City County Complex Plans Still Up In Air
City and county officials failed to agree on space allocations for a proposed city county building complex. Plans hinge on federal funding under the 1976 Public Works Act, with a 90 day construction start requirement after grant approval.
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Bill Bevins
Daily News
Hocking County
County Commissioners
Congress
Ford
Richard P. Elzey
Columbus
Common Pleas
Elzey
Logan
Evans S. Hand
Leon Eichel
Logan- Hocking County District Library Board
John Bumgardner
L. Jackson Henniger
Hocking County Court
Hocking County Historical Society
Bumgardner
Jim McLain
Unknown flu like disease linked to Pennsylvania Legion deaths
Health officials investigate a flu like illness killing 16 people who attended a Philadelphia American Legion convention and hospitalizing at least 50. Autopsies underway as samples go to CDC for testing. officials see possible swine flu or viral pneumonia. 10,000 delegates attended the convention. several wives and children also fell ill.
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Harrisburg
American Legion
Leonard Bachman
Philadelphia
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Legion
Bachman
Congress
Center For Disease Control
U.s.public Health Service
Pennsylvania
CDC
Michael Gregg
Center
Fort Dix
N.J
Legion Convention
North Carolina
Florida
William Parkin
State Health Department
Hocking County Fair premium books now available
Jud Matheny, Fair Board secretary, announced the 1976 premium books are ready. The books with fair judging details can be picked up at the Hocking County extension office on the fairgrounds.
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Jud Matheny
Fair Board
Hocking County
Logan Receives Planning Grant for Development Plan
Logan Mayor Evans S. Hand announced the city has received a $10,000 grant under the federal 701 program for a comprehensive development plan. He noted BH HVRDD representatives have begun work on the plan.
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Logan
Evans S. Hand
Hand
Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley
OU Rapped For Waste In Spending
Auditor Thomas E. Ferguson blasted Ohio University for deficits in its University Press and a black student center, and flagged a conflict of interest in a Sunpower Inc. lease. The year ending June 30, 1975, showed an 89334 deficit and questioned spending on remodeling Lindley Hall.
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Columbus, Ohio
Thomas E. Ferguson
Ohio University
Ferguson
University Press
Athens University
Lindley Hall
Sunpower Inc
William Beale
Sunpower
Sheriff Hartman Named In New 500000 Dollar Lawsuit
Mark Williams of Nelsonville accuses Hocking County Sheriff Paul Hartman and deputies of negligence leading to burns from a jail cell fire on July 31 1974 while Williams was a juvenile prisoner. The state case seeks 500000 in compensatory damages plus costs. a separate federal suit seeks 500000 punitive and 550000 compensatory damages plus fees.
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Hocking County
Paul Hartman
U.S. District Court
Columbus
Mark Williams
Myers St
Nelsonville
Williams
U.S. District Clerk of Courts
Even Surgery Fails To Daunt 99 Year Old Lady
Mrs. Anna Blosser aged 99 at 345 W Main St is recovering at Hocking Valley Community Hospital after a Thursday surgery. She will celebrate her 100th birthday in December.
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Anna Blosser
W. Main St
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Laurel Run Road Closure For Bridge Replacement
Hocking County will close Laurel Run Road also known as County Road 26 one mile north of Ohio 56 on Wednesday for up to three weeks to replace a bridge over Raccoon Creek according to County Engineer George Mara.
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Laurel Run Rd
Raccoon Creek
Ohio 56
Hocking County
George Mara
Trustees OK 49919 Dollar United Way Goal In 1976
United Way trustees set the 1976 77 campaign goal for Hocking County at 49919 dollars with October fundraising. Thirteen agencies requested 65076 69 dollars, then trimmed to meet a practical target. New participants include Scenic Hills Senior Center Arthritis Foundation and Humane Society.
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United Way
Hocking County
Charles Gilbert
Gilbert
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
Hocking County Drug Council
U.S.C
TRAP
United Way Operating Fund
Coal Miners Still Out in West Virginia and Nearby States
The three week strike by United Mine Workers idles about half of the nations 150,000 soft coal miners as Arnold Miller orders seven district presidents to resume work across West Virginia Virginia Pennsylvania Kentucky and Illinois. Mines in West Virginia remain idle where the stoppage began July 19 and other states report partial activity.
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Charleston
W.va
Ohio
West Virginia
Panhandle
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
UMW
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Wildcat
Cannelton Coal Co
Peytona
Boone County
Markets Drift Higher In Tepid New York Session
The Dow Jones average rose about .09 points in thin trading as gains edged ahead of declines among NYSE listed issues in a muted market day.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Flood disaster in Colorado Big Thompson canyon death toll climbs
In Loveland Colorado rescue teams shift to recovery as officials warn deaths could reach 200 with 260 injured and 559 unaccounted for after a flash flood. President Ford declares Larimer County a federal disaster area while officials plan more airlifts to remove survivors.
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Loveland
Colo
Big Thompson Canyon
Larimer
Robert Watson
Colorado Rockies
Watson
Ford
Colorado
Richard Lamm
U.S. 34
Estes Park
Big Thompson River
Logan Couple’s Daughter and Grandsons Escape Colorado Flood
Mr and Mrs George C Shaw of Logan learn their daughter Marianne Jurkowitz of Worthington and four grandsons survived the Big Thompson River flash flood in Colorado. A wrong turn led them to seek shelter at a higher ground motel as the 12 foot wall of water roared through the canyon. Ham radio operator Louis Bester then confirmed their safety around 2 a.m. Monday, with further word arriving at 9 a.m. from Denver.
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George C. Shaw
Marianne Jurkowitz
Worthington
Colorado
Jurkowitz
Dan
Dave
Steve Winslow
Nancy Winslow
Shaws
Upper Arlington
Louis Bester
Logan
Weather Update Hocking Valley Cool Nights Warm Day Ahead
Temperatures stayed cool Monday night with a low of 50 in the Hocking Valley and rose to 72 by late Wednesday morning. A sunny clear Wednesday is forecast with highs in the 80s and only a 10 percent chance of rain.
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Hocking Valley
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Joseph Adams
State
Richard Dolan
Williamstown
James Dolan
John Ralph
Dolan
Winkie-Too
Madison
Vilas Park Zoo
Hocking Fair
Hartman
United Way Fund
Scenic Hills Senior Center
Arthritis Foundation
Southeastern Ohio Hearing & Speech Center
Humane Society
Dick Brandt Jr
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