City Proposals Rejected Senior Citizens Center Project Gets Green Light
HUD approved Hocking County pre-application for a senior citizens center funding but denied Logan city pre-application for three projects due to low priority. County to prepare an application for 1977 funding under the Community Development Act and form a county building advisory committee to study a multi purpose facility.
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Evelyn Little
Senior Citizens Center
HUD
Haydenville
Judy Miller
Logan
Laurelville
Murray City
Buckeye Hills- Hocking Valley
Common Pleas
Harley Meyer
Rhea Bangert Brown
James Stilwell
James Heinlein
The
Hocking County Historical Society
James Frey
Logan City Council
Leon Eichel
Logan- Hocking County Library Board
Claude Chilcote
Pleasant Hocking Valley Weather Outlook
The morning in the Hocking Valley reached 50 degrees under sunny skies at 11 a.m. with an overnight low of 27. Monday’s high was 46 and the forecast calls for partly cloudy windy and warmer conditions midweek with highs near 70 and lows in the 40s and a 20 percent chance of rain.
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Hocking Valley
Ohio ConRail Plan Gains Federal OK
The Federal Railroad Administration approved Ohio's ConRail plan allowing 885.5 miles of light density track to receive federal subsidy. Ohio will realign 682 miles to ConRail with ORTA oversight while 549 miles will remain rail funded but reduced. The move aims to keep Ohio’s transportation system viable and reflects ongoing federal state cooperation.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
ConRail
Richard D. Jackson
Federal Railroad Administration
Jackson
Norfolk and Western
Chessie
Penn Central
Railroad Administration
Washington
Ohio Rail Transportation Authority
ORTA
State Rail Authority
Renovation Funds Freed For Pools At Hocking State Park
State Rep. Claire Ball announced funds from the State Controlling Board for renovating Hocking State Park pools. The plan covers sandblasting painting ladder replacement underwater lighting and cathodic protection for both the main and wading pools. Ball said funds were released early to award the contract promptly and have the pools ready for summer.
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Claire
Buzz) Ball Jr
Athens
Hocking State Park
Ball
Department of Natural Resources
Six Citizen Committees Formed For Community Improvements
Enthusiasm for city and county programs continued at the Mayor's Advisory Council meeting held in the Farmers and Merchants Bank F and M Room with about 25 attendees. Six committees were created to study potential projects and report back to the council.
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F&m
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Bill and
Ardella King
Neil Dillon
Don Davis
Dwight Conaway
Gary L. Young
Skip Humphrey
Walter Selvage
Barbara Fassig
Larry Joseph
Harley Meyer
B. J. King
Joe Thomas
Ed Johnston
C. C. Penrod
Advisory Council
Main St
Vine St
Logan Federal Community Room
Japanese Pilot Crashes Into Kodama House Aboard Kamikaze Themed Plane
Mitsuyasu Maeno a 29 year old actor pilot wearing a World War II Kamikaze style outfit crashed a light plane into Yoshio Kodama s luxury residence in Tokyo after circling Setagaya for photos for a movie promotion The crash killed Maeno and left the home ablaze Kodama 65 afflicted by stroke was at home and unharmed amid a high profile corruption scandal linked to Lockheed payoffs and right wing protests
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Yoshio Kodama
Japan
Mitsuyasu Maeno
Kodama
Maeno
Nikkatsu Movie Corp
the Emperor
Taiheiyo Flying Club
U.S. Senate
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Chofu
Setagaya
Kantaro Hamada
Hamada
Lockheed
New Hocking 4-H Agent Named to Succeed Sonnenberg
Hank Bartholomew of Stoutsville will become Hocking County 4-H extension agent on May 1, succeeding Tim Sonnenberg who resigns March 31. Bartholomew, a 1967 Amanda-Clearcreek HS graduate, BS in animal science from OSU 1971, MS in agriculture education pending, has served as 4-H agent in Troy Miami County since 1971.
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Hocking County
Tim Sonnenberg
Hank Bartholomew
Stoutsville
Amanda- Clearcreek
Ohio State University
OSU
Bartholomew
Troy
Miami County
Jeanne Householder
Bremen
Fairfield Union High School
Bartholomews
Levi
Lesta
Maxville
Reagan seeks Ohio primary entry amid petition push
Former California Governor Ronald Reagan moves to contest Ohio's presidential primary. Peter Voss says delegates 97 and 1,500 signatures plus 150 per district are needed by Thursday.
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Canton
Ohio
California
Ronald Reagan
Peter Voss
Voss
Akron Beacon Journal
Washington
Akron
Reagan
Nine more candidates file petitions for June primary
Nine more candidates have filed nominating petitions with the Hocking County Election Board. The filing deadline for the June 8 primary is 4 p.m. Thursday. John D. Campbell seeking the county sheriff seat is the sixth Democrat entrant. Incumbent Democrat Otto A. Shaw seeks re election as county commissioner. New central committee filings include Democrats Curtis D. Hinton Earl G. Poling Steven E. Spurgus Edward F. Dalton Robert E. Daubenmier and Republicans Harold Douglas John Simons.
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Hocking County Election Board
John D. Campbell
Logan Rt. 5
Sheriff’s Office
Hocking County Juvenile Court
Otto A. Shaw
Rockbridge
Central Committee
Curtis D. Hinton
Laurelville
Salt Creek
Earl G. Poling
Logan
Falls
Steven E. Spurgus
Edward F. Dalton
Angle Ave
Robert E. Daubenmier
Harold
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