Morgantown Airport Dedication Draws Up To 20000 Visitors
Morgantown hosts a star studded airport dedication today with up to 20000 visitors expected before nightfall. An air show lasting two hours highlights the event led by General Chairman Kenneth Kincaid. Flight tours begin at 9 am and include mountain flights up to 100 miles. A post office booth will sell Hart Field Dedication air mail envelopes with a special cancellation stamp.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
Kenneth Kincaid
U.S. Postal Service
Hart Field
Charlie Brown
Lakeview Inn and Country Club
Arch A. Moore Jr
Jennings Randolph
Harley O. Staggers
Earl Anderson
Frederick E. Barrus
Mike Collins
Robert Stanton
FFA
Richard Denning
Allegheny Airlines
Bill Richards
State Aeronautical Commission
Hart
Creel to Lead Blue Chip Unit in United Fund Drive
Morgantown leader Robert B. Creel will chair the Blue Chip Division of the 1973 Monongalia United Fund Campaign. The division targets pledges of 100 or more and last year supplied about 25 percent of campaign funds. Creel praised the division’s past performance and urged continued giving to support 14 local agencies including the Red Cross Scout groups and the Salvation Army.
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Robert B. Creel
Morgantown
Creel
Blue Chip
Monongalia County United Fund
United Fund
Monongalia County
The
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Camp Galahad
Chestnut Ridge Camp
Community Need Council
Family Service Association
Girl Scouts
Mental Health Assoc
WVU Opens 1973 Season With 24 10 Victory Over Virginia Tech
An estimated 35 000 fans packed Mountaineer Field as West Virginia University beat Virginia Tech 24 10. The defense sparked chants with a rare goal line stand late, while optimism rose for the season despite limited offensive scoring.
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West Virginia
Danny
Lightning) Buggs
WVU
Mike Quigley
Mountaineer Field
West Virginia University
Virginia Tech
Danny Buggs
Mountaineer
Tech
Courses by Newspaper offer WVU college credit via Panorama
Beginning Sept. 30 the Sunday Dominion Post will launch a Courses by Newspaper series in Panorama Magazine enabling readers to earn college credit from West Virginia. A two credit course, America and the Future of Man, will run 20 weekly lectures with WVU undergraduate or CEU options. Enrollment ends Oct. 26 with a $36 fee.
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Sunday Dominion Post
Panorama Magazine
West Virginia
Sunday Magazine
Edsel Gainer
WVU
WVU County
Coliseum
Evansdale
Gainer
Buckwheat Festival Soloists Banner Preston Event
Buckwheat Festival kicks off in Preston County with the Queen's Banquet honoring Queen Ceres XXXII Becky Smith of Bruceton Mills. Firemen's Day follows as four days of events unfold from Friday School Community Day to Saturday Farmer's Day then Sunday Senior Citizens Day with antique cars and seniors taking center stage.
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Preston
Ceres XXXII
Becky Smith
Bruceton Mills
Riday
Ceres
Buckw
Panorama
Morgantown Annexation Question Reignites Debate
The Dominion Post begins a two part series on annexation as Morgantown considers adding 75 families from Tee Hills. Dr Charles R Craig leads a North Hills committee with 65 of 120 postcards returned supporting joining the city. Council members differ with Earl McCartney opposing sparsely developed areas while Florence Merow advocates broad annexation.
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Morgantown
North Hills Community Association
Charles R. Craig
Cherry Lane
Tee Hills
Morgantown City
Lmits
Craig
No- Man's Land
Star City
Earl McCartney
Florence Merow
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Raleigh Register-Post Herald
Martinsburg Journal
Fairmont Times-West Virginian
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