Job Fair aims to aid veterans with wide public support
A broad coalition of organizations and professionals backs a Job Fair at the National Guard Armory next Thursday to connect veterans with employers. A two year Task Force to aid veterans signals sustained community concern and active veteran participation. Meanwhile AFL-CIO critiques Nixon wage and price plan amid debates on foreign trade and dollar devaluation, urging direct government action.
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Nixon
Afl-Cio
DISC
U.S
High Street
Morgantown
Wall Street
Japan
England
Canada
Morgantown Bureau engineer honored for 30 years service
Robert L. Rough a petroleum engineer at the U S Bureau of Mines Morgantown Energy Research Station received recognition for 30 years of federal service James W Eckerd director of the center announced Rough has 17 years in Morgantown after transferring from Franklin Pennsylvania He earned a B S in civil engineering from Tri State College He began in general construction and served in the Army Corps of Engineers from 1941 to 1945 In Franklin he did petroleum research including a field study on shooting wells with explosives He later focused on natural flow artificial lift and gas reservoir evaluation at Morgantown He and his wife and two children reside at 1129 E St Interior Department awarded him Superior Work Performance in 1959
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Robert L. Rough
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Morgantown
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Atlantic Seaboard
England
France
Rough
Franklin
Morgantown Center
E. St
Interior
Shoney's Big Boy Plans Six West Virginia Outlets
Shoney's Big Boy negotiates six new restaurants in West Virginia including Morgantown Parkersburg Clarksburg Fairmont and two in Huntington on schedule says general manager James T Pepper Construction dates not provided Pepper will take over Sept 1 directing operations in Virginia and West Virginia replacing Paul Holdren.
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Shoney’s
West Virginia
Morgantown
James T. Pepper
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Huntington
Pepper
Paul T. Holdren
Shoney's
Nashville, Tenn
Virginia
Bache & Co Sells Own Stock in Public Offering
New York based Bache & Co Inc the nations second largest brokerage sold 2.5 million shares of its common stock at 16 each raising 40 million dollars. The offering managed by a group of underwriters led by First Boston Corp was oversubscribed but did not trigger notable activity in over the counter trading.
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New York
Nixon
Tripartite Board
Buff to discuss lung problems of chemical workers in Clarksburg
Dr. I. E. Buff of Charleston will address Local 276 Chemical Workers at the union hall in Clarksburg on September 23 at 7 30 p m. He will speak on lung issues facing workers employed by Union Carbide Corp.
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Charleston
Chemical Workers
Union Hall
Clarksburg
Union Carbide Corp
Grocers plan 39th WV convention in Huntington
West Virginia Association of Retail Grocers moves ahead with plans for its 39th convention in Huntington October 16 18. Executive director Edward R. Neill reports 107 exhibitors contracted and attendance growth from 350 in 1965 to nearly 2000 last year. Co chairs are J O Keith Jr George Thornburg M A Flowers and Warner Sovine.
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West Virginia Association of Retail Grocers
Huntington
Edward R. Neill
Neill
J. O. Keith Jr
George Thornburg
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