Hot Rod Hundley

Dreamland pool began operation by the city of Kenova

Cartoonist Irvin Dugan donated a collection of 500 originals to Marshall University

Ruins of commercial wine production were acquired by Dunbar, to establish Wine Cellar Park

East River Mountain Tunnel was constructed

Fairmont State Community and Technical College was established

Patrick Gainer wrote the "Music" chapter in B. B. Maurer's Mountain Heritage

"Catfish" Gray was featured in Appalshop documentary film, Catfish: Man of the Woods

The first Great Bend Tunnel was closed

Senators Randolph and Byrd initiated the legislation that expanded Harpers Ferry National Historic Park's boundary to 2,000 acres

Holly Grove was added to the National Register of Historic Places

West Virginia's municipal courts were left unchanged in the Judicial Reform Amendment

John Knowles wrote Spreading Fires

Lakin State Hospital changed name to Lakin Hospital by an act of the legislature

Tom Miller series in the Herald-Advertiser discussed concentrated and absentee land ownership

The League of Women Voters began including male membership

The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine was established at the former Greenbrier Military School

Congress designated Mail Pouch signs as National Historic Landmarks

Marshall University began an era of unprecedented growth

Arnold Miller negotiated the national coal contract with an improved health care plan