Grafton Ozite Plant Sold To Rex-Hide Inc
Rex-Hide Inc of Pennsylvania announces the acquisition of the Ozite Plant on Country Club Road in Grafton. The release projects 75 to 125 employees by early 1977 with a $1 million annual payroll within five years and cites plans to begin mixing by August 1 and full operation in the first quarter of 1977.
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Grafton
Country Club Road
Rex-Hide Inc
Pennsylvania
Rex-Hide
Warren Hoeffner
Hoeffner
Arch A Moore Jr
East Brady
W. Va
Department of Employment Security
C.J
Bud) Hunter
Euro-Asiatic Rubber Ltd
Picnic tables stolen at Rt 119 park in Taylor County
Multiple incidents reported across Taylor, Barbour and surrounding counties. Stolen roadside park tables total four, with public use reminders issued. A Ward of the American Legion posts installed new officers for 12 months. A gospel sing at Maple Run United Brethren Church, and local vehicle crashes with damage reported near Philippi and Manowa. A new three bay self service car wash opens at Weaver Bros AMOCO on U S 50 west.
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Grafton
Rt. 119
Arthur Wilson
Taylor County
American Legion
Ross Gerard
Charles R. Howell
Shirley Dougherty
James A. Poling
Clarence E. Grow
William F. Moore
Raymond Preston
Elden G. Eisner
Donald W. Wagner
Wardie G. Gillespie
Maple Run United Brethern Church
Gospel Travelairs
Woodland Four
Faith Five
Harry O. Fox
Philippi
Elkins
U. S
Manown
Ronald A. Zinn
Arthurdale
Rt. 7
Manowa
Zinn
Preston Memorial Hospital
Ringwood
Ringwood Volunteer Fire Department
Weaver Bros. Amoco
U.S. 50 West
West Main Street
Weather watch predicts 90 degree highs for today and tomorrow
Our Weatherwatcher at the Grafton Wastewater Treatment Plant remains perfect over two days with forecasts of 90 degree heat for today and tomorrow. Yesterday at 8 a.m. was 62F, high 62F again this morning with no precipitation, and the AP calls for clear skies into Saturday with upper 80s to low 90s highs and overnight lows from the mountains upper 40s to 50s elsewhere.
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Grafton
Associated Press
Missouri delegates tighten race Ford Reagan duel in Missouri
In Springfield Missouri Ford and Reagan battle for the remaining 19 at large delegates at the GOP convention Missouri will award 49 delegates total with 30 chosen in May plus district results. Ford leads in district margins while an AP survey shows Ford with 965 of 1130 delegates counted to date.
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Springfield
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Missouri
Kansas City
California
GOP Committee
Lowell McCuskey
Christopher S. Bond
Associated Press
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Democratic National Committee
Bond
Ilinois
Tinois
Carter
Milton J. Shapp
Pennsylvania
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Hays Emerges From Coma After Overdose Incident
Wayne Hays, hospitalized in Barnesville Ohio after what doctors call an accidental sleeping pill overdose, regained consciousness and spoke the town’s name. Doctors warn prognosis is guarded but expect no permanent brain damage if he recovers. The congressman faces a cloud of ethics and federal probes amid a payroll sex scandal.
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Barnesville
Ohio
Wayne Hays
Hays
Congressional
Barnesville Hospital
Richard B. Phillips
Martha Ratalczak
Miss Ray
London
Washington
Phillips
Ray Hays
Justice Department
House Ethics Committee
Auditor Outlines Pay Raise Rules For State Employees
State Auditor John Gates released rules and regulations detailing eligibility for the new $1,000 yearly pay raise scheduled to take effect July 1. The rules define regular fulltime employees as those in positions normally requiring 12 months or 1,040 hours annually and requiring retirement system membership. Employees who transfer between agencies or are on a leave of absence are covered, with provisions that a returning employee before a leave ends shall not be disqualified.
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Charleston
W.va
John Gates
Gates
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West Virginia University
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Threte
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Elizabeth Ray
House
London Airport
William Davies
Barnesville Enterprise
Frank Church
Idaho
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Hebert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Louisiana
Edwin Edwards
Kale Motors
Riverside Drive
Homogrow
Httle League
James Barger
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