First WV work release center led by a woman
West Virginia opens its first work-release center with Savannah White as supervisor. The Charleston facility, a half way house for male prisoners nearing parole, aims for operation by October with five inmates initially and staff of 11.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Division of Correction
Gordon H. Faulkner
Savannah White
West Virginia State College
Marshall University
West Side
West Virginia
Moundsville
Faulkner
Department of Employment Security
White
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Safety law study to be reviewed at WV retailers conference
The 12th annual West Virginia Retailers Association conference opens in Charleston. Eugene Keeney of the American Retail Federation will speak at the noon luncheon. Robert E. Taylor of the U S Labor Department will outline how the federal occupational safety and health act applies to individual retail stores.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia Retailers Association
Eugene Keeney
American Retail Federation
Washington, D.C
Robert E. Taylor
U.S. Labor Department
Pittsburgh
Byrd Attacks Forest Service Mining Permit in West Virginia
Sen. Robert Byrd criticized Forest Service policy after learning a mining permit was issued along Shavers Fork in the Monongahela National Forest. He had urged a moratorium until a mineral survey of the forest is completed as disputes over the watershed continued.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Service
Shavers Fork
Monongahela National Forest
West Virginia Democrat
Gas cut off in Roane area
Gas service disruption hits about 300 Spencer area customers in Roane County. The lines are owned by Harry Boggs Natural Gas Co. and affected by a dispute over proposed deep mines Linan Smokeless Coal Co. and Mower Lumber Co. Byrd criticizes Forest Service bonds amid hatchery water supply concerns.
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Roane
Spencer
W.va
Roane County
Spencer Gas Co
Harry Boggs Natural Gas Co
Harry Boggs
Wilson challenges decision in West Virginia dispute
Wilford R. Wilson Fairmont State College athletic director appeals to the U S Supreme Court over a ruling that he cannot hold state employment while serving in public office. He seeks reinstatement as Marion County state legislator after being ousted and now runs as a candidate. The July 24 ruling by a three judge panel held no rights violation. The panel included Judges Christie Field Jr and Maxwell.
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Fairmont
W.va
Wilford R. Wilson
Fairmont State College
U.S. Supreme Court
Wilson
Marion County
U.S
Sidney L. Christie
John A Field Jr
Robert E. Maxwell
Autonomy ruled for seven UMW districts in elections order
U.S. District Judge Joseph C. Waddy ordered the United Mine Workers to elect all district officers within nine months, granting autonomy to seven regional districts including West Virginia's Districts 31 and 17. The ruling, affecting over 75 000 members across five states, follows a prior finding that trusteeships in these districts were illegal and meant to be temporary.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
International Union
U.S. District Court
Joseph C. Waddy
International Executive Board
UMW
Woman killed in Ohio wreck near Bayland
Police identified the 58-year-old victim as Jane L. Schomber of Wheeling West Virginia. Her bakery truck pulled onto Ohio 7 into the path of a tractor trailer driven by John VanMeter 41 of Weirton West Virginia. VanMeter was listed in fair condition Saturday at a Martins Ferry hospital.
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Bayland
Ohio
Here
West Virginia
Schomber
John VanMeter
Weirton
W.va
VanMeter
Martins Ferry
Strip mine may become city landfill
Elkins City Council plans to convert a Norton strip mine bench into a sanitary landfill to replace the full current city site at Aggregates. The 38 acre Norton mine should be ready by Thanksgiving and may operate alongside mining activity with costs shared by Elkins and Randolph County.
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Elkins
W. Va
Norton
Aggregates
James Gladkosky
Norton Strip
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J. Donald Clark
Clifford M. Gordon
Correction Division
Huttonsville
Falkner
Byrd
Linan Smokeless Coal Co
Mower Lumber Co
Linan
Mower
Bowden National Fish Hatchery
Senate
Senate Appropriations
Interior
The
Bowden Hatchery
Waddy
Miners For Democracy Reform Group
Jane L. Schomber
Wheeling
Spain
Lenoir House Birésson of
Broghlil Industries
Designer Service
Walnut
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