Monongalia County Set to Build 2.5 Million Voc-Technical Center
Architects develop topographical plots for the Monongalia County Vocational-Technical Center with a projected 2.5 million budget. The board of education selected Gandee Thomas and Sprouse of Charleston to handle the plans. Completion target is Sept 1 1977 with work to begin mid spring.
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Monongalia County Vocational-Technical Center
Ray Kesler
Monongalia County Board of Education
Gandee, Thomas and Sprouse
Charleston
Kesler
Preston County
First Ward
Greenbay Road
University Ave
State Vocational Bureau of the Appalachian Ragiones Commission
ARC
Vocational Education Act
Monongalia County dedicates new health center facility
Local officials and dignitaries praised the $1,259,526 Monongalia County Public Health Center at its 10:30 a.m. dedication attended by about 200 people. Gov Arch Moore Sen Jennings Randolph Rep Harley Staggers and health director Dr N H Dyer spoke praising County Health Director Dr I A Wiles and County Commission president Richard E Davies for funding and construction. The event marked handing over the keys as the two story center on Van Voorhis Road begins serving roughly 65,000 residents with improved maternal infant care sanitation and public health programs.
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Arch Moore JR
Monongalia County Public Health Center
Jennings Randolph
Dw.va
Richard Davies
County Commission
Harley Staggers
D-W.va
Dave Poling
Monongalia County
West Virginia
Arch Moore
U.S
N.H. Dyer
I.A. Wiles
van Voorhis Road Center
P.R. Bridges
Mellon-Stuart
Fairmont
Robert Bennett
Richard E
Dick) Davies
John Trotter
Moore
Clay County
Lakin State Hospital
Appalachian Regional Commission
Protests greet WV strip mine plan near Osage
Local miner Glenn Liston faces 20 protests and a 120-signature petition against his plan to strip 15 acres of Wade's Run coal seam 4.5 miles NW of Osage. Protests cite stream pollution road damage noise lower property values and unsafe terrain. Liston defends project as better land use and pledged protections including 300 feet of trees, bridge reinforcement, road maintenance, and a $1,000 per-acre bond.
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Waynesburg
Wade’s Run
Dunkard Creek
Osage
Glenn Liston
L&g Associates
Morgantown
Liston
State Department of Natural Resources
DNR
West Virginia Department of Highways
Housing crunch cuts into West Virginia housing market
The West Virginia Legislature did not extend the 9 percent mortgage rate ceiling, risking higher unemployment in building trades and tighter mortgage access in Morgantown. Realtors note homes are scarcer and costlier, while bankers report ongoing loan demand but limited funds and some layoffs likely unless policy shifts occur.
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Barbara Rasmussen
West Virginia
Morgantown
Richard Yoder
North Central West Virginia
Terry Jones
del. Jones
WVU routs Temple 50 to 7 on sunny Mountaineer Field
Norman Julian notes fine fall weather and a dominating WVU victory as 32,271 fans filled Mountaineer Field. The charted crowd enjoyed clear skies, autumn colors, and a new wave of plastic seats. Temple faced a 50 to 7 defeat amid a festive, mostly full stadium atmosphere.
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Norman Julian
West Virginia University
Mountaineer
WVU
Temple
Mon
Valley Ambulance Board Meeting Set For By Law Drafting
MASONTOWN The Valley Ambulance Service Board of Directors will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Masontown Fire Hall to draft by laws for the organization. President Conrad Pride says no such by laws exist now. The 10 member board includes Pride a vice president a secretary a treasurer and two members from Masontown Reedsville and Arthurdale Gladesville areas. No other business is on the agenda.
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Masontown
Valley Ambulance Service Board of Directors
Conrad Pride
Pride
Reedsville
Arthurdale- Gladesville
Coal Leads Monongalia to First in West Virginia
In 1974 Monongalia County outproduced McDowell County with 11,559,272 tons of coal, despite a statewide strike that reduced overall output. McDowell dropped to 10,176,305 tons while Monongalia faced a slight 2,955 ton decline from 1973. Key mines and 2,850 miners in the county reflect substantial local employment and wages totaling 36,174,199 dollars.
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McDowell County
West Virginia
Monongalia County
Logan County
Southern
Ben Romero
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Pennsylvania
Rayburn Fraley
Consolidation Coal Co
Humphrey No. 7
Blacksville No
Osage No. 3
Arkwright
Blacksville
Pursgrove No
West Virginia Coal Facts
West Virginia Coal Association
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Vo-tech
University
Art Jordan
Valley Ambulance Meeting
McDowell
Monongalia
Taylor County
John Blosser
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