Byrd notes first installment of excise tax for WV fishing gear
Senator Robert Byrd says West Virginia will receive 542314 dollars from the first excise tax installment on fishing equipment ammunition and archery gear. Interior Department funds will support fish and wildlife projects with a second installment due in December.
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Washington
West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd
D-W Va
Department of the Interior
Fish and Wildlife
Byrd
Ballots vanish in May primary straw vote in Morgantown
Monongalia County officials report ballots from a May primary straw vote on investing $320,000 in voting machines have disappeared in 10 of 80 precincts. Paper ballots were used for the election and county clerk Tom Johnson says the outcome was expected to be close.
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Morgantown
W.va
Monongalia
Tom Johnson
Du Pont Flares Promise 99 Percent Emission Cut at Belle Plant
Du Pont officials told the West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission that installing flares at its Belle plant could reduce emissions of the cancer causing chemical dimethylnitrosamine by as much as 99 percent. A union safety representative questioned effectiveness for leaks, urging more air sampling after installation.
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Charleston
W.va
du Pont
Belle
State
Air Pollution Control Commission
Earl McCune
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
APCC
Carl Beard II
Commission
Robert McGaugy
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Best fishing at Summersville this weekend in West Virginia
The Department of Natural Resources says Summersville Lake offers the best fishing, with night crawlers for deep-water bites and deep-plug trolling advised. Bluestone fishing looks poor due to rain, Sutton and Tygart yield bass crappie catfish, East Lynn and Plum Orchard report bass, and streams vary from normal to muddy across regions.
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Charleston
W.va
Summersville Lake
Department of Natural Resources
Bluestone
Sutton
Tygart
East Lynn
Plum Orchard
Eastern
Panhandle
Hinton
Bluestone Reservoir
Appalachian funds approved for five West Virginia projects
Gov Arch A Moore Jr announced Appalachian Regional Commission funds totaling nearly 800000 for five counties. Buffalo Creek Logan County health center 308406. Grant County water system 200000. Walton Roane County water system 104744. Hardy County access road to Moorefield Industrial Park 102200. Paw Paw Monongalia public service district water system extension 84500.
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Charleston
W.va
Appalachian Regional Commission
Arch A. Moore Jr
Buffalo Creek
Logan County
Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council
Grant County
Walton
Roane County
Hardy County Rural Development Authority
Moorefield
Paw Paw Public Service District
Monongalia County
Sommerville Seeks Circuit Judge Post in Charleston WV
Del Albert Sommerville of Dw Webster says he wants the 14th Judicial Circuit judgeship created this year. The law, effective after the May 11 primary, requires party executive committees to nominate candidates. The move prompts potential legal testing before the state Supreme Court.
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Charleston
W.va
Del
Albert Sommerville
Dw Webster
House Judiciary Committee
House
Lewis McManus
Raleigh
14Th Judicial Circuit
Supreme Court
Libel suit against Gazette dismissed in Kanawha
In Charleston, a 1.5 million libel suit by Dorsey C. Scott against the Charleston Gazette was dismissed by Kanawha Circuit Court. The judge ruled the May 14, 1975 article did not defame Scott and was protected by the First Amendment. A similar suit against the Charleston Daily Mail remains pending. Swine flu vaccination will not start in West Virginia until Sept. 1, with 199,780 dollars allocated for the program. Health Director N H Dyer says older people and chronically ill receive priority and guidelines for under-20 shots are pending.
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Charleston
W.va
Charleston Gazette
Kanawha County
Dorsey C. Scott
Jackson County
Kanawha
Robert Smith
Scott
Charleston Daily Mail
W Va
West Virginia
State Health
N.H. Dyer
State Health Department
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Dyer
Ford hosts West Virginia delegation for votes drive
President Ford met 22 of West Virginia’s 28 Republican delegates for lunch in Washington in a bid to rally support for his nomination. State GOP figures estimate about 20 are committed, with several attendees listed and many delegates still undecided or uncommitted.
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Washington
Gerald Ford
West Virginia
George Seibert
Wheeling
Ford
Ad A. Moore Jr
Gates
Ronald Reagan
Seibert
Harold Stassen
Ford busing plan faces uphill Senate, House fate
A Ford administration effort to curb desegregation busing drew bleak forecasts from Sen. Dole and others. Key Judiciary Committee leaders anticipated early hearings while House action remained uncertain. The plan would cap busing at five years and limit it to cases of illegal discrimination, raising constitutional and equal opportunity concerns. Kennedy seeks safer alternatives amid Boston court-ordered tensions.
