White House to launch urban think factory in bid to solve cities
President Johnson announced the Institute for Urban Development a nonprofit think factory to study and solve U S city problems. Irwin Miller of Cummins Engines will head the center which will be funded by a 10 million dollar grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Renewal and will draw income from government contracts.
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Washington
White House
Institute For Urban Development
Department of Housing and Urban Renewal
Rand Corp
Irwin Miller
Cummins Engines
Columbus
Ind
Johnson
Miller
Arjay Miller
Ford Motor Co
Kermit Gordon
Brookings Institution
McGeorge Bundy
Ford Foundation
Cyrus R. Vance
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Moorehead vetoes alley closing bill in Logan
Logan mayor Jack Moorehead vetoed Ordinance 48 that would have closed the alley from Hunter to Church Street on Logan's northwest side. He called for an extensive study of all alleys before any decision, citing safety, use, and maintenance concerns and urging a broader city review.
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Logan
Jack Moorehead
Hunter
Church Street
City Council
Moorehead
Riff Street
Local Obituaries and Holiday Notices Across Nelsonville Area
A stream of notices lists births and names in Murray City Logan Buchtel Glouster Millfield Nelsonville and nearby towns. It also reports canceled December auxiliary meeting Glenford Dugan Post 229 and York Grange orders for holly and holiday decorator kits with delivery around December 15. A charter draping ceremony is planned at York Grange Oak Grove tonight.
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Nelsonville
Glenford Dugan
American Legion
William Watkins
York Grange
Grange
Oak Grove
Toys Slated for Welfare Children Toy Grab Bags
Logan county report. The Hocking Valley Historical Vehicles Club held a Christmas party at Kane's Restaurant in Lancaster. Toy grab-bag gifts will be donated to the child welfare department as Christmas presents. Members present included Mr and Mrs Dick McDonald and Rick, and many other local couples from Nelsonville Shawnee Rockbridge Logan. Donald Steward and wife to host club meeting January 26.
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Logan
Hocking Valley Historical Vehicles Club
Kane
George Bardain
Carl Risch
Carla
Mike
William Pratt
Connie
Donald Steward
Hocking Valley Community Hospital Births and Admissions
The Hocking Valley Community Hospital reports births for Mr and Mrs Charles Conley of Logan Route 1 a daughter and Mr and Mrs John Hurd of 154% Public Square Nelsonville a son. Admissions include Master Larry L Jackson and Tammy Jackson both Rockbridge Route 1. Dismissals list Mrs George Mooney Mrs Floyd Conner and Mrs Betty Seymour.
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Charles Conley
Logan
John Hurd
Public Square
Nelsonville
Larry L. Jackson
Tammy Jackson
Rockbridge
George Mooney
Floyd Conner
Betty Seymour
Rummage Sale Set By Church Circle
A rummage sale by Circle Two of First Methodist Church will be held Friday at the Legion War Memorial Building on W. Columbus Street. The sale starts at 8 30 a.m. A good supply of children's clothes and appliances will be available.
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Nelsonville
Legion War Memorial
W. Columbus Street
Circle Two
First Methodist Church
Viet Cong Tries to Reach U.S. Mission in Saigon
State Department confirms an apparent Viet Cong contact attempt with the U S mission in Saigon while privately noting Viet Cong contact with the United Nations in New York City. Officials stressed minimal details and denied any planned meeting between embassy staff and a Viet Cong representative.
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Robert J. McCloskey
State Department
Saigon
U.S
Washington
U.N
New York City
Department
Nguy
En van Lee
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
U.N. Secretariat
McCloskey
Rea
United States
More Toys Needed Firemen Help Santa
Logan firefighters run a yearly Yule project collecting usable toys to repair repaint or reconstruct. Residents in the Logan area are asked to leave gifts at the fire house. Toys are repaired restored and then given to needy children via Welfare Department slips.
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Logan
North Pole
Welfare Department
4-H Members To Receive Small Trees
Logan Ohio Division of Forestry will supply 200 or more small trees to 4 H members for farm planting. Species include White oak White pine Red pine and Pitch pine. A West Virginia company will provide 200 pine seedlings funded by the company. Applications due by Dec 29 with blanks available at the Hocking County Agricultural Extension Agents Office. Delivery expected late March or early April 1968.
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LOGAN
Ohio
Yale Gifts Exchanged At Meeting
NELSONVILLE Group Two First Christian Church CWF held a gift exchange after the regular meeting Monday night at Mrs. Alonzo Figgins home on Mill Street. Devotions from Saint Luke ch 11 were given. Members presented poems and readings while Mrs. Patton and Mrs. Figgins performed piano selections. Refreshments served to 11 members and a guest, Mrs. Emma Shafer.
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Nelsonville
First Christian Church Cwf
Alonzo Figgins
Mill Street
Figgins
Saint Luke
James Patton
Emma Shafer
Mrs Howell to Lead Logan High Biology Class
Logan City Board of Education transfers Mrs Mary Howell from junior high science to high school biology to replace resigning Robert Combs. Jo Ann Cheney approved as junior high science instructor. she has degrees and teaching experience in Ohio. Board approves 1968 appropriations and raises non Logan tuition from 19.60 to 21.78. Nelsonville group to hold Christmas dinner Dec 14 at Brandts. reservations by Dec 12 with Mrs Virgil Kittle.
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Logan
Logan City
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Home Extension Group
Brandt
Virgil Kittle
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Richard L. Romero
Civil Service Commission
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Francis V. Yanak
William W. Momyer
Vietnam
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THE
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Glendale Robson
Murray City
Norman Hollingshead
Phillip Simms
Buchtel
Waveline Woods
Deborah Niswonger
Athens
Mary Hatem
New Straitsville
Anna McKee
Glouster
Anna Coomer
David Boudinot
Millfield
William Guess
Deslar Malone
Raymond Turner
James Brannon
John Monroe
Robert Smathers
Ronald Courtney
Dee McCall
Diane Bailey
Woodruff Johnson
Michael Shea
Marguerite Decker
William Hill
Marian Easler
Keytta Cook
Dessie Seitz
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Church
Son
Lec
Dean Rusk
Santa
Yale
Mrs. Howell
N. Court
Dove W, Gierhart
Prop
Daroff
North Court Street
Dupont
NYLON
Tricot
Belk
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