County Valuation Increases by 1.5 Million in 1959
Hocking County reports a 1959 tax duplicate total of 40 334 396 up 1 488 843 from 1958 with increases in real estate 16 699 530 public utilities 16 857 710 and personal property 6 777 156. Logan and several districts show gains while Murray City declines.
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Hocking County
Logan
Laurelville
Murray City
Starr Washington District
Benton — Real
Falls — Real
Oroville
Good Hope
East Hocking
Green
Laurel
Marion
Bremen
Berne Union
Perry
Salt Creek
Starr
Ward — Real
York
Washington
West Hocking
Swan
Logan City
Real
Laurelville Village
Murray City Village
Storms Rage Across Midwest as Northeastern Region Braces
A massive March storm spread from the Midwest into the Northeast with heavy snow and strong winds. Michigan and Ohio endured drifting snow, 30 mph gusts, and blocked highways while Des Moines and Wisconsin faced major cold and school closures.
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Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Charleston
S.C
Apalachicola
Fla
North Carolina
S. C
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Midwest
la Crosse
Wis
Wisconsin
Maribel
Ripon
Ripon High School
Minnesota
Wausau
Ottumwa
Iowa
West Virginia Economy Struggles Amid Miner Unemployment
West Virginia faces deep hardship as unemployment rises to roughly 15 percent of the 500 000 strong workforce. Senate subcommittee hears that 45 000 workers have exhausted benefits amid rising crime and hunger fears driven by mine mechanization and falling coal output.
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Morgantown
W.va
West Virginia
Senate
Jennings Randolph
Dwva
Beckley
Union
Randolph
Lancaster men waive hearing in federal case
Two Lancaster men Russell Kost aged 53 and Clarence P Straits 46 waived hearing before U S Commissioner and were bound over to U S District Court. They are accused of possessing numbers slips and running a tip ticket at H E Quick Lunch 133 N Columbus St. Internal Revenue agents also confiscated a pinball machine on the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Lancaster
U.S
Robert W. Newton
U.S. District Court
Russell Kost
Clarence P
Bus) Straits
H&e Quick Lunch
N. Columbus St
Internal Revenue
Jury Drawing Set For March 21st
Judge Harley Meyer ordered a jury drawing for the April term of Hocking County Common Pleas Court held at 10 a.m. Saturday March 21. The first 15 names drawn will serve on the grand jury and the remaining 35 will serve as petit jurors.
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Harley Meyer
Hocking County Common Pleas Court
Lancaster Liquor Aide Is Handed Suspension
Roy Phipps, manager of the state liquor store in Lancaster, receives a 30 day disciplinary suspension without pay. Liquor Director Richard C. Crouch informs the State Civil Service Commission of the action which begins Thursday. Reason for the suspension was not stated.
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Columbus, Ohio
Roy Phipps
Lancaster
Richard C. Crouch
State Civil Service Commission
Ohio Assembly Sees Record 1589 Proposals Amid Budget Rush
In Columbus the Ohio Legislature faced a frantic week with a record budget and a flood of 1589 bills. Gov DiSalle warned that final programs depend on review of 1123 House and 466 Senate measures. Bills include tax hikes and structural reforms, with key items such as utilities reorganization and school funding formulas.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Department
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
House
Senate
Legislative Mill
Utilities Commission
Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
LiSalle
Utilities Department
Ohio Highway Patrol
State Bridge Commission
Ohio River
Steubenville
Weirton
W. Va
Mechem Quits GOP Post to Serve Church
William Mechem son of State Senator Stanley Mechem of Nelsonville resigns as chair of Athens County Republican executive committee to become lay minister of the Carbon Hill Christian Church. He has served the church about a year and plans full time ministry. he has long been active in the Nelsonville Church of Christ and helps his father in the Nelsonville shoe business.
