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Newspaper
The Mountain Statesman
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1976
Page
2
Downtown division of United Hospital is closing this week with about 60 patients being transferred to a new wing at the South Division. The downtown property has been sold to a bank.
About 1,200 Washington County coal miners ordered to end a wildcat walkout over job bidding procedures did not report to work today. The strike began Tuesday when workers at Westland Mine No. 1 walked out in support of a grievance filed by miners.
By mid March Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone will begin refunds ordered by the Public Service Commission. The average refund is $20 to $40 with checks for amounts over $5 million and credits under $5. Rates will be cut about 10 percent. refunds target those who paid higher rates since 1974. The decision faced company criticism noting tax effects and long processing.
In Atlanta the CDC extended the vaccination moratorium to study Guillain Barré Syndrome while experts predicted no winter restart unless a flu epidemic emerges. Maryland officials said they had permanently discontinued swine flu vaccination, citing negligible outbreak risk.
A Grafton City Hospital register dated December 23 1976 lists admissions for Oleg Smith Eugene Scranage and others in several towns including Florida Cherry Grove Buckhannon and Philippi. Discharge entries follow from Grafton Fairmont Clarksburg Parkersburg and other locales with names such as Orval Hoffman Mary Alice Poling and William Hamilton.
James Albert Hammons, 73, of 220 West Washington Street, died December 27. Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Bartlett Funeral Home with Rev. Francis Boylen officiating. Interment at Belington Fraternal Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
West Virginia faces salt scarcities as heavy snow and distribution bottlenecks strain reserves. Highway Commissioner William S. Ritchie says stockpiles will run dry, forcing crews to rely on calcium chloride and abrasives if new shipments do not arrive. Weather forecasts warn of more snow amid reduced barge throughput and flooding.
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