Radford Road to Lose Kinks in Major Rework
Athens County engineer Gerald Hann said County Rd. 19 Radford Road is being reconstructed near its intersection with County Rd. 10. Skinner Contracting Co. won a 64000 dollar contract to clear and excavate about a half mile, with remaining work by county crews. The project will remove a steep reverse curve, raise County Rd. 10 west to West Breeze Estates, and build a new bridge over Margaret Creek, easing spring flooding and winter snow clearing problems. Work will proceed in stages over about two years.
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Athens
Skinner Contracting Co
Radford
Athens Country Club
West Breeze Mobile Estates
Margaret Creek
Hann
County road widening and bridge project near Radford Road
The plan widens road to 72 feet with four foot berms each side from 18 feet. After earth moving, base will settle before paving to cut future costs. A winter or spring bridge build will raise County Roads 10 and 19 to connect near Township Road 31, with temporary surface then final pave. The old Radford Road segment will close and part of Road 19 becomes Road 10. Traffic disruption will be minimized. studies show up to 800 vehicles per hour use Radford Road at peak.
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Hann
Radford Road
Ernie Peters
Private funding set for Paraho oil shale project in Colorado
A 7.5 million privately financed program to demonstrate the Paraho oil shale process has secured 15 company participants including Atlantic Richfield and Phillips Petroleum. The 30 month project at Anvil Points near Rifle Colorado involves Parado Development Corp processes and aims to extract synthetic crude oil, low sulfur fuel oil, and substitute natural gas from shale.
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Cleveland
Atlantic Richfield Co
Phillips Petroleum Co
Sohio Petroleum Co
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Southern California Edison Co
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co
Gulf Oil Co
Arthur G. McKee Co
Kerr-McGee Corp Shell Development Co
Indiana
The
Carter Oil
Phillips and
Arco
Parado Development Corp
Denver
Colo
Anvil Points
Rifle
Tri-State
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Woman Hurt When Truck Hits Car on Route 13 Intersection
A Millfield woman, Annette Tritten, 25, was injured Wednesday when her car was struck by a concrete truck driven by Robert J Rambo, 50, at Route 13 and County Road 27. She suffered a bump on the head and abrasions. taken to O Bleness Memorial Hospital. No citation issued.
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Millfield
Jacksonville
Annette Tritten
Robert J Rambo
Crooksville
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Athens Seokms
Tourism Promotion Supported Buckeye Hills District
The Buckeye Hills Hocking Valley Regional Development District executive committee backs a regional tourism promotion project with the Tuscarawas district. Athens Mayor Donald Barrett said funding from an Appalachian Regional Commission special fund would provide 200000 dollars over two years, with Southeastern Ohio likely benefiting as residents seek local recreation during the energy crisis.
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Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley
Tuscarawas
Athens
Donald Barrett
Appalachian Regional Planning Commission
Ohio
Scouts Plan Pot Luck Meal Albany Cub Scout Pack 50
Cub Scout Pack 50 plans a 6:30 p.m. pot-luck and meet and greet at the Albany school cafeteria. Attendees should bring table service and two covered dishes. A business meeting and awards follow, with new scouts registered at the meeting. Prospective members may call Scoutmaster Arthur Cross or Shirley Smith.
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Albany
Arthur Cross
Shirley Smith
Athens flood protection wins engineers award
The Athens Ohio flood protection project rechanneled over five miles of the Hocking River around the city and earned a 1973 Distinguished Design Award in the engineering category from the Army Corps of Engineers. Judges praised an economic solution that reclaimed land without harming the environment. Other merit winners were an aircraft shelter at Sawyer Air Force Base in Michigan and the Grandad Bridge at Dworshak Reservoir in Idaho.
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Huntington
W. Va
Athens, C
Hocking River
Army Corps of Engineers
John E. Rinne
American Society of Civil Engineers
Earl and Wright
San Francisco
William N. Holway
American Consulting Engineers Council
Benham and Blair Associates
Tulsa
Okla
Hugh A. Stubbins, Jr
American Institute of Architects
Athens
Sawyer AF Base
Marquette
Mich
Grandad
Dworshak Reservoir
Idaho
Huntington, W. Va
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