West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

The annual Civilian Conservation Corps reunion began at Camp Woodbine

Morris Harvey College became the University of Charleston

Senator Jay Rockefeller became the chairman of the President's Commission on Coal

James Stam became president of Salem College

Another Soupy Sales Show was offered syndication

Mary Lee Settle won the National Book Award for Fiction for Blood Tie

Frank Thomas wrote It Is This Way with Men Who Fly, a history of West Virginia aviation

The B&O South Branch line was turned over to the West Virginia State Rail Authority

The Nelson family sold the United Carbon Building

Cyrus Vance had a role in Camp David peace and the Panama Canal Treaty

The West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey moved to the Mont Chateau Research Center from WVU

The region's first cardiac catheterization laboratory was opened at Wheeling Hospital

The "fetus protection policy" was instituted by the American Cyanamid's Willow Island Plant

Bob Wise became involved in community redevelopment from the Mingo County floods

Holt, Rinehart, and Winston published a paperback edition of the stories of Beece D'J Pancake

Henry Payne graduated from Princeton University

Pence Springs was studied by scholars from the University of Kentucky

Jayne Anne Phillips published her first of three novels, Machine Dreams

William Pierce established his headquarters in a compound near Hillsboro

Cynthia Rylant wrote Waiting to Waltz

Henry Schmulbach's Wheeling house was added to the National Register of Historic Places

The Shott family endowed the Hugh I. Shott Jr. Foundation

Union Carbide had a tragic industrial accident at its Bhopal, India facility

E. M. Statler was inducted into the Wheeling Hall of Fame

Charleston became the first city in U.S. to be able to chose long-distance carriers other than AT&T

Railroads ceased operation in Tucker County

The golf course at Twin Falls State Park was expanded to 18-hole

AT&T broke up

C. W. Ferguson III stopped serving as circuit judge

A renovation on Welch Community Hospital was completed

West Virginia History began annual publication

Thomas Conlin became conductor of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra

WVU Hospitals became a separate nonprofit corporation, affiliated with West Virginia University

Meredith Sue Willis wrote Personal Fiction Writing

The American Cyanamid decided to settle the Willow Island sterilization suit out of court

Warren McGraw stopped serving as state senate president

John Zontini was inducted into the Marshall University Athletics Hall of Fame

Helen Holt retired

Coach John McKay retired

Only 16 bald eagles observed in West Virginia

There were 66 commercial banks and 6 savings institutions in West Virginia

Charleston Daily Mail's circulation was about 25,000

The Gazette's daily circulation was 50,737

City National was the fifth largest bank in West Virginia

About 700 registered part-time students at Eastern West Virginia Community & Technical College

The circulation of the Elkins Inter-Mountainn was 10,483

Circulation of Times West Virginian was 12,500

25,138 permits were issued to trail users for the Hatfield-McCoy Trail

The Hinton News circulation was reported at 4,200

Enrollments at Marshall University exceeded 16,000

The circulation of the Martinsburg Journal was 21,500

Only three mine fatalities occurred in West Virginia, the lowest number in history

The Moorefield Examiner had a circulation of 4,600

State Police reported 629 uniformed members and 325 civilian employees

The textile industry employed fewer than 500 people

The sale of raw fur exceeded $1 million in West Virginia

The Tri-State Racetrack had 1,757 video lottery machine

100 VISTA workers were active in West Virginia

The West Virginia Archeological Society had 200 members

The Beacon Digest had a circulation of 30,000

About 50 companies accounted for more than 80% of the state coal production

The number of papers in the state had declined to 24 dailies and 61 weeklies

Enrollment at Schools for Deaf and Blind was 180

The West Virginia State Medical Association had more than 2,800 members

There were 28 species of mammals, reptiles, fish and birds at French Creek

Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel employed about 3,400 people

WVU at Parkersburg enrollment was 3,800

West Virginia University Tech had a total of 2,003 full-time students

The Herald Dispatchof Huntington had a circulation of 37,000

Yeager Airport served 325,000 passengers annually with 80 flights daily