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Governor Rockefeller called for broad changes in the state banking system.

Reagan administration implemented stricter eligibility standards for black lung compensation

Colonel Florence A. Blanchfield Army Community Hospital at Fort Campbell was dedicated

Kanawha Valley Memorial Hospital (later CAMC) moved to new complex

Assets of City National Bank at over $81 million

Bernard Coffindaffer underwent open heart surgery

Davis Grubb's Ancient Lights was published posthumously

The High Gate mansion was listed in the National Register of Historic Places

William Hoffman wrote The Land That Drank the Rain

Bill Hopen completed his first public sculpture commission, a Mother's Day memorial

Sam Huff was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Weirton workers purchased the plant from National Steel Corporation

Marshall University presented Howard B. Lee with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree

Cynthia Rylant wrote When I was Young in the Mountains

Cynthia Rylant wrote When I was Young in the Mountains

The film Four Days premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival

The Bluestone Dam celebrated its 50th anniversary

Lodge at Cacapon State Park was expanded

Camden-Clark Hospital in Parkersburg opened an Outpatient Physical Therapy Building

Gaston Caperton was chosen for president of the College Board

Wilson Douglas died

Rhone-Poulenc plant at Institute was sold to Aventis

Construction began on Clay Center

Contemporary American Theater Festival received Governor's Award for Outstanding Cultural Organization

Stephen Coonts wrote Cuba

State acquired rights to use "Country Roads" to promote tourism

West Virginia rated 4th lowest crime rate

Jacob Beard's conviction for the Rainbow Family murders was overturned