Butch Miles

The African Zion Baptist Church in Malden was added to the National Register of Historic Places

About 18,000 acres surrounding Berwind Lake were leased by the state

Buffalo Creek survivors settled lawsuit against Pittston

Betsy Byars received the American Library Association Notable Book award for After the Goatman

Betsy Byars received the ALA Notable Book award for The House of Wings

Robert C. "Chuck" Chambers received bachelor's from Marshall University

Original plan of 440 beds completed at Charleston Memorial Hospital (now CAMC)

Snowshoe Mountain ski area opened

Claymont Society was established and purchased Claymont Court

Legislature passed Judicial Reorganization Amendment

Contentment was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Richard Currey's first poem was published

Julia Davis remarried William Adams

Roman Catholic diocesan borders were realigned to coincide with state boundaries

Taylor County home of Anna Jarvis listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Reeds Creek Hatchery was completed

Tate Lohr Hatchery was completed

Ken Sullivan became editor of Goldenseal magazine

The Night of the Hunter was adapted for television

Arnout "Sonny" Hyde resumed editorship of the Wonderful West Virginia under a private contract

Jackson County was reported with the second-highest number of farms in West Virginia

D-Mac Industries bought the nail plant and began operating it as Wheeling-La Belle Nail Company

The Robert C. Byrd Clinic opened at the School of Osteopathic Medicine

David Price was hired as Library Commission executive secretary

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor published Saving Shiloh, the last of the Shiloh trilogy

Richard Curry wrote Lost Highway

The International Documentary Association created the Pare Lorentz Award to honor the best documentary film of the year

Video slot machines began operating at Charles Town Racetrack

The West Virginia Graduate College in South Charleston merged with Marshall University

Robert Drasnin recorded an album of standards titled The Blue Dahlias

Vicky Bullett began playing for the Charlotte Sting in the Women's National Basketball Association.

Connie Smith was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame

William "Billy" Cox was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame

Tommy Thompson was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame

"Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame