Morgantown seeks approval for new educational FM radio station
Officials in Morgantown hope to launch a new educational FM station operated by the West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority. An FCC approval is pending, with HEW funding sought for 75 percent of first-year operating costs. Gregory Van Camp says a decision is expected within a month to meet local educational needs.
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Morgantown
W.va
West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Gregory van Camp
WWYVU
State to lay off farm workers at mental and penal institutions
West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner says workers on re owned farms at state mental and penal facilities will lose their jobs on July 1 due to Gov Moore vetoing a bill that would fund the Farm Management Commission. The veto also halted salary funds for Georgge Stickler, named in the new oversight plan. Weather roundup follows with cloudy to clear skies across regions and notable flood conditions along the Snake River.
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Aleston
W.va
Gus Douglass
Douglass
Arch A. Moore Jr
State Farm Management Commission
Georgge Stickler
New Martinsville
Wetzel County
Agrision
Moore
Stickler
Appalachians
Teton Reservoir
Snake River
Shelley
Idaho
Texas
Montana
Gulf Coast
Rockies
Western Plains
Great Falls
Mont
Havre
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Deming
N.M
Atlantic States
Florida
Needles
Calif
Flagstaff
Ariz
J Paul Getty to be buried in California soon
Oil magnate J Paul Getty 83 dies near London after heart attack. He will be buried in California. body to be flown home this week. He leaves most of his fortune to charity, with 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild among survivors.
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Guildford
England
J. Paul Getty
California
Getty
United States
Getty Oil Co
Sutton Place
London
Norris Bramlett
Gordon Peter Getty
Bramlett
Harold E. Berg
Getty Getty
Oklahoma
Jean Paul
Exxon
Royal Dutch Shell
Texaco
Gulf
Standard of California
Getty Oil
Alderson Broaddus College Lands NEH Consulting Grant
Alderson Broaddus College receives an NEH consultant grant announced by Barbara Smith. Dr. Samuel Banks of Dickinson College will visit multiple times to advise on humanities curricula, interdisciplinary links with professional studies, and how liberal arts connect to Appalachia's economy.
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Philippi
Alderson- Broaddus College
National Endowment For the Humanities
Barbara Smith
Alderson-Broaddus
Samuel Banks
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Banks
Humanities Division
Alderson- Broaddus
Evacuation plan eyed to cut casualties in nuclear threat
Pentagon studies say millions could be moved from cities to rural towns during a nuclear crisis but face immense challenges in feeding sheltering and medical care for uprooted residents. Officials warn costs could be staggering while budgets for civil defense remain among the lowest in years.
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U.S
Sile
Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
Civil Defense Agency
Obituaries from Masonville and Grafton noted in regional deaths
Obituary notices report Oran Bolyard of Masonville died June 5 at VA Hospital Clarksburg after a long illness. Survived by wife Pauline and two step-daughters, plus siblings and six grandchildren. Bronze WWII veteran, 101st Airborne. contractor and Methodist. Also noted is the death of Paul Boyd Currey in Grafton at 71 on June 6 after a lengthy illness. Survived by wife Naomi, five children, three brothers, three sisters, and numerous grandchildren and nieces. Currey was a former State Road Commission employee and Harmony Grove Baptist Church member.
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Masonville
Oran Bolyard
Rt. 1
Veterans Administration Hospital
Clarksburg
Colebank
Marvin
Evelyn Phillips Bolyard
Pauline Poling Bolyard
Grafton
Robert
Judith) Kirby
North Madison
Ohio
Walter
Zelda) Riggle
Houston
Texas
Richard
Moatsville
William
Kathleen Poling
Parsons
Olive Bolyard
Thornton
101St Airborne Division
U.S. Army
Paul Boyd Currey
McGee Community
Grafton City Hospital
Taylor County
Ira J
Mary Tucker Currey
Naomi Lovejoy Currey
Maxine Currey
Cocoa
Florida
Earl
Vonda) Fancher
Norfolk
Virginia
Thomas
Nancy) Murphy
New Martinsville
W.va
Melvin Currey
Paul
Melva
Jean Alexander
Brady Currey
Delmas
Bill) Currey
Jack Currey
Weston
Pearl Hartley
Edna Hall
Ernestine Terney
Fairmont
State Road Commission
Harmony Grove
WVU Med School grads mostly leave West Virginia for residency
A West Virginia University School of Medicine survey in the West Virginia Medical Journal shows 37 of 81 graduates, or 46 percent, will do their residency in West Virginia. The other 54 percent are in hospitals or clinics nationwide, with graduates drawn to Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
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Morgantown
W.va
West Virginia University School of Medicine
West Virginia Medical Journal
West
Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Weekend Emergency Runs Reported by Grafton Squad
Taylor County Emergency Squad logged multiple weekend runs from Grafton City Hospital to destinations including Bartletts Rest Home Morgantown WVU Medical Center Hopemont Hospital McCartneys Rest Home Thornton VA Hospital Clarksburg and Camp Towles. Dispatch times range from 1:27 p.m. to 2:50 a.m. local date June 4 to June 5.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Robert Linn
Grafton City Hospital
Bartlett’s Rest
James Newton
West Virginia University Medical Center
Morgantown
George Norris
Monongalia General Hospital
Hopemont Hospital
Edith Lanham
McCartney
Thornton
David Baughman
Murphy’s Hardware
Patricia Cox
Sunset Terrace
Virginia Simpson
Thayer St
Clifford Bolyard
VA Hospital
Clarksburg
Ted Stevens
Camp
Funeral notices for Bolyard and Currey in Bartlett services
Notices announce funeral services for Oran Bolyard of Masonville who died June 5 and Paul Boyd Currey of Grafton who died June 6. Bolyard’s service is Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Bartlett Funeral Home with interment at Woodsdale Memorial Park and veterans honors. Currey’s service is Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Bartletts with interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery. Both are under Bartlett Service. additional details include receiving of friends after 7 p.m. today and military observances by local posts. A separate antiques sale at 324 Yates Ave June 10–12.
