Planners debate minipark parking gripes on Court Street
City Planning Commission discussed the minipark proposal after being referred by Council President Cliff Houk. Mayor Barrett noted 6000 in revenue sharing funds and 2500 from block grants, voicing concern about Court Street traffic and potential double parking with new miniparks. Retail Merchants Association opposed using 18 spaces, urging merchants to decide with a plan for the next meeting.
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Ellen Shumate Messenger
City Council
City Planning Commission
Commission
Council
Cliff Houk
Donald Barrett
Barrett
Court Street
David Parsons
Retail Merchants Association
Parsons
Associa
Tion
George Rutkoskie
Planning Commission
East State Street
Athens National Bank
Plaza Shopping Center
Phil Goldsberry
Area Man Attends Science Program At Argonne Near Chicago
Ed Fischhoff of 37 Spring St participates in the Argonne Semester in Science Communication at Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago. He writes news releases and science articles to raise public awareness of energy research as part of a 15 week program. Fischhoff holds degrees from West Chester State College Brooklyn College and Ohio University.
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Ed Fischhoff
Spring St
Agronne National Laboratory
Chicago
Laurence Wolf
University of Cincinnati
Ohio University
Wolf
Porter Hall
Ohio
Jonathan Meigs Jr
Marietta
Fischhoff
Argonne
Argonne Center For Educational Affairs
Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration
West Chester State College
Brooklyn College
Journalism
Sheriff's Wife Trials Convict in Greene County Jail
A convicted cop killer Henry Gargano held briefly in Greene County Jail after escape from a federal Illinois prison. Sheriff Orval Byers wife Marge Byers counseled Gargano giving him a New Testament and spiritual guidance. Gargano praised her kindness in a Bible note as authorities recaptured him and continued manhunt for other escapees.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Illinois
Henry M. Gargano
Chicago
Greene County
Marion
Ill
Marge Byers
Jesus
Marge
Gargano
Writ filed in county dispute over sheriff pay and reporting
County Prosecutor Michael Nolan seeks a writ of mandamus from Common Pleas Judge Lowell Howard against the county commissioners and Sheriff Paul Brown. The suit accuses both sides of failing to meet duties and seeks detailed financial and expense reports, with a hearing possible within 28 days.
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Common Pleas Court
Lowell Howard
Michael Nolan
Paul Brown
Nolan
Howard
Erle Bridgewater
Joseph Vanity
Sherif
Brown
Census Bureau Plans Survey on Education
The Bureau of Census plans a next week survey on education asking selected area households about school years completed and children in nursery or kindergarten. Interviewers will visit homes. the study runs with the monthly employment survey and measures conditions nationwide.
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Bureau of Census
Robert G. McWilliam
Bureau
Detroit
Faubus Fails in Bid for Arkansas Governorship
Segregationist former governor Orval Faubus loses in his attempts to return to the Arkansas executive post. The piece notes his failed bid amid broader national unemployment data and a September 1957 desegregation context in Little Rock.
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Little Rock, Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Little Rock
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