Air Products to Build Oxygen Facility in Nutrium West Virginia
Air Products and Chemicals plans a multi million dollar oxygen and nitrogen plant to serve PPG Industries and Mobay Chemical Co along Route 2 in Nutrium Ohio River Valley. Groundbreaking occurred in February 1968 with completion slated for late 1968 and capacity up to 500 tons per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc
Nutrium
PPG Industries
Industrial Chemical Division
Mobay Chemical Co
Mobay
Air Products
Ohio River Valley
Welch Marine reenlistee’s body returned for funeral
The body of Julius C. Foster, 27, who walked 300 miles from Welch to Camp Lejeune to re enlist in the Marines, is returned for funeral services in Welch. He was killed in action in Vietnam on February 22 after serving briefly there. Funeral plans include services at the First Baptist Church of Welch and entombment at Woodlawn Cemetery near Bluefield with a Marine Corps service at the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Foster
First Baptist Church of
Welch
Woodlawn
Bluefield
Marine Corps
Burial Set For State Industrialist Funkhouser
Funeral services will be held Sunday for Raymond J. Funkhouser 79 a West Virginia industrialist long active in politics in the 1940s He started in Maryland and New York held offices there moved back to West Virginia shifted from Democrat to Republican and nearly won the 1942 U S Senate nomination He also lost a bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1944 He died Friday in a Hagerstown Maryland hospital and will be buried in Shankstown Maryland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
W. Va
UPT
Raymond J. Funkhouser
West Virginia
Funkhouser
Cherry Run
Morgan County
Maryland
New York
U. S. Senate
Hagerstown
Shanktown
Two 11 year old boys found dead from hanging
Two boys aged 11 died in separate incidents of accidental hanging on Friday. Melvin M. Paxton outside Witcher Creek near Charleston was found in a barn by a rope playmate. Steven P. Wadman hanged from a rope swing in his Elwood Mercer County yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Melvin M. Paxton
Witcher Creek
Charleston
Steven P. Wadman
Elwood
Mercer County
West Virginia interim legislative committee meets in Charleston
The legislature's main interim committee convenes in Charleston this week for a two day session beginning Monday with a joint session of the Government and Finance Committee and the Interstate Cooperation Commission. Studies cover education domestic relations and election laws water pollution and Potomac River Basin Compact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W Va
UPI
Committe
Commission On
Division of Correction
Citizens Advisory Commission On the Legislature
Governor’s Meeting Planned in Capital
Governor Hulett C. Smith announced the third annual Governor’s Conference on Human Rights with the theme Police Community Relations. The event opens March 26 at the Charleston Civic Center Little Theater under the West Virginia Human Rights Commission with invitations going to mayors police chiefs and local human rights members to attend from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston Civic Center
West Virginia
Smith
Civic Center
Also Mentioned on This Page
West Virgina
Corky Foster
Julius C
Corky) Foster
Camp Lejuene
N. C
Legislative Committee
Capital
U.S. Govt
Newport
U.S
Armour
STAR
U.S.D.A
Green Giant
Contadina Tomato Products
Cam Taka
Thorofare
S&h Green
Schick
Jor
OuRow
Noxzema
Jar
Jer
Dan Dee
Bag
Nestle
Saran
Planter's
ALCOA
Aluminum
Thorof Bevera
Ann
College Inn
ICTS
Cans
Ragu Spagi
Sare
Lake Wales
Florida
Lee Street
Richwood Ave
Thorofare Super Market
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!