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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1975
Page
2
The West Virginia Senate 19 14 and House 91 4 approved a bill exempting Coal-Con research plant and radio TV advertising from the B and O tax. The measure, amended to exempt the $237 million plant until 1981, targets federal private venture for clean coal fuel. Wood County is among potential sites.
Russell Transfer Inc of Roanoke pursues $44,825 after West Virginia canceled a 1972 liquor-hauling contract with the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission. The Legislature earmarked funds in a supplementary appropriation, pending Governor Arch Moore's veto risk, after prior court rulings and a 1973 judgment.
West Virginia Senate 24-9 overrides Gov Arch Moore veto of a 25 million appropriation for the Vietnam veterans bonus program. House had overridden earlier. Veterans may receive up to 400 dollars each, funding previously started at 10 million last year.
The 1975 Legislature approved a bill affirming public access to government sessions. The measure requires open hearings from local councils to state agencies, with limited closed-door exceptions. The Senate backed House changes and sent the bill to the governor in a move to enshrine public right to know.
A dog racing bill moved between calendars in the Senate on Saturday and was to be taken up again in a late night session. If approved, the measure would require House approval of Senate amendments or trigger a conference committee, possibly killing the bill. It would authorize counties to hold option elections on dog tracks and raise pari mutuel betting pool limits by 1 percent at horse tracks.
The highest wind velocity in Texas reached 145 mph at Matagorda on September 11, 1961. Weather records show this extreme gust as a historic meteorological event.
A brief survey from the West Virginia and Pennsylvania pages notes concern over jail conditions. Columns by Anderson and others discuss public welfare and civic programs, while hospital notes and funeral notices fill the section.
West Virginia Senator Jennings Randolph urged strict enforcement of the 55 mph speed limit to save fuel, proposing withholding highway funds from states not enforcing the rule. He spoke at Bethany College on his 73rd birthday, advocating a vigorous energy conservation program and noting Coal Con plans for a major research facility potentially in West Virginia.
About 120 residents joined a peaceful caravan protest Saturday over road conditions in Barbour County. Sponsored by the Union Community Improvement Association, there were no arrests or violence. The group vows to continue until the West Virginia Department of Highways acts.
A mobile home near Emmons was destroyed by fire early Saturday. Chief John Leedy of the Racine Volunteer Fire Department cited faulty wiring to an outdoor light as a possible cause. The Gene Cain family, the occupants, were away. Damages were estimated at 13000 dollars. Howard P. McJunkin, 54, vice president of the McJunkin Corp., died Saturday in Charleston holding apparent heart attack. He formerly chaired the Charleston Urban Renewal Authority. Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home handled arrangements.
In Elkins West Virginia union workers 140 members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners continue a walkout over pay with union and company officials meeting Saturday to seek a settlement after the strike began last month.
Dr Boonsook Lee 36 a Korea native pathologist at Charleston General Hospital and wife of a Union Carbide chemist was killed Friday when her car left U S 60 at Quincy and struck a tree colleagues called her very very outstanding in her field.
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