Moore faces tough fall for West Virginia governor race
Northern West Virginia handed the GOP a clear winner Arch Moore over Cecil Underwood and Jim Sprouse over Don Robertson, signaling a difficult general election. The North favored Moore and Sprouse while the South and Kanawha counties favored Underwood, predicting a contested race with Democratic strongholds likely to decide November.
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West Virginia
Arch Moore
Cecil Underwood
Jim Sprouse
Don Robertson
Moore
Sprouse
Robertson
Panhandle
Harrison County
Marion County
State Labor Federation
Paul Kaufman
Brooke
Hancock
Ohio
Marshall
Monongalia
Wood
Cabell
Harrison
Monroe
Logan
Kaufman
Kanawha
Raleigh
Underwood
Congress
McDowell
Mercer
Minge
Charleston
Elmer Dodson
Wayne
Greenbrier
Randolph
Logan, Nicholas
Wyoming
County Assessor's Office Loses Director Richard Duthler
The county school system reported the resignation of Richard C. Duthler, director of business services, effective June 30. He will return to Minnesota to become director of business affairs for the St. Louis Park school district while continuing work and teaching at the University of Minnesota.
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Richard C. Duthler
Lawrence G. Derthick, Jr
Duthler
Minnesota
St. Louis Park
Minneapolis
Derthick
Samuel A. Scarnato
Mound
Minneapollis
University of Minnesota
Morgantown
Board of Education
Gladys Rude
Morgantown Area Traffic Hits Four in Multiple Crashes
Four Morgantown residents sustained minor injuries in a sequence of area crashes. The morning two car collision on Easton Hill involved John Osborn 26 John Smith 26 and Irene Joseph 54 in a 1955 Chevrolet driven by Louis Keener 18. The other crash on W Va 73 South involved a 1963 GMC tractor trailer driven by Charles Donaldson 41 and a 1964 Cadillac driven by Leonard Wolfe 31 with charges for driver left of center. A Friday night collision on University Avenue injured Barbara Snead 26 in a 1967 Ford struck by Edwin Bose 24 in a 1965 Chevrolet. Police cited Bose for unsafe lane change and Everhart 43 for disregarding a traffic signal. A separate head on collision on North Willey Street damaged two cars with Donna Cramer 18 and Larry Saab 22. Damages tallied at 800 1900 and 375 dollars respectively.
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Morgantown
Easton Hill
John Osborn
John Smith
Irene Joseph
W. Va
Charles Leroy Donaldson
Garret
Leonard Coleman Wolfe
Barbara Snead
Killarney Drive
Edwin Bose
University Avenue
Bose
Donna E. Cramer
Akron
Ohio
Larry M. Saab
Riverview Drive
Morgantown High Students Win Two Top Prizes at Intl Science Fair
Morgantown High School winners Sharon Bloor and Bette Reyer earned top divisional honors at the 19th International Science Fair in Detroit. Bloor captured second in Medicine and Health Sciences with Chromosomal Aberrations in Epiphyseal Dysplasias. Reyer won in Zoology for Eye Transplants in Newts.
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Morgantown
Joseph K. Allamong
Detroit
Mich
Sharon Bloor
Dauther
Byron M. Bloor
Augusta Ave
Bette Reyer
Randall W. Reyer
Fairfield St
Sharon
Association
National Committee For Careers In Medical Technology
Intersociety Committee
Pathology Information
Reyer
U.S. Navy
West Virginia
Monongahela Power Co
Potomac- Edison Co
Sterling Industries
Consolidation Coal Co
West Virginia Medical Association
Appalachian Industrial Council For Education
Rotary Club of
Wheeling
Allamong
John B. Harley
Chestnut Ridge Road
U.S. Forest Service
Office of Professional Employes
The
Moore Sponsors Meeting With Arch Moore and Republicans
Local Republican leaders from the Second District met yesterday to better acquaint with gubernatorial candidate Arch Moore and other GOP hopefuls. Paul A. Trevillian urged unity behind all candidates, saying wounds from the primary would heal by November for a likely big Republican victory. Attendees included Charles Haden II attorney general candidate and several county commissioner and House of Delegates hopefuls.
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Arch Moore
Paul A. Trevillian
Trevillian
Charles Haden II
John Patrick Ball
Peggy Hayhurst
Donald Wilson
House of Delegates
Donald Price
James Kent
William D. Barns
Morgantown Post
Paul Trevillian
Whiston
Pyles Leads by Five Votes in Monongalia County Assessor Primary
Yesterday evening John Pyles held a five vote edge over incumbent John Galford in the Democratic assessor race for Monongalia County. The canvass by the Board of Canvassers tabulated 71 challenged Democratic ballots and will review about 20 challenged absentee ballots Monday at 10 30 a m. Pyles’ attorney Michael Tomasky has requested a recount regardless of final totals.
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John Pyles
Monongalia County
Pyles
John Galford
Michael Tomasky
Galford
Tomasky
Kermit Mason
Robert Nestor
Hugh Boone
L Student Wins Honor
Dominick DePolo Jr. of Clarksburg has been named national chairman of the resolutions and by laws committee of the American Pharmaceutical Association student section. He also serves as vice-president of the WVU Student Pharmaceutical Association and regional chairman of the finance. He works at Thrift Drug Co. under a scholarship and belongs to Kappa Psi at WVU.
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Dominick DePolo Jr
Dominick DePolo Sr
Clarksburg
American Pharmaceutical Association
DePolo
WVU
Student Pharmaceutical Association
Thrift Drug Co
Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity
Dust Clears Trends Emerge From Monongalia Primary
In the 1968 Monongalia County primary, Democratic factions split with Angotti leading a waning coalition and Hearst Johnson group weakened by Hearst defeat. Republican Sheriff Whiston and Arch Moore dominated, Moore winning in the county by a wide margin over Cecil Underwood, aided by Whiston’s presence and influence.
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Democratic Party
S.J. Angotti
Anne Hearst
Clarence Johnson
Miss Hearst
Charles J. Whiston
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Mr. Smith
Louis Wayne Keener
Thomas Martin Newton
Rt. 119
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George Everhart
Johnstown
Everhart
Hammond Vandergrift
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