Institute Aims to Generate Jobs in 211-County Region
The Ohio University Institute for Regional Development pledges to boost employment and regional growth across 211 counties through a four fold program. Leaders including ARA head William L Batt cite plans to expand small industries, enhance tourism, boost planning for water and sewer facilities, and provide technical assistance while seeking federal aid.
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Institute For Regional Development
Ohio University
William L. Batt
Batt
Ohio University Inn
Southeastern Ohio
OVRDC Will Move Office To Athens
The 18 member council appointed by Gov. Rhodes will relocate its office to Athens to aid in coordinating economic development across the 21 county Ohio Valley region. Members include G. Kenner Bush of The Messenger Athens, Dr. Alphus Christensen of Rio Grande College, FE. E. Davis of Davis Firebrick, and Dwight Coffman of Coffman Bros. Logan.
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James A. Rhodes
State Development Department
Ohio Valley
Messenger
Alden
G. Kenner Bush
The
Athens Messenger
Athens
Alphus Christensen
Rio Grande College
Rio Grande
FE. E. Davis
Davis Firebrick Company
Oak Hill
Dwight Coffman
Coffman Bros
Logan
Lancaster native named Woolworth president in New York
Lester A. Burcham, born and raised in Lancaster, will become president of F. W. Woolworth Co. on Jan. 1, moving from executive vice president after a career in Ohio stores and the Philadelphia district. He and his wife Zora Gray of Buchtel live in Hartsdale New York. their son lives in Phoenix. John S. Roberts will become executive vice president.
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Lancaster
Buchtel
F. W. Woolworth Co
New York
Lester A. Burcham
Woolworth
Ohio
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Burcham
Zora Gray
Old Colony Rd
Hartsdale
N.Y
Phoenix
Ariz
John S. Roberts
Kermit Blosser
Athens
Roberts
Ohio University
Youth injured in Route 33 crash south of Athens
A 16 year old, Robert L Stocky of Shade Route 1, received wrist and head lacerations and leg abrasions when his car left Route 33 and rolled over south of Athens. He will be cited to Juvenile Court for conditional speech. An annual memorial service for deceased members will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Elks home on West Union Street with Leslie Fultz of Pomeroy as speaker. A lawsuit by Imogene Newman against Carbon Dale Coal Co has been settled and dismissed in Common Pleas Court.
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Athens
State Highway Patrol
Robert_L. Stocky
Elks
W. Unton St
Leslie Fultz
Pomeroy
Imogene Newman
The
Carbondale Coal Co
BUC
ICO
Common Pleas Court
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State Parks and Recreation
State Watercraft Commission
Albert G. Giles
Office of Economic Opportunity
Ity
OEO
John Whitman
Appalachian Regional Commission
Appalachia
Ernest J. Gebhart
State and Recreation
Hocking County
Harry Armstrong
Gebhart
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