Miners for Democracy

Congress passed the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act

Tony Boyle defeated by Arnold Miller in a special election, as Miners for Democracy take control of UMWA

Dreamland pool began operation by the city of Kenova

Cartoonist Irvin Dugan donated a collection of 500 originals to Marshall University

Ruins of commercial wine production were acquired by Dunbar, to establish Wine Cellar Park

East River Mountain Tunnel was constructed

Fairmont State Community and Technical College was established

Patrick Gainer wrote the "Music" chapter in B. B. Maurer's Mountain Heritage

"Catfish" Gray was featured in Appalshop documentary film, Catfish: Man of the Woods

The first Great Bend Tunnel was closed

Senators Randolph and Byrd initiated the legislation that expanded Harpers Ferry National Historic Park's boundary to 2,000 acres

Holly Grove was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Hot Rod Hundley became a radio announcer for the NBA's Utah Jazz

West Virginia's municipal courts were left unchanged in the Judicial Reform Amendment

John Knowles wrote Spreading Fires

Lakin State Hospital changed name to Lakin Hospital by an act of the legislature

Tom Miller series in the Herald-Advertiser discussed concentrated and absentee land ownership

The League of Women Voters began including male membership

The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine was established at the former Greenbrier Military School

Congress designated Mail Pouch signs as National Historic Landmarks

Marshall University began an era of unprecedented growth

Governor Rockefeller decided to build Mountaineer Field

Don Nehlen became assistant coach at Michigan

The WOAY-TV Saturday Night Wrestling show stopped being aired

E. Keith Stotts became president of Ohio Valley University

North Fork area acquired modern dial telephone service

Joe Powell was elected president of Wet Virginia Labor Federation.

Nick Rahall entered Congress as its youngest member

Cecil Roberts was elected vice president of UMWA District 17

The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston purchased the St. John's Chapel property adjacent to Sweet Springs resort in Monroe County

Remodeling and expansion of St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg was completed

Leon Sullivan initiated the original Sullivan Principles

Live-in caretakers began living at the Twin Falls pioneer farm

The University of California Press issued The Complete Uncle Abner

Uncle Homer Walker was the subject of the film, Banjo Man

Donald Dishinger became conductor of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra

Governor Rockefeller gave Roy Lee Harmon emeritus status s poet laureate

The Huntington Advertiser ceased publication and merged into the Herald-Dispatch

Boar hunting began in West Virginia

The Allegheny Indian Council and Cultural Center was founded in Phillipi

The court ruled that unequal per pupil funding among West Virginia counties violated the state constitution's mandate for a "thorough and efficient" school system in Pauley v. Kelly

Maryat Lee wrote John Henry

The military program was discontinued at Linsly School

Jack Maurice became a contributing editor and columnist to the Charleston Daily Mail

Jon McBride became an astronaut

Louise McNeill was appointed poet laureate by Governor Rockefeller

State Supreme Court ruled on Morningstar v. Black and Decker, which held that the court had the ability to create common law

State Supreme Court ruled on Bradley v. Appalachian Power Co., where the court abolished the comparative negligence rule

A second Mormon "stake" was organized in Fairmont

Deadly riots prompted Arthur Recht to place Moundsville Penitentiary under judicial control

The WVU Personal Rapid Transit system was completed

Jayne Anne Phillips published Black Tickets

Gov. Jay Rockefeller persuades legislature to gradually eliminate the 3% sales tax on food

Jim Sprouse was appointed a judge of the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals by President Jimmy Carter

Building C was added to the state police academy

Sam Church Jr. became president of UMWA

Marshall Buckalew was elected president of the West Virginia Historical Education Foundation

The West Virginia Historical Society ceased publication of West Virginia History

West Virginia Independence Hall was opened as a museum by the Department of Culture and History (now Arts, Culture & History)

The West Virginia Juried Exhibition was first held at the Cultural Center

Mack Samples began serving as festival president of the West Virginia State Folk Festival

The Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

Meredith Sue Willis wrote A Space Apart

Tom Wolfe published The Right Stuff, celebrating Chuck Yeager

Virginia Maw Brown left the Interstate Commerce Commission

Actor Bob Denver married Dreama Perry of Bluefield