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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1977
Page
3
A West Virginia coal official calls the new mine health and safety bill a political appeasement rather than a solid move for real safety gains. The remark appears in the second edition of Coal Scoop, a publication from the state.
West Virginia Governor Jay Rockefeller warned at a Greensboro rally that the energy crisis is real and North Carolina and West Virginia face shortages due to natural gas reliance. He urged Carter to address the crisis while stressing human rights in foreign policy. Virginia mining officials criticized coal industry regulation moves as too punitive and urged practical, safety-focused reforms.
West Virginia third and sixth graders outperform national averages in most test sections despite state education spending about 75 cents per dollar compared to other states. Superintendent Daniel Taylor notes the high scores show strong returns on public school investment.
Gov. Jay Rockefeller designates the final week of April as Amateur Radio Week in West Virginia to honor radio volunteers. The 19th annual West Virginia Amateur Radio Ones and Emergency Field Day gathers at Jackson's Mill with groups from several states to swap ideas, set up exhibits, and conduct emergency drills. Students in grades six, nine and eleven participate in testing programs, showing mixed results near national averages, with younger students posting stronger scores in vocabulary and math concepts.
William T. Milleson of Springfield recalls legislative life from 1936 to 1942 when sessions met biennially, budgets were about 80 million, and travel costs were modest. The 69 year old banker and farmer helped enact an 841 million general revenue budget and later returned to politics in the 1970s, facing early defeats and renewed campaigns.
Don Richardson, Rockefeller's executive assistant, keeps a 125 item Rockefeller Program chart in his Capitol office. He envisions a streamlined cabinet system and more direct reporting to the governor’s office. The job mixes informal briefings, wide topics, and sharp decisions as he shapes state policy and staff workload.
In Kentucky a Louisville couple Eduardo Dorrell 64 and Asele 55 died when their eastbound car crossed into the slow lane on Mountain Parkway near West Liberty colliding with a car driven by Dennis Brightwell 19 and Michael Lake 20 both of St Albans West Virginia were injured. In Maryland a Pennsylvania man Samuel R Shindle Jr 37 was charged with DUI after his car struck a parked car near Big Pool on Interstate 70 killing Marvin D Miller 44 of Buckhannon West Virginia. Evelyn Miller 47 was treated and released.
The Hygeia Foundations in Whitesville receives 15000 to install communications gear for emergency air evacuation helicopters. The group runs clinics and EMS in Boone Kanawha Putnam Cabell Raleigh and Lincoln counties with a Whitesville base facilitating air transport for rural southern West Virginia victims often over 50 miles from hospitals.
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