Grafton water woes close three schools
Three Taylor County schools Pruntytown Elementary Anna Jarvis Elementary and West Grafton are closed due to a water pump failure on St John Street. Residents in Pruntytown Blueville Anna Jarvis Wilford Washington and Fetterman areas have little to no water as city crews seek spare parts in Cleveland. Firefighters pumped water to Grafton City Hospital but could not prevent boiler overheating and are hauling water to the facility.
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Bonnie Williamson
Taylor County
St. John Street
Pruntytown
Anna Jarvis
West Grafton
Ronald E. Dellinger
Blueville
Wilford Streets
Washington Streets
Fetterman
C. Lowell Mason
Cleveland
Ohio
Grafton
Grafton City Hospital
Body found near Dent's Run in Mannington area
A partially decomposed unidentified man, 45 to 47, about five feet eight and 135 to 140 pounds, was found near Dent's Run on Eastern Associated Coal Co property. Autopsy and sheriff's office say the body may have laid up to two months and foul play remains unconfirmed. Police describe the man and plan a statewide notice and checks with nearby counties. Also, a Kingwood crash at Sisler and Morgantown Streets left three cars damaged with no injuries. Gary E. Vixon cited.
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Mannington
Dent’s Run
Hibb’s Run
Leonard Napple
Charles Koon
Eastern Associated Coal Co
Louie Bernardo
Marion County
Kingwood
Sisler
Morgantown
Arthurdale
Hilda Mae Lee
Alice L. Whittaker
Lee
Gary E. Vixon
Whittaker
Wison
WVU professor baffled by CIA charges
West Virginia University journalism professor Frank Kearns says he never worked for the CIA and recalls WWII counterintelligence as a joke. He notes foreign correspondents face such accusations as part of the business. The report mentions unrelated local meetings in Grafton and Clarksburg.
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Morgantown
W.va
CBS News
Frank Kearns
CIA
CBS
Kearns
West Virginia University
Counter Intelligence
Hearst jury to hear taped confession and Hearst testimony
In San Francisco, the jury in Patricia Hearst’s trial will hear a taped communique in which she admits joining her SLA kidnappers in the April 15, 1974 bank robbery and likely hear her testify in person about the ordeal. Judge Carter ruled the tape voluntary and allowed the prosecutor to use it along with related Los Angeles testimony.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
Tania
U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
Los Angeles
Carter
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
SLA
Browning
Grafton council debates industrial park plan and utilities
Grafton City Manager C Lowell Mason outlined a 165 acre county land park near the Fource plant to attract industry to Taylor County. Officials discussed water service, a potential filtration project, a traffic light near the post office, bids for a city garage roof, and hazards on the municipal parking deck while six sewer violators face warrants.
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Bonnie Williamson
Grafton
C. Lowell Mason
Fource
Taylor County
Mason
Region VI
Ken Schelling
Denny Palauga
Public Service Commissions
State Department of Highways
Morasco Proposes Bills In West Virginia House
State Del Samual Morasco introduces bills covering vehicle registrations renewals by county sheriffs a higher sheriff warrants fee creation of a Model Variable Contract Law for life insurers with separate accounts and variable contracts rate policies interest limits on loans against life policies tax exemption increase and standard deduction alignment with federal law and returning Memorial Day to May 30 in state observances.
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House of Representatives
West Virginia
Samual Morasco
D-Taylor
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Legislature pushes campaign disclosure amendments in WV
West Virginia Senate appears ready to take up changes to a pending campaign disclosure bill after delays. House action looms on a bond measure allowing up to 2 million dollars in revenue bonds for a new physical education building at Fairmont State College.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia Senate
House
State Board of Regents
Fairmont State College
Senate
William Moreland
CIA halts use of newsmen as undercover agents
CIA Director George Bush announced an immediate end to paid or contractual ties with full or part time news correspondents accredited by U.S. outlets. Existing affiliations will be phased out. the agency will welcome voluntary information from media and clergy while protecting cooperating Americans.
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CIA
George Bush
U.S
New York City
Angola
Africa
Village Voice
House Intelligence Committee
Browning Douglass to attend local fete in Grafton
State Attorney General Chauncey Browning and State Agriculture Commissioner Gus Douglass will attend a Meet Your Candidates Banquet on February 21 at the St. Augustine Social Center. Douglass seeks another term, with several other officials likely to accept. James Isner Jr. will trumpet the Star Spangled Banner, and the dinner is buffet style with no admission charge.
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Barton
James Isner Jr
Grafton
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Huntington
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Robert Louden
State Health Department
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George
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Clair Bee
Scottie Hamilton
Workman
John Hulley Jr
Sam Morasco
Morasco
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Washington, D.C
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