Hocking Parks Missed Again In State Funds Release
The State Controlling Board released 3.7 million for park projects, with no funds for Hocking Hills or Hocking State Park. Burr Oak receives 231,739 plus 110,000 for 60 more campsites and 60,000 to expand a bathhouse. Other park items include Lake Hope contingency funds and multiple county projects across Ohio.
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State Controlling Board
Hocking State Park
Hocking Hills State Park
Robert Teater
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Daily News
Burr Oak State Park
Hocking Hills
Burr Oak
Lake Hope
Teater
Army Engineers and Soil Conservation Service
Natural Resources Department
Lake Logan
Cowan Park
Clinton County
Crane Creek Park
Lucas County
Delaware Reservoir
Delaware County
Dillon Reservoir
Muskingum County
East Harbor Park
Ottawa County
Findley Park
Lorain County
Grand Lake St. Marys
Mercer
Auglaize
Hueston Woods Park
Butler
Preble
Mohican Forest
Ashland County
Clear Fork
Noble County Lake
Noble County
Wolf Run
Soil Conservation Service
Montgomery County
Punderson Lake
Geagua County
Pymatuning Park
Ashtabula
Rocky Fork Park
Highland County
Ross County Lake
Chillicothe
Salt Fork Reservoir
Guernsey County
Shawnee Forest
Scioto County
Stonelick Park
Clermont County
Judges Split On Boost In Driver Age
Ohio judges at a juvenile court convention show 40 favor raising the driving age to 18 while 36 oppose it. They also oppose transferring juvenile traffic cases to municipal courts by a 67 to 8 vote.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio Association of Juvenile Court Judges
Franklin County
John W. Hill
Holland M. Gary
Zanesville
Omar Schwarz
Washington Court House
Dormant Mt Re doubt Shows Sulphur Fumes in Alaska
Sulphur fumes rise from a fissure high on the east flank of Mt Re doubt, a long dormant volcano about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, according to AP reports.
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Anchorage, Alaska
Mt. Redoubt
Anchorage
Freeman Announces Mayoral Candidacy At Democratic Meeting
Delmar Freeman, former Logans mayor, told Hocking County Democrats last night he will run for mayor in the May primary. Freeman served one term and lost reelection in 1963 to Jack Moore head. Grant Malone, linked to the race earlier, now says he will seek council at large.
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Delmar Freeman
Logan
Hocking County Democrat Organization
Freeman
Jack Moorehead
Grant Malone
Appalachia Bill Debate Opens in Senate Action inquiry
The Senate opens debate on the 1.09 billion Appalachia aid bill to fund highways and regional development in West Virginia and nearby states. Senator Randolph and Cooper plan speeches as votes on amendments loom, with final action expected Monday. A separate bill proposed regional commissions for other areas.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
John S. Cooper
R-Ky
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
Public Works Committee
Appalachia
West Virginia
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Maryland
North
South Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Virginia
House
Pay Cut OK'd To Keep Factory In Providence
U S Rubber Co workers in Providence voted 329 to 275 to accept a union sponsored plan for a 25 cent hourly wage cut if the plant remains open for at least five years. The decision reverses October’s 2 to 1 rejection of a 30 cent wage cut and 11 cent benefits cut amid plant closure fears affecting about 900 jobs.
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Providence
R.I
U.S. Rubber Co
Level Of Lake Erie Rises One Inch In Month
The U S Lake Survey reports Lake Erie at 568 30 feet up one inch from last month. It sits nine inches above the 1936 all time low for this date and two inches below last year. The level is expected to stay roughly the same for the next 20 days.
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Detroit
U. S
Lake Erie
Great Lakes
Hocking County to Put Child Welfare Levy on May Ballot
County commissioners vote to submit a half mill levy for five years to fund the child welfare program and Rainbow School for retarded children. If approved, homeowners pay 50 cents per $100 value. Otto Shaw cites need to protect the general fund and expand the Rainbow School. The meeting also covered sanitary sewer plans near the new hospital and county road planning with Clyde Underwood.
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Hocking
Rainbow School For
Child Welfare Department
Otto Shaw
Board of Commissioners
Rainbow School
James Guthrie
Hocking County Hospital
West Logan
Guthrie
Clyde Underwood
Nuclear bombs gain punch as U S reveals new tests
The United States reports new more powerful nuclear bombs and long range missiles. The AEC says testing will resume atmospheric work within two months if the Soviet Union ends the treaty. Plans include tests near Johnson Island and in Nevada underground sites plus fivefold device yields. The report notes progress toward peaceful atomic electricity and predicts seven million homes with atomic power by 1980.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Soviet Union
Pacific
Johnson Island
Nevada
AEC
Gypsy Arrested and Loot Recovered in Miami Beach
Miami Beach police found negotiable stocks and bonds worth up to $1 million in a 29 year old Gypsy's hotel room after he tried to cash a check. He admitted the stocks were stolen from a New York office and identified himself as Stephen Tene with tribal name Bimbo. The loss was reported as $650,000 at the time of theft from S. C. Gluck on December 24.
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Miami Beach
Fla
New York
Stephen Tene
FBI
Bimbo
S. C. Gluck
Albert Bible
Logan Gas Rates To Dip March 1
The natural gas rate in Logan will be reduced two cents per thousand cubic feet beginning March 1. Columbia Gas of Ohio announced the reduction under the fuel cost clause of the contract. Refunds from natural gas suppliers ordered by the Federal Power Commission drive the change, affecting 219 Ohio communities in Columbia of Ohio territory.
