Preston County students protest school consolidation plan
About 500 students and parents from Tunnelton Newburg and Aurora paraded in Kingwood in a ten day protest at the Preston County Board of Education over a consolidation plan. Police praised the peaceful crowd with 200 lingering at the building for a 7 30 p m board talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston County
Board of Education
Jesse Jennings
Fellowsville
Tunnelton
Kingwood
Newburg
Valley
Masontown
Aurora
Terra Alta
Mountain Statesman headlines and timing from 1976 issue
The Mountain Statesman issue dated Tuesday March 9 1976 presents the Volume 1 Number 152 edition. It serves as a local newspaper record with community notices, brief items, and potential early stories reflective of the era without digital archives.
Pay raise holds up West Virginia budget talks
Conferees on the West Virginia state budget returned to work aiming to break a deadlock with a Senate approved 720 dollar annual across the board pay raise for about 33 000 workers. The House wanted 1000 dollars and the Senate had floated 10 percent. Senate leaders insist the raise cover all employees and oppose carving funds into a separate treasurer approved account. The panel also sent back a 2.3 million dollar tax distribution bill to counties and municipalities amid debate over how to allocate 25 percent of last year’s unspent coal county funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Senate
John Pat Fanning
D McDowell
House Senate Conference Committee
Fanning
House
Arch A. Moore Jr
Orton A. Jones
Rroane
Warren McGraw
Wyoming
State Board of Regents
Trucker Passing Causes Collision on Rt 57
A tractor trailer driven by Arden Morrison and a pickup driven by Chester Davis collided on Rt 57 as Morrison was being passed. Davis, who skidded to avoid the passing truck, was treated and released from Broaddus Hospital. Both vehicles sustained about $2,000 in damage. The passing driver was cited. identity unavailable.
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Philippi
Rt. 57
Here
Barbour County
Arden Morrison
Clarksburg
Chester Davis
Volga
Morrison
Davis
Broaddus Hospital
Florida primaries test Reagan strength and Ford gap
Reagan seeks more than moral victories to challenge Ford for the Republican nomination with Florida seen as a critical proving ground. Ford campaigns steadily after three New England primaries, while Reagan shifts to aggressive campaigning. In Democratic action, Carter and Jackson aim to curb Wallace’s Florida momentum as Wallace lags from 1972.
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Miami
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Florida
White House
Reagan
New Hampshire
California
New England
L.E. Thomas
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Carter
Jackson
Wallace
Massachusetts
Governs Succession Amendment in West Virginia Under Question
Lawyers for Gov Arch Moore argue a typographical error may have affected the 1970 adoption of the Governors Succession Amendment. They cite the Jan 30 1970 House Journal text saying eligible instead of ineligible and warn the two versions conflict potentially changing the amendment’s meaning. The suit by Melton Maloney seeks to bar Moore from a third term, with a March 16 Supreme Court hearing ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Arch A. Moore Jr
State Supreme Court
Moore
House of Delegates
House
Senate
John E. Carrigan
Oliver D. Kessel
House Journal
Carrigan
Kessel
Melton Maloney
Supreme Court
Maloney
Ratifi
Hearst Psyche Expert Calls SLA Queen in Court
In San Francisco AP report Dr. Joel Fort branded Patricia Hearst the monarch of the SLA, arguing she joined the bank robbery out of choice, not fear. He disputed her account of rape and a rescue shooting, while Bailey challenged the conclusions as opinion. Fort cited jailhouse interviews and material to support his view as the trial neared continued questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Joel Fort
Fort
SLA
U.S
James L. Browning Jr
F. Lee Bailey
Miss Hearst
Hibernia Bank
Bailey U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
Browning
Hearst
Los Angeles
Bailey
Cartr
Willie Wolfe
Donald
Cinque
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Bonnie Williamson
Kingwood City
Lewis Galusky
Galusky
Chief Galusky
Jennings
State Boards of Education
The
Mountain Statesman
West Virginia
NASA
Barbour
Grafton
Danny Anderson
E. Main St
W. Main Street
Robert Trickett
N. Pike St
W. Main St
Glen Swiger
Weston
Junior Murray
Sunset Terrace
U.S. Rt. 50
Taylor County Sheriff's Office
Roger Chesley Jr
Rt. 2
Ralph D. Scott
Rt. 4
Chesley
Scott
Knottsville
Mary Louise West
Rt. 1
David Alan Gainer
Thornton
Gainer
Thornton Hill
Taylor County
High Street
Board
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