Shoe Company Expands in Nelsonville to Add 50 Jobs
The William Brooks Shoe Co. will begin making women's shoes for Godman Co. by June 14 at its Nelsonville plant, creating an initial 50 jobs with future hires as production grows. A one-floor addition is planned on Myers St, with discussions ongoing between Brooks, the Board of Trade, and the industrial committee. William Mechem expressed happiness at aiding expansion.
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Liam Brooks Shoe Co
Nelsonville
Godman Co
Myers St
Brooks Firm
Board of Trade Officers and Industrial Committee
William Mechem
Nelsonville Board of Trade
Mechem
Brooks
William Brooks Shoe Co
Rowe
Aging Tiger Favored To Fight Rubin Carter At MSG
Nigeria's aging Dick Tiger is a 12-5 favorite to whip Rubin Carter in a 10 round middleweight bout at Madison Square Garden tonight. Masahiko Harada outpointed Eder Jofre in Nagoya Japan to defend world bantam title. A shoe plant expansion in Nelsonville gains city support and land purchase for a Brooks project. Jacksonville church service by EUB slated for Sunday at 1 30 p.m.
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New York
Nigeria
Dick Tiger
Rubin Carter
Madison Square Garden
Nagoya
Japan
Masahiko
Harada
Eder Jofre
Brazil
Two Alarms Answered By Firemen
Nelsonville firemen fought two alarms on Tuesday afternoon. At 5 30 p m a Laundromat dryer lint fire on Washington Street was extinguished upon arrival. At 5 40 p m Fire Chief Clarence Hall supervised equipment at the US 33 diamond where Sid Kapple was burning an old frame building, igniting a power pole and service lines, with new lines later installed by utility crews.
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Washington St
Clarence Hall
Diamond
US. 33
Sid Kapple
Nicklaus Fails to Impress at Memphis Open Pro-Am
Nicklaus shoots 77 in the Memphis Open pro-am. The four time major winner struggles on the Memphis course as he ends the round unhappy with his performance and the layout.
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Nicklaus
Memphis
Tenn
Jack Nicklaus
Congressmen Propose Four Cities for Major League Baseball
Six congressmen from New York Texas and Wisconsin call for four additional cities to receive major league franchises and for baseball to be reorganized into three eight team leagues with a three league structure.
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Washington
New York
Texas
Wisconsin
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Paul Rubin Carter
Jacksonville
EUB Church
U.S
Hilleary Shoe Hospital
Logan
Logan Home Furnishings CO
Vaughan
Congressmen
Tam Sa
Flair
Storr.Glas
DuPont
Frigidaire
Karen
West Main St
Ohio
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