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Logan
Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc
Federal Power Commission
Washington
Ohio
Columbia
Pepple Role In Senate Is Clarified
Columbus Ohio AP Senate Majority Leader Theodore Gray announced Sen. Ross Pepple will chair the Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions Committee. Fred L. Hoffman will again chair the Senate Judiciary Committee. Pepple would head the committee previously led by the late Sen. Gordon Renner. Deddens will remain Finance Chair, with no comment on a possible future switch.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Theodore M. Gray
Miami
Ross Pepple
R Allen
Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions Committee
Fred L. Hoffman
R-Hamilton
Senate Judiciary Committee
Pepple
Senate Education Committee
Gordon Renner
Cincinnati
Gray
William H. Deddens
Hamilton
Senate Finance Committee
Deddens
Finance Committee
Churchmen Fight West Virginia Sweepstakes Measure
A 36 member delegation of ministers and church officials vows to oppose a proposed statewide sweepstakes constitutional amendment in West Virginia. They urge churches statewide to write representatives and push for a voter referendum next year.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Minuteman 2 Fires Successful Fifth Test Launch
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP America's newest strategic missile Minuteman 2 has registered its fifth successful test flight One of the pushbutton weapons darted out of an underground silo Thursday night and hurled its warhead to a target area 4000 miles southeast of Cape Kennedy.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
America
Cape Kennedy
Cold snap grips Hocking Valley with seven below zero
A new cold wave moved into the Hocking Valley driving conditions worsened by nearly two inches of snow. Temperatures fell to minus seven at 8 a.m. today, rose to 14 by noon, with continued cold and a forecast of more snow and chilly weather. Road crews salted and sanded through the night, reporting treacherous patches but generally fair conditions by daybreak.
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Hocking
Mercury
Fd Rutgers
mid-Mississippi Valley
Appalachians
International Falls
Ely
Minnesota
Chicago
St. Louis
Missouri
Cold Wave Grips Ohio With Frigid Temps Across State
Ohio endures a sharp cold snap with Cincinnati at minus 1 and Cleveland 8 as flurries dot northern counties. Lake Erie ice near Bass Islands reaches seven inches, drawing ice fishermen while heavy Arctic air sinks across the U.S. with subzero readings in Minnesota and Illinois.
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Lake Erie
Ohio
Bass Islands
Cpo
Donald Alberts
Coast Guard
Marblehead
Sandusky Bay
Catawba Island
Port Clinton
Stove Explosion Claims 3rd Victim
A house fire on Goose Creek Road near Chestnut Grove Church in Hocking County killed three members of the Stevens family Gail Stevens seven-year-old son of Elbert Stevens died at Children’s Hospital Columbus from burns Mark Stevens survived with 20 percent burns and remains in critical condition Betty Stevens mother and Mary Magdalene two-year-old daughter died in the blaze The father suffered minor burns Funeral services set for 2 p m Monday at Chestnut Grove Church Burial at church cemetery Hill Funeral Home Kingston oversees the service Community aid pours in with funds and clothing donations totaling over 200 dollars via Weaver’s Grocery and Laurelville Red White Grocery
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Bloomingville
Rt. 1
Gail Stevens
Elbert Stevens
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Mark
Betty Stevens
Mary Magdalene
Goose Creek Rd
Chestnut Grove Church
Chestnut Grove
Hocking-Vinton County
Hill Funeral Home
Kingston
Church
Hocking County
Red Cross
Logan-Hocking
Stevens
Weaver's Grocery
South Bloomingville
Laurelville
Red & White
Poverty War Here Seeks 26078 For Hocking County Program
The Hocking County Community Action Program seeks 26078 for an 18 month poverty relief effort. The plan funds a fulltime director to coordinate federal anti poverty programs and cover 10 percent local costs via a courthouse office. Applications go to the U S Office of Economic Opportunity and Ohio Office of Opportunity. A separate Neighborhood Youth Corps program seeks part time jobs for 35 Logan students. the suit is submitted to the Labor Department and Ohio Opportunity Office.
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Hocking County
Donald G. Young
Young
Office of Economic Opportunity
Albert Giles
Ohio Office of Opportunity
Logan City
Dwight Diller
U.S. Department of Labor
Hocking County Community Action Program Committee
Logan
Myers Named To Hospital Commission
Francis Myers of 588 N. Market St. was appointed by the county commissioners to serve as a trustee on the Hocking County hospital building commission replacing Howard C. Blum whose term expires December 31, 1966. Myers, a former Logan mayor and long civic worker, is a shoe repair owner and active in Red Cross and Presbyterian Church.
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Francis
Scrappy) Myers
N. Market St
Hocking County Hospital Building Commission
Howard C. Blum
Alex Mowery
Myers
Logan
City Planning Commission
Logan Trade Club
Red Cross
Myers Shoe Repair
Logan Presbyterian Church
Ohio Youth Corps Pay Rates Prompt Supervisor Gap
John M. McElroy, top Rhodes aide, says Youth Corps members may earn more than supervisors in some low wage Ohio areas due to federally mandated $1.25 per hour rate. Logan city schools list 80 to 90 cents per hour. Superintendent Dwight Diller warns the application may need resubmission if rates aren’t accepted.
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Columbus
Ohio
John M. McElroy
James A. Rhodes
McElroy
Logan City
Dwight Diller
Ohio Youth Corps wages spark state dispute
Ohio officials debate pay levels for Youth Corps projects under the War on Poverty. Cleveland and Cincinnati wage areas may differ from lower wage regions as proposals rise from 75 cents to 1.25 dollars. Dr. Benjamin Spock of Cleveland Heights is named to the national poverty advisory council alongside Sargent Shriver, who will chair the panel meeting February 3 in Washington.
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Washington
Johnson
Benjamin Spock
Cleveland Heights
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
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