Industrial Site Drive Stokes Athens Competitiveness
In Southeastern Ohio Athens faces pressure to boost jobs as nearby Washington D. C. announces a 95 acre industrial park with 11 sites and rail access. The project, fueled by local loans and a $2000 per acre land price, includes a 4000 foot airstrip and aims to lure industry despite high local land costs. Athens plans a joint effort by the Athens Business Association and Community Improvement Corporation with state and utility support.
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Ohio
Athens
Washington D.H
Community Improvement Corporation
Improvement Corporation
Athens Business Association
Community Improvement Corpeoration
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Washington D. H
Mollenhoff Says GOP Fails to Highlight Key Issues
Pulitzer winner Clark Mollenhoff urged the District of Columbia League of Republican Women to raise telling campaign issues. He cited connections of Robert Baker, Roswell Gilpatric, and Fred Korth, questioned Johnson's influence, and warned there is no defense Department savings.
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Washington
Clark R. Mollenhoff
District of Columbia League of Republican Women
Senate
Robert Baker
Mollenhoff
Congressional Record
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Baker
Senate Commerce Committee
TFX
General Dynamics
Roswell Gilpatric
Secretary of the Navy
Fred Korth
Fort Worth
Defense Department
Somerset pioneers reclamation in Appalachia war on poverty
In Somerset Pennsylvania local efforts predate national plans as Congressman J Irving Whalley recalls coal operators and 17 Somerset County miners backing a 1953 petition for complete strip mine back filling. The 1964 Pennsylvania law spurred by Somerset aims to reclaim land, while governor Scranton seeks federal funds only for states with similar local laws.
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Somerset
Washington
Pennsylvania
Appalachia
J. Irving Whalley
Somerset Strip
Congressman Whalley
Somerset County
Harrisburg
Charles Merrill
Whaley
Scranton
Whalley
U.S
House of Representatives
Appalachian
Thomas Balsinger
Henry B. Reiley, Jr
Somerset American
White House
Dear Abby Letters on Bus Hit Run Law and Animal Welfare
Readers discuss the Indiana law prohibiting school bus drivers from stopping after hitting an animal and the ethics of leaving the scene. Several letters urge Abby to defend stopping to aid injured animals, while one cites California as treating such a case as a hit-and-run offense.
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Abby
Indiana
Phooey
Kokomo
California
H. G
San Francisco
Indoor baseball game maker aims for national production
A. J. Anderson, a retired Norway Michigan auto dealer, built a compact indoor baseball game and sold 200 units to clubs. He demonstrated a two by two foot board where a pitcher rolls a ball and a crank advances the runner, with outs and scored plays. He hopes a manufacturer will back a royalty deal to mass produce the simple, engaging device.
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Norway
Michigan
A. J. Anderson
Anderson
Personal Cases Non-Vocal Man Loses Heart and Home
Hannah G endured a 12 year marriage where affection was absent after sexual encounters. She describes a husband who treated closeness as hunger, leaving her emotionally neglected. She pursued love elsewhere, finding solace with a college professor while stressing she needed lasting affection beyond sex. In Wichita, students install a bird feeder in a classroom window labeled This is for the birds.
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Hannah
Hannah G
Dr. Crane
Wichita
Kan
North High School
Public Apathy in Violent Crimes Cited After Genovese Slaying
The article discusses bystanders who failed to intervene in violent incidents in New York and New Jersey, including Kitty Genovese’s murder in Queens and other near-tragic events. Psychologists and police officials describe factors behind the unwillingness to help, noting deep seated fear, apathy, and social norms that discourage direct intervention.
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Kitty Genovese
Kew Gardens
Queens
N. Y
East Tremont Ave
Bronx
Atlantic City
N. J
Smiley Blanton
Norman Vincent Peale
American Foundation of Religion and Psychiatry
New York City
Law and Order
Genovese
Walter Arm
Esther Rothman
Blanton
Heart Ailment Fatal To Rep Demster
In Ohio, state Rep. Jess Dempster 54 dies from a heart ailment after a five week confinement at Dennison’s Twin City Hospital. The Tuscarawas County Democrat had been nominated for state senator. Meanwhile Mrs. Harry M. Broder notes 37 LWV members elected to public office and 23 in appointive posts. Ohio welcomes women to government.
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Columbus
Ohio League of Women Voters
Harry M. Broder
Shaker Heights
League
Ohio
Johnson
Broder
Uhrichsville
Jess Dempster
Tuscarawas County
Dempster
Dennison
Twin City
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Dear Abby
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Claude
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Conference of Recreation Directors
George W. Crane
Charles L. West
Germany
Albany
N.Y
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Dr. Rothman
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Athens Messenger
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