Eldora Marie Nuzum (née Bolyard; 1926–2004) was an American newspaper editor and journalist who interviewed several United States presidents.
She interviewed former President Truman again in 1962 at the Mountain State Forest Festival in Elkins, West Virginia.
I know you're cutting back on spending the next year, but the Appalachian Regional Commission Act has built roads in West Virginia, schools and hospitals.
"[6] She also interviewed President Richard Nixon October 8, 1971 at the Mountain State Forest Festival and President George H. W. Bush at another invitational press meeting in Washington, D.C.[citation needed] Serving as an editor of a daily newspaper in the 1940s in West Virginia, during a time when women mostly aspired to society writing, was a notable accomplishment.
[9] Nuzum was the first female to be an Editor-in-Chief of a regularly published daily newspaper in the state, as written by J. Richard Torren in the early 1970s.
[citation needed] Nuzum gained national notice in 1974, when The Inter-Mountain facilities burned to the ground and she promised not to miss an edition.
[12] She kept her promise and with support of the Ogden newspaper chain and loyal employees, a temporary newsroom was established and the paper was printed for a short time in a neighboring town.
[citation needed] Nuzum was inducted posthumously into the West Virginia Press Association Hall of Fame in August 2009.