City Council Approves Wide Pay Increases for City Staff
City Council unanimously approves a new salary ordinance raising pay for most city employees after Police Chief Roy Kelch protests a gap with the police force. The plan aims to equalize police and fire department salaries and outlines seven employment grades with specific monthly and hourly rates beginning April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Kelch
Wilbur Lanning Jr
Council
Lanning
Ed Nelson
Kelch
Police Department
Eastgate Tap-In Proposal Discussed by City Council
City Council debated Hal Donahey's request to tap a 6 inch line into the 10 inch main for Eastgate. The main issue was why a 6 inch line for a single house and whether water sales outside city limits incur a 250 dollar tap-in fee. Council amended zoning rules and heard updates on proposed subdivision regulations and a sanitary trunk sewer plan. Residents raised a West Street drainage complaint seeking a longer storm sewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Donahey
Eastgate
James Stilwell
Planning Commission
Stilwell
Rolland Schorr
Water and Sewer
Ralph Griffin
James Parkinson
James Guthrie
Guthrie
W. Hunter St
Kenneth Conaway
William Harburger
West St
Selma Rights Marches Restricted at Justice Department
Security tightens at the Justice Department after two days of demonstrations outside Attorney General Katzenbach's office in Washington. Police ejected about 30 demonstrators as federal officials vow to pursue indictments and review voting legislation proposals while officials in Alabama await federal action.
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Washington
Justice Department
Atty. Gen
Nicholas Katzenbach
Selma
Ala
Congress
U.S
James McShane
General Services Administration Central Protection Force
Katzenbach
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Alabama
Johnson
White House
John Doar
Leroy Collins
U.S. Community Relations Service
East 69Th Street
Third Avenue
Chicago
State
Madison Streets
Los Angeles
Federal Building
Judge Uses Suspended Sentence For Hart Case
Judge Harley Meyer invoked a suspended sentence to Mansfield Reformatory for 21 year old Haydenville resident Odis Hart after Hart pleaded guilty to stealing a chain saw from Green Two trustees. Hart received probation for one year and a $50 fine plus costs, with 60 days county jail suspended. Ned Cochran was appointed to represent Hart. Prosecutor Forrest P. Moore cited Hart’s prior probation and a second crime.
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Common Pleas
Harley Meyer
Mansfield Reformatory
Haydenville
Odis Hart
Forrest P. Moore
Reformatory
Meyer
Green
Ned Cochran
Logan
Hart
Moore
Appalachian Highway debate shifts to Ohio state action
The Southeastern Ohio Regional Council says the next move on the proposed 200 mile Appalachian Highway is for Ohio to decide. A council meeting in Steubenville will discuss plans and objections while noting the project could cost at least 280 million dollars and may exceed anticipated federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville, Ohio
Southeastern Ohio
Ohio
John Patterson
Morgan County
Sonville
Zanesville
Ohio Development Department
Snow Squalls Mark March Weather Update
Blustery snow squalls and a 33 degree reading at 11 30 a m set the tone for today as city streets showed slick spots. Ed Rutgers notes Nickel Plate Road near Smead plant nearly impassable until crews salted. Overnight low in Hocking Valley 28 with yesterday's high 40. Frigid but fair conditions expected tonight with a low near 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Rutgers
Nickel Plate Rd
Smead Plant
Hocking Valley
Man Pleads Innocent In Two County Break-Ins
Freddie D Reeves age 32 of Zaleski pleaded not guilty to breaking and entering the Five Mile Inn on February 12 arraigned before Judge Vaughn Collins. Bond set at 1000 dollars, Reeves released after posting. He also faced a not guilty plea in Vinton County for a Hamden general store burglary dated February 11 and was held to the grand jury. Merrill Molihan 42 of Zaleski remains jailed in Vinton County, parolee status noted, with a second charge of breaking and entering to be filed. arraignment doubtful due to likely parole revocation.
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Freddie D. Reeves
Zaleski
Vaughn Collins
Five Mile Inn
Collins
Reeves
Hocking County
Vinton County
Hamden General
Merrill Molihan
Ohio
Forrest Moore
Molihan
Ohioans Join Many Americans In Protesting Selma Brutality
Civil rights supporters march peacefully in Ohio cities protesting police actions in Selma Alabama. Cleveland led with 400 plus demonstrators, Oberlin students among them, while Columbus and Wilmington also held marches. Nationwide actions occurred from Boston to Los Angeles with federal protection demands and clashes outside federal buildings.
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Selma
Associated Press
Ohio
Alabama
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Public Square
East Ninth Street
Federal
Lakeside Avenue
Columbus
Wilmington
Oberlin College
Martin Luther King Jr
Wilmington College
Boston
Los Angeles
Washington
D.C
New York City
Chicago
Detroit
Oakland
New Haven
Syracuse
N.Y
White House
Johnson
New York
Fifth Avenue
House
Michigan
George Romney
Jerome Cavanagh
Federal Building
Romney
Cavan
Southern Local Board OKs Vocational School Plan
Perry County Southern Local school board votes unanimously to participate in a proposed joint vocational school district. Other districts Logan Trimble Federal Hocking Starr Washington Nelsonville York consider approvals as Ohio governors push Appalachia program start with centers planned at Zanesville Batavia Portsmouth and Nelsonville.
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Southern
Perry County
Logan, Trimble
Hocking
Starr-Washington
Nelsonville
York
Washington
James Rhodes
Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Appalachia
Rhodes
Zanesville
Batavia
Portsmouth
Nel
State Board of Education
Lancaster
Burl Shoemaker
Division of Vocational Education
Shoe
Morgan County Local
Lake County Joint Vocational
Western Reserve High School
Warren
City halts civil rights marches after night beating
Selma public safety director ordered a halt to civil rights demonstrations amid rising tensions after a 2500-strong march that included hundreds of clergy and the night beating of three white ministers. Police will assume march oversight to reduce risk under current conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma, Ala
Selma
Beaten White Clergymen Seek Aid After Selma Attack
In Selma Alabama Rev Clark Olson of Berkeley and two American clergymen were beaten by five white men after dining at a Negro cafe. James Reed of Boston was listed in critical condition. Olson and Orloff Miller escaped with minor injuries. Public Safety Director Wilson Baker said the case is under investigation by authorities.
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Birmingham
Ala
Clark Olson
Berkeley
Calif
Selma
Selma Public Safety
Wilson Baker
Olson
James Reed
Orloff F. Miller
Boston
Reed
Pital
Orloff
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarians
Miller
Jim
SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Police and Fire Department
Clyde O. Underwood
Justice Office
Invokes
SEORC
Southern Local Board
Ok’'S Vocational School
Beverly Hills
Jimmy Murphy
Toots and Casper
Joseph T. Smitherman
Baker
Florida
Federal Community Relations Service
James G. Clark
al Lingo
King
Burwell
Dallas County Sheriff's Office
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