West Virginia flood victims call for Tug Fork dredging
Mingo County residents at a Williamson meeting pressed Rep. Nick Rahall to back river dredging to prevent future floods saying floodwalls alone won t suffice. They fault federal relief delays and accuse the Norfolk and Western Railway of blocking dredging efforts.
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W.va
UPI
Mingo County
Nick Joe Rahall
D-W.va
Tug Fork
Ella Kimble
Williamesa
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
D.va
Frank Smith
Cattaroy
Washington
Smith
Jerry Hildebrand
Rahall
Norfolk & Western Railway
Frank Pacifico
Chattaroy
Atella Miller
House of Representatves
Housing and Urban Development
Laurel Creek
Twin Falls
Matewan
John Laswick
HUD
Department of Highways
Anti strip mining petition gains traction in West Virginia
About 4,000 residents have signed a petition urging Gov. Rockefeller to ban strip mining and clearcutting across 10 southern counties including Boone and Mingo. A Monday news conference on the Capitol steps will deliver the petition and a letter from religious, conservation and flood groups asking to stop new permits.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Mingo County
Jay Rockefeller
West Virginia
Boone
Lincoln
Logan
McDowell
Mercer
Mingo
Raleigh
Summers
Wayne
Wyoming
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Kanawha River
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Tug Valley Recovery Center
West Virginia Council of Churches
Mountain Information Services
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West Virginia Conference of Methodist Church
West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
Save Our Mountains
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Mountain Community Union
The
Mountain Call
David Wooley
Marshall coed to reign as Forest Festival queen
Mary Elizabeth Poindexter of Huntington is chosen Queen Silvia for the 41st Mountain State Forest Festival in Elkins October 2 9. The Marshall University theatre arts student and former Huntington High School Homecoming Queen is a Miss Huntington 1977 and will lead a rural celebration featuring parades and pageantry with a coronation at Davis and Elkins College.
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Huntington
Jack Cross
Silvia
Mountain State Forest
Marshall University
Cross
Huntington High School
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
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J.B. Poindexter III
Marshall
Monarch
USA
Forest Capital
West Virginia
Davis and Elkins College
Mooney aids Matewan flood relief during crisis in West Virginia
Gen. Harley Mooney, Gov. Jay Rockefeller's troubleshooter, oversaw flood relief across 11 counties with National Guard and welfare help. He secured 4,000 gallons of gasoline, praised guardsmen and officials, and urged a statewide disaster plan, improved communications, and helicopter access to hospitals after the 50 foot flood rise damaged Williamson and Matewan.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Harley Mooney
Matewan
National Guard
Mooney
IOU
West Virginia
H.S. Mooney
Army
Mingo County
State Departments of Highways and Welfare
Williamson
Mingo
Welfare program aids youths with state support network
Welfare Commissioner Leon H. Ginsberg says 2,648 youths receive help from the state's Youth Services Program across 27 offices and two regional detention centers serving 15 counties. The program uses recreation, counseling, camps and referrals to prevent delinquencies and keep youths out of prison. One 17 year old in Mercer County praised the center’s impact as he works to finish high school after a drug habit.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
State Welfare Department
Leon H. Ginsberg
United States
Ginsberg
Southern Regional
Mercer County
Lewisburg
Randolph addresses christening of ship Stump
Sen. Jennings Randolph says the Spruance class destroyer Stump marks an unprecedented naval power achievement. The ship, named for Adm. Felix B. Stump, will add anti submarine capability, and is the 16th in a 30 ship gas turbine destroyer program built at the Ingalls yard.
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Miss
UPS
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Uss Stump
Randolph
Stump
Navy
Felix B. Stump
Pacific
Inagus
Elizabeth Frances Stump
Washington
Spruance
Uss Spruance
Arthur W
West Virginia Briefs Include Youth Busted at Police Station
A 17-year-old Nutter Fort youth, employed by the Human Resources Development Foundation, was charged with breaking and entering and possession after being found inside a room at the Clarksburg police station containing confiscated drugs. He was arraigned and released to his parents, with another hearing scheduled.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
UPI
Nutter
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