Morgantown Gas War Slashes Prices Across Boulevard Route
In Morgantown West Virginia drivers see regular gas drop to 26.9 cents and premium to 30.9 during a six month price war centered on Beechurst Avenue Monongahela Boulevard and University Avenue. Deal Sullivan Texaco and Bonded station cut prices with Bonded expected to hold lows until tomorrow. Local attendant says the aim is to pressure competitors into raising prices while customers seek value and service.
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Beechurst Avenue
Monongahela Boulevard
University Avenue
Boulevard
Deal & Sullivan Texaco
University and
Patteson Drive
Carl Sullivan
Deal & Sullivan
George Laishley
Laishley
Esso
Willey Street
Boulevard Area
Arbogast American
Sabraton
Morgantown
Mon General Births and Area Hospital Notes Update
Birth announcements from Mon General and St Vincent Pallotti list newborns and parents, with medical patients and staff noted. Additional items include Preston city police job opening details, civil service exam timing, and qualifications for a patrolman post with age and education requirements. Also listed are admissions and discharges at Grafton and Greene hospitals with names of patients and staff.
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Monongalia
Darell Wilt
Hobson St
Glenn Ireland
Grandview Ave
Sally Mayfield
Rt. 3
Robert Kelley
Sterling
Joanne Kraus
Diane Rice
Darleen Wolfe
Frank Egress
Olive Kimble
Betty Findley
Karl Priest
Te Smith
Vickie Lucas
Margaret Hawkins
Wilfrid Freme
Timothy Walls
Carl
Preston
James Bishop
Sagnene
Dalls Wolfe
Rowlesburg
Arleen Sherran
June Thomas
Patty Stevenson
Patrolman
Preston workshop draws 48 attendees for environmental education
Approximately 48 teachers students and lay people attended a Friday workshop in Preston County discussing a potential school program. Jerry Hobbs former Tunnelton resident and National Park Service chief ranger presented on using nature to educate children in ecology.
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Kingwood
Preston County
Jerry Hobbs
Tunnelton
National Park Services
U.S. Department of the Interior
Hobbs
Knights of Columbus Picnic At Camp Muffly
About 450 people are expected to attend the annual Knights of Columbus picnic from noon to 8 p.m. today at Camp Muffly near Uffington. Attendees include members and families from St. Theresa's St. Mary's St. John's and the Good Counsel Friary on Tyrone Road.
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Knights of Columbus
Camp Muffly
Uffington
St. Theresa’s
St. Mary’s
St. John’s
Good Counsel Friary
Tyrone Road
Drought Outlook Gives Cautious View for Crops
State Climatologist Robert O. Weedfall says Morgantown had its driest March and April on record but summer droughts likely won’t be critical. He notes June rainfall was about 60 percent below normal yet expects July and August to determine crop impact.
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Morgantown
Robert O. Weedfall
Weedfall
Mason- Dixonland
PACE breaks ground for sheltered workshop at University Ave site
Groundbreaking for the PACE sheltered workshop occurs at 2 p.m. on University Avenue near the old Star City Fire Hall. The project aims to open this fall and serve about 50 youths over 16 with mental or physical handicaps, under Mrs. Benjamin Clark. Speakers include Dr. Billy L. Couffindaffer and J. Thomas Brennan.
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PACE
University Avenue
Clark
Billy L. Couffindaffer
WVU Appalachian Center
J. Thomas Brennan
Robert S. Goshorn
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Robert R. Summer
Kennedy Youth Center
Chapel of the Ark
Morgantown
Star City
Granville
Westover
Osage
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Dominion-Post
W.va
Susan Harman
Dominion
Post
Masontown
Audis
Gene Bolyard
Rt. 1
Robert Bailey
Gerald Kerns
Kerns
Bolyard
Jo Ella Burns
Reedsville
Burns
Sim Reynolds
Grafton
George Haller
Sherry Cass
Viola Isner
Ruby Maxwell
Paul Mgram Metheney
Jackie Burke
Greene
Roy Goff
Ao Pa
Iona Sophie den
Rices
Sophie Dunseath
James TS
Anton Zupancic
Carmichaels
Ona Patterson
Waynesburg
Nell Griffin
Beatrice
Clarksville
Ida Calvert
Holbrook
Patricia Pendergast
New Freeport
Irene Mickeloff
Marianna
George F. Leonard
Randy Een
Margaret
Walter Bruce
Paul Wetzel
Eileen Booze
Ethel Knight
Janet Ramage
Martha Brozik
Herman Sanders
Fred Noah Sr
Brice Rush
James Gravely
Don W. Walker
Lawrence M. Vernon
Preston Workshop
Depot Street
Morgantown Dominion and Post Newspapers
John Wayne
Chisum
Grafton Drive-In
Rio Lobo
Darker Than
Amber
Charlie
Dean Jones
Sanoy
Duncan Voe Flynn
Tony Roberts
Jiames Gregory ON
Damen Prada
Ams
RCA
Taylor County
Pruntytown
W. VA
Sally Storey
Hill
Shopping Plaza
Andromeda
Technicolof
Michael Crichton
Holiday Inn
Paramount Pictures
A Howard W. Koch
Alan Jay Lemer
Wan
Gnanuo
Glory W.va
And
Moundsville, J. Va
Columbi
James Stewart
James Lee Barrett
Westover Drive-In
Tyres
George Gnnedy
McLaglen
Darade
Tora
Pearl Harbor
Luus
Angie Dickinson
Young
Billy Young
Cole
United Artists
Jaan
Tammersteins
Cole Porter
Fayette County
Uniontown
Pennsylvania Telephone
Col. Sanders
Kentucky
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Suncrest Shopping Center
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