Nelsonville Considers Water Plant Upgrade Costs
Nelsonville council meets with engineer Arthur Hamilton to review a $600,000 plus water plant expansion and asks if current rates will cover the project. A study of rehab versus full rebuild is planned as rates may need slight adjustments to fund bonds. Municipal officials note inflation and compare local rates to nearby towns while awaiting council action.
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Nelsonville
Arthur Hamilton
Floyd G. Browne and Associates, Limited
Marion
Hamilton
Young
Squire, Sanders and Dempsey
Cleveland
Hilleary
Council
Carbon Hill Explores Water Supply Options
Attorney Francis White for the Carbon Hill water district told the Nelsonville council at a special session that a $209,000 FHA grant is approved but a June deadline looms. The district may switch from Burr Oak to Nelsonville for water if city plans are not finalized soon.
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Nelsonville
Francis White
Carbon Hill
Burr Oak
Nelsonville Meetings Set For Thursday and Wednesday
The Auxiliary Unit of Glenford Dugan Post 229 American Legion meets Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at the Legion War Memorial Building. Troop 69 parents meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. Nelsonville High School class of 1934 gathers Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. with Mrs Dan Langley. Murray City High School Alumni meet Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. in the Legion Post room.
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Glenford Dugan
American Legion
Legion War Memorial
Boy Scout
Parents of Scouts
First Presbyterian Church
Nelsonville High School
Dan Langley
Washington Street
Murray City High School Alumni Association
Legion Post
Chauncey Names and Roads Listed in Local Notices
Local list includes Ruth Leckrone Chauncey Donald Keeney Kaydenville William Ross McArthur Martha Kestival Chauncey Roland Decker Nelsonville Laura Klinebriel Nelsonville Route 1 David Steenrod Della Shafer Mable Moore Frank Betts as named residents or households in the area notices.
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Ruth Leckrone
Chauncey
Donald Keeney
Kaydenville
William Ross
McArthur
Martha Kestival
Roland Decker
Nelsonville
John Coan
New Straitsville
Laura Klinebriel
David Steenrod
Della Shafer
Mable Moore
Frank Betts
Anti Israel Protests Flare Across West Bank and Gaza
Protests flare anew in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as Arab schoolchildren clash with Israeli troops. Nablus imposes a curfew. Ra malah also sees closures and empty classes. Gaza schools reopen after a two day closure amid rioting. Palestinians vow guerrilla attacks as Cairo calls for broader terms of peace. U S officials express cautious skepticism about Nasser's plan. Israel resists turning over mediation to Jarring and opposes any Big Four role.
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Associated Press
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Nablus
Casbah
Ramallah
Moshe Dayan
Gaza ‘Strip
Gaza
Cairo
Palestine National Council
Israel
Abba Eban
Egypt
Middle East
Group One Members Discuss Asia at Church Meeting
Group One Members of the First Christian Church in Nelsonville met Monday night with Mrs. Howard Miner. Mrs. Ralph White led a program on Christianity in Southeast Asia and the Disciples role. Next meeting set for March 3 at Miss Jennie Sanders home with Mrs. Earl Hilleary presenting. Refreshments served.
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Nelsonville
First Christian Church
WCF
Howard Miner
Ralph White
Southeast Asia
Jennie Sanders
Earl Hilleary
Debate over Gandhi death location grips Indian Parliament
New Delhi AP reports a fierce clash in Parliament over where Mohandas Gandhi died in 1948. Government says he fell at the Birla House prayer ground. critics claim he died inside the house. The debate ties to plans to convert the Birla garden into a memorial, with calls to seize the house as well.
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New Delhi
Mohandas Gandhi
Birla House
G. D. Birla
Ceylon Plans Hermitage for Monks
In Colombo a forest hermitage will open soon in a dense jungle 32 miles away where Buddhist monks enter a life of total meditation. The vow prohibits leaving until attaining Arahathoot the highest sainthood and Nirvana.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Card Sales Soar Ahead of Valentine’s Day Peak
New York AP reports that over 500 million Valentine cards will be bought and mailed in the five days before February 14 making this the year’s busiest greeting card period. Irving Cohen president of Fifth Avenue Card Shops says Valentine’s Day is the peak day and this year’s sales may rise about 15 percent from 1968.
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New York
Irving Cohen
Fifth Avenue Card Shops
Cohen
Perry County Court Notes Include Fines and Divorces
A $200 fine was levied by Judge McClintock for killing a neighbor’s poodle, Cecil Jeffries paying in installments. Lancaster man Jack David Ubi, 21, bound over to the Perry County grand jury for auto larceny with $2,000 bond after a car stolen Jan 4 in New Lexington was recovered in Lancaster. Common Pleas set a $657 money action by Drs. McGinnis and Knopp against Ralph and Patricia Wesney. County budget for 1949 approved. general fund $390,000. motor vehicle fuel tax $600,000. Estate matters include Homer C. Vess, Mildred S. Vess appointed administrator. wills of Walter A. Clouse and Julia Mable Ream and Blosser estates noted. Norma Jean Jewett granted divorce from Robert Jewett. Michael R. Lacy filed for divorce from Jacqueline Lacy. case cites neglect and cruelty. proceedings moving from New Lexington toward Charleston, D C.
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W. J McClintock
Crooksville
Cecil Jeffries
Lennie Brown
Jeffries
Jack David Ubi
Lancaster
Perry County
Grand Jury
Ubi
Robert O'Brian
Jefferson Street
New Lexington
Common Pleas Court
Ace McGinnis
William A. Knopp
Zanesville
Ralph E
Patricia A. Wesney
Homer C. Vess
Corning
Mildred S. Vess
Walter A. Clouse
Somerset
Wilma Thomas
Eileen Denison
Mary Low Wallace
Robert A. Clouse
Robert
Julia Mable Ream
Jesse W. Ream
Porter Leon Blosser
Junction City
Porter H. Blosser
Mobile
R. Gordon
New Lexington Cemetery
Roy Jr
Norma Jean Jewett
Robert O Jewett
Clerk of Courts
Michael R. Lacy
Jacqueline Lacy
Charleston
D. C
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