Agencies seek admission to United Fund drive
Three local service agencies In Touch and Concerned Project Do Something Voluntary Action Center and the Monongalia County 4-H Youth Camp Inc will bid to join the United Fund at 8 p.m. at 217 High St Morgantown to secure admission and potential funding for the 1973 campaign.
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The
United Fund
Monongalia County
4- H Youth Camp, Inc
High St
Beard
W.va
Air Pollution Control Commission
Washington St. E
Charleston
Commission
Morgantown
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Harriet Hess
County
J. Richard Downes
United Fund Board of Directors
Hope Gas Co
Gary Friggens
Project Do-Something
Voluntary Action Center
National Center For Voluntary Action
Friggens
In Touch and Concerned
4-H Youth Camp, Inc
Hess
Community Need Council
Pittsburgh youth dies in Preston County traffic crash
An 18 year old Pittsburgh resident Robert Martina was killed when the Jeep he rode in struck a pickup on Rhor Road Route 21 near the Preston Monongalia line. Driver John Coffey 19 was cited for driving left of center.
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Masontown
Rhor
Preston-Monongalia
Robert Martina
Pittsburgh
Preston Memorial Hospital
Kingwood
John Anthony Coffey
Preston County
Richard Alan Cress
Coffey
Noise and rage swirl as Haymaker Village bikers ignite Spencer Street
Residents along Spencer Street and nearby avenues complain of mufflerless motorcycles roaring from dirt track climbs to the hilltops. They say daytime wakes and night disruption affect housewives and the elderly, risking sleep and nerves. A burial at East Oak Grove Cemetery amid the ruckus underscores community tension as fears of vigilante action mix with crime prevention debates. Councilwoman Dorothy Comantzis notes hostility and threats as residents confront the noisy riders and their supporters.
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Spencer Street
Charleston Street
Sheldon Avenue
Mingo Street
Webster Street
Grand Street
East Oak Grove
Haymaker Village
Daniel Cady
Dorothy Comantzis
Firemen hurt as Kingwood truck wrecks on U S 50
Two Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department members James Shay and Robert Lightner were injured when their Ford fire truck overturned on Cheat Mountain returning from a blaze at C D Wotring's Macomber residence. They were admitted in satisfactory condition to Preston Memorial Hospital. The house burned completely with an estimated damage of $20 000 to $25 000. State Police investigated.
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Aurora
Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department
U.S. 50
Here
James Shay
Kingwood
Robert Lightner
Preston Memorial Hospital
Cheat Mountain
Quiet ceremony installs UMW district officers
In Fairmont a small ceremony inaugurated United Mine Workers District 31 officers June Floyd president Denny Searford secretary treasurer and Andrew Morris International Executive Board member The event followed MED slate victories and involved oath taking and a reception at a local tavern. The new leadership eyes a September district convention and plans sub districting a relocated headquarters a district newspaper and a miners counseling service.
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John Blosser
Dominion Post
Fairmont
June Floyd
Denny Searford
International
Andrew Morris
Mike Trbovich
Miners For Democracy
Harry -Atrick
Arnold Miller
UMW
W.A
Tony”’ Boyle
MED
United Mine Workers of America
Junior
Floyd
Searford
John L. Lewis
Gaze
United Mine Workers International
District 31
International Executive Board
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Greer Building
W .Va
Canyon
West Virginia
Carl Beard
New
General Services Administration
Parkersburg
New Hampshire
M.C
Arthurdale
Greer
Hooter
Preston
Spin Over Bikers
Din
Ayre
By John Blosser
Ron Rittenhouse
C.D. Wotring
Macomber
Rowlesburg
Worring
Lewis
Scarford
Morris
Lawrence
Bud’ Friend
Roger Miker
Fairmont National Guard
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