Logan OK Youth Corps Plan for March Start
Logan Schools approved a Neighborhood Youth Corps program to give part time work to 35 students in the high schools. Superintendent Dwight Diller prepared the plan for submission to the Office of Economic Opportunity via the Community Action Committee. The project totals 18,419 dollars with 1,841 from the district and 16,577 from federal funds. Twenty boys and 15 girls have already applied. the program runs from March 1, 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan City
Logan
Dwight Diller
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
Community Action Committee
Logan Board
Harry Westfall
LHS
Hocking
Perry
Athens County
Laurelville
Athens City
Supt
Diller
Antipoverty Aide Named For Ohio
Gov. Rhodes announced Albert G. Giles will head the Ohio Office of Opportunity as full time director at 16000 annually. The office, funded by federal and state money, will assist counties to obtain federal antipoverty funds and supervise technical aid programs through the Ohio Development Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Office of Opportunity
Albert G. Giles
James A. Rhodes
Giles
Ohio Development Department
Hocking Valley Endures Winter Cold Wave Woes
The Hocking Valley faces its fifth day of severe cold with temperatures plunging below zero. Readings hit minus 11 at the state highway garage early morning, while northern Ohio remains hardest hit with 4 to 18 inches of snow and more flurries forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking
State Highway
Associated Press
Ohio
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Columbus
Cincinnati
Akron
Youngstown
Weather Bureau
Florida
Tallahassee
Miami
Midwest
Indiana
Indianapolis
Republicans Nominate First for May Primary
Mayor Jack Moorehead and Solicitor James Stilwell, both Republicans, are the first candidates to file nominating petitions for the May primary election. Dean Collison, election board clerk, reported today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Moorehead
James Stilwell
Dean Collison
Election Board
2 Man Gemini Passes Crucial Test Flight
A Project Gemini capsule carrying two simulated astronauts flew 16 600 mph to Atlantic recovery off Cape Kennedy and landed 17 miles from Lake Champlain after a 105 mile altitude. It tested reentry heat and braking rockets ahead of April astronauts Grissom and Young mission.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Atlantic
Cape Kennedy
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Lake Champlain
Grissom
Young
Flight Control Center
Johnson Inauguration Festivities Flood Washington
Washington crowds pack events as President Johnson and partners kick off inaugural celebrations. Luncheons receptions and an inaugural concert fill the schedule with custom gatherings for Humphrey governors and Young Democrats. Weather forecasts hint at cold but clear conditions for the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Symphony
Capitol
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Indiana
Area servicemen to take part in presidential inauguration
Three area servicemen are slated for inaugural ceremonies in Washington DC. Army Specialist Six William Riser will march with the U S Army Field Band headquartered at Fort Meade Maryland since 1946. Army Platoon Sergeant Carl J Ashworth of the 2nd Infantry Division will join the Joint Service Presidential Honor Cordon. Linda Shawhan of Steubenville will attend as a member of the Big Red Band representing Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Army
William
Riser
U.S. Army Field Band
Fort George S. Meade
Lancaster High School
Rockbridge Rt. 1
Carl Anders
Lancaster Rt. 3
Carl J. Ashworth
Mabel I. Young
Logan Rt. 4
Joint Service
Ashworth
2Nd Infantry Division
Fort Benning
Lesser Farnhart
Steubenville
Lyndon B. Johnson
Big Red Band
Ohio
Joe B. Earnhart Sr
Logan Rt. 1
Linda
Steubenville High School
Estes Slapped In Jail: His Fight May Be Over
Federal authorities jailed Billie Sol Estes in Abilene as appeals failed to halt a 15 year mail fraud sentence. The former Pecos promoter, touted at worth 50 million, faced a long legal battle since his March 1962 arrest, with a Tyler swindling conviction and an El Paso trial verdict of mail fraud and conspiracy. The Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
U.S. Supreme Court
Estes
U.S
Wall Street
Washington
Tyler
el Paso
Seek Assistance For Smyers Family
The Hocking County Red Cross appeals for help for the Harold Smyers family after a weekend fire destroyed their Logan Route 2 home and belongings. Needed items include a refrigerator chest of drawers bedding kitchen furnishings clothing for two boys ages two and nine, ladies size nine, men’s trousers 38-30 and shirts 16-42. Call EV 5-3536 to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking County
Red Cross
Harold Smyers
Logan Rt. 2
Soviet protests over 800 mile nuclear mine belt report
Moscow says the report of a West German plan to lay an 800 mile nuclear mine belt across Europe is false. Tass delivered protest notes to U.S. Ambassador Foy Kohler and others. The notes warn the belt would threaten millions and raise nuclear conflict risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Europe
U.S. State Department
Tass
U.S
Foy Kohler
Horst Grepper
NATO Council
Paris
Rhodes Bond Issue Aims to Expand Ohio Parks
Ohio would use a $290 million Rhodes bond proposal to expand parks and recreation as part of a 50 50 federal matching plan. About $100 million targets existing facilities with Salt Fork Reservoir development and multiple state sites planned over six years, including lodges cabins roads and marinas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Robert W. Teater
Department of Natural Resources
Teater
Natural Resources Department
Salt Fork
Guernsey County
West Branch Reservoir
Ravenna
Geneva-on the-Lake
Houston Woods
Butler
Preble Counties
Hocking Hills
Indian Lake
Russells Point
Engle Low Bid On Rt. 33 Four-Lane Project
Engle Construction Co of McArthur emerged as the apparent low bidder for the 4.719 mile four lane upgrade of Route 33 from the Chauncey by pass to Greenlawn Cemetery south of Nelsonville. The bid totaled 1,842,409, below the state estimate of 1,930,000. other bids were 1,963,889 by L. R. Skelton & Co and 1,994,380 by S. J. Groves & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engle Construction Co
McArthur
Chauncey Bypass
Greenlawn Cemetery
Nelsonville
Engle
L. R. Skelton & Co
Columbus
S. J. Groves & Son
Hocking-Fairfield County
Rt. 180
Midway
Rt. 677
Vinton County
Allen Stone
Chesterhill
Ratzlaff Construction
Hocking River
Hockingport
Rt. 124
W. M. Brode Construction Co
Newcomerstown
Brode
Casto couple awarded 2500 in oil waste damage case
A Hocking County Common Pleas Court jury awarded Arthur E. and Esther P. Casto 2500 in a civil suit accusing Bart on Holl of Logan and Fred G. Holl of Wichita Kan of polluting their spring with oil well waste. Plaintiffs sought 8500.
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Hocking County
Leland L. Conner
Annelea Haskins
Carrie L. Brooks
Nellie Frazier
Gladys Lehman
Hazel Bray
Martha Donahey
Gerald H. Baird
Robert D. Armstrong
John Myers Jr
Betty McGlathlin
Walter E. Bumgardner
Richard Gerken
Forrest P. Moore
Phil Henderson
Hubert Lappen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Logan Schools
OK Youth Corps
Hocking Valley
Starr-Washington
Rockbridge
York
Atlantic Ocean
White House
Johnsons
Lyndon
Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. Humphrey
National Gallery of Art
Humphrey
William O. Riser
Linda Shawhan
Mrs
Hubert Shawhan
Rhodes
Harry Armstrong
Hocking State Park
Rt. 33
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