Enthusiastic West Virginia lobbyist backs women’s causes
Barbara Rasmussen reports Beth McCune Hamrick a Charleston case worker and NOW lobbyist says West Virginia women are strong and ready to organize for the causes that benefit them. She pushes reform of the rape law and cites the Morgantown Rape Information Service survey as helpful for legislators.
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Beth McCune Hamrick
West Virginia
National Organization For Women
Ms. Hamrick
Charleston
State Department of Welfare
House of Delegates
Pearl Buck
Mother Jones
West Virginia activists push for rape law reform and ERA support
NOW leader outlines education of women and legislative strategy while detailing opposition to demeaning rape statutes. She notes progress includes three House floor bills and preserving ERA ratification. West Virginia figures cite funding hopes, detailed project boundaries, and a long road to legal change.
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West Virginia
Child Abuse Discussed at Welfare Department Meeting
Doctors warned about stigma in reporting abuse and questioned how to intervene without harming practice. Experts said few methods quantify abuse and neglect, with Dr Jarvis Eckert estimating 25 percent of children affected if nutritional neglect is counted.
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Marilyn Jarvis-Eckert
Jarvis Eckert
Koch
America
Mamie Gene Cole
Hospitals DOWNTOWN DIVISION MONONGALIA GENERAL Discharges and Births
Monongalia General lists discharges and births across several divisions. Newborns include a boy for Mr and Mrs Robert Readd at 1 03 a m and a boy for Mr and Mrs Michael Gocke at 6 46 p m, plus a boy for Mr and Mrs Jack Koontz at 10 27 a m. Discharges include multiple patients and two new baby boys with listed guardians. Grafton City and Preston Memorial notes, then Greene Memorial births and admissions followed by discharges.
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Monongalia
Ronald Anderson
Jay Willard
Karen Straight
Joseph Kun
Mary Mulligan
Robert Readd
Albright
Michael Gocke
Rotary
Robert Godfrey
Sandra Mclendy
William Gillespie
James Price
Howard Shaffer
Okey Dalton
Margaret Hohman
Carl Davis
William Campbell
Christine Blizzard
Richard Cook
Janie Protzman
Linda Perry
Linda Edgell
Dorothy Houze
Robert Kennedy
Genevieve Shaw
Delbert Newbrough
Agnes Patton
Martha Dalton
Preston
Clarence Hall
Tunnelton
Elsie Christopher
Kingwood
Carr Morgan
Fairmont
Arthur Hoffman
Rt. 1
Mary _ Taylor
Greene
John Keller
Waynesburg
Lawrence G. Smith
Carmichaels
Everett Davey
Rose Mary Marcia Carmichaels
Mary Ann Pellegrini
Lonnie Joe Bowers
Mary Jane Bihun
John Brottish
Lucille White
Ellen Lahen
Mary Lagorda
James Fabish
Jesse Lazear
DOH projects face funding crunch amid revenue uncertainty
Officials warn lawmakers assumed stable revenues and that future funding for road maintenance may hinge on November balances. DoH may bid more projects if funds are approved. without extra appropriations, some work could be cut back. Routine maintenance shows higher allocations in three counties with detailed resurfacing figures and county by county costs.
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Moreland
Hosclaw
DOH
Onongalia
Preston County
Taylor County
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