Summer of '77 Brings Change and Reunions to Morgantown
Nostalgic summer marks a city in transition with a new city manager, university president, charter, and planned hospital. Downtown sees remodeling and business shifts as parking, river bridge, and traffic plans loom. Reunions across generations highlight a community reconnecting amid growth and campus activity.
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Monongalia General Hospital
Co-Owners, Inc
McCrorys 5
High St
Morgantown Florist
Spruce Street
Plant & Pot Shop
University Avenue
Walnut Street
Sprouse
Governor
Walnut
Spruce
Brockway Avenue
Sunnyside
California
Morgantown High School
MHS
Editorial notes on Byrd chandelier and state concerns
A Charleston Daily Mail editorial mocks the Byrd chandelier dispute at the White House and urges focus on Social Security and defense. The Charleston Gazette proposes safer turnpike measures with noisemakers. The Martinsburg Journal notes Rockefeller's coal strategy and WV labor issues, while Huntington Herald-Dispatch supports Rockefeller’s road program yet warns about funding and politics.
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White House
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Carter
Senator Byrd
Supreme Court
Washington
Richard Nixon
Hollywood
Byrd
Charleston Daily Mail
Election has paradox for United Mineworkers leader election
The London Economist reports the United Mineworkers election produced a paradox as a weaker, more rancorous union threatens coal industry. Arnold Miller won narrowly, promising continuity while rivals would push harder for reform ahead of December contract talks. Wildcat strikes push coal losses up, and regional divides complicate policy.
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NEA
London
Washington
United Mineworkers
Arnold Miller
Harry Patrick
Lee Roy Patterson
National Coal
Appalachia
Carter
Montana
Wyoming
East
Operating Engineers
Ohio
Miller
Tony Boyle
Boyle
Economist of
World figures urge restraint and outreach in tense era
Fidel Castro says he is serious about improving ties with the United States and will consider ways to help. Anita Bryant denies plans to spark a nationwide campaign against gay rights, awaiting an invitation or a higher calling. Pope Paul appeals to 10 thousand pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an end to bitter world events and crime.
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United States
Fidel Castro
Barbara Walters
Anita Bryant
Holland
Pope Paul
St. Peter’s Square
Quotes and Reactions From Leaders and Experts on Change
A collection of opinions from financial advisers psychologists and politicians on money marriage government and global affairs. Lloyd Probber Dr Lee Salk Charles H Coddington Rep Samuel Stratton and Rep Tip O Neill share views on wealth failure rights custody leadership and policy.
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Lee Salk
CIA Secret Payments to Israel Mirror Hussein Funds
The article reports that starting in 1957 the CIA secretly funded Israel as it did for Jordan’s King Hussein, totaling about 80 million dollars. Funds supported Israeli aid to black African nations in exchange for UN support, though after 1967 and 1973 many African states allied with Arabs.
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Washington
Jordan
Hussein
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Israel
United Nations
Black Africa
Carter
Pentagon
Scott Air Force Base
Illinois
Air Force
Joint Chiefs
Defense
Harold Brown
Tom Rosenstiel
Brown
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Crystal Wade
Crystal
John
Samsell
Sen
Charleston
Charleston Gazette
Rockefeller
Westirginia
Marshall University
Huntington
West Virginia
United Mine Workers Union
Martinsburg Journal
Cabell
Wayne
Mingo
Logan
Jay Rockefeller
W.va
U.S. 52
Department of Highways
Highway Trust Fund
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Ynlun
Wall Street
Lloyd Probber
Charles H. Coddington
U.S. Postal Service
Board of Governors
Samuel Stratton
D.N.Y
President Carter
John Singlaub
Korea
MacNeil-Lehrer
PBS
Rep
Thomas
Tip’’) O’neill
House of Representatives
Tip
O’neil
Cor
Capitol Hill
House
Small Business Committee
John Breckinridge
D.ky
General Motors
U.S. Steel
US. Steel
Jack
Anderson
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