Memories of Tankfield and the Tankfield land sale
John Samsell recalls Eureka Pipeline Co land known as The Tankfield now First Ward Park. He describes childhood summers with oil tanks burning, tadpole ponds, and hash of games on firebanks. The area is partly saved as a shopping mall site. thanks to Doc Ashburn and council.
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Eureka Pipeline Co
Tankfield
First Ward Park
Dorsey's Knob
Civilization
Cobun Creek
Traction Park
Greenbriers
Donny Lawrence
Andy Thomas
Phil Saunders
Kent Coddington
Dale Gallagher
Carl Phillips
Darrell Phillips
Dick Brown
Doc Ashburn
Planning commission receives citizen petitions for zoning in Van Voorhis and Baker Ridge
The county planning commission meeting highlighted new citizen involvement as two petitions were filed to institute comprehensive planning and zoning in the Van Voorhis and Baker Ridge areas. No judgments are stated.
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County Planning Commission
van Voorhis
Baker Ridge
Public figures involved in politics film and planning notes
Rep John D Melcher enters an Alcohol Safety Action Program in Fairfax Virginia to avoid drunk driving charges and could have them dropped upon completion. Frank Capra comments on cinema in Montreal. Gunnar Myrdal joins Santa Barbara center with wife Alva. William Hudnut preaches at first White House service in six months. John Sherman Cooper takes GW adjunct chair. County planning discussions explore subdivision regulations and citizen engagement with the Planning Commission.
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John D. Melcher
Montana
Fairfax
Melcher
Fairfax County
Gunnar Myrdal
Center For the Study of Democratic
Santa Barbara
Calif
Alva
Sweden
White House
William Hudnut
Hudnut
Indianapolis
Buffalo
N.Y
Annapolis
Legal Council
Planning Commission
Commission
Statehouse Notebook highlights young West Virginia justice
In Charleston, West Virginia, 32 year old Justice Richard Neely draws scrutiny from the court as an unusually discursive concurring opinion surfaces. Chief Justice Berry critiques the extended discussion on legal formalism while Gov. Moore proposes fuel allocation trading between states to mutual benefit.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Richard Neely
Neely
Supreme Court
Grant County
Adam Smith
Roscoe Pound
Thornton G. Berry Jr
Fred H. Caplan
Charles H. Jaden
Richard M. Sprouse
Berry
Arch A. Moore Jr
Moore
John A. Love
Nixon
Spy reports detail McGovern campaign chaos and aides
The Nixon White House relied on confidential dispatches from Seymour Freidin and Lucianne Goldberg depicting McGovern’s 1972 campaign as a disorganized spectacle. Excerpts describe ramshackle headquarters, shaky planning, staff tensions, and the candidate’s struggle with public perception amid travel fatigue and internal dissent.
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Washington
White House
George McGovern
Chapman
Seymour Freidin
Lucianne Goldberg
Nixon
Murray Chotiner
H. R. Haldeman
Clark MacGregor
Freidin
McGovern
Goldberg
Springfield
Hubert
Humphrey
Sargent) Shriver
McGovern For President
Muskie
Monongalia County Voters Hit For School Levy Tuesday
The League of Women Voters urges a yes vote in Monongalia County on the special school levy. Officials explain the funds support teacher salaries, textbooks, guidance, health and maintenance, totaling about 1.87 million annually. A no vote could cut staff, close programs, raise class sizes, and risk accreditation.
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Monongalia
West Virginia
Morgantown
Pittsburgh
West
Better Schools
Monongalia County
New York
Pennsylvania
Board of Education
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John Samsell
Larry Schifano
Richard Walters
Asel
Kennedy County
New York Times News Service
Frank Capra
Montreal
Mr. Deeds
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
India
Nepal
Edgar R. Baker
George Washington University School of Public and International Affairs
the Criminal Justice System OF
United States
Spyro T Agnew
Ke eEeto
Congressional
Jack Anderson
Harum-scarum
Brain Trust
Henry Meyers
Meyers
Dallas
NASA
Houston
Shriver
Ohio
Gordon Weil
Richard
Dougherty
McGoon
John Gage
Boston
Jerry Williams
Williams
Minneapolis
New York Daily News
Harvard Lampoon
League OF Women Voters
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