East State shopping center advances amid lease approval
Athens officials report progress on the East State Street project after potential lease approval for the former Ohio University Airport land. A $1 million utility upgrade is planned with partial funding from the EDA, plus tax-free bonds and a future Holiday Inn. The plan promises about 200 new jobs and expanded Kroger, Super-X, Top Value, and Rink's stores, boosting regional prosperity. Ohio University will gain rental income from the long term Kroger lease and sales-based royalties.
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East State
Ohio Supreme Court
East State Street
U. S. Economic Development Administration
Community Improvement Corp
CIC
Athens
Athens Service Safety
Phil Goldsberry
Kroger
Super-X
Top Value Stamp Redemption
New Rink
Bargain City
Home Street
Holiday Inn
Ohio University
Ford campaign swing prompts party loyalty push in Cleveland
Humorist Will Rogers quipped on Sept. 27, 1930 about a president moving through hot contests. Today Gerald R. Ford tours the nation including a Cleveland stop urging voters to back Republicans to curb labor’s push for a veto.
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Will Rogers
Gerald R. Ford
Cleveland
Ford
Will Rogers Says on Congressional Influence and Trust
The column reflects on posturing by Ford and partisan calls for a pro Democrat or Republican Congress. It warns against demagoguery and stresses trust in presidents while urging voters to judge leaders beyond party rhetoric. It comments on taxpayer costs and public perception of political figures.
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Ford
Family Pet Thief Is Terribly Sick
Editor notes a frustrated letter from The Messenger. Raymond Lee of New York City explains inventors are everyone and many ideas exist in minds. John Gardner of Common Cause cites practicality over utopian aims and uses a proverb about birds of sorrow.
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Raymond Lee
New York City
John Gardner
Common Cause
Disappearances of pets prompt warning from writer
On Oct 15 a nine year old yellow and white female cat vanished. The author notes at least four other cat disappearances that week and urges authorities to address a possible pet abduction, sending a strong warning to the culprit.
Sheriff urged to disclose reason for deputy dismissal
The sheriff was urged to explain why deputy Donald Olbers was dismissed from the Athens County Sheriff's Department. The speaker, though not privy to the circumstances, praised Olbers' police work and urged disclosure of the reasons for the dismissal to the public.
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Donald Olbers
Athens County Sheriff's Department
Olbers
Brown
Democrats Seek Big Midwest Victories
Democrats target major wins across 12 Midwest states with incumbents and challengers favored in many races. Notable contests include McGovern in South Dakota Eagleton in Missouri Stevenson Illinois Nelson Wisconsin and Glenn Iowa Culver and a tightening Dole Young battles in Kansas North Dakota.
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Senate
Ohio
Michigan
Midwest
George McGovern
South Dakota
Thomas Eagleton
Missouri
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
John Glenn
Iowa
Rep
John Culver
Harold Hughes
Kansas
William Roy
Robert Dole
GOP
Roy
Topeka Capital-Journal
North Dakota
Milton Young
William Guy Guy
Young
Richard G. Lugar
Indianapolis
Birch Bayh
Sugar
Nebraska
Minnesota
Patrick Lucey
Richard Kneip
J. James Exon
Wendell Anderson
Robert Docking
Vernon Miller
Robert Ray
James Schaben
Ray
William Milliken
Sander Leven
John Gilligan
James A Rhodes
Midwestern
Boston Protest Reflections On Race Tensions 1974
A reporter recalls a Monday night anti-busing rally at Boston's Sheraton in 1974. He portrays participants as decent locals shaped by fear of court ordered integration and contrasts Boston with Birmingham, noting political and social pressures, National Guard mobilization, and lingering estrangement between white South Boston and black Roxbury.
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Sheraton
Portsmouth
N.H
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Clinton, Tenn
Little Rock
Birmingham
Richmond
Charlotte
Francis Sargent
National Guard
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Massachusetts
Roxbury
New England
Ed Brooke
Dear Mr President A Columnist Struggles With Inflation Advice
A syndicated columnist mocks President Ford’s inflation plan by recounting costly misadventures from shopping to car buying and layoffs. He laments the strain on businesses and individuals as he requests a WIN flag to signal the ease of fighting inflation.
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Cattleman's Association
Kaltenborn
A. B
Today In History October 25 1974 Highlight
On this date in history many events occurred. In 1936 Germany and Italy formed the Rome Berlin Axis pledging mutual assistance in war. Philadelphia city charter dated 1701. Bizet born 1838. Charge of the Light Brigade 1854 near Sevastopol. Fiji Islands annexed 1874. Chinese government at Chungking 1938. A year ago the US issued worldwide precautionary alert over Soviet troop plans. Today's birthdays include Ex-King Michael of Romania at 53 and entertainer Minnie Pearl at 62. Thought for today urges obtaining understanding from scripture.
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Italy
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Philadelphia
Georges Bizet
Paris
Britain
Sevastopol
Russia
Fiji Islands
Chungking
United States
Soviet Union
Middle East
Michael
Romania
Minnie Pearl
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