Cable-Stayed Bridges

Appalachian Regional Hospitals changed its name to Appalachian Regional Healthcare

Pinckney Benedict received B.A. from Princeton University

Jennings Boyd was president of the McDowell County Board of Education

Most of Union Carbide Institute plant sold to French company, Rhone-Poulenc

Clay Foundation was established

Stephen Coonts published Flight of the Intruder

Hazel Dickens released It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song

Electioneering was prohibited within 300 feet of the polls

Production of Fiestaware began again with white, pink (rose), black. Cobalt blue, and apricot were introduced

Fostoria Glass plant in Moundsville closed

Per capita personal income in West Virginia rose to 86% of national average

A study estimated that as many as 764 men died from silicosis from the Hawks Nest Tunnel

Homer Laughlin China Company revived Fiestaware

A complete restructuring of the prison system was required by the Crain v. Bordenkircher court decision

Kanawha Valley Memorial Hospital merged with Charleston Area Medical Center

John Knowles wrote The Private Life of Axie Reed

State Supreme Court ruling Crain v. Bordenkircher found that conditions at the state penitentiary failed to meet constitutional standards and led to the construction of a new prison

Louie Glass shipped $24 million worth of glass and employed 525 people

The pygmy shrew was first reported in Canaan Valley

West Virginia had 180 commercial banks and 15 saving institutions

Robert C. Byrd said "I want to be West Virginia's billion-dollar industry."

Roy Clarkson published On Beyond Leatherbark: The Cass Saga

Franklin Cleckley formed the Franklin D. Cleckley Foundation

Contemporary American Theater Festival was founded by Ed Herendeen and Michael Riccards

Stephen Coonts wrote Under Siege

Richard Currey published collection of short stories The Wars of Heaven

Richard Currey published collection of short stories The Wars of Heaven

Daniel Boyd released the movie, Space Preachers

West Virginia's forest fire towers were closed

Division of Forestry became a freestanding agency under the Department of Commerce

U.S. Forest Service published reports on West Virginia Forests

Franklin population peaked at 914

Swami Bhaktipada was accused of ordering the deaths of two of his followers and charged with racketeering, fraud and conspiracy