Three Sunday accidents reported in Preston County
Preston County Sheriff's Office logged three crashes on Sunday. In Kingwood a 1968 Plymouth driven by James Cogar crossed Route 50 center, totaling his car and injuring Joanne Willmis. A second collision on Route 7 near Masontown involved James Strawser and Timothy Conrad with no injuries. A third wreck on Route 22 near Albright damaged Joseph Wilhelm’s car and a GMC truck. no citations issued.
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Kingwood
Preston County
Falls Church
Willmis
Preston County Memorial Hospital
Cogar
Grimes
Route
Valley Farms
Masontown
James Strawser
Brett
W.va
Wilhelm
GMC
Bobby Albright
Box 131
Albright
Taylor County Bicentennial Parade Heads Through Grafton
parade winds from Main Street to Riverside Drive to Grafton High School lot with 69 units. Theme Happy Birthday America. kick-off 2 p.m. led by Kiwanis Club and Taylor County Bicentennial Committee. Notables include parade marshal Dr Richard E Shearer and Bicentennial Queen Sharon Westerman with dignitaries Harley Staggers and others.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Main Street
Riverside Drive
Grafton High School
America
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Ronald Knotts
Aeromech, Inc
Bridgeport
Mountaineer
WDTV
Channel 5
Wboy-Tv
Clarksburg
Ed Whitescarver
John Bartlett
Richard E. Shearer
Alderson-Broaddus College
First National Bank
Miss Post
Bonnie Casto
Bonnie Bryant
West Virginia
Sherree Evangelist
Wheeling
Sharon Westerman
Martha Mayle
Webster
Harley O. Staggers
C. N. Harman
J D. Hinkle, Jr
Buckhannon
Samuel A. Morasco
Elkins High School
Elkins High
Glenn Goodwin
Ford and Reagan Both Short According to Party Leaders
Ford and Ronald Reagan are expected to fail to reach the 1,130 delegates needed for the GOP nomination after the seven states vote. An Associated Press tally shows Ford at 1,006 and Reagan at 934, with 157 delegates still to be chosen in Minnesota Montana New Mexico Connecticut North Dakota Colorado and Utah. Ford campaigns in Indiana while Reagan stays in California as both camps court the uncommitted delegates. Betty Ford plans to appear at Minnesota GOP convention, and Carter tours the Northeast to fundraise amid mounting debt.
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Terry Ryan
Associated Press
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Indiana
Reagan
California
Jaycees
Indianapolis
White House
Norfolk
National Baptist Convention
Betty Ford
Minnesota
St. Paul
Iowa
Carter
Boston
New York
Bob Lipshutz
Washington
Robert D. Ray
Republican Platform Committee
Montana
New Mexico
Connecticut
North Dakota
Colorado
Utah
Inflation rate hits 7.2 percent on May rise
The Labor Department reports consumer prices up six tenths of a percent in May pushing the annual inflation rate to 7.2 percent. Food and fuel lead the gain while wholesale prices also rise. Heating oil price forecasts and midyear oil controls loom as Congress weighs ending price caps. Delegates race tightens the GOP nomination with Ford and Reagan close in several states amid party infighting.
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Washington
Labor Department
Agriculture Department
Federal Energy Administration
Congress
FEA
House
Senate
Weather watch update from Grafton plant and forecast
A weather watcher at the Grafton Wastewater Treatment Plant noted no hiding yesterday and reported morning 64 degrees with two inches of rain overnight. The AP forecast calls for fog thinning to partial clouds, with possible afternoon showers or thundershowers and highs in the 70s to low 80s today. Tonight and Wednesday bring more showers with lows in the 50s and highs around the 30s to mid 80s.
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Grafton
Associated Press
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Kuhnes
Manowa
Rhonda Shillenburg
Hell On Wheels
Waldron
Ark
Second Armored
Gabe Struggles
Waldron Ark
Struggles
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Liberty Bell
Hell On Wheelers
Russell W. Lerch
Derny Ave
Northhampton
Lyn-Cris
Clarence Johnson Jr
W. Francis St
Johnson
Grafton City Hospital
Grafton Band Boosters
Earl McConnell
William Woodyard
Grafton City
Rt. 50 East
Grafton Fire Department
Bill Byrd
Family Sports
Prain
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