Coal Mine Health and Safety Legislation

J. W. Ruby bought the Preston County property and named it Alpine Lake

Bald eagle declared endangered in continental U.S.

The Barrons moved to Florida

Support spread through the coalfields for the Black Lung Movement

William H. Blenko died

Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company was sold to the General Cigar and Tobacco Company

Opposition to UMWA President Tony Boyle began

Harry Brawley helped Congressman Harley O. Staggers to write the Educational Television and Radio Amendments

Hazel Dickens received the first Merit Award for contribution to bluegrass by International Bluegrass Music Association

William Brotherton was the chief justice of the state supreme court

Stephen Coonts wrote The Intruders

Ellis Dungan was inducted into the Wheeling Hall of Fame

Floods occurred despite the Burnsville Dam

There were rowboats on Main Street in Glenville because of flood

The school in Harrisville was closed