West Virginia Road Toll Rises With 122nd Death
The state’s 1969 traffic fatality tally climbs to at least 122 after Lincoln County resident Stella Mays, 65, died in a head on collision with an empty gasoline tanker on Wv 10 near Fry. Also reported: Ralph Hall Smith, 23, killed near Kearneysville, and Carol Little, 17, died from April 30 fire crash injuries at WVU Hospital.
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West Virginia
Lincoln County
Stella Mays
Branchland
W.va
Fry
Logan County
Clarence May
Milcie McNeely
Ferrersburg
Hamlin
Irie Carroll Jr
Mount Gay
Jefferson County
Ralph Hall Smith
Charles Town
W. Va
Kearneysville
Morgantown
West Virginia University Hospital
Carol Little
Surface mining permits issued in West Virginia
The West Virginia Department of Natural Resources issued two surface mining permits last week and received applications for four more. Acme Limestone Co. gains an 88 acre Greenbrier County site near Fort Spring and Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp. a 300 acre Morgan County site near Berkeley Springs. Applications arrived from Cedar Coal Co. 135 acres Kanawha County near Chelyan Southern Appalachian Coal Co. 150 acres Boone County near Julian Pratt Mining Co. 55 acres Fayette County near Kingston and Douglas Coal Co. 29.69 acres Grant County near Davis.
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Charleston
W.va
Fayette County
Kingston and Douglas Coal Co
Grant County
Davis
Regatta Winners Revealed In Oil Drum Race
Mommy's Worry from Pratt West Virginia won unlimited class honors in the oil drum regatta on the Kanawha River covering just over 1 hour 33 minutes. The crew earned 200 dollars and the Tom Sawyer trophy. U S S Hoot won 100 dollars in limited class with 1 hour 37 minutes. Delta Zeta sorority claimed the powderpuff class in 2 29 21.
Parkersburg acquits man on charges
Joseph Abrams Lehman known as Dr A Mansoory was acquitted in Parkersburg of obtaining money under false pretenses after a jury found him not guilty in a case tied to a $5,000 bank loan. Four related charges were dismissed by Judge Donald Black as Lehman faces other prosecutions.
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Parkersburg
W.va
Joseph Abrams Lehman
A. Mansoory
Wood County
Donald Black
Lehman
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Charleston
Mansoory
Brazil
University of
Havana
Cuba
Regents challenge West Virginia merger action
West Virginia State Senate Education Committee Chairman Robert R. Nelson questioned the Regents’ consolidation of Bluefield State and Concord colleges, calling it an annullment of legislative action and seeking legal opinions on their authority. House chair Charles Lohr supported the Regents, saying the legislature should not hinder them.
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Huntington
W.va
UPI
State Senate Education Committee
Robert R. Nelson
West Virginia Board of Regents
Bluefield State
Concord
Nelson
West Virginia
Charleston
Mercer County
House Education Committee
Charles Lohr
Mini clinics offer low cost health care buildings in WV
The Dominion Post reports West Virginia communities Delbarton and Kermit use mini clinics to deliver essential medical services. Developed by a Madison firm, the low cost structures provide instant quality facilities and are spreading across 18 states from New Hampshire to Georgia.
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Dominion Post
West Virginia
Madison
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Colorado
North Dakota
Georgia
Delbarton
Kermit
West Virginia Mini Clinics Bring Quick Medical Housing
West Virginia mini clinics are factory built modular units with interior fittings that can be trucked to sites and set up in about two weeks. They serve as resident physician space, hospital satellites, or portable clinics for dentists optometrists and orthopedic surgeons. Government and private groups study their potential for remote and rural communities including Delbarton.
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Delbarton
Officials restless over pollution enforcement in West Virginia
West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission remains powerless to enforce clean air standards against American Electric Power Co. as it awaits EPA rulings on a two year extension requested by Gov. Arch Moore. The delay leaves the panel unable to act on seven AEP plants and prompts officials to warn that no regulations are being enforced.
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Kay Christensen
Charleston
W.va
UPI
West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission
American Electric Power Co
Arch Moore
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
American Electric
Commission
Gus Douglass
Moore
West Virginia
Carl Beard
Douglass
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