kelley
Creel
Oliver
Point Marion
Valley Lodge No. 459
F & AM
Masontown
Christopher
Eddie Earl
Sabraton Baptist Church
Jack C. Godfrey
Arnold Husk
Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens
VFW
Ellifritz
Harry B. Sr
Rotruck
Sunnyside
the Bretheren
Herman St. Baliles
Irvin Shultz
Potomac Valley Memorial Park
Griffin
Ruth
Osage
West Virginia University Hospital
Dering
Funeral
Joe Jordan
East Oak Grave
Keck
Mary Headley
Core
Greene County Memorial Hospital
Waynesburg
Owen Funeral Home
Blacksville
Robert Fox
Michae
Ethel May
Powell Avenue
Williams Funeral
Hughilyn Wilson
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