Regional leaders vote in Big John Coker for SE Ohio council
John Coker, Nelsonville beer distributor, was elected president of the eight county Southeastern Ohio Regional Council at a dinner at Fairgreens Country Club. Robert F. Mott urged private investment over government aid, arguing private capital drives regional development and government funds come from taxes. He warned against excessive reliance on federal aid and called for private enterprise to lead urban solutions.
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Jackson
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Moxie
Fairgreens Country Club
Big John Coker
Nelsonville
Jack Dempsey
Joe Saltz
McArthur
Moxie and
Money
Robert F. Mott
Development Committee For
Columbus
Ohio
Mott
SEORC approves survey plan to guide future programs
The Southeastern Ohio Regional Council members voted to fund a $2600 Ohio University survey to shape future SEORC activities. The plan, endorsed by steering committee head Saltz, aims to focus on eight counties Athens Gallia Hocking Lawrence Meigs Jackson Vinton Pike and exclude multi state expansion. Three OU economists led by Dr Donald Darnton will draft the final outline by January for contract finalization.
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Ohio University
Donald Darnton
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Darnton
Economist
Saltz
Southeastern
SEORC
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Lawrence
Meigs
Jackson
Vinton
Pike
Strikers Face Dismissal By Pottery Firm
Cambridge report says 170 striking workers at Universal Pottery Co face dismissal if not back by 7 am Monday. The firm cites a contract clause permitting dismissal for absence amid a dispute after negotiations are exhausted. Workers belong to Local 241 IBOP.
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Cambridge
Universal Pottery Co
Local 241
International Brotherhood of Operative Potters
International
Universal Pottery
Search for One Still On The Loose From Jail Break
An extensive Strasburg search followed a Tuscarawas County jail escape in which two inmates fled a cabin northeast of Strasburg after subduing a guard. Ernest Blunt, 25, was wounded in the hand and captured after about three miles through woods. Gilbert Blankenship Jr., 32, remains at large.
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New Philadelphia
Strasburg
Tuscarawas County
Ernest F. Blunt
Rt. 1
Gilbert H. Blankenship, Jr
Bolivar
Blunt
Five Day Forecast Warm Start With Rainy Weekend
Temperature will run near normal with a high around 40 to 43 and a low near 25 to 28. The period warms through Monday then cools Tuesday and Wednesday. Rain totals between Saturday and Monday reach about half to one inch.
Unions Wages Leeway Mentioned In Kennedy Policy
Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg told AFL-CIO leaders the Kennedy administration allows wage increases and standards if earned and not harming price stability. He urged responsible bargaining by labor and management and rejected wage or price controls while stressing fair wealth distribution. Union leaders welcomed foreign trade liberalization but remained wary like businessmen.
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Bal Harbour
Fla
Arthur J. Goldberg
Afl-Cio
Kennedy
Goldberg
Labor Convention
America
Northeast Ohio Hit By First Snowstorm
The first snowstorm of the season cloaked Northeastern Ohio with two to four inches of snow. Ground cover and treacherous highways were reported across eastern Cuyahoga County through Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties this morning.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Lake, Geauge
Ashtabula
Columbus voters approve bond issues and tax levies
Official canvass shows Ohio voters approved slightly more than half the bond issues and 82 percent of the tax levies presented at last month's election.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dominican unrest continues as Balaguer rejects new plan
In Santo Domingo the government called the National Civic Union proposal to resign Balaguer and form a seven man provisional council inadmissible. The plan sought Balaguer's resignation before Dec 31 plus elections and a new government, while a general strike paralyses shops nationwide for a 10th day.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Balaguer
National Civic Union
Civic Union
Rafael Trujillo
Congress
BG Trustee Resigns Over Ill Health
TIFFIN Ohio February 1959 E. Tappan Rodgers president and publisher of the Tiffin Advertiser Tribune resigns as trustee of Bowling Green State University to Governor Michael V Di Salle citing ill health as the reason for stepping down.
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Tiffin
E. Tappan Rodgers
Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune
Bowling Green State University
Michael V. di Salle
Tanganyika Prepares for Independence Under Nyerere
Tanganyika, stepping into independence at midnight, names Julius Nyerere as prime minister to guide a mainly agricultural 9 million population. The nation faces a fragile economy, a deficit, and a need to fund development as Sir Richard Turnbull becomes governor general.
