Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Sunday Dominion Post in Morgantown, West Virginia

We have 4,406,501 pages in West Virginia

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Sunday Dominion Post

Location

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1972

Page

3

Fire drives 556 from Woodville State Hospital

A blaze at Woodville State Hospital in Bridgeville near Pittsburgh forced 556 patients from a men’s building early Saturday. Among evacuees 125 were carried to safety in their beds as the fire heavily damaged an auditorium where the blaze began. The hospital sits adjacent to I-79 in suburban southwest Pittsburgh.

Bridgeville UPI Woodville State Hospital Pittsburgh

Fire damages facility after early morning blaze in Pennsylvania

Fire at a Pennsylvania auditorium and adjoining men's building displaced 125 bedridden patients, with two firemen overcome by smoke and one hospitalizing. Fire crews from six communities contained the blaze within two hours after a Friday night dance. evacuation aided by a drill, with wards largely unaffected.

Robert Shoemaker

Psychedelic trolley cars planned for PAT upgrade

Pittsburgh PAT will unveil four modern trolley cars on Wednesday with one featuring a totally psychedelic design. The set includes white and yellow, white and orange, white and red schemes, and plans call for 20 of the remaining 95 trolleys to receive the new style later. The $228 million Early Action Program is funded by the federal Urban Mass Transportation Administration and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Pittsburgh UPI Port Authority Transit PAT John T. Mauro Mauro Federal Urban Mass Transportation Administration Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Democratic candidates oppose Watsons Straight Talk column

West Virginia Democrats express dismay at state chairman Bill Watson after his Straight Talk column urging party unity and top-ticket support. Some fear down ballot candidates face pressure to back the McGovern Eagleton ticket. The dispute aired amid state political reorganizations and regionalization efforts in education. The piece also notes attorney general Chauncey Browning Jr. refiled an injunction against Dare to the Great Inc. in Cabell County Circuit Court.

Charleston W. Va West Virginia Bill Watson Watson Taylor Chauncey Browning Jr Dare To the Great Inc Cabell County Huntington

Also Mentioned on This Page

UPI Telephoto Pennsylvania Philadelphia Spectrum Sports Allegheny Beaver Washington Westmoreland Statehouse Tom Potter Daniel B. Taylor State Board of Education Ae PN Se Lee’s Mill New America Lees
Search Courier

Search the Sunday Dominion Post Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Sunday Dominion Post?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication