Gallery: The Herald-Dispatch in the 1970s

Courtesy of Lenval and Marian Bowen

In April of 1977, $25,000 or $50,000 in flood relief was taken to Pikeville, Ky., and distributed by Lenval and Marian Bowen.

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The staff of the Huntington Advertiser poses for a photo in this 1975 photo.

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The 5th Avenue sign is shown on the side of the Huntington Publishing Company building in this 1973 photo.

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The Herald-Dispatch sign that was hung on the side of the Huntington Publishing Company building is shown in this 1973 photo.

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The final staff of the Huntington Advertiser is pictured in the newsroom of The Herald-Dispatch building in this August 1979 photo.

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The Herald-Dispatch sign that was hung on the side of the Huntington Publishing Company building is shown in this 1973 photo.

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The annual Christmas tree is lit on the top of the Huntington Publishing Company building in 1973.

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Papers are sorted and bundled in the distribution department in this 1973 photo.

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A carrier puts papers in a distribution van in this 1973 photo.

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A fleet of Huntington Publishing Company cars, vans and trucks are shown in this 1973 photo.

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Pictured is a renovated floor of The Herald-Dispatch in this March 21, 1973, file photo.

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Employees help move the composing department from its temporary location on the fourth floor to the remodeled third floor in this March 20, 1973, file photo.

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Wendell S. Reynolds, 73, retired from the position of editor of the editorial page of The Huntington Advertiser in 1972 after 50 years with the paper. He worked as a reporter and telegraph editor before being promoted to city editor in 1924, a position he held for 13 years. He was named managing editor in 1937 and promoted to editorial page editor in 1956.

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The Herald-Dispatch library is shown in this 1973 photo..

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The main lobby of The Herald-Dispatch is shown in this 1973 photo.

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The main lobby of The Herald-Dispatch is shown in this 1973 photo.

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The final edition of The Advertiser, Aug. 24, 1979.

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Estelle "Bill" Belanger was a writer and editor for the Huntington newspapers for more than 50 years. First hired as assistant Sunday editor in 1942, she held a number of positions with the Huntington newspapers over the years and continued to write columns and features after her retirement in 1977. She died in 2000.

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A Herald-Dispatch staff member takes notes while listening to a radio from a company vehicle in this 1973 file photo.

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An old computer is shown in 1973.

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David S. McGuire, 1973. McGuire retired in 2002.

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A paperboy puts a newspaper on a front porch in this 1973 photo.

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A newspaper boy delivers papers for the Huntington Publishing Company in this 1973 photo.

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An advertising artsist works on an ad for the newspaper in this 1973 file photo.

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The 1973 newspaper staff participates in a news meeting.

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The newsroom is shown in this 1973 photo.

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The newsroom is shown in this 1973 photo.

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The newsroom directory for The Advertiser and The Herald-Dispatch is shown in 1973.

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An aerial view shows part of downtown Huntington in this April 1970 file photo. The Herald-Dispatch is pictured at center.

Courtesy of Roberta Fay Lovejoy

David Lovejoy explains the pressroom operations to visitors at the 1973 Open House.

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Technicians work in the photo lab at The Herald-Dispatch in this 1973 file photo.

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Technicians work in the photo darkroom at The Herald-Dispatch in this 1973 file photo.

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The old photo fax machines are shown in this 1973 photo.

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Employees look at a computer screen that was used to set type in this March 20, 1973, file photo.

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An advertising artist works on an ad in this 1973 file photo.

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An employee works on a negative in this 1973 file photo.

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An employee works on preparing a negative in the camera room in this 1973 file photo.

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Composers paste pages in the prepress department of The Herald-Dispatch in this 1973 file photo.

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Cold type prints out of a machine in this 1973 file photo. Composers would then cut and paste the type onto blank pages.

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A composer pastes ads and stories to a page in this 1973 file photo.

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In this image of a newspaper from July 13, 1972, West Virginia Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. is presented with a copy of "A Centennial History of Huntington," written by former Herald-Dispatch staff writer Doris C. Miller.

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Type prints out of a machine in this 1973 file photo.

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A typesetter types up a story in this 1973 file photo.

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Typesetters type up stories in this 1973 file photo.

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Cold type prints out of a typositor in this 1973 file photo.

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The advertising department is shown in this 1973 photo.

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Plates cover the walls of the prepress department of The Herald-Dispatch in this 1973 file photo.

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The paper rolls on the press in this 1973 file photo.

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An employee prepares to make a plate in this 1973 file photo.

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Lowell Cade, 1973.

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An employee works with a machine in this March 20, 1973, file photo. The machine printed ticker tape that was used to set type onto pages.

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The Associated Press wireroom is shown in this 1973 photo.

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Editor-turned-publisher Don Hatfield, right, in 1972.