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Julius Nyerere
Nyerere
Africa
Duke OF Edinburgh
Ghana
Tanganyika
British Commonwealth
Richard Turnbull
British Trust Territory
Ohio Air Guard squadrons still housed at home bases
The Ohio Air National Guard 162nd and 64th Tactical Fighter Squadrons remain at Springfield and Mansfield bases, with airmen living in hotels or at home. No government quarters are available, and plans for the units are not disclosed. The 121st Wing headquarters and the 166th Squadron in Columbus are deployed in France.
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Washington
Ohio Air National Guard
Springfield
Mansfield
AIR Force
121St Tactical Fighter Wing
166Th
Columbus
France
164Th
U. S
U.S. White Paper Warns of Red Threat in South Vietnam
Washington releases a 53 page White Paper with 102 pages of supporting documents warning allies of a clear and present danger of Communist conquest in South Vietnam. It estimates 8000 to 9000 Viet Cong in about 30 battalions with thousands more local supporters and accuses North Vietnam of Moscow Peiping backing.
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Washington
United States
South Viet Nam
State Department
Asia
Southeast Asia
International Control Commission
Viet Nam
India
Three Nation Commission
Poland
Canada
South
Viet Cong
North
Moscow
Peiping
Plan Earth Measure By Rocket Flare
Point Argue llo Calif Air Force launches 32 foot Astrobee rocket to set off flares for an earth measuring experiment. Flares carried 90 pound payload and were photographed from land and sea. Rocket reached about 1 361 miles high and 900 miles away confirming a successful launch.
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Point Arguello
Calif
AIR Force
Pacific
Gallipolis Fire Chief Hector Steele Dies at Home
Gallipolis fire chief Hector Steele died at 12 15 a m Friday at his home 914 First Ave from a heart attack after reportedly being in good health He is survived by his wife and son Jimmy a Rio Grande College student Funeral arrangements are pending at Vernon McCoy Funeral Home Vinton.
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Gallipolis
Hector
Hegh) Steele
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
First Ave
Steele
Jimmy Steele
Rio Grande College
Vernon Mce-Coy
Vinton
Board Finds Brine From Oil Wells Has Pollution Controls
The Ohio Water Pollution Control Board ruled Thursday that practical means exist to prevent water pollution by brine from oil wells. The decision followed a hearing on potential salt pollution of streams and water sources from oil drilling in Hocking County. Testimony noted progress in Southeastern Ohio where most drillers already practice effective controls.
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Columbus
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
Hocking County
Ohio
Nuclear First Aid Training Planned for Spring Start
Washington reports a 12 lesson course to teach emergency medical care for nuclear attack victims, expected to begin in some areas early next spring. J W Straker of Zanesville, VP of Oxford Oil Co, notes two disposal methods, pits or lagoons with overflow risk and ingestion wells, the latter costlier but permanent per the board.
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Washington
J. W. Straker
Zanesville
Oxford Oil Co
Straker
UN Airlift Boosts Congo Force Amid Katangan Clash
UN transport planes resumed dawn flights to Elisabethville, carrying 200 Irish troops and Malayan armored cars to reinforce a multi national UN force facing Katangan forces. General McKeown surveyed the front as sniping and mortar fire increased near UN positions, with a Globe Master struck by ground fire but landing safely.
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Peter Grose
Leopoldville
Congo
Elisabethville
Sean McKeown
U.S
Four Escapees Captured After Belmont County Jail Break
State highway patrolmen and Belmont County sheriff's deputies captured four of five inmates who escaped from the Belmont County jail Wednesday night. The four were found about nine p.m. Thursday in 20 degree weather after a daylong manhunt. Robert Pelkey, 34, of Wheeling, W V, remained at large. Captured were Robert Kehr 24 Richard Beck 27 Richard Mulvey 27 and Jack Loy 37 all of Wheeling or Bethesda.
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ST. Clairsville
Belmont County
Robert Pelkey
Wheeling
W. Va
Robert Kehr
Richard Beck
Richard Mulvey
Measles Claim Two Infants
WAVERLY two infant sisters Charity 18 months and Christie 7 months daughters of Mr and Mrs Wade Ellis of Morgantown died of measles twenty minutes apart according to Pike County Coroner Dr Paul Jones who said an older child is seriously ill with the same disease The babies died before a doctor could be called and had been ill since November 27.
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Waverly
Pike County
Paul Jones
Jones
Charity
Christie
Wade Ellis
Morgantown
Plan for 21 story Cincinnati riverfront apartments
A group of Cincinnati investors plan a 21 story $2.5 million apartment building overlooking the Ohio River about a mile east of downtown.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
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