State papers face shortage in West Virginia
The Associated Press reports West Virginia newspapers face severe newsprint shortages with most dailies under three weeks stock. Papers reduce pages and features, some cut sections, and editors expect continued tight supplies for years while advertising remains steady. Newsstands feel impact from fewer copies and higher costs.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Moundsville
Daily Echo
Huntington
Wheeling
Ernest Tweel
Nick's News
Logan
Welch
Bluefield
Phillip Smith
12Th Street News
Wall Street Journal
Hale Fox
Ogden Newspapers Inc
John McMillan
Huntington Newspapers
West Virginia Conversion Plant to Resume Operations
Rep. Robert Mollohan says the Cresap coal to gas conversion plant in Marshall County will be back in use before year end. An Interior Department appropriations bill provides 3 million dollars for Consolidation Coal Co facility with private industry expected to add 2 million. The plant aims to test low sulfur liquid fuel from high sulfur coal and refine coal feeding methods, employing about 100 people once active.
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Washington
Cresap
Marshall County
Robert Mollohan
D-W.va
Interior Department
Consolidation Coal Co
Mollohan
West Virginia Railroads Win Right to 28.1% Freight Hikes
A three judge federal panel overruled objections and allowed 28.1 percent intrastate rate increases by five railways including Baltimore and Ohio and Norfolk and Western. PSC Appalachian Power and National Steel opposed, warning of consumer impact. The ICC had approved the hikes.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Appalachian Power Co
National Steel Corp
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Penn Central
Western Maryland Railways
John A. Field Jr
Dennis R. Knapp
K.K. Hall
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PSC
Two Weekend Traffic Deaths Reported in West Virginia
United Press International reports two weekend traffic deaths in West Virginia raise the year’s toll to 380. Albert Sucik age 31 of Green Castle Pennsylvania was killed when his car left U.S. 19 in Braxton County and plunged 50 feet down a steep embankment. his wife Dena 18 was listed in satisfactory condition at Gassaway Hospital. Stanley W. Slater 17 of Charleston died in a two car collision on a Kanawha County rural road. two passengers in his car were slightly injured and occupants of the other car escaped harm. Through this date last year the toll stood at 426.
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Green Castle Pa
U.S. 19
Braxton County
Dena
Gassaway Hospital
Stanley W. Slater
Charleston
Kanawha
Seer predicts political races in Wheeling club talk
In Wheeling West Virginia AP noted seer Jeanne Dixon told the Wheeling Women’s Club she does not foresee President Nixon’s impeachment and hints at a future prestigious role for Spiro Agnew in 1978 She predicts Edward Kennedy will win the presidency in 1976 potential outcomes and political futures.
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Wheeling
W.va
Jeanne Dixon
Wheeling Women's Club
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Judge acquits brewing company in $1.5 million suit
Federal Judge K K Hall granted a directed verdict of acquittal for Queen City Brewing Co of Cumberland Md in a $1.5 million contract dispute brought by William Friend doing business as South Branch Distributors. Friend claimed a 23 year verbal distributorship for Old German beer in Romney ended in 1970.
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W.va
K.K. Hall
Western Maryland Brewing Company
U.S
William Friend
Romney
South Branch Distributors
Queen City Brewing Co
Cumberland
Friend
Hall
Queen City
Newspaper Subscription Rates Note
Classified snippet lists pricing for daily and Sunday delivery options and a Sunday only plan. Reads: outside West Virginia and three counties named above. one year 30 dollars. daily plus Sunday six months 4 dollars. Sunday only one year 13 dollars. contact 292 6301 for all other departments.
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West Virginia
Fayette and
Greene Counties
Garrett County
W.va
Site decision on east Huntington bridge expected soon
Coast Guard official Capt Harold Muth said a location decision for the Ohio River bridge joining Huntington is due in a month or two. The site before the secretary of transportation must clear the President's Council on Environmental Quality and the Coast Guard. Controversy and a 15 month hearing delay projects two sites at Lewis Hollow and Guyandotte.
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Lewis Hollow
Huntington
Guyandotte
West Virginia Highways offices set new 7 30 to 4 plan
The West Virginia Department of Highways will start a 7 30 a.m. to 4 p.m. workday Monday across central offices 10 district offices and 55 county maintenance HQs. The shift shortens lunch to 30 minutes aligning with Gov Moore's capitol area traffic plan and was approved by almost 90 percent of staff.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia Department of Highways
William §. Ritchie Jr
Ritchie
Arch A. Moore Jr
Capitol Complex
Capitol City
Byrd to Appear on ABC Issues and Answers
Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia was set to join Sen. Robert Griffin of Michigan on the ABC news program Issues and Answers. Airing at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Byrd serves as Senate majority whip with Griffin as minority whip.
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Washington
Guilty Plea in Logan County Mine Equipment Theft Ring
Lonnie Bailey, 19, of Logan County, pleaded guilty to petit larceny in a case tied to a mine equipment theft ring. He received a one year sentence with credit for five months served. He is the 24th person to plead guilty in the inquiry naming over 50 individuals and involving about $250 worth of ranger fuel co anger bits.
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Logan
W.va
Logan County
Lonnie Bailey
Harvey Oakley
Bailey
Ranger Fuel Co
Benedum Foundation Grants Dining Hall Renovation at Davis and Elkins
Davis and Elkins College President Gordon E. Hermanson announced a 27500 grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation to refurbish the dining hall. The project costs 44000 total and includes air conditioning and a small dining room. Hermanson noted enrollment up seven percent to 860 students, with 251 from West Virginia, 177 from Pennsylvania, and 167 from New Jersey.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
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