Fire damages wing at RFK Center cottage in Green Bay Road area
A afternoon blaze at the Robert F. Kennedy Center destroyed a wing of Cottage D leaving 67 inmates moved to gym quarters overnight. No injuries reported and officials estimate damage at 50 000 to 60 000 with Brookhaven and other volunteers assisting in containment.
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Robert F. Kennedy Center
Green Bay Road
Correctional
A.O. Buswell
Cottage D
Buswell
Gary Romac
Granville
Brookhaven
Westover
Star City
Kennedy Center
Brookhaven Volunteer Fire Department
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Kennedy Youth Center
West Virginia University
Cost overruns hit Monongalia County school projects
The Monongalia County school building program faces about a $500,000 overrun from initial estimates, blamed on under budgeting and unexpected site work. Architects from Sounik Eller Martin and Construction Cost Consultants outline overruns for North Morgantown Elementary, University High School gym, and Clay-Battelle High additions, with CCC guarantees and final price negotiations ongoing.
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Ricki Waters
Monongalia County
James Summers
Morgantown
Lawrence Derthick Jr
Chestnut Ridge Road
Derthick
Board of Education
Clay-Battelle High School
Sounik, Eller and Martin
Construction Cost Consultants
CCC
UHS
CBHS
Morgantown Cyclist Killed In Parkway Crash Near Cooper’s Rock
A 20-year-old Morgantown man, Edward Allen Bowers, died when his motorcycle struck a pedestrian and then plunged into woods near Cooper’s Rock State Park on Rt 73. Pedestrian George William George, 27, of Star City, was injured with a broken leg and listed in fair condition at WVU Hospital. State Police report the incident occurred after 9 p.m. while Bowers followed another rider and the pedestrian waved at the first bike. The death toll in the state rose to 181 for the year. Bowers is the third cyclist death in Monongalia and Preston counties in recent weeks. Funeral services are set for 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Hastings Funeral Home. Burial at Mount Union Cemetery.
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Morgantown
Cooper's Rock State Park
Edward Allen Bowers
Route 8
George William George
Star City
West Virginia University Hospital
Bowers
Rt. 73
George
Monongalia
West
Robert R. Bucklew Jr
Brockway Ave
University Hospital
Preston
Preston County
Allen E. Cline
Tunnelton
Lois
Letha
Lesa Bowers
Myrl Bowers
Canyon
Hastings Funeral Home
Mount Union Cemetery
County planning unit being revived
Monongalia County plans to revive the planning commission with new appointments to set housing subdivision standards and oversee the federal flood insurance program. The newly formed board will include 11 to 15 members from business labor industry and farming, all long-term county residents, with four annual statutory meetings and a proposed budget of 11,468 from coal revenue funds.
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Monongalia
Davies
Planning Commission
County Commission
Barry Goldberg
Planning Board
County Planning Commission
Commission
Preston County Infant Death Rates Fall in 12 Years of M I Project
Preston County shows a near 50 percent drop in infant mortality over 12 years of the Maternal and Infant Care Project. In 1961-65 neonatal mortality was 20.9 per 1000 births, fetal 15.1, perinatal 35.7. by 1973-75 these fell to 11.1, 7.8, and 18.8 respectively. The program concentrates care on high risk mothers across seven north central West Virginia counties and now handles almost half of local births.
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Barbara Rasmussen
Preston County
State Department of Health
Robert Peck
Peck
Monongalia
Preston
U.S
Monongalia County
West Virginia
WVU Reconsiders Teacher Cert Programs as Courses Dip
WVU reviews and may cut or de-emphasize teacher certification in physics and foreign languages after sharply falling enrollments. In 1974-75 and 1975-76 enrollment dropped to near zero for Russian Latin Spanish German French and physics, prompting a two year review by the Board of Regents.
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West Virginia University
Jay Barton
WVUI
WVU
Barton
Board of Regents
Four Hurt in Two Car Crash at U S 119 and Green Bay Rd
Four people were injured in a two car collision at 7:30 p.m. at the intersection of U S 119 South and Green Bay Road. Victoria Poling and two passengers in her 1968 Dodge Coronet, and driver T W Swisher in a 1970 Chevrolet were treated at University Hospital and were to be released after checks.
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U.S. 119
Green Bay Road
University Hospital
Victoria Poling
Sears
T.W. Swisher
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RFK
Blaze
Craig Cunni
Donald E
Mary Jane Saylor Bowers
University High School
Beaumont Glass Co
Craig Cunningham
Manilla
Brenda
Sam) Lattanzi
M&i
Fir
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