West Virginia floods ease as waters recede across state
Heavy rains flooded McDowell Mingo and Fayette counties prompting Friday evacuations of about 30 families in Borderland and Chattaray by National Guardsmen. By Saturday the Guyandotte and Tug Fork rivers had fallen from crests, with U S 52 still blocked in places but being cleared. Local roads and slides cut travel in several counties.
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McDowell
Mingo
Fayette
Borderland
Chattaray
Alec Bucci
Williamson City
Guyandotte
Logan
Tug Fork
Williamson
Kermit
U.S. 52
Wayne
Kentucky
West Virginia Department of Highways
Lincoln
Putnam
Cabell
Lum's Restaurant Robbed After Coffee Stop
Two men entered Lum's in Nitro West Virginia before 1 a.m. They drank coffee with customers then robbed the place of 1800 dollars and forced an employee into a walk in cooler. They took 1200 from the register and the rest from a safe after casing the joint.
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NITRO
W. Va
UPI
Bill Keffer
Lum'’s
Keffer
Bill Womack
Nitro wins grant for West Virginia sewer project
Nitro, in West Virginia, receives 575250 for a treatment plant and pumping station as part of EPA sewer grants. Other awards include 94270 for Berkeley County 75000 for Belle Kanawha County 11250 for Lashmeet PSP in Mercer County and 6750 for Hillsboro Pocahontas County for sewage collection planning. Byrd notes about 2000 jobs and WV share of 59400000.
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Washington
UPI
Nitro
West Virginia
Environmental Protection Agency
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Berkeley County
Belle
Kanawha
Lashmeet
Mercer County
Hillsboro
Pocahontas
Byrd
EPA
Charleston City Primary Voters Head To Polls
Charleston residents vote in a Monday primary for city offices. Mayor Hutchinson seeks renomination against Melton Maloney. no Republican for mayor. Treasurers and judges also on the ballot with several Democrats and Republicans running in shared races. Voter turnout expected to be light. Doctors shortage may reverse sooner, says Dr. Crigger.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
John Hutchinson
Melton Maloney
John M. Wells
Joe F. Smith
Jake Barker
Archie Chestnut
Paul Zakaib Jr
Jay Goldman
W. Va
William D. Crigger
West Virginia Academy of Family Physicians
Crigger
Unemployment Up Highlighted In Inside Reading
The page teases increased unemployment and sections inside the issue. It notes various local communities and topics across sections D and E including Friendsville Markleysburg and Tunnelton. The issue outlines features like a business column high school notes and an ads insert.
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Eoils
Orage
Panorama
Pennsylvania
S. News
Renard Bond
Anderson
John Samsell
Julian
Kennedy Farm
League of Women Voters
AON Ronrprn
Reston
Statehouse
Aaron Ecmo
Orson
TerHorst
Billy Graham
Aapor
Furfari
Aedsrad
Blue Ridge power project fate hinges on opposition and costs
West Virginia State Senator Pat Hamilton predicts the 400 million Blue Ridge power plant on the New River may fail due to public opposition congressional scrutiny and Appalachian Power’s financial strain. He cites Wild and Scenic Rivers Act proposals and New River Gorge designation as threats, arguing coal electricity could create jobs and protect the river.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Blue Ridge
New River
West Virginia
Appalachian Power Co
North Carolina
Pat R. Hamilton
D-Fayette
Hamiltton
Oak Hill
Hamilton
Congress
Appalachian Power
Fayette County
North America
Virginia
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
National Park System
Rogers C. B. Morton
State police question others after Casto confession
In South Charleston ex convict Robert L. Adkins confessed to killing 11 year old Pamela Casto but state police say several others are being questioned. Casto disappeared on her way to school in January and her body was found in a trash pile.
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South Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Pamela Casto
Robert L. Adkins
West Virginia
Adkins
Casto
Also Mentioned on This Page
United Press International
Trust Fund
Carl E. Bagge
National Coal Association
Bagge
Morgantown
Sunday Dominion-Post
West Virginia Newspaper Publishing Company
Greer
Fayette and
Greene Counties
Garrett County
Weber
Petersburg
Potomac Highlands
Hopeville Canyon
Arch Moore
Elkins
Youth Conservation Corps
Twin Falls
North Bend
Camp Creek
Greenbrier
McClintic Wildlife Station
Pleasants Creek
Harpers Ferry
Camp Wood
Marlington
Monongahela National Forest
Wheeling
Wheeling, W. Va
Homer B. Davis
Securityational Bank & Trust Co
Davis
Robert F. Thompson
Security National
High ST
Chico's
Beechurst Avenue
Shasta
High Street
Suncrest Shopping Plaza
Delmonte
University
Piace
Richwood
Willey
Foodland
Monongahela
Dunkerd Avenue
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