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Features editor Fran Allred works on a Draft8 DataLogic system in 1974. Allred retired from the metro editor position in 2003.

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The annual Christmas tree is placed on top of the Huntington Publishing Company building in this 1974 photo.

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Leval M. Bowen, who had been with the paper since 1957 was promoted to assistant controller. Michael Gadell, who had been with the paper since 1972 was promoted to production systems manager. And Ralph L. Perry, who had been with Huntington newspapers since 1950 was promoted to circulationd epartment office manager. They were all promoted in 1974.

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This file photo shows a section of The Herald-Dispatch offices in 1973.

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Several visitors are shown the back of the Huntington Publishing Company building during the second expansion in 1974.

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The Advertiser staff is shown in this 1975 photo.

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The Herald-Dispatch building is shown in this 1975 file photo.

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A Christmas tree sits atop of The Herald-Dispatch building, located at 946 5th Ave.

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Employees look over bundles of newspapers in the distribution department of The Herald-Dispatch in this 1975 file photo.

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Employees bundle publications in the distribution department of The Herald-Dispatch in this 1975 file photo.

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A typesetter edits a wedding announcement in this May 30, 1975, file photo.

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A news meeting for editors in 1972.

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A portion of 10th Street is flooded in this May 30, 1975, file photo. Pictured is the side of The Herald-Dispatch building.

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Reporters work on computers in the newsroom of The Herald-Dispatch building in this 1975 file photo.

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The Huntington Publishing Company building is shown in this 1973 photo.

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Reporters work on computers in the newsroom of The Herald-Dispatch building in this 1975 file photo.

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David Lovejoy shows visitors around the pressroom in this 1975 photo. The three watch newspapers sent by conveyor to the distribution department.

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A woman reads The Herald-Dispatch while riding the bus through downtown Huntington in this 1975 file photo.

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An employee takes notes next to a computer in this 1977 file photo.

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The Herald-Dispatch buidling is shown in this 1977 photo.

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Employees are seen in the main lobby of The Herald-Dispatch building in this 1977 file photo.

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Employees are seen working in the prepress department of The Herald-Dispatch building in this 1977 file photo.

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A worker makes a plate for the press in this 1977 file photo.

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Prepress employees take a break from making plates for the paper in this 1972 file photo.

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The Herald-Dispatch pressroom is shown in this 1977 photo.

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The Advertiser sign that was hung on the side of the Huntington Publishing Company building is shown in this 1973 photo.

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The Herald-Dispatch pressroom is shown in this 1977 photo.

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The retail advertising department is shown in this 1977 photo.

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The retail advertising department at The Herald-Dispatch is shown in this 1977 photo.

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Photographer Tim Grobe is escorted out of the Huntington Civic Center on Aug. 11, 1978, after trying to photograph an event by evangelist Ernest Aingley.

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Prepress workers proof ads in this 1978 file photo.

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William R. Jones was named director of advertising for The Herald-Advertiser in 1979.

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From left, Robert Junas (Marshall University advertising professor), Janet Dooley and an unidentified man judge The Herald-Dispatch's "Design an Ad" contest on Oct. 23, 1978.

Courtesy of Elizabeth Hash Lopina

This photo was printed in The Herald-Dispatch on Sept. 3, 1974. Elizabeth Hash Lopina and her mother, Mary Jo Thompson (then Hash), were in front of Cammack Elementary School and had just dropped off Elizabeth's brother, Jay, for his first day of school. Elizabeth was 4 at the time and attending St. Paul's Preschool. "I treasure this photo of me and my mom," Elizabeth says. "It reminds me of the happy childhood I had while growing up in Huntington and the fond memories of the time we lived there. Though I live in North Carolina now, I try to keep up with what goes on there by reading The Herald-Dispatch online."

Courtesy of John Klein

Huntington Herald-Dispatch and Advertiser photo staff July of 1973. From left, Jack Burnett (seated), chief photographer Maurice Kaplan, Lee Bernard, Howard Cazad, Tim Grobe, John Klein and Frank Altizer.

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A newspaper clipping from March 1972 shows former publishers N.S. "Buddy" Hayden, left, and John L. Foy looking through a issue of The Herald-Dispatch.

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The Advertiser sign that was hung on the side of the Huntington Publishing Company building is shown in this 1973 photo.

Courtesy of James E. Casto

To get a firsthand look at coal mining, a team from The Herald-Dispatch visited an underground mine in Logan County in 1975. Shown with Editorial Page Editor James Casto is reporter Harry Baisden.

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Dayshift switchboard operator Gloria J. Baumgardner Perkins on Oct. 18, 1973. She worked for The Herald-Dispatch from around 1964 through Dec. 31, 1991, when she retired.