West Virginia expands rail program adds two steam locomotives
The state plans to rebuild Cass Scenic Railroad shops after a fire and will demolish the old facilities. Two Army donated locomotives a mainline 2 8 0 Consolidation and a 0 4 0T switcher will join the Cass roster, broadening a historic logging railroad into freight service.
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Penn Central
Chessie System
Norfolk and Western
Cass Scenic Railroad
CSRR
Pocahontas County
U.S. Army
Cass
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Porter Locomotive Works
Pittsburgh
Fort Eustis
Scenic Railroad
Ohio High Court rules bridesmaid not a passenger in car
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a Franklin County decision that a West Virginia bridesmaid injured when the bride’s car was in an accident cannot claim damages. The court said a passenger must provide a material benefit to the driver, so Greene cannot collect the $35,000 she sought.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
High Court
Franklin County Court of Appeals
West Virginia
Margaret Greene
Huntington
W.va
Deborah Goldsmith Portman
McGovern Campaign Stops in Southern West Virginia
Presidential candidate George McGovern arrives in Huntington for a 7 p.m. rally at Marshall University and plans a major address in Logan at 10 a.m. Monday. He will tour an Island Creek Coal Co. shop, meet miners, and later fly to Ohio. His running mate Sargent Shriver and party officials also campaign in the state.
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McGovern
Eleanor
Logan
Appalachia
Logan County
Holden
Island Creek Coal Co
Huntington
Ohio
West Virginia
R. Sargent Shriver
Charleston
Beckley
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Shriver
Wheeling
Mountain State
National Party
Jean Westwood
Edward Kennedy
Panorama page listing various sections and features
An index style listing shows sections in the issue including death notices farms local news weather world news and entertainment. It outlines sections such as Discrimination Inside Section A and Inside Section B area local news and a variety of columns and features across sections C D and additional inserts.
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Abby
Rockefeller blast ends Young Democrat meet
In Beckley West Virginia Secretary of State John D Rockefeller IV criticized Governor Arch Moore Jr for failing to expand the West Virginia Turnpike into a four lane facility during the West Virginia Young Democrats state convention. He noted Moore’s pledge from nearly three years ago and pressed for action.
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Beckley
W.va
UPI
John D. Rockefeller IV
Moore
West Virginia
Rockefeller
Charleston
Arch Moore
Lewisburg
White Sulphur Springs
Secretary of
Tom Winner
George McGovern
Nixon
Wall Street Journal
Oil spill hits miles of state shoreline
An eight to ten mile oil slick along the Ohio River stretched from a Friday night barge collision. Coast Guard and EPA lead cleanup with up to 63 000 gallons spilled on both riverbanks. Officials warn river traffic delays persist as operations unfold.
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ST. Marys
W. Va
Ohio River
Coast Guard
Bobby Burns
Huntington
Environmental Protection Agency
Ohio River Coal Co
Memphis Barge Co
West Virginia
Ohio
Nine surface mining permits issued in West Virginia
The West Virginia Department of Natural Resources issued nine surface mining permits totaling over 1200 acres. Companies named include Anderson & Anderson Constructors Inc near Avondale, Onar Mining Co near Uneeda, Lewis Coal & Coke Co Inc near Kingwood, Barboursville Clay Mfg Co near Barboursville, Southern Appalachian Coal Co near Ashford, Sewell Coal Co near Richwood, Bethlehem Mines Corp near Whitesville, T&S Coal Co near Marmet, and Eagle Coal & Dock Co near Twilight.
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Charleston
W.va
Boone County
Ashford
Sewell Coal Co
Greenbrier County
Richwood
Bethlehem Mines Corp
Raleigh
Boone Counties
Whitesville
T&s Coal Co
Kanawha County
Marmet
Eagle Coal & Dock Co., Inc
Twilight
New college head earns second highest college president salary
Roy E. McTarnaghan, newly named president of the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies, will be paid 34000 dollars a year, just 2000 less than West Virginia University’s 36000 dollar top chief. Regents Chancellor Prince Woodard says the pay matches Board of Regents expectations and notes McTarnaghan will lack a home and maid service provided at four year institutions.
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Charleston
W.va
Roy E. McTarnaghan
West Virginia College of Graduate Studies
West Virginia University
James G. Harlow
Marshall University
John G. Barker
Regents
Prince Woodard
Board of Regents
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