West Virginia SBA approves Agnes disaster loan plan
SBA says about 750 disaster loans may be issued in West Virginia to help individuals, businesses, and nonprofits recover flood losses from Tropical Storm Agnes. Loans could reach $2.25 million, with most in the Wheeling area, covering homes, belongings, buildings, machinery, and inventory. Fifteen counties declared disaster areas July 7 include Brooke, Barbour, Berkeley, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Jefferson, Marshall, Monongalia, Monroe, Morgan, Ohio, Preston, and Wetzel.
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Ohio
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Wetzel
Hechler Sees Winds of Change Sweeping Democrats
Rep. Ken Hechler. D West Virginia, in a jubilant return from the Miami Beach convention, declares the winds of change are sweeping the old cobwebs out of the Democratic Party. Hechler, an outspoken supporter.
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UPI
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MFD to Open Campaign for UMW Leadership
Miners for Democracy announces plan to wrest control of the United Mine Workers from president W. A. Boyle with a Sunday rally in Harlan Kentucky. Arnold Miller of Ohley West Virginia leads MFD ticket as McGovern ally amid calls for fair tax policy and grassroots reform.
Strip permit grants for Buffalo Creek operation in West Virginia
The West Virginia Department of Natural Resources issued surface mining permits covering 645.1 acres including a 225 acre Buffalo Creek site near Lundale in Logan County. Other permits issued include Whitesville, Cannelton, Princess Susan, Interstate Development, Oak Leaf, Davis Trucking, and Omar Mining. A single application was received from Amigo Smokeless Coal Co. in Wyoming County. In Martinsburg a Fayetteville, North Carolina woman, Alice S. Moe, 58, died when a car door opened and the car crashed after her husband attempted a rescue. The death brings the year’s highway fatalities in the state to 245, up 13 from last year.
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UPI
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Amherst Coal Co
Logan County
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Princess Susan Coal Co
Kanawha County
Blakeley
Interstate Development Co
Webster County
Boggs
Oak Leaf Coal Co
Mingo County
Wharncliffe
Davis Trucking Co
Tucker County
Davis
Omar Mining Co
Boone County
Uneeda
Amigo Smokeless Coal Co
Wyoming County
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W. Va
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Fayetteville
N.C
Alice S. Moe
Hiram
Moe
Pollution reading and local notices fill readable pages
The page lists local items including death and funeral notices, area news from Fayette Greene County, and community sections. It references readings on pollution, hospitals, and letters plus columns by Ray Martin and Ida Beverage Knowledge.
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U.S
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Ray Martin
Washington
Statehouse Notebook on open conventions and school bonds
Observers note 1972 politics look calmer and more open with fewer rhetorical flourishes. The piece cites changes in conventions, a move toward open rules, and the Better School Buildings Amendment allowing a statewide simple majority for bonds to fund school construction. It cites voting challenges in county bond and levy elections and notes the WV Educational Broadcasting Authority seeking a new executive secretary after Harry M. Brawley.
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W. Va
Miami Beach
Hale Boggs
Shirley Chisholm
South
Archie Bunker
Roger Mudd
John J. Houlihan
West Virginia
West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority
Harry M. Brawley
Bear and wild turkey recipes spark hunting camp humor
A playful note from Charleston West Virginia outlines bear stew and chestnut stuffed wild turkey recipes for hunters. It adds a cooking guide from the Wildlife Cookbook and invites readers to request it. Also reports Rainbow Art Glass Co production halted after a 45 member wildcat strike over pay and conditions.
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UPI
State Department of Agriculture
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Rainbow Art Glass Co
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American Flint Glass Workers
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