Million Note Refinanced For Urban Renewal Project
The Aten city council approved refinancing a $1 million note for the South Green Urban Renewal project at a special meeting. First City National Bank of New York submitted the low bid at 2.79 percent with a $40 premium. Funds will pay part of private notes and cover urban renewal office operations and nearby property purchases. federal grant support will cover remaining note obligations. The city plans to use $673,000 for private note payoff and $416,937 for office operations and acquisitions, with $390,000 of federal grant money applied to remaining notes. Nine parcels have been purchased in the South Green area with options on four more and talks with owners of 11 parcels ongoing. The city’s land price offers await approval from the Chicago Urban Renewal Administration. The 3rd appraisals for remaining 35 parcels proceed as talks continue. The county planning commission meeting is set for 7:30 tonight at the Columbia gas office.
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Council
First City National Bank
New York City
City Urban Renewal
Richard Beagle
Athens
University
Beagle
Chicago Urban Renewal Administration Office
Common Pleas Court
Ohio University
Development Planning Institute
County Regional Planning Commission
Planning Commission
County Planning Commission
Columbia Gas Office
Patrol Air Fleet Set For Holiday
A fleet of highway patrol planes will hover over state highways on Memorial Day to prevent accidents. Four single engine aircraft and a helicopter will patrol Ohio from the air and relay traffic to ground units. Col. R Chiarmonte said all patrolmen will be on highway duty May 30, with desk jobs covered by auxiliary patrolmen. Radar speed timing devices will be in operation and no leniency expected for violators.
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Ohio
Robert Chiaramonte
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Chiaramonte
R. T. Fannin
Athens Post
Athens
Hocking
Fannin
Scout district meeting and veterans chapter election
The Hock Hocking Boy Scout district committee schedules a Wednesday 7 30 p m meeting in the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Conference room. Donald Barrett district chairman says agenda includes sustaining membership reports executive council reports and introduction of the new executive director. A commander will be nominated and elected for the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 37 Athens at eight p m Friday.
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Hock-Hocking Boy Scout District
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Donald Barrett
Athens
Three OU Students Win Packaging Contest Honors
Ohio University students Krause Wolfe and Young earned top places in the eighth annual collegiate packaging design contest by St Regis Paper Co. Krause won first place overall in advertising design with a gold medal and $250, plus a trip to New York with Professor Smith. Wolfe placed sixth in folding carton design and Young took seventh in multi wall bag design. Over 1,400 entries nationwide. OU has winners in six of seven years since 1961.
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Ohio University
St. Regis Paper Co
Lay Alyn R. Krause
Wolfe St
Kirk Allan Wolfe
Oberlin
Ohio
Wolfe
Athens
Barry W. Young
Baker Young
Stewart Sr
James Restuccio
Krause
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Admits Multiple Athens Residents
Miss Norma Jane Perry and Mrs. Anna Perry of Athens Route 2 join Mrs Eliza Bateman Mrs Dwight Duncan Mrs Bertha Larimer and Alex Tarasi of Athens in admission. Others include Mrs Earl Hooper Athens Route 1 Mrs Frances Stanley Athens Route 3 Mrs Samuel Buffington Athens Route 4 Clifford Sander Millfield William Hallam Mrs Robert A Speedy and Mrs Roger Latham with daughter Thomas Dunkle Bernard Porter transferred to University Hospital Columbus.
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Norma Jane Perry
Anna Perry
Athens
Eliza Bateman
Dwight Duncan
Bertha Larimer
Alex Tarasi
Earl Hooper
Frances Stanley
Samuel Buffington
Clifford Sander
Millfield
William Hallam
Robert A. Speedy
University Hospital
Columbus
Roger Latham
Thomas Dunkle
Bernard Porter
Hire Veteran Week Set Promotes Vet Employment Across Ohio
Leaders of major veteran groups join Gov James Rhodes and Ohio BUC Administrator Willard Dudley in promoting Hire A Veteran Week ending Saturday. The aim is to alert employers to veterans occupational qualifications and encourage job referrals via local offices. Waldo G Bowers urged veterans seeking work to register at 614 W State St Athens. Common Pleas Court placed Vaughn Paul and Donald Coen on two years probation after changing pleas to guilty in a joint grand larceny case. Gladys Demchak Kochis filed to quiet title to real estate in Glouster, with George P Demchak and others named as defendants.
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James Rhodes
Ohio
BUC
Willard P. Dudley
Veterans Employment Service
Waldo G. Bowers
Athens
Ohio State Employment Service
W. State St
Common Pleas Court
Vaughn
von) Paul
Guysville
Donald Coen
Gladys Louise Demchak
Gladys Louise Kochis
Glouster
George P. Demchak
Ethiopian Experience Described For Club By Rick Rozenman
Former television actor Mike Hagen now Ohio University assistant dean in Fine Arts spoke to Kiwanians about his Peace Corps service in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. He described Haile Selassie era issues including sanitation, credit limits, inheritance disputes, and political loyalty in tax. Hagen praised the emperor yet noted growing student restlessness and the Peace Corps call to be flexible. He recalled living in a mud house near the king's menagerie and said he enjoyed the experience and hopes to return.
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Rick Rozenman
Mike Hagen
Ohio University
Kiwanians
Ethiopia
Hagen
Selassie
Solomon and
Sheba
Peace Corps
King’s Lion Menagerie
Second Drilling Rig Planned for Columbia Avenue Slips
The Columbus company hired for test borings on the Columbia Avenue slips will deploy a second drilling rig to expand the tests. Mayor Raymond Shepard said Tuesday he hopes for a prompt analysis to determine corrective steps and repair costs remain unknown. City council met with administration to review the Columbia Avenue problems as two major slips have appeared and more cracking signs are noted.
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Columbus Company
Columbia Avenue
Raymond Shepard
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