REAP’s Rise and Fall Taints West Virginia Junked Car Program
In Charleston West Virginia UPI reports REAP once propelled A James Manchin to statewide fame but now lies as a silent submerged program under the Department of Highways. Budget cuts and federal probes shadow the initiative as Manchin laments the loss of REAP’s mission and its impact on West Virginia’s landscape.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
A. James Manchin
Rehabilitation Environmental Action Program
REAP
Department of Highways
Ralph Warner
Manchin
West Virginia
Arch Moore
Manchin Pinnec
Grim Reaper
Jezebel
West
Clerks Night Repair Artist Restores Governors Portraits
Michael Lorello, aide to the House of Delegates clerk, secretly repairs vandals damaged portraits of West Virginia governors in a Capitol windowless office. With Pam Anderson, he cleans, patches, undercoats, and varnishes each work, aiming to preserve history and save on restoration costs.
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Terry Pristin
Charleston
W.va
UPI
Michael Lorello
House of Delegates
West Virginia
Capitol
William Stevenson
John Jacob Cornwall
West Virginia University
Pam Anderson
Lorello
Capitol Rotunda
Germany
C. A. Blankenship
Del
Jack Canfield
Thirteen West Virginians Join Agricultural Hall of Fame
Agriculture Commissioner Gus Douglass announced 13 West Virginians elected to the Agricultural Hall of Fame Foundation. honorees will be saluted at a July 23 dinner at Jackson's Mill State 4 H Camp. Names include Bowers Brooks Hartley Lilly Percival Van Landingham Copeman Gumbel Waters Lambert McDonald Washington-Miller Wayman and others.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
West
Helen T. Waters
Fairmont
J. Kenton Lambert
Parsons
James G. McDonald
Martinsburg
Edward Washington- Miller
Romney
Walter Harold Wayman
Inside the Postal Move and Page Totals
A reader notice lists sections of a publication package including Good Reading Inside, The postal move, America's best comics and multiple supplements. It details page counts: Family Weekly 20, Murphy Mart 12, Panorama 16, Royal 8, TV pullout 8, totaling 124 pages across 11 sections.
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Family Weekly
Murphy Mart
Panorama Magazine
Royal Supplement
Army worms march on Central West Virginia
Army worms infest several areas of West Virginia feeding on flowers and garden vegetables. Reports come mainly from the Kanawha Valley with Greenbrier County also affected. The worm varies in color and forms dense phalanxes that can wipe out entire crops overnight. spraying is advised for control.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Agriculture
Gus Douglass
Douglass
Kanawha Valley
Greenbrier County
West Virginia Weather Extended Outlook
Extended outlook shows fair conditions Monday through Wednesday with a chance of showers or thundershowers in the northern portion. Hot and humid with daytime highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s and overnight lows from the 60s to mid 70s.
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West Virginia
Gasoline supplies in West Virginia remain ample in 1977
Major oil firms serving West Virginia report plentiful gasoline inventories despite nationwide concerns of lead free shortages. Exxon Amoco and Ashland officials say local deliveries rose with thawing weather, though Exxon cautions 1978 may bring unleaded supply limits amid stricter lead regulations.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
West Virginia
Exxon
Ashland
Amoco Oil
T.H. Gilbert
Amoco
New York Times
Exxon Company
Jim Stanislaus
the Times
Ashland Oil
Squeaky Fromme Sees West Virginia Parallels
Lynette Fromme, the alleged Ford assassination plotter known as Squeaky, says she and West Virginia residents share concern for air and environment. She spoke at Alderson Federal Reformatory after transfer to the maximum security unit, claiming kinship with the state and noting Manson’s childhood links to the area.
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Alderson
W.va
UPI
Lynette
Fromme
Ford
Charles Manson
Miss Fromme
Federal Reformatory
West Virginia
San Diego
Calif
California
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