Drug abuse plan faces funding gap in West Virginia
West Virginia faces a growing drug problem with a lack of funds to support a statewide program. Ray Washington, director of the Division on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, cites a $350,000 budget but an $82,000 drug request that went unfunded, hindering medical staff, beds, and therapists.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
West Virginia
Ray Washington
State Department of Mental Health
Washington
Committee On
Jerry Brewster
Mental Health Department
Washin
Festival Parade Draws About 85,000 Spectators
The Mountain State Forest Festival parade in Elkins drew an estimated 85,000 people. Parade marshals R. Allen Burton and Buck and Irene Shoaf, native West Coasters with Rose Bowl parade experience, led the event amid a crowd along a 132-unit procession.
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Elkins
Mountain State Forest
A. M. Fredlock
R. Allen Burton
Buck
Irene Shoaf
West Coast
Morgantown Seeks HUD Funds for Sewage and School Plans
City Manager James A. Ashburn hunts HUD funds to expand Morgantown sewer lines in cooperation with Decker's Creek PSD. A joint Pittsburgh bid targets a new treatment plant while a Monday meeting at Cheat Lake Junior High discusses school bonds and maps. President Nixon attended local events, and national figures spoke on civil rights and peace as festival activities continued.
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James A. Ashburn
Pittsburgh
Decker’s Creek
HUD
Ashburn
Morgantown
Burroughs Run
Suncrest
Hartman Run Road
Violet Petso
Cheat Lake Junior High School
Cheat Lake Area
Homer Kincaid
Spruce Knob
Nixon
Cathy Sparacino
Beckley
Ralph Albertazzio
China
Constance Stuart
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Shiloh Baptist Church
Abernathy
DNR reports no permits issued in week
Charleston based DNR update lists strip mine applications received last week. No permits were issued. White Ridge Coal Co seeks 200 acres in Raleigh County Western Pocahontas Richmond Richmond Wilcox. Peter White Coal Mining seeks 17.23 acres in Mingo County near Isaban. Dino Contractors seeks 281 acres in Boone County Bull Creek near Ashford.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Department of Natural Resources
White Ridge Coal Co
Richmond
Raleigh County
Pocahontas - Richmond
Richmond-Wilcox
Peter White Coal Mining Corp
Stafford
Mingo County
Peter White
Isaban
Dino Contractors Inc
Peytona
Boone County
Bull Creek
Ashford
Morgantown Art Association Lectures Begin October 18
The Morgantown Art Association with a 700 grant from the West Virginia Arts and Humanities Council will start a lecture series October 18 at the Art Center, 354 High, running through March 1972. John D. Clarkson of WVU opens with Portfolio-Merri Mix from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Other speakers include Jerry Caplan of Chatham College, Wil Peterson of WVU, and Urban Couch of WVU. Sessions are free and open to the public.
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Morgantown Art Association
West Virginia Arts and Humanities Council
Ee Art Center
354 High
John D. Clarkson
West Virginia University
Merri Mix
Jerry Capplan
Chatham College
Pittsburgh
Wil Peterson
WVU
Urban Couch
Visual Arts
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the Dominion Post
National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke
Donald L. Kimmel
WVU Department of Anatomy
Richard Nixon
Cheat Lake
Fort Worth
Tex
Judith Houghton
Miss Teenage America, Inc
Kentucky
Hopkinsville
Darlene Fuller
Lexington
Brenda Kay Brookshire
Margaret A. Dickey
Pamela Doyle
Teresa
Sic
Darlene Sidener
Maryland
Columbia
Adrienne McDonough
Ellicott City
Kathleen M. Grennan
New Jersey
Clayton
DNR
Sears
Assortment L. P. Records
Sears and
SAVE
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Middletown Mall
Fairmont
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