PRT carries 344000 in one month at WVU
The Personal Rapid Transit System reports 344000 passengers since Aug 20 as Phase II work advances toward a July 1979 completion. System availability averages 97.8 percent, with peak daily ridership at 18288 and Phase I slated to end in Oct 1978.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcella Williamson
PRT
West Virginia University
Bob Bates
WVU
Bates
Medical Center Drive
WVU Medical Center
Dent's Run cleanup reveals new sewage woes in creek
A $2 million cleanup of Dent's Run uncovers raw sewage discharges from Westover and Granville tied to main sewer lines and a silt bar near the Monongahela River. Residents fear spring ice back-up and flooding while calls grow for dredging and a regional sewage treatment plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Poling
Consolidation Coal Co
Dent’s Run
All
Westover
Granville
Angela Lewton
Region Six Planning and Development Council
Dent's Run
Ernest Bartolo
Monongahela River
Bartolo
West Virginia Department of Highways
Gordon Williamson
Williamson
Robert Byrd
Department of Natural Resources
Corps of Engineers
U.S
Harley O. Staggers
Richard Rowe
Byrd
Max R. Janairo Jr
Congress
Busy Summer for CRC Highlights County Recreation Programs
Van Anderson reports the Monongalia County Consolidated Recreation Commission had one of the busiest and smoothest summers with programs in track tennis Chestnut Ridge Youth Resident Camp Summer Playground CRISP ballroom belly dance mime class Marilla Center softball parks and more. Track at Morgantown High School and WVU Coliseum averaged 40 daily participants and 314 tennis instruction participants over two sessions. Camp drawn 307 youths including 82 in a program for handicapped. 20 percent received campership aid. Playground program reduced to 14 sites with two leaders per site. Continued details to page 2-B.
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Monongalia County
Osage Park
Granville Park
CRC
Chestnut Ridge Camp
Morgantown High
West Virginia University
Monongalia
Preston
Wetzel
Westview Tennis Center
Marilla Courts
Chestnut Ridge
United Way
County Probation Office
Morgantown Kiwanis Club
Radio outage threatens Mountaineer game with Wildcats
A backhoe operator near the Star City Bridge cut a telephone cable hampering WAJR radio transmission for the Mountaineers vs Kentucky. Service to Star City, Granville, WWVU phones and WWVU-TV was disrupted from 11 a.m. until repairs by 1 p.m. and much until midnight.
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Mountaineer
Kentucky Wildcats
WAJR
Star City Bridge
Monongalia County Sheriff's Deputies
Star City
Granville
West Virginia University
Wwvu-Tv
Sam Schnopp
Glenn Staddon
WVU band director seeks TV exposure not travel burden
Don Wilcox of West Virginia University says the Mountaineer Marching Band will not play at pro games unless it guarantees 10 minutes of TV exposure. The 275 member group travels at high cost, relies on community support, and emphasizes artistic precision over militarism while serving state residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Rasmussen
Washington Redskins
George Allen
Mountaineer Marching
Don Wilcox
WVU
Wilcox
Allen
West Virginia
West
Creative Arts Center
WVII
Fifth Dimension
Army
Mountaineer
Michigan State
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Towers Station
Towers
Medical Center
University Avenue
Birch Street
Medical Drive
Law Building
Monongalia General Hospital
Basic Sciences
Dent’s
Craig Cunningham
Craig Cunninghan
Riverside Junior High
Labeth Lough
Belinda Korzum
Mary Muzelak
WVU Band
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