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William Mechem
Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Athens County
Republican Executive Committee
Carbon Hill
Eisenhower Macmillan to Open Berlin Talks March 20
President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan plan talks in Washington starting March 20 on the Berlin crisis and Khrushchev’s Berlin demands. Macmillan will be joined by Selwyn Lloyd and arrive March 19 for a multi day session.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Berlin
Macmillan
Nikita Khrushchev
London
Selwyn Lloyd
Khrushchev
James C. Hagerty
Germany
Moscow
Hagerty
National Security Council
Neil H. McElroy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Soviet Union
U.ss.r
Indians secede from Canada declare vest-pocket state
Rebels in Ontario seize Six Nations Reserve west of Toronto and Buffalo ousting the 11 man council. About 6,000 residents along the Grand River see land claims and tribal rites disputed. Chiefs seek recognition and plan talks with U S and Canada.
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Brantford
Ont
Ontario
United Nations
Canada
Six Nations
Toronto
Buffalo
N.Y
Reserve
Oshweken
Grand River
Kitchener
Galt
H. M. Jones
Indian Affairs
Striking Union and Carborundum Set Talks After Files
The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Local 11-630 and 25 members filed an answer to Carborundum Co.’s injunction petition. The union denies material allegations and seeks dismissal. Negotiations are to resume March 16 at Shaw’s restaurant in Lancaster at 9 30 a.m. Federal mediator John W. Wagner arranged the session.
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The
Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers Union
Carborundum Co
Common Pleas Court
Company
Union
Shaw's
Lancaster
John W. Wagner
C&SO Negotiations Being Resumed
In Columbus Ohio a spokesman for the IB EW says the union will return to bargaining today in the earnest hope of a fair equitable agreement so workers may return to work at Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. About 1300 striking workers began picketing after the contract expired. The company serves customers in 23 central and southern Ohio counties and is using supervisory personnel. Both sides remain in a wage dispute.
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George Shay
OCAW
Hocking Valley
Columbus, Ohio
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Ohio
Newspaper Heads Union Meet Again in Columbus Strike
After a fruitless session on Thursday, Columbus pressmen's union Local 15 negotiators meet again with representatives of the Columbus Dispatch and Columbus Citizen and the Ohio State Journal. The papers have not published for eight days since the stoppage began February 26.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus Web Pressmen's Union
Columbus Dispatch
Columbus Citizen
Ohio State Journal
Nike Warhead Building Bids Sought in Defense Area
U S Engineers invited bids for constructing warhead buildings at four launching sites in the Cincinnati defense area. Sites include Wilmington Ohio Felicity Clermont County Oxford Butler County Ohio and Dillsboro Indiana. Bids will be opened on or about April 2.
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Huntington
W. Va
U.S
Cincinnati
Wilmington
Felicity
Clermont County
Oxford
Butler County
Ohio
Dillsboro
Ind
Hocking Youth Accidentally Shoots Self
Sheriff reports a Logan Rt. 2 youth shot himself while target shooting with a .22 pistol near Rt. 33N. Phillip Baker, 16, in satisfactory condition at University Hospital Columbus after the hammer slipped, bullet wounded his right leg. He was taken to the hospital by Melvin Harden.
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A. J. Waldron
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Logan Rt. 2
Phillip Baker
University Hospital
Columbus
Baker
Melvin Harden
Pioneer IV Probe Vanishes In Great Void Toward Sun
Pioneer IV disappeared into space and may not be heard again. Goldstone station lost contact at 10:15 a.m. EST as the probe neared the sun at about 3,960 miles per hour, 412000 miles from Earth. NASA officials said further contact was unlikely after batteries failed, signaling the probe’s end.
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Washington
Goldstone
Calif
Pioneer IV
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
America
Jodrell Bank
England
Bernard Lovell
U.S
Pioneer
Space Wilderness
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Colder Weather Likely to Stay in Hocking County
Windy and colder weather with snow flurries dominated the Hocking County forecast today. Little change expected for Saturday. After peaking at 50 degrees at noon Thursday, temperatures fell to 37 by today noon.
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Hocking County
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Luther W. Hodges
Associated Press
Midwestern
Michigan
Hamilton
Ford Motor Co
Monroe
Mich
Greyhound
U.S. 27
Cheboygan
Indian River
Alanson
St. Ignace
Des Moines
W. Virginia
Lancaster Liquor Aide
Ohio Assembly
Joseph Logan Sr
John Diefenbaker
David Clayman
Grant Byrnes
Skay
C&so
Nike
Roy Anderson
Lovell
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