Virginia agencies urged to halt pollution and curb mining
The Governors Council on the Environment told state agencies to stop polluting, enforce existing environmental statutes, and crack down on strip mining in Southwest Virginia. The recommendations came as hearings support Holton's plan for a major environmental legislative package for the 1972 General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Governor’s Council On the Environment
Virginia
Linwood Holton
General Assembly
Phillip Shelton
Wise County Environmental Council
Shelton
John Miller
Virginia Tech
Jim Glanville
Pride
Roanoke Area
Glanville
Water and
Air Control Boards
William S. Murry
Roanoke Area Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Five Join Winchester Chapter of Railway Society
Five local residents joined the Winchester Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society at a meeting in the First Presbyterian Church of Winchester last Saturday. New members are Elizabeth Walsh Bluemont Millard Bushong Berryville Douglas Russell Eugene Russell and Clarence Lamp all of Winchester. A film of the North Shore Railroad was shown. The next meeting will be held at the church Feb 27 at 7 30 p m Visitors are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
National Railway Historical Society
First Presbyterian Church of
Elizabeth Walsh
Bluemont
Millard Bushong
Berryville
Douglas Russell
Eugene Russell
Clarence Lamp
North Shore Railroad
Charles H. Dunbar
Embroidered Linen Sets and Needlecraft Catalog Offers
An old advertisement invites readers to order embroidery patterns and needlecraft books. It lists pattern numbers, prices 50 cents, mail details for Alice Brooks at Winchester Evening Star and notes free patterns and various craft books including Afghan and quilt titles with prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Iinstant
Nuncios Serve as Papal Envoys Abroad
Nuncios hold the official title for papal envoys in foreign nations. They act as temporal ambassadors assigned by the church to largely Catholic countries.
REAP funds allocated to aid farms environment program
The U S Department of Agriculture assigns 150 million dollars in Rural Environmental Assistance Program funds for 1971 to all states Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The program replaces ACP emphasizing long term environmental protection and pollution abatement with cost sharing. Workshops and county meetings will outline guidelines and approved statewide plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
States
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Department
REAP
Frederick County
West Virginia Legislature Opens Weekend Break After Second Full Week
The 1971 West Virginia Legislature wrapped its second full week with morning sessions and a weekend recess. A bill to ban strip mining after 1973 moved to the Senate Natural Resources Committee, while the House passed a teenage venereal disease treatment bill without parental disclosure and updated state tax laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
Senate Natural Resources Mmittee
Carl E. Gainer
Nicholas
Gainer
Galperin
John D. Rockefeller IV
House
Fish Oddity: Tilefish With Green Fin Stuns North America
A brilliantly colored tilefish displays a unique greenish yellow dorsal fin on its head. This fin type is not found on any other North American waters fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American
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Join Railway Historical Unit
IBM
Winchester Printers, Inc
Pifer Printing
N. Braddock St
Elsie Rinker
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Mrs. Rinker
Sandra L. Shiley
Thomas W. Russell, Jr
ACP
AEAP
The
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Elmer Venskoske
ASC
Richmond
W.va
Washington
Supreme Court
Jimmy
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
Italy
Kern Motor Company
S. Loudoun St
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