Ohio State Dorm Could Close Over Low Freshman Enrollment
Ohio State University may leave Lincoln Tower vacant this autumn as freshman enrollment drops to about 6,000, 2,000 fewer than five years ago. Morrill Tower will house over 1,200, while Lincoln needs 400 more students to fill 1,380 beds. University cites changed student life and branch campus growth as factors and extended transfer and freshman enrollment deadlines to Sept. 8.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State University
Milton Overholt
University
Lincoln Tower
Overholt
Olentangy
Ohio Stadium
Morrill
Lincoln Towers
Business College Classes To Open In Gallipolis
Gallipolis Business College announces a fall quarter start date of September 14 with limited vacancies. The campus at 36 Locust St offers one and two year programs in general office secretarial junior accounting and business administration. Veterans enjoy GI Bill benefits with monthly stipends rising under a Senate bill. Classes run 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to Friday and credits earned are transferable to four year colleges. The college is approved by the State Board of School and College Registration.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Business College
Business College
Locust St
U.S. Senate
House
State Board of School and College Registration
Eastern Levy Is Rejected in Special Election
Voters in the Eastern School District rejected a 2.75 mills levy 460 to 306 in a Tuesday special election. The funds would have funded a high school addition for seventh and eighth grades to free elementary space, per Supt. John Riebel. An operating levy was approved earlier in the May primary.
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Reedsville
Eastern
John Riebel
Horse Dies In Wreck Near Gallipolis
The Ohio Highway Patrol reports a one car crash on State Route 7 south of Gallipolis at 11 15 p m Tuesday. Margie Bevan 57 of Crown City drove south as a horse ran into her car. she suffered no injuries while the horse owned by Dr Neil Pendergast was killed and the car had moderate damage.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Highway Patrol
Margie Bevan
Crown City
Neil Pendergast
Bean Dinner Set Sept. 2 Near Wilkesville
The 104th annual bean dinner will be held Sept. 2 at Veterans Memorial Park Route 124 east of Wilkesville. Sponsored by Joseph Freedman Post 476 American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary Unit 476. Entertainment includes a Saunders performance.
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Wilkesville
Veterans Memorial Park
Route 124
Joseph Freedman
The
American Legion
Ladies Auxiliary Unit
Saunders
Births and discharges prompt Pleasant Valley notes
Births list three newborns to Barton of Syracuse Plemley of Gallipolis Ferry Stapleton of Crown City and Baird of Gallipolis Ferry. Discharged names include Funderson Ironton Reynolds Gallipolis Russell West Columbus Behtle Southside Tucker Grimms Landing Gill Letart Denney Rio Grande Cooper Point Pleasant Mayes Ferry Burns Pleasant Livingston Ferry Barton Huber Point Pleasant Vince Gallipolis Whalen Pleasant Wright Henderson Christy Ironton Berkley Pleasant Plantz Pleasant Veasey Point Pleasant Glenn Southside McEachern Point Pleasant Fowler Apple Grove Nelson Glenwood Powell Apple Grove.
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Orville Funderson
Ironton
Earl Reynolds
Gallipolis
Lawrence Russell
West Columbia
Garland Beehtle
Southside
Charles Tucker
Grimms Landing
Clarence Gill
Letart
W. Va
Minnie Denney
Rio Grande
Ohio
James Cooper
Point Pleasant
Robert E. Gibbs
Relda Mayes
Gallipolis Ferry
Carley Bradley
James L. Jeffers
Glenwood
Richard Fry
Oscar Tucker
Robertsburg
Charles A. Bledsoe
Shannon Northup
James Burns
Okey Livingston
Lloyd E. Roach
Harry Kearns
Bruce Wray
Ashton
William Barton
Syracuse
John Huber
Robert Vince
Stephanie Whalen
Loyie Wright
Henderson
Grant Christy
Conrad Berkley
Ronald Plantz
Jon Veasey
Michael Glenn
Susan McEachern
Barbara Fowler
Apple Grove
Cheryl
Loretta Nelson
Lawrence Powell
McGovern Gains UAW Backing in Ohio Campaign Stop
In Lordstown Ohio Senator George McGovern won strong UAW support with an endorsement stating he seeks a full employment economy. He pledged work for steelworkers and addressed inflation taxes and job concerns while meeting thousands of labor supporters in Youngstown and at the GM complex.
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Lordstown
Ohio
United Auto Workers
George McGovern
McGovern
UAW
South
Youngstown
Marie Born
America
Youngstown Municipal Airport
Ramsey Clark
Dispute Over Portable Camera Nine Stations in Ohio and Indiana
A portable television camera project sparks a jurisdiction dispute between broadcast engineers and Avco Broadcasting. Frank Atwood of the Cincinnati IBEW asserts broad coverage over electronic equipment, while Avco disagrees. Talks resume after contract expiry with WLW stations, and Columbus engineers report being locked out amid wider talks on video graph and audio tape duties.
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Cincinnati
Broadcast Engineers
Avco_ Broadcasting
Columbus
Dayton
Indianapolis
Frank Atwood
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
D. G. Middendorf
Avco
Atwood
Wlw-D
Ohio
Wlw-I
Ind
Wlw-C
Cancer Registry and Veterans Aid Highlight Postwar Policy
Authorities call for a hospital based cancer registry to improve follow up and outcomes. The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons surveys programs and grants approval to those meeting standards. A political critique urges fair treatment for Vietnam veterans and calls for better support for returning troops to address drug problems and unemployment.
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Commission On Cancer of the American College of Surgeons
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Don Lanning
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Becky Radford
Madeira Beach
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Ronald Plemley
John Stapleton
William K. Baird
Auto Workers
Gary Bryner
South Side
John Mitchell
Clark
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U.S
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Elberfelds
Meigs County
Sears
Xterior
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Maod
Athens
Logan
Straus
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