Additional Programs Set For Job Center
Congressman Walter H Moeller announced two new training programs approved for the Jackson Job Retraining Center in Jackson by the Labor and Health, Education and Welfare departments. One program covers 15 unemployed workers in a 42 week welder combination course. the other trains 40 unemployed workers as clerk stenographers over 28 weeks. He noted Lockheed will locate a subassembly plant in Logan employing about 175 people, with six to eight administrative officials and local workers trained for new positions, suggesting the center be used for this training.
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Logan
Walter H. Moeller
U.S. Department of Labor
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Jackson
Lockheed
Logan Woman Elected State Scout Officer
Mrs. Arthur Prey of 789 Glenwood Dr receives election as vice president of the Seat of Ohio Girl Scout Council at Chillicothe. She is joined by returning council members Mrs. Arlie Brimner and Mrs. Keith Schultz for the 10 county group.
College students rally support for Vietnam servicemen
Thousands of students donate blood write letters sign petitions and organize demonstrations in support of U S policy. At Ohio State University a coed sends 200 homecoming queen posters to units in Vietnam and plans baked goods drives for troops. Project Cheer John at Washington College features Masses Christmas cards and a torchlight parade. Carroll College launches a two week program backing U S actions with Mass and resolutions. Ed Mayfield notes a surge in Vietnam mail being sent by air.
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U.S
Ohio State University At
Columbus
Jane Sault
Scarsdale
N. Y
Viet Nam
USO
Jane
Washington College
Chestertown
John
Women’s Residence Association
Carroll College
Helena
Mont
Southeast Asia
San Francisco
Logan Advances from CFA for Dickens allotment plans
Logan receives two Community Facilities Administration advances for Dicken allotment planning. A $3300 water distribution plan funds part of a $202,000 project and an $8200 sewerage plan funds part of a $317,600 project. Repayment to CFA occurs before plant construction. Moeller cites regional economic development.
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Logan
Walter H. Moeller
Community Facilities Administration
Dicken
Communities Facilities Administration
Ohio
Moeller
Logan County appoints Rich ard Gerken to library board
Logan-Hocking County commissioners named Logan attorney Rich ard Gerken to the library board to replace Edwin Johnston who resigned. They approved bills totaling 1576.98 and moved next week’s meeting to Wednesday because Thursday is Veteran’s Day.
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Logan
Hocking County
Richard Gerken
Gerken
Edwin Johnston
Questionnaire Mixed Facts and Local Meetings
A El Dorado Kansas questionnaire for teachers included an option to answer Married or single with many replies of yes or no. Logan Davies AFL-CIO education director spoke to Logan Senior Citizens Club on Medicare under the Social Security law. twenty members attended. In Farmington New Mexico a beaver cut a 50 foot tree in front of a grocery store and a 70 foot tree on the roof. the culprit was seen near an irrigation ditch. Boston Naval Shipyard plans to add 300 workers due to heavy repair and conversion work per Rear Adm. Frank C. Jones.
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EL Dorado, Kan
el Dorado
Logan
William Davies
Ohio
Afl-Cio
Farmington, N. M
Bill Purvis
Boston
Boston Naval Shipyard
Frank C. Jones
Toledo Weather Man Ends 26 Years with Bureau
Don E. Coleman retires from the U S Weather Bureau after 26 years in Toledo. He plans to farm his 40 acres near Toledo Express Airport and start picking corn if weather permits. Locals joke about his weather control powers as rain ruins a picnic at his 1951 Bureau staff gathering.
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Toledo
Don E. Coleman
Coleman
U.S. Weather Bureau
Toledo Express
Weather Bureau
Gruening Will Seek Re election In 1968
Notable notes report Alaska senator Ernest Gruening 78 plans to run again in 1968 confirming he has served since Alaska statehood in 1959. Also Jacqueline Kennedy improves after a flu bout and Sophie Tucker rests at Mt Sinai Hospital in New York. Humphrey to receive Truman award in Kansas City December 19 for citizenship and democracy.
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Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Gruening
Senate
Sophie Tucker
Mt. Sinai Hospital
New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Harry S. Truman
Kansas City
Humphrey
Israel Bond Organization
Israel
Man Catches The Same Fish Twice At Whitney Point
George Puskenalis and his son Jerry fished at Whitney Point Reservoir. After losing his lure to a big fish that snagged a stump, he tried again and ten minutes later landed a 6.14 pound walleyed pike, 29 inches long, with the last lure in its mouth.
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Whitney Point
N. Y
George Puskenalis
Puskenalis
Jerry
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Ethiopia
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Logan Jaycees
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Goodyear West Construction
Wellington
Santa
The
Associated Press
Ed Mayfield
Wit Nam
CFA
Weatherman Farms
Jacqueline Kennedy
Biller
Siew
Polaroid
Buckeye Mart
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