Ohio University targets Feb. 1 for new library
Ohio University's new Park Place library is planned to open by February 1 under director Thomas M. Little. The $5.3 million structure will replace the overcrowded Edwin Watts Chubb Library and, with phase two, total about $8.5 million. It will house 1 million volumes after completion, with 4,000 seats and expanded undergraduate and graduate collections. The move involves relocating 450,000 books and extensive equipment while keeping library access during transition. Little seeks input from deans, faculty, and students to tailor services and plans to double annual acquisitions and staff.
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Ohio University
Thomas M. Little
Park Place
Little
Ohio
Hofstra University
Hempstead
N. Y
Edwin Watts Chubb
Stanley A. Huffman
E. Union St
College of Fine Arts
Seigfred Hall
College of Education
McCracken Hall
Thompson Little
Boyd Hall
Ohio University libraries adopt Thanksgiving week hours
Ohio University Chubb Library will operate 8 am to 5 pm Wednesday and Friday and 8 am to noon Saturday with a 6 pm to midnight session Sunday, closing Thanksgiving Day. Fine Arts Library follows same hours but closes Saturday and Sunday. other libraries close. City firemen responded to a trash container fire in a basement garage at Sargent Hall West Green at 9:55 pm Thursday. no damage.
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Ohio University
Chubb Library
Fine Arts
Sargent Hall
West Green
Shepard Seeks Stadium Land Decision For Athens
Athens mayor Raymond Shepard plans to tell the City Council that the stadium land between Mill and E Union streets should be used for a new city pool recreational facilities and a parking lot. A university land trade and a highway report influence the timing of any plan.
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Athens
Raymond Shepard
Mill
E. Union
Ohio University
Shepard
Council
State Department of Highways
Martin Hecht
Hecht
E. State Street
Crystal Pool
Athens Jaycees induct twenty three new members
Twenty three new members were inducted Thursday night by the Athens Jaycees during a meeting that also discussed future projects and a possible change in the Electoral College. Christmas projects include a free sale lighting contest food baskets and parties at the state hospital. An opinion poll showed a majority favor changing the presidential election method to a popular vote. Inducted with President Richard Holtz were James Buchanan Robert Mathews Glenn Mosier Glenn Smith Frank Van Nostrand Dwight West Dudley Woodard James Mason John Rowe Larry Reiss John Matthews Paul Cain Richard Fox Paul Gerig John Allen George Joachim John Snyder William Barr Robert Ruday Peter Zimmerman John Warman James Kirkpatrick and Harry Keim. The annual Christmas tree sale will begin Sunday Dec 1 at the Jaynes Furniture Store lot on E State St and at the site of the old Wakefield garage.
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Athens Jaycees
State Hospital
Richard Holtz
James Buchanan
Robert Mathews
Glenn Mosier
Glenn Smith
Frank van Nostrand
Dwight West
Dudley Woodard
James Mason
John Rowe
Larry Reiss
John Matthews
Paul Cain
Richard Fox
Paul Gerig
John Allen
George Joachim
John Snyder
William Barr
Robert Ruday
Peter Zimmerman
John Warman
James Kirkpatrick
Harry Keim
Jaycees
Free Trees Offered By Farm Agent
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources will provide 200 forest tree seedlings at no charge to eligible 4-H members who apply at the county extension office by January 15. Seedlings include white, red, and pitch pine. sycamore. black locust. and white oak. Companies may also receive 300 or 800 pine seedlings on application. Kenneth Ackerman reminded 4-H members entering the county fair steer feeding competition to apply by December 1. Gallia County sheriff reports an accident at 3:05 p.m. Thursday on Safford School Road off Junction 141 involving George E. Woodard and Reba M. Wilcoxon with no injuries or citations. Municipal Court entries list several offenses with fines.
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Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Kenneth Ackerman
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Greenwood Elected To New Office
Dr. Frank Greenwood professor of quantitative methods at Ohio University has been elected chairman of the recruiting committee of the National Quantitative Methods Association. He also serves on the organization's executive committee. The group aims to improve curriculum, faculty recruitment, research and the application of quantitative methods to administrative problems. Greenwood joined OU in 1967 after degrees from Bucknell, USC, and UCLA. He has worked with Texaco, the University of Georgia and Southern Illinois University and held a Ford Foundation Fellowship at UCLA.
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Frank Greenwood
Ohio University
National Quantitative Methods Association
Greenwood
Bucknell University
University of Southern California
University of California At
Los Angeles
Texaco, Inc
University of Georgia
Southern Illinois University
Ford Foundation
UCLA
Last Defendant Bound To January Grand Jury In Narcotics Case
Elizabeth Krisjanis, 19, the last defendant in the marijuana raid case, was bound over to Common Pleas Court by Municipal Court Judge Franklin Sheeter after a hearing. Her attorney challenged the evidence, arguing the lab results on seeds were invalid. Krisjanis, living on Guysville Route 1, Oct. 12 raid, remains free on $5,000 bond with a jury trial request for cohabitation charges. trial likely in 1969.
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Elizabeth Krisjanis
Common Pleas Court
Franklin Sheeter
Sheeter
Miss Krisjanis
John Stimmel
Stimmel
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Summer
Ohio University
Guysville
Miss Kristanis
Michael Mickey Schwartz
Schwartz
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