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Currey
Paul Boyd Currey
Rt. 4
Grafton
McGee
Bartletts
Clyde Hibbs
Harmony Grove
Bartlett
Yates Ave
Hospital register listings from multiple towns June 4 to 6
Admissions and discharges across Grafton Kingwood Flemington Tunnelton and surrounding areas list patients by name and address. Entries include Kenneth Miller Effie Canfield Wilda McDaniel Patricia Krawl Geraldine Finley and many others with multiple hospitals such as Grafton Hospital Broadus Philippi and Fairmont. Discharges include Robert Linn Phrona Colson Linda Murray Earl Henderson William McCloy and Doro thea Mayle among others.
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Grafton City Hospital
Grafton
Kenneth Miller
Effie Canfield
Maple Ave
Wilda McDaniel
Patricia Krawl
Sunset Terrace
Gene McClure
W. Wilford St
Kasson
Geraldine Finley
Robert Linn
Phrona Colson
W. Main St
Linda Murray
W. Frances St
Earl Henderson
W. Knotts Ave
William McCloy
Linda _Duff
Francis
Fairmont
Ida Lough
John Criss
Tunnelton
Wilma Bolyard
Newburg
Charles Channel
Dawn Taylor
E. Main St
Wendy Miller
Thayer St
Thornton
Linda Alborn
Mary Williams
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Beckley
Beckley Manufacturing Co
Eva Sinozich
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Raleigh County
Moore Energy
Arleston
Morris Harvey College
Thomas E. Noel
Federal Energy Administration
Methodist
Buckhannon
The
United Methodist Church
West Virginia Wesleyan College
D. Frederick Wertz
Logan
Logan County
Here
Ronald Tackett
Hewitt
Jolo
Kenny R. Miller
Raysal
McDowell County
Leonard Riffe
Hanover
Wyoming
Three Forks
Tha Miller
Riffe
Hot Miller
Beckley Jr. High
Morgantown Jr. High
Grafton High School
Glenn Goodwin
Elkins High School
Appalachia
Pentagon
Washington
Parkersburg
William P.A. Nicely
Rollie Hebel
Nicely
C. Lowell Mason
Valley Forge
Rex B. Bowers
WVU Med
Hospital Register
Flemington
Gertrude Saucer
Preston Memorial Hospital
Kingwood
Nanette Casteel
Wilma Jean Wolfe
Jerry Weaver
Chevy Cale
Flora Danks
Geraldine Supolp
Baby Boy
Darius May
Dawn Shannon
Phillip Earnest
Ruth Morris
Broaddus Hospital
Mark Sandusky
Daisy Conigall
Sutton
Arthur Davis
Galloway
Ollie Long
Summersville
Martha Thomas
Belington
Arlie Humphrey
Freddie Adams
Craig Stevens
Doris Wood
Peggy Pfautz
Russell Thomson
Robert Fridley
Dorothea Mayle
Montrose
Donna Reed
William Mayle
Danzetta Johnson
French Creek
Ruth Rice
Birch River
Olen Rose
Bernard Freeman
Rebecca Weaver
Nutter Fort
Dorothy Westfall
Frank Coe Sr
Marth Wilson
Edwin Thompson
Amy Zinn
Earl Pitzer
Mary Bolton
Marilyn Talbott
Biffle
Clarence Sears
Dezere Booth
David Bosley
Emma Kittle
Arlie Humphreys
Brent Allen
Gormania
Anna Reall
Joe Carpenter
Terry Jenkins
Ross Creek
Patricia _ Lewis
Jay Pitzer
Harry Coberly
Brownton
Sherrie Tetterton
Polly Johnson
Glenko Homes
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