Upstream Flood Projects Weigh Athens Plan At Hearing
U S Army engineer Col Cochran told a Baker Center audience that upstream reservoirs and the Athens flood protection may be reviewed in light of a broader Hocking basin study. He described two plans for channel work and levees costing 12.9 and 16.5 million, with Athens protection possible after basin results. Local leaders including Ohio University officials and mayors urged coordinated action while noting federal and local funding shares.
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Athens
U. S. Army
Baker Center
Hocking Valley
Harrington W. Cochran
Hocking
Oakley
Cochran
Fairgrounds
City
Athens State Hospital
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Coates Run
Hocking Basin
Congress
Hocking Conservancy
Francis D. White
Conservancy
Martin L. Hecht
Ohio University
Vernon Alden
Hecht
Raymond Shepard
City of
Planning Commission
William Hoffman
Nelsonville
Te Athens
Paul Bowers
Athens County Farm Bureau Federation Organization
Tom Whitman
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Whitman
Logan
Clear Creek
Belleville-Reedsville
Ohio River
Hocking River
FASTEETH Improves False Teeth Grip and Comfort
An old advertisement promotes FASTEETH powder to keep false teeth from sliding or slipping. It claims the alkaline formula does not sour, helps plates stay in place, and reduces gum paste or feeling. Available at drug counters everywhere.
Blood Drive Helps Columbus Blood Center Shortage
Red Cross urges donations to ease a critical blood shortage at Columbus regional center and support a heart surgery at Columbus Children's Hospital. The bloodmobile, sponsored by Ohio University’s Department of Military Science, visits Church of the Good Shepherd Thursday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call LY 3-1651 or LY 3-1183 for appointments. walk-ins welcome second half of each hour.
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Red Cross
Columbus Regional
Columbus Children’s Hospital
Department of Military Science
Ohio University
Dennis Knapp
University Hospital
Columbus
Athens
Church of the Good Shepherd
Goldwater Jr Opens Athens Rally for Mock Convention
Barry Goldwater Jr plans a 7:30 p.m. rally in Athens on Thursday for 2600 student delegates and residents. He will be joined by Rep Samuel Devine and James Murphy as The Goldwaters quartet performs at Baker Center and the campus airport welcome parade leads to the rally. The Mock Republican Convention at Ohio University April 24 25 aims to forecast national sentiment through student delegates studying states and voting trends.
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Barry Goldwater, Jr
Athens
Ohio University
Goldwater
New York
Samuel Devine
James Murphy
Goldwaters
Baker Center
Goldwater Jr
University
Raymond Shepard
GOP
William Rowland
Arizona
University of Colorado
Arizona State University
Los Angeles
Athens Welcomes Spring Day with Sunny 62 Degree Outlook
An ideal spring day arrived in Athens on Wednesday with a 10 a.m. temperature of 62 under bright sun after an early low of 47. The previous day reached a high of 76, according to U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Athens High Hi-Y Boys to Attend Mock Legislature
Two Athens High School Hi-Y Club members Richard Fulks and Bruce Downey will take part in a two day mock legislature in Columbus from April 24 to 26. Fulks is slated as senator and Downey as representative, with bills debated in capitol chamber sessions and committee meetings. The project includes a proposed Ohio state lottery funding education.
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Athens High School
Columbus
Richard Fulks
Charles H. Fulks
Maplewood Dr
Bruce Downey
Glen Downey
N. Lancaster Sr
Ohio
Capitol
Fulks
Downey
Athens Club
Tractor Burns On Job Site at West Green
A Knowlton Construction Co. tractor burned at 7:55 a.m. Wednesday on West Green, within five feet of gasoline and fuel oil tanks. The $250 tractor was ignited while fueling. city firemen used booster hoses to extinguish the blaze. Deputy Sheriff Robert Allen was named to a Buckeye State Sheriff Association pistol team for national matches at Indiana University June 18-20. Kenneth DePew, 20, Chauncey, was arrested for Army unsanctioned absence since March 10 from a Kansas battalion.
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Knowlton Construction Co
Robert Allen
Athens County
Buckeye State Sheriff Association
Indiana University
National Rifle Association
United States
Canada
Kenneth Weldon DePew
Chauncey
DePew
Olathe, Kans
City Police Called In Labor Disputes
Police were sent to Bridgwater Machine and the Galbreath Inn on Richland Ave to monitor possible labor problems. A jurisdictional dispute over sewer diggers was anticipated but did not develop. One union challenged another's workers as midnight pickets moved near Bridgwater Machine amid a strike ongoing since Saturday.
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Bridgwater Machine
Galbreath Inn
Richland Ave
Births Admitted and Lectures At Ohio University
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Crites welcomed a daughter Shade. Admissions include Mrs. Raymond Knitter Athens and others in Athens area. Dr. M. D. Steer Purdue speech clinic director visits Ohio University with lectures in Room 310 and the Red Room. speaking times listed. Earl Thompson, 80, hospitalized at Mount St Mary after Roy Ave residence call for breathing trouble. taken by Plains emergency squad.
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Elmer Crites
Shade
Raymond Knitter
Athens
Ethel Carsey
Emma Sherwood
Paul Stotts Jr
Sharpsburg
Coni Ann Gilmore
Tom D. Crouch
Roy Clench
D. O. Whaley
Albany
Car King
William Clench
Charles Zinn
M. D. Steer
Purdue University
Ohio University
Steer
American Speech and Hearing Association
Earl Thompson
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Roy Ave
Plains
Basil Cullison
Hall of Fame plans discussed with farmers at OU meeting
Area leaders from six counties met at Ohio University to discuss funding for the Agricultural Hall of Fame and National Center near Kansas City. Ohio's quota is 150000 dollars, to be raised through county goals as speakers outlined the center’s national agricultural focus and year round role. Attendees included Maurice Thomas, Amesville and Delbert Kasler, Athens among others. Izaak Walton League to meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. for a Glacier National Park film.
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Ohio University
Agricultural Hall of Fame
National Center
Kansas City
Harry Bryson
Ohio
Bryson
America
Maurice Thomas
Bidwell
Harry Henry
Amesville
Delbert Kasler
Athens
Paul Bower
Area Farm Bureau
Dwight Dyer
Lowell
Washington County
Tom Johnston
Somerset
Perry County
Athens County
Harold Jolley
Jackson
Izaak Walton League
Glacier National Park
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R. V. Oakley
Richland and
Mill Sts
Ohio Univerity Airport
Athen
James A. Rhodes
Johnson
Barry JR
AHS
Ford
Lyme
Hudson
Comet
Falcon
Buick
Mercury
Nash
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Studebaker
Chrysler
Eaves
Plymouth
Edsel
Thunderbird
Packard
DeSoto
Goodyear
Colina Etetee Gat Conade Ellen
West Union Street
Athens, Ohio
S. Court
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Pvt
Leonard Frost
Clarence Frost
Frost
508Th Airborne
Ft. Robbe
Panama
Ft. Benning
Rome-Canaan High School
Asia
Athens County Savings & Loan Co
W. Union St
Dale E. Shultz
Christmas Club
Money Order Service
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