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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1971
Page
22
Legislative history notes failure to enact a public employee collective bargaining law amid fierce opposition. The piece cites Pennsylvania and West Virginia examples, cites university labor relations, and warns of potential blue flu and broader transportation policy impacts.
A Fed. of Government Employees delegation confronted a base commander to negotiate civilian worker contracts, citing inexperience in federal labor relations. The union cites JFK's 1962 executive order and expects full parity with private industry by 1987. In Kingston area, United Steelworkers seek recognition at Sheldon Bronze Inc. plant in Kingwood, with plans for NLRB election if the firm resists.
Willam D. Allen of Clarksburg West Virginia earned a Bachelor of Science in naming engineering from West Virginia University and was named superintendent of U S Stel Co Frick Division Robena No 1 mine by J B Girod. Allen joined Frick District in 1956 as a junior industrial engineer and advanced through engineering and methods roles before becoming mine foreman at Robena No 1 in 196. He and his family reside in Uniontown.
The Public Service Commission schedules a motor carrier hearing at Harrison County Courthouse Clarksburg on April 8 to approve Crown firm Roy Conrad to operate as a common carrier serving nine southern Monongalia County communities. Local officials approve action to curb unauthorized dumping and improve waste disposal efficiency.
A new entry in the Childhood of Famous Americans series profiles John L. Lewis as a boy and coal town life in Iowa. George Korson, authority on miners folklore, crafts the narrative with background from Raymond Lewis and others. Bob Merrill Co. Inc publishes in Indianapolis for $1.75 with illustrations by Fred M. Irvin.
Dr. R O Bachmann, dean of West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, will lead West Virginia’s delegates to the American Pharmaceutical Association House of Delegates meeting in San Francisco this week. Robert H Shirey of Beckley is the state association president and other WVU and state attendees include Dr Albert Wojcik and Joseph Johnston as alternates.
A Morgantown man, Robert B. Taft of Suncrest, received a new sport coat from a Rhode Island manufacturer after writing a complimentary letter about Hill's Department Store purchases. Jacob Finkelstein of Woonsocket sends a coat monthly to the best letter winner. Taft's coat was delivered via the local store. Other notes mention WVU professor Dr. Paul Zanowiak co sponsoring a paper and a new protein enrichment method for bread by Quality Bakers of America with Sanitary Baking Co. of Clarksburg participating.
The Times weekly index of business activity dropped to 365.1 last week from 370.5 a week earlier, with a year ago level at 362.1. The accompanying table lists the index and its components, all adjusted for long term trend and seasonal variation.
West Virginia native Max A. Sypolt is named corporate controller at Aeroquip Corp in Jackson Michigan after a cum laude WVU degree and CPA certification. Joseph S. George of University Olds earns designation as Professional Truck Salesman by GMC Truck and Coach Division. John Mayon of Lyle Horton Ford Sales graduates Ford Marketing Institute service management course in Detroit.
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