Willow Island Sterilization Case

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 first class of 33 students graduated from the School of Osteopathic Medicine

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

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

The School of Osteopathic Medicine started a postdoctoral training program

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

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