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Athens 1966 Headlines Highlight Major Local Growth
Ground is broken for Ohio University convocation center and library while McBees plants and Athens High School rise. Woolworths opens a 2 million store. a 3.4 million Sheltering Arms Hospital fund drive surpasses 1 million. Water upgrades and a sewage plant completed amid parking and school board debates.
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Athens
Ohio Univer
McBee
Athens High School
Woolworths
Court St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Boiling County
Stimson Avenue
Grand Jury
Ohio Supreme Court
Athens County
Health Department
Margaret Creek Conservancy
Mercury
Ohio U
E. State Street Barracks
W. H. Wakefield
Margaret Creek
Miami
Union Street
Plains
Messenger
L. G. Worstell
United Appeals
Hocking
New York Central
Millfield
Hocking River
South Athens
West Green
Maxwell Taylor
Grover Cen
Hill-Burton
Council
T. C. Porter