State Police to Start New Phone Service
The State Department of Public Safety plans statewide 24 hour toll free telephone service to the State Police by January. Lt. J.T. Gribben says the system will employ two telephone lines and staff to handle calls.
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John Blosser
State Department of Public Safety
DPS
J.T. Gribben
Charleston
Spencer Takes New Post as Region Six Planner
The Rev. Donald L. Spencer of Morgantown has been chosen as staff planner for problems of the aged by Region Six. He will resign his Morgantown campus pastorate and take office December 17 in Fairmont. He helped organize In Touch and Concerned to aid elderly residents living alone and will oversee emergency contact work with the new centralized number 800-642-9051.
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Donald L. Spencer
Morgantown
Spencer
Wesminster Foundation
Region Six
Fairmont
New Boston
N.H
Wilbraham
Mass
West Virginia
Preston County
Veterans of Foreign Wars leader urges end to aid to oil boycott states
Ray R. Soden national VFW commander in Morgantown and Westover calls for ending U S aid to Arab nations involved in the oil boycott. He criticizes Nixon administration veterans benefits and GI Bill, and urges campaign finance reform and stronger executive legislative cohesion.
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John Blosser
U.S
Nixon
Ray R. Soden
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Soden
Morgantown
Westover
VFW
Spruce St
Washington
Congress
United States of American
Senate
Veterans’ Affairs
House
West Virginia
Earl Muse
Muse
Rep
Ren. Hechler
D-W.va
Record Deer Kills Mark Long Thanksgiving Weekend
More than 300 deer were killed in the first six days of the firearm season across Monongalia and Preston counties with about 983 total kills so far. A Morgantown man, Ronald Lynch, was wounded by a shotgun slug near Albright and taken to WVU Hospital in satisfactory condition.
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Monongalia
Preston County
Mason Dixonland
Mason-Dixonland
Morgantown
Ronald Lynch
Lynch
West Virginia University Hospital
Albright
Monongalia County
Morgantown City Manager Ashburn a Storied Local Figure
Profile of James “Doc” Ashburn the Morgantown city manager for 19 years seven as manager detailing his military service in World War II including D Day Omaha Beach, education at WVU and Heidelberg, and his rise from clerk to permanent city manager. He navigates extensive duties, budgets, federal grants, and civic boards while balancing family milestones and a long local career.
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James
Doc
Ashburn
Morgantown
West Virginia University School of Engineering
Morgantown Business College
U.S. Army
North Dakota
Elmer Prince
Cit
Ruth
Mary Jane
WVU
William Hitt
Jamaica
Nancy
West Virginia University
Smith College
Massachusetts
Planning Commission
Sanitary
Eureka City Plans Master Plan for Eureka Pipeline Property
Eureka officials plan an architect study to draft a master plan for the city bought Eureka Pipeline Co. land near First Ward park. The aim is to guide future recreation sites and a city garage complex over the next 15 to 20 years while relocating garage facilities to the Eureka site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Swinkola
Eureka Pipeline Co
Richard Walters
First Ward Park
The
Water Commission
Walters
Eureka Purchase
Eureka
Labraton
Monongalia Board of Education faces Head Start cuts
The Monongalia County Board plans to cut Daybrook Head Start from four days to two per week at its next session. Superintendent Dr. Lawrence Derthick notes federal rules require 12 students per class but Daybrook has only six to eight, so time saved will expand Head Start in Morgantown with no cost increase.
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Monongalia County Board of Education
Prairie Avenue
Lawrence G. Derthick
Daybrook
U.S. Department
Derthick
Morgantown
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