Four new coaches named in Morgantown area schools
Wills named four coaches Steve Benson to coach all sports at Terra Alta John Jackson to coach basketball at Valley Lonnie DeWitt to coach all sports at Valley Junior High and Donald Post to coach all sports at Fellowsville Junior High. The board debated bus driver pay for trips and tabled the policy change. Also approved hourly rates for county office and bus garage staff. Damages estimated at 500 in a two vehicle crash on Pa 266 in Nicholson Township involving Theodore Genovese and Arthur Leasure of Uniontown.
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Steve Benson
Terra Alta
John Jackson
Valley
Lonnie DeWitt
Valley Junior
Donald Post
Fellowsville
Supt. Miller
Uniontown
Nicholson Township
Theodore Genovese
Forman Ave
Arthur G. Leasure
Arctic Mercy Mission Marks First Large Scale Air Force Exercise
Major Page G Brake of Rowlesburg piloted a Jolly Green Giant helicopter from Elmendorf AFB Alaska during a polar ice cap mercy mission. The exercise tested rapid Arctic deployment for search and rescue and medical aid, with 130 Army Arctic Rangers airdropped and 9,200 pounds of survival gear.
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Anchorage
Alaska
U.S. Air Force
Page G. Brake
Rowlesburg
Polar
Barrow
Major Brake
Page Brake
Elmendorf Afb
Arctic
Rowlesburg High School
Davis and Elkins College
Elkins
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
Air Force
Army
Arctic Rangers
Fort Richardson
Elmendorf
Alaskan Air Command
504Th
Binh Thuy AB
Vietnam
Morgantown Police Probe Two Accidents
Morgantown police investigated two yesterday morning with one driver cited for failing to keep control. At 7:30 a.m. a 1969 Chevrolet collided with a 1966 Mercury injuring no one. damages were about 425 dollars. A second crash at 11 a.m. involved a 1951 Chevrolet truck and a 1961 Dodge, with damage around 175 dollars. A 1:19 a.m. incident on University Ave. led to a citation for the 49-year-old driver after his Ford struck a Chevrolet, with 375 dollars in damage. Also deputies located nine year old Lisa Jensen with her mother Anna Jensen in another county,Juvenile authorities to handle.
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Michael W. Trippett
Morgantown
David Lee Nestor
W.va
Greenbay
Warren St
Dale King Miller
Hartman Run Road
Terry A. Schiffbauer
Seventh St
University Ave
Lloyd S. Butcher
Carolyn J. Crislip
Lisa Jensen
Monongalia
Joseph Janco
Anna Jensen
Wallet Theft Reported on Kirk Street
The city police are investigating a wallet theft from Thomas Williams late Saturday night on Kirk Street. Williams recovered the wallet’s contents minus $20 from a trash can after a man demanded it and fled toward Court and Chestnut Streets. Okley J. Hopkins was named a special Circuit Court judge during Judge Marvin R. Kiger’s vacation by the Monongalia County Bar Association.
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Thomas Williams
Williams
Kirk Street
Chestnut Street
Court Street
Okley J. Hopkins
Marvin R. Kiger
Monongalia County Bar Association
Hopkins
Local court actions include multiple arrests and hearings in Morgantown
Lt Wynard A Morrow released on 140 restitution for a bad check. Andrew J Young Jr and James E Jackson arrested on fugitive warrants for Georgia burglary. Manuel Barros sentenced to 10 days in jail for fishing without a license. Carl P Mercer and Charles Armistead pleaded guilty to expired registrations and inspections. Two hearings scheduled Friday for Ronald Brown and Jesse Brown. Police report two state warrants arrests and a grand larceny hearing for Larry Perry. An accident near Evansville caused 900 dollars in property damage involving a Mack truck and a Dodge. one driver cited for careless control. The Mississippi River carries over 2 million tons of sediment into the Gulf daily.
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Wynard A. Morrow
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Justice of the Peace
William Bowers
Montgomery Wards
Morgantown
Bowers
Andrew J. Young Jr
James E. Jackson
Thomas County
Young
Jackson
Georgia
Manuel Joseph Barros
Chicago
Monongahela River
Carl P. Mercer
Rt. 7
Charles Armistead
Park St
Owers
Ronald L. Brown
Jesse Buster Brown
Frank McMillen
Mid City
Larry Perry
Mineral St
John P
Ruth) Shale
Robert Johnson
Parkersburg
Ade Tinney
Carl Rogers
Spraggs
Morgantown to test People Mover system linking campuses
A light tram project in Morgantown will start August with the first 15 cars ready by October 1972. The aim is to connect WVU three campuses to downtown with six stations and 90 vehicles to ease congestion between Evansdale and downtown. Initial cost was 13.5 million but expansion has nearly tripled the price.
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WVU
Morgantown
Evansdale
Blacksville revenue from bottle tax and new town policeman
Barber projects yearly revenue of three to five thousand dollars from a three percent bottle tax if adopted, plus up to 5500 bottles monthly at five cents. The council hires William Venetzia as town policeman on a commission basis after five years without an officer. Blanche Garlow, 75, remains in satisfactory condition after being struck by a car on University Avenue near Hurley Street. the 1968 Plymouth driven by Robert West failed to yield. No citations were issued.
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Virginia
Westover Baron Station
William C. Woodland
Pennsylvania
Woodland
Fairmont
Barber
Council
William Venetzia
Recorder
Blanche Garlow
Donley St
Monongalia General Hospital
University Avenue
Robert B. West
Rt. 9
Hurley Street
University Ave
Hearing set for Mary Hiner on three charges
A 10 a.m. Friday hearing for Mary Hiner of Deusion covers three charges from a Sunset Inn raid. State Police accuse her of permitting whiskey on a Class A beer license premise, interfering with an officer, and contributing to a minor. Bond kept her jailed until the hearing before Justice of the Peace Ruth Shale.
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Mary Hiner
Sunset Inn
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Sidney
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Sixth St
Dewey Ellifritz
362Nd
Pro Line Mountain
Central Highlands
Ellifritz
Masontown Valley High School
West Virginia University
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Janet
Brian
James McClead
Route 7
Fayette
West Virginia School Boards Association
Bruceton High School
JP Actions
Evansville
Donald Hines
Marietta
Ohio
Cornelius Bos
Falls Church
Hines
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Sabraton Man
Sabraton
University Hospital
Jack Koontz
Masontown
Joseph Leroy Towner
Smithburg
B & O Railroad
Clarksburg
Blacksville
R. N. Johnson
Brockway Avenue
Johnson
Morgantown Glassware Guild, Inc
VFW Hall
Spruce St
Electric Equipment Company
High Street Dial
Thompson’s Inc
Kirk ST
Poygy
Silver Knob Sand CO. Inc
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