Air Force honors The Messenger and other media for AFRS support
The Messenger along with other news outlets received a framed certificate from Maj. Phillip F. Brooks for aiding the Air Force Recruiting Service program. Charles W. Reamer accepted the award for the newspaper after a dinner at The Ohio University Inn hosted for regional media and guidance counselors. Athens Mayor-elect Don Barrett spoke, and T Sgt. Richard Cole hosted. A note recalls 1840s whaling history with 700 ships at sea.
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the Messenger
Air Force Recruiting Service
Phillip F. Brooks
Charles W. Reamer
Ohio University Inn
Ohio and
West Virginia
WATH
Athens
WLGN
Logan
Don Barrett
Air Force
Richard Cole
Planning Commission Meets in Point Pleasant On City Needs
Point Pleasant Planning Commission held a city hall session with urban consultants Carroll W. Hill and James Stratton from Columbus outlining key needs. They called for an arterial northern bypass, a strong business district, parking, urban renewal, a historical motif, Krodel Park development, and a Fort Randolph replica. They urged updated zoning and planning for tourism and a 1974 historical drama site. Stratton emphasized preserving open space amid development to protect nature and outdoor recreation.
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Commission
Carroll W. Hill
James Stratton
Columbus
Krodel Park
Fort Randolph
Unemployment Claims Rise in Logan Athens Area
Logan Athens area reports 75 more unemployment claims to 589 for the week ending Nov 27, with 61 initial and 219 continued in Logan and 51 initial and 258 continued in Athens. Openings include zone supervisor, boiler firemen, deputy sheriff, registered nurse, secretary, two school children care, and more, Harold Zimmerman urges skilled unemployed to contact the employment service for vacancies outside Logan.
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Logan
Ohio Employment Service
Athens
Harold Zimmerman
The
Employment Service
Cardinal Doepfner to Visit Poland in 1972
Archbishop Julius Cardinal Doepfner of Munich and Freising will visit Poland in 1972 after an invitation from Polish bishops. The visit follows Pope Paul VI blessing Padre Maximilian Kolbe at the Rome ceremony honoring the Polish martyr.
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Munich
Julius Cardinal
Doepfner
Freising
Poland
German Bishops Conference
Rome
Paul VI
Padre Maximilian Kolbe
Auschwitz
Rummage sale set by Blue and Gold Ladies Association
The Blue and Gold Ladies Association will hold a rummage sale at the Nelsonville Eagles Hall on Washington Street. Friday hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Nelsonville
The
Blue and Gold Ladies Association
Nelsonville Eagles Hall
Washington Street
Lowe's Reports Record Sales and Earnings for Q1 1972
Lowe's Companies Inc announces record sales of 53.55 million for the quarter ending Oct 31 1971 up 37 percent and net earnings of 1.97 million up 34 percent on 4.21 million shares outstanding earnings 47 cents per share. Board approves 50 percent stock dividend with record date Dec 6 1971.
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Lowe's Companies, Inc
Lowe's
Seers
North Wilkesboro
Belpre
Logan-Delbert Turner Pleads Guilty In Hocking County Court
Delbert C. Turner of Lancaster pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in Hocking County Court. Acting Judge Edwin Johnston imposed a $150 fine plus costs, three days in jail, and a 30 day driving privilege suspension. Sheppard admitted to hospital.
Priorities System Set On Street Jobs In Athens
Service Safety Director Dwight Robinson says a new system of priorities under the TOPICS program guides Athens street improvements. The group including Mayor-Elect Barrett and safety director designate Goldsberry met with Deputy Director Max Farley to select projects, aiming to have traffic signals under construction by July 1972. The plan includes signal synchronization on Richland Avenue and S Court and S Congress, with five percent local funding and 95 percent state and federal funds. Other top priorities include widening Richland Avenue sections, a pedestrian overpass to the recreation complex, and light synchronization on College Street. No start dates beyond the first traffic-light project are set.
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Athens
Dwight Robinson
Robinson
Donald Barrett
Phillip Goldsberry
Barrett
Highway Department Division 10
Max Farley
Highway Department
Richland Avenue
S. Court
S. Congress Streets
Canterbury
FE. State Street
Columbus Road
Terrace Drive
Fire Run Mistaken House Fire Near Lakeview Manor
Richland Area Fire Chief Pete Good says a Lakeview Manor resident misperceived trash burning at 10:32 a.m. as a house fire across the Hocking River. Firemen found a trash burn at Bates, 19 Hastings Rd., while smoke from the yard created the illusion of a blaze. The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 55 will meet December 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hocking Valley Sportsman's Club.
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Richland Area
Pete Good
Lakeview Manor
Hocking River
Richland
Paul
Fraternal
Order of Police Lodge
Hocking Valley
Bates
Hastings Rd
Good
Wrecked Truck Driver Sought Near Shade
Athens County sheriff deputies seek the driver of a pickup found wrecked in a creek along Route 33 a mile north of Shade. The truck owner and driver are being identified and no one was present at the scene.
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Athens County
Shade
Route 33
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Tom Sheppard
Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital
University Hospital
the Fair Stores
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UCL
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Orion
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