University budget debate and mining workers clash in Morgantown
UMW official Richard Weaver challenged WVU focus on coal company needs at a Mont Chateau meeting of the President's Committee on Community Development. He urged university outreach, health facilities in rural areas, and transport improvements, while noting mining school ties to industry. The session, with ten speakers, aims to guide WVU President Harlow on community roles.
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United Mine Workers
West Virginia University
Mont Chateau
UMW
Arnold Miller
Richard Weaver
UMW International Executive Board
WVU School of Mines
Weaver
Bureau of Mines
WVU
James G. Harlow
Morgantown
Schools of Mines
James R. McCartney
Monongalia County
County launches first Monongalia bus for new system
The first of five buses has arrived as county officials plan a joint Morgantown and county transit network. A 16 passenger Mercedes Benz vehicle will test routes while other buses await arrival and fare details. A April arrival will add the Cassville route via Newhill and Westover with potential express runs.
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Ann Swinkola
Dominion Post
Monongalia County
Morgantown City
Morgantown City Buses
Richard Davies
Hills Department Store
Star City
Patteson Drive
Monongahela Boulevard
Cassville
Davies
Mountaineer
Newhill
Pursgrove
Jere
Osage
Granville
Westover
Over Cheat
Maryland superhighway to East could open by mid-1975
Maryland officials expect the Cumberland to West Virginia border segment of the National Freeway to link with Appalachian Corridor E by mid-1975. Four contracts totaling about 58 million dollars each will be bid before June 13 for the remaining 13 miles. Work now under way includes 20 miles, with 242 miles around Cumberland open to traffic and 2.5 completed miles at a cost of 10 million, as weather may push the schedule to 1976.
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Shelby Young
Dominion Post
Maryland
Cumberland
West Virginia
Maryland State Highway Administration
West Virginia Line
Keyser’s Ridge
U.S. 219
Accident
Maryland Highway District
John Bushby
Mason- Dixonl
U.S. 40
Grantsville
Frostburg
Washington
Bushby
Friendsville
Parade kicks off clean up in Morgantown for REAP drive
A Morgantown street parade showcased the West Virginia REAP program with hundreds watching REAP officials and junked cars moving along High Street. Officials estimated collecting 150,000 junk cars statewide by March 17, 1974 to send to steel mills.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
James A. Ashburn
Charles Whiston
St. Francis High School
Nothern Reap
Joseph Janco
Monongahela Boulevard
REAP
A. James Manchin
Manchin
Fairmont
Second kidney transplant planned at WVU Hospital
West Virginia University Hospital reports the first kidney transplant patient progressing well. Officials expect another transplant within a month. Deborah Burnside, 18, of Hometown is described as fine and in satisfactory condition. Dr E Schrae LaPlante led the surgical team from the West Virginia School of Medicine.
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West Virginia University Hospital
Eugene L. Staples
Deborah Burnside
Hometown
Staples
E. Schrae LaPlante
West Virginia School of Medicine
Miss Burnside
City to seek 1.5 million budget with 3 percent pay rise
Morgantown Finance Committee outlines a general revenue budget of 1.539 million for the fiscal year starting July 1, an eight percent increase from 1.424 million. The plan includes a three percent across the board raise for most city workers and a $12,000 annual allocation for a city planner, plus new insurance and hospitalization proposals.
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City Council
Morgantown
Downtown Morgantown's Buster Sale boosts shopping and ridership
The Downtown Action Council and Morgantown Transit co sponsored a Buster Sale offering free bus rides from 10 am to 3 pm. 560 people rode, and merchants report strong interest in repeating the event. Transit manager Albert Fiorini calls the day very successful despite bad weather while noting many tickets went unused.
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Emily DeVincent
Downtown Action Council
DAC
Morgantown
Albert Fiorini
Fiorini
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John Dominion
Greer Building
W. Va
Monongahela River
Monongahela
E.T.M
John Hall
Division of Water Resources
State Department of Natural Resources
Charleston
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Hall
University Avenue
West Virginia Board of Regents
Monongalia County Dental Society
Monongahela Dental Society
West Virginia Dental Association
Post
High Street
Gary Truman
Parade
By Wendell Cochran
Cost of Living Council
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