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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 08, 1968

Page

10

Unemployment Claims Decline at Logan Office Report

Logan Ohio reports unemployment claims declined for the second week per Harold Zimmerman, Logan Office manager. Week ending Feb 3 totals 73 initial and 363 continued in Logan plus 50 initial and 435 continued in Athens, 921 total versus 943 prior week. 270 more than year ago. Job openings listed and training programs noted. office closed Monday for Lincoln's Birthday. Lincoln's Birthday holiday closes the Logan office.

Logan Harold Zimmerman Ohio Bureau of Employment Services Athens Bureau Bureau of Employment Services Jackson Manpower Training Center

Logan tenants return to Ambrose Hotel after fire

Otto A Shaw and Western Union Telegraph Co both move back into their former Ambrose Hotel location in Logan after fire damages on January six. They reoccupy the premises and reopen for business Thursday morning.

Logan Ambrose Hotel Otto A. Shaw Western Union Telegraph Co

Incumbents Unopposed for Hocking Positions

Logan voters face unopposed incumbents for coroner and clerk of courts as Dr. Owen F. Yaw and Thelma Keyes secure party nominations. Other Democrats largely unopposed include Underwood for engineer Hartman for sheriff and Cochran for prosecuting attorney. Commissioner seats attract the most Democratic challengers with several names vying for full term nominations and two for an unexpired term. Republican candidates see fewer contests with a handful unopposed and a couple facing intra party bids for sheriff and full-term commissioner slots.

Logan Hocking County Owen F. Yaw Thelma Keyes Clyde O. Underwood Logan Route 3 Paul E. Hartman S. Market R. Ned Cochran Otto A. Shaw Rockbridge James R. McClain Howard C. Blum FE. Hunter William W. Mackie Murray City O’neil C. Mowery Iron St Pearl W. Wolfe James Road E. Jennison Esther Carpenter E. Front Wayne Timberlake Richard Gerken Thomas N. Travis Robert C. Stoughton Jack N. Moorehead W. Hunter Sr Clarence §. Matheny Haydenville Howard Earnhart Robert L. Roop Harold Douglas Glouster

Hocking Valley Hospital Admits Local Residents

Floyd Brown of Logan Mrs Roger Campbell of Haydenville Mrs Paul Schrader of Logan Mrs William Grove of New Straitsville Mrs Eva Calvert of Loganes Walter Speegle of Logan Mrs Walter Speegle Danny VanBibber of Logan Samuel Jewell of Logan Mrs Dorothy Burgess Mrs Edna Risher Floyd Brown Mrs George Crow Mrs Ned Canan and son admitted to Hocking Valley Community Hospital.

Floyd Brown Logan Roger Campbell Haydenville Paul Schrader William Grove New Straitsville Eva Calvert Loganes Walter Speegle Danny VanBibber Samuel Jewell Dorothy Burgess Edna Risher George Crow Ned Canan

Trustees Approve Pay Increase and Library Additions

Logan-Hocking County District Library Board raises salaries for four staff members by 15 dollars monthly and increases Don Young’s hourly rate by five cents. Library budget shows a 42,540 dollar allocation. Jack Stephens’s contract is extended another year. January 1968 circulation at main library reaches 5,678 with 6,369 for Bookmobile. Four gift volumes arrive including Ohio Museums and Mementoes, Columbus Vignettes, In Washington, and The Butins in America.

Hocking County Ohio Dean Collison Columbus

Help for Children Mortality Gap Highlighted

Three of four children live in areas where death rates for ages one to four are about forty times higher than in industrialized nations. UNICEF and UNICEF efforts mean help and hope for those children.

Unicef

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