Four 'people movers' unveiled at Transpo
Four proposed transit systems are tested for six months to a year as Congress debates a $25 million request to deploy at least one. OTIS subsidiary TTI showcases a air cushion vehicle. Dashaveyor-Bendix and Ford systems use rubber wheels. Rohr-Monocab touts thin monorail for malls and hotels. Morgantown fusion by Boeing and Alder Self-Transit continues development.
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House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Transportation Technology, Inc
Otis Elevator Company
Ford
P.R.T
Morgantown
Boeing Company
Alder Self-Transit Systems Corporation
Mother and daughter top dean’s list with perfect 4.0
Mary Katherine Lauck and her daughter Katherine Lauck of Williamstown, West Virginia, are both named on Parkersburg Community College’s dean’s list for the second spring semester, each earning straight A averages.
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Parkersburg
W.va
Parkersburg Community College
Jack R. Lauck
Williamstown
W. Va
Mary Katherine
Katherine
Reading Highlights and Local News Summary
A compact page lists segments including Cancer research notes, local news from Billy Graham’s circle, hospital happenings, a calendar of events, and editorial comments. The itemized sections span community health, business, labor, education, and regional society features.
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Billy Graham
Crago
Fayette-Greene News
State approves six new strip mine permits
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources issued six strip mine permits allowing coal extraction on 387 acres. Island Creek Coal Co. received two permits for 75 and 110 acre tracts in Wyoming County. Other permits went to Laxare Inc., Consolidation Coal Co., Pocahontas Coal Co., and C and W Coal Co for small tracts across Boone Raleigh Mercer Barbour counties. Applications to drill on 656 more acres by five firms were also filed.
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Charleston
W. Va
Clear Fork
Raleigh
Vapnew
Junior Pocahontas Coal Co., Inc
Coaldale
Rock
Mercer County
C & W Coal Co
Lost Creek
Elk District
Barbour County
Caroline Coal Corp
Stirrat
Island Creek
Logan County
King Knob Coal Co
Boothoon Grant
Monongaunty
Princess Susan Coal Co
Blakeley
Kanawha County
United Pocahontas Coal Co
Algoma
North Fork
McDowell County
Oak Leaf Coal Co
Wharncliffe
Stafford
Mingo County
Tree of Life Sisterhood to Install Officers
The final Tree of Life Sisterhood meeting and installation will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Tree of Life Temple. There will be no June luncheon as previously announced.
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Tree of Life Sisterhood
Tree of Life Temple
West Virginia Proclaims Father and Son Saturday
Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. proclaims June 3 and every first Saturday in June as Father and Son Saturday in West Virginia. The move stems from Harpers Ferry residents and a seminar center effort to improve father son relationships amid broader social concerns.
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West Virginia
Harpers Ferry
Arch A. Moore Jr
Dixie D. Kilham
Moore
Kilham
Woman Burns Self In Fayette County Fire Attempt
A 19 year old Fayette county woman Beulah Murry was treated at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital in fair condition after dousing herself with gasoline and setting herself on fire at her home. Her mother Mrs Billy Ingram extinguished the flames before deputies arrived and she was transferred from Oak Hill Hospital for further care.
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Beckley
W. Va
Fayette County
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Beulah Murry
Rt. 1
Fayetteville
Oak Hill Hospital
Dave Brown
Billy Ingram
West Virginia breaks mark for reclamation
West Virginia led U S surface mine reclamation in 1971 with 20 369 acres of the 81 673 acres reclaimed nationwide The report credits soil conservation districts operators and the state for the large total noting production fell while reclamation nearly doubled and praising ongoing progressive and abandoned mine programs backed by industry funds
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Charleston
W. Va
United States
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Soil Conservation Districts
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Ben Lusk
West Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association
Lusk
Soil District Services
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James Stewart
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John Dietz
Transpo
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Morgantown Post
Dominion-News
Sreen
Fayette and
Greene Counties
Garrett County
Cancer Research
James Reston
Just Between Us
Ida Beverage League of Women Voters
Grafton News
Friendsville High School World
Panorama Magazine
Family Weekly
U.S. News
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Preston County
Connell
Furfari
Quigley
Adaline Moore
Dr. Ginott
Socus
Women's News
Thaxton
Tree of Life
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Fredlockd Pharmacy
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