Search for suspects in Dunbar boy’s murder case
West Virginia police reported one suspect in custody and three others sought in the death of 13 year old Danny Collins of Dunbar. The boy's body was found on a rural Putnam County road after an autopsy showed sexual mistreatment and strangulation.
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South Charleston
W.va
UPI
Danny Collins
Dunbar
Putnam County
U.S. 35
Winfield
R. W. Porterfield
Huntington
Collins
Porterfield
State Penitentiary
Jobless tally 5.2 percent in February
West Virginia unemployment rose to 8.2 percent nationwide in February. The Department of Employment Security cited factory trade and construction layoffs as the main driver with 51,500 out of work statewide. Charleston Wheeling Huntington areas showed varied rates and job losses due to seasonal factors and a contract dispute reducing manufacturing jobs.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Department of Employment Security
Wheeling
Huntington
Solons push to ratify 18 year voting amendment
McDowell County delegates T. J. Scott and Ronnie McKenzie prepared legislation for the April 5 special session to ratify the 18-year old voting amendment. Secretary Rockefeller urged Gov. Moore to include the measure in the call, with Moore to outline session priorities. West Virginia aims to be among first states to ratify.
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McDowell County
U. S
Dels
T. J. Scott
Ronnie McKenzie
John D. Rockefeller IV
Arch Moore
Moore
Congress
Rockefeller
West Virginia
Pollution warning devised for Union Carbide plant
Signs will warn workers at Union Carbide's Kanawha Valley complex when air pollution alerts are issued by the West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission. Alerts urge emission cuts and reduced open burning to ease harsh atmospheric conditions. A conference on "A Group as an Agent of Change" will be held at Mont Chateau Lodge with University psychology and behavioral medicine departments sponsoring.
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South Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Union Carbide
West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission
Kanawha Valley
Carbide
State Air Pollution Control Commission
Mont Chateau Lodge
University Department of Psychology
Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
Alfred Jacobs
Wilford W. Spradlin
Frank W. McKee
University School of Medicine
Weekly Morgantown Sunday Edition Rates Notice
Publication details show The Morgantown Post and The Dominion News print weekly Sunday editions from Morgantown West Virginia. Rates listed cover mail and home delivery options with separate pricing for Sunday only and full week services.
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Morgantown
Morgantown Post
The
Dominion News
West Virginia Newspaper Publishing Company
Greer Building
West
West Virginia
Byrd opposes girl pages in senate staffing
Senate aide and former floor leader Robert Byrd criticized three colleagues for appointing girl pages to the male dominated Senate staff. He said the appointments require Rules Committee clearance and argued the page program lacks proper supervision and housing for female pages.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Senate Rules Committee
Byrd
Sens
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
State Health Director warns WV hospitals on Abbott IV fluids
West Virginia Health Director Dr. H H Dyer urges hospitals to avoid Abbott intravenous infusion products unless necessary after FDA wire guidance. CDC evidence links septicemia cases to Abbott fluids nationwide. 21 hospitals report prior use.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
H.H. Dyer
West Virginia
Abbott Laboratories
Dyer
Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration
Center For Disease Control
Abbott
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