Margaret Workman

State legislature passed and county residents endorsed Sunday racing at Mountaineer Race Track

A baccalaureate degree in Bible was added at Ohio Valley College (now University)

William Price McNeel became editor of the Pocahontas Times

Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel began construction of continuous caster

State ex rel. Board of Education v. Rockefeller changed the financing of public schools

Union Carbide headquarters moved to Danbury, Connecticut

The elecro-metallurgical plant at Alloy was sold to the Elkem Company

Legislature gave the governor the authority to appoint the director of the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey

Jim Comstock sold the West Virginia Hillbilly to South Charleston Publishing Company

Mike Shott became general manager of WHIS radio

Meredith Sue Willis wrote Higher Ground

WVMR began broadcasting on 1370 AM

Alan Mollohan was first elected to the House of Representatives, replacing his father, Robert Mollohan, who retired

The Property Tax Limitation and Homestead Exemption Amendment was approved by the voters

Joe Manchin was elected to the House of Delegates

David McKinley elected to House of Delegates

Charlotte Pritt campaigned for state Senate and won

Margaret Workman became the first woman justice and the first woman elected to statewide office in West Virginia

Gaston Caperton defeated incumbent Governor Arch A. Moore Jr.

Joe Manchin was reelected to the West Virginia Senate

Thomas Miller led the ticket in both the primary and general elections in State Supreme Court race

Ken Hechler was reelected as West Virginia's secretary of state

Darrell McGraw failed to gain reelection to the State Supreme Court

Walt Helmick elected to the House of Delegates

Putt-putt golf and games center opened at former Rock Lake Pool

Cynthia Rylant won the Newbery Medal

Sam Snead was named golf professional emeritus upon return to the Greenbrier

The state corporate net income tax rate was at 9%

A broad national agreement between UMWA and Bituminous Coal Operators Association was negotiated

Richard Eddy became president of UMWA District 31

The federal Corporation for National and Communities Service was created to oversee AmeriCorps and domestic programs

Richard Hunt bought Whipple Company Store and renovated it for tourism

Meredith Sue Willis wrote Deep Revision

WVU at Parkersburg awarded its first BS degrees in elementary education

"Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain issued her first recording, “If I Can’t Sell It, I’m Gonna Sit Down On It”

Evan Jenkins changed from Republican to Democrat and won a seat in the House of Delegates

Toni Stone was inducted into the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame