Rh-Rice, L, 1973-1976

This folder contains correspondence with: Eleanor Rhedd, Mayor of Tunnelton; Thomas R. Tinder, Commissioner, WV Department of Welfare; Edwin F. Flowers, Commissioner, WV Department of Welfare; John Rhodes, US Representative for AZ; Ira S. Latimer Jr., Director, Department of Natural Resources; B. Frederick Becker, Commissioner, Workmen’s Compensation Fund; Ralph N. Steele, Commissioner, Department of Motor Vehicles; William S. Ritchie Jr., Commissioner, State Road Commission, Department of Highways; Thorold S. Funk, Director, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; N. H. Dyer, State Director of Health; Ronald G. Pearson, Commissioner, Department of Finance and Administration, Treasurer of the State of West Virginia; Lacy I. Rice Jr., President, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Topics include: Appalachian Regional Commission, gas service, military service, highway maintenance, roadwork, road conditions, Kanawha County textbook controversy, welfare, state flags, employment, food stamps, social security, Medicaid, youth conservation corps, Republican Governors Association, land use policy, studded tire laws, Buffalo Creek flood, Sutton and Summerville dams, camping, truckers’ strike, utility rates, black lung, workmen’s compensation fund, occupational pneumoconiosis, drivers’ licenses, coal mine refuse banks, US Army arts and crafts program, Rhododendron State outdoor arts and crafts association, bus service, public transportation, maps, prostitution, horse and dog racing, postal service, school clothing allowance program, ambulance service, schools for the deaf and blind, Bluefield state and Concord college merger, surface mining, healthcare, energy policy, Hopemont State hospital.