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Hruska
James O
Eastland
D-Miss
Judiciary Committee
White House
House
Ford
Congress
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Boston
Hospital admissions and discharges list at multiple West Virginia hospitals
A hospital register dated June 24 records admissions for Grafton City Hospital with names such as Bruce Weese Judy Hoffman Carla McDonald William Smithmyer Bertha Summers Virginia Wright and others. Discharges include Thomas Bolyard Richard Farrell and Myrtle Cumpston among several more from Grafton and nearby towns, plus entries from Preston Memorial Broaddus and other hospitals listing many patients by town.
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Grafton City Hospital
Grafton
Bruce Weese
Christiana St
Judy Hoffman
Gay St
Carla McDonald
Sunset Terrace
William Smithmyer
Rt. 2
Bertha Summers
Cather Towers
Virginia Wright
Beech St
Thornton
Henry Cornwell
Newburg
Iva Mitter
Juanita Channel
Rosemont
Loretta Leggett
Independence
Bonnie Vuzadder
Donna Roby
Thomas _Bol
Court rules for local governments
Three recent Supreme Court decisions push cities and states to reassess labor relations with workers. Rulings allow requiring employees to live in city limits, curb overtime pay, and limit collective bargaining with police unions. Outcomes vary by case and raise questions about federal versus local powers and costs.
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U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Washington
Dallas
Austin
Tex
Marion Barry
Maryland
Virginia
Congress
Jerry Wurf
American Federation of State
National League of Cities
National Governor's Conference
Missouri
EPA challenges nuclear report about reactor accident risks
The EPA contends the Rasmussen report underestimates health losses from a severe reactor meltdown. It warns immediate deaths are uncertain but long term cancer deaths could reach 66,000 to 330,000, with probabilities higher than NRC estimates. The review highlights containment failure and radioactive cloud release as core disaster factors.
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EPA
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Associated Press
Rasmussen
Rasmussen Report
Norman C. Rasmussen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Young Democrats plan drive for November victory
GRAFTON The Taylor County Young Democrats led by Sanford Barton announce a campaign push for a Democratic victory in November. Barton and John W. McCue will attend a state Executive Committee meeting in Bridgeport to discuss the convention site, vacancies, and a youth training conference. Barton also plans to attend a WVU student government meeting in Morgantown.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Young Democrats
Sanford
Sandy” Barton
Barton
Young Dems
West Virginia
John W. McCue
Bonanza Sirloin
Bridgeport
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Emergency runs reported by Taylor County squad
Officials noted three ambulance runs on Thursday June 24 with George Shaw moving from Prospect Street to Grafton City Hospital then VA Hospital in Clarksburg, William Smithmyer transporting from Grafton City Hospital to Fairmont General Hospital, and Elm Humphreys from Grafton City Hospital to a home on West Washington Street with times 9 10 am 3 27 pm and 5 48 pm.
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Grafton
Taylor County
George Shaw
Prospect St
Grafton City Hospital
VA Hospital
Clarksburg
William Smithmyer
Fairmont General Hospital
Elm Humphreys
Graffton City Hospital
W. Washington St
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Dean
David Treharne
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Moore
Rex Bumgardner
Sen
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Elmer Dodson
Eleanor Flowers
Priscilla Haden
J.D. Hinkle
Buckhannon
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Romney
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James Teets
Terra Alta
Cecil Underwood
Francis Love
Louise Leonard
Harpers Ferry
Donald Everly
Kingwood
South Charleston
Richard Robb
John Poffenbarger
Jody Smith
Huntington
Cabell County
Ted Barr
John Hoblitzell
Robert D. Harman
Bill
Robert Dole
Kan
Dole
Senate
Roman Hruska
Nebraska
Mittee
Jimmy Carter
Brook Park
Ohio
Hospital Register
Preston Memorial Hospital
Thomas Dolan
Albright
Alta
Christopher
Rowlesburg
Reda van Ness
Barbara Durr
Kenneth Durr
Bruceton
Shawna_ Gordon
Dorsey Pfifer
Jane Cline
Quentin DeWitt
Camila Jackson
Mildred Ringer
Catherine Noram
David Thomas
Randy Mersing
Broaddus Hospital
Heaters
Mary York
Fairmont
James —_Jefferson
Tallmansville
Donna Reed
Philippi
Polly Johnson
Cheryl Messenger
Charles Phillips
Nessie Mayle
Ruth Wyckoff
Olive Judy
Nutter Fort
Darrell Starky
Mouth OF Seneca
Linda McCloy
Garvestine Miller
Keyser
Albert Friends
Ora _Poling
Robert — Hession
Carrol Sylva
Belington
Homer Goodwin
Bayard
Roberta Murphy
Environmental Protection Agency
Young Democrats Meeting
Mountain Statesman
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