Travel council to add three info centers in region
Mountaineer Country Travel Council moves to price three tourist information centers at Bruceton Mills Route 48 Fort New Salem Route 50 and Weston Buckhannon exit. Meeting at Grafton approves brochures on glass factories and area colleges and notes state funding through the Governor's Summer Youth Program. Funds $65 to former director settle a dispute and an art photo by Ken Lipscomb of Philippi is displayed.
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Grafton
Mountaineer Country Travel Council
Bruceton Mills
Fort New Salem
Weston-Buckhannon
Four Corners
Sally Sternback
Sternbach
State Department of Commerce
With God
Ken Lipscomb
Philippi
Carter energy tax plan takes hit in House vote
Washington AP Carter energy package suffers major defeat as Ways and Means Committee rejects standby gasoline tax up to 50 cents per gallon, tax on inefficient cars, and $500 credits for fuel efficient vehicles. Panel substitutes milder tax, delays until 1979, and cuts state gasoline tax deduction.
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Carter
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Laurence Woodworth
Treasury
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Nil
Grafton Water Plant Lacks Full Federal Aid
GRAFTON city officials warn the planned 1.8 million water filtration plant may receive only about 600,000 from the Economic Development Administration. With a 90 day deadline to begin, officials doubt they can raise the rest and fear funds will revert statewide. The 70 year old plant strains under current demand as talks with Appalachian Regional Commission and county bodies proceed.
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Philangelo
Grafton
Taylor County
C. Lowell Mason
Economic Development Administration
EDA
William Manley
Mason
Applachian Regional Commission
Jay Rockefeller
Haymond
West Hill
State Health Department
Manley
City
Reagan Attacks Carter Record In Campaign Push
Washington AP Reagan criticizes Carter policies at home and abroad, accusing him of breaking a campaign pledge to restore government confidence. He cites the large White House staff and opposition to Hatch Act repeal as examples of Carter's actions while noting fundraising and Washington ties. Also includes Grafton area weather update with highs in the 60s and 70s and a dam water level report.
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Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
New York
Reagan
Carter
White House
California
Grafton
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