Vocational center in Hocking Valley hailed as educational bargain
Editorial endorses a tri-county vocational school and proposed technical training center in Nelsonville area. It notes state board approval, outlines a 3.4 mill local levy, and suggests Appalachia funds could cover costs. The piece urges district participation and highlights potential regional benefits.
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Tri-County
Logan
Starr-Washington
Perry County
Nelsonville
Buchtel-York
Trimble
Alexander
State Board of Education
Appalachia
Buchtel
Union Furnace
Hocking Valley
Mulberry Street Bridge Repairs Urged by County Engineer
County engineer Clyde O Underwood urged Hocking County commissioners to post low speed limits and inspect the aging Mulberry Street Bridge over the Hocking River. He called for a field study costing about 400 to determine original load capacity and for immediate deck and beam replacements.
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Clyde O. Underwood
Hocking County
Mulberry St
Hocking River
Underwood
New Lancaster Warehouse To Serve Godman Shoe Plant
Irving Drew Shoe Corp. plans a 200 by 220 foot modern warehouse on Black Lick Lane east of Lancaster to serve Godman Shoe Co. in Logan. Construction begins immediately, completion expected mid May, employing 25 new workers. The facility will store and ship all Logan produced shoes and house office space and docks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Drew Shoe Corp
Lancaster
Godman Shoe Co
Logan
H. C. Schuyler
Black Lick Lane
Rt. 22
Ralph Dittoe
Godman
Irving Drew
Nelsonville
Schuyler
Lancaster Community Improvement Corporation
Lancaster Area Chamber of Commerce
Lancaster City Council
Walter F. Peterseim
Chamber
Koreas Offer Viet Cong Aid
North Korea and China have offered to send volunteers and arms to South Vietnam if the Viet Cong request help. Pyongyang Radio broadcast the pledge, aligning with Beijing’s prior offer as U.S. forces increase the war.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Peking
South Viet Nam
Pyongyang
U.S
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
United States
Weather forecast for Ohio from Associated Press
A band of freezing drizzle coats central and southwest Ohio roads this morning. Temperatures dip below freezing in northern counties and around Dayton to Cincinnati while southeastern areas see light rain. Northward, 20s bring very light snow, with the outlook colder tonight and snow flurries possible Saturday.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Dayton
Cincinnati
Johnson Ready For Honorable Peace In Viet
President Johnson signaled readiness to meet for progress toward an honorable peace in Viet Nam. He said he would go anywhere at any time if negotiations offered a settlement ending Communist aggression. Chou En-lai warned the US against widening the conflict and urged unity, pledging China and the Soviet Union would respond to any escalation.
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Washington
United States
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Chou En-lai
China
Chou
Viet Nam
Johnson seeks half billion for Area Redevelopment plan
President Johnson urged Congress to approve a new Area Redevelopment program with 500 million dollars yearly in grants and loans. He proposed abolishing the current agency and creating an economic development administrator within the Commerce Department to coordinate efforts without imposing federal projects on local areas.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
House
John F. Kennedy
Commerce Department
Navy Bombers Hit Four North Viet Nam Radar Stations
AP reports U S Navy jet bombers attacked four coastal radar stations in North Vietnam, with one target on Bach Long Island 80 miles from Hainan. Two Navy planes were shot down in the Gulf of Tonkin but pilots were rescued. Hanoi claims many planes shot down.
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Viet Nam
China
Hainan Island
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S. Navy
Radio Hanoi
U.S
Bach Long Island
Hainan
Big Island
North
South Viet Nam
Ha Tinh
Cap Mui Ron
Vinh Son
Trial Slated For Delay In Ew ing Case
Cincinnati AP sources say Alice Ewing 22 Fort Thomas Kentucky faces a misdemeanor charge for illegally moving a body with a maximum $500 fine and six months in the workhouse. Her fiancé Robert Ray Abbott 21 Dayton Kentucky was convicted of first degree murder in Wanda Cook's Oct 15 killing and faces a life sentence after a mercy recommendation. His lawyers plan an appeal.
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Cincinnati
Alice Ewing
Robert Ray Abbott
Miss Ewing
Fort Thomas
Hamilton County Common Pleas
Abbott
Dayton
Wanda Cook
Bellevue
Ohio Plans $277 Million Appalachian Highway Network
The State Highway Department asked federal help to build 522 miles of highways in Ohio Appalachian counties at an estimated cost of $277.4 million. The plan includes a million-dollar per mile developmental network called the Appalachian Way with two routes, one linking Cincinnati area and extending through Clermont Meigs and Franklin counties toward Belpre.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Department
Appalachia
Washington
Cincinnati
Clermont County
Brown County
Adams County
Scioto
Jackson
Vinton
Meigs
Brush Athens
Belpre
Parkersburg
W. Va
Federal aid options discussed for county roads in Marietta
County engineers in the 10th District gathered in Marietta to hear John Dowler outline how counties can obtain 50 percent federal aid for designated federal aid secondary highways. State agencies act for the feds, with plans approved and contracts awarded after meeting federal and state standards.
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Marietta
John Dowler
Hocking
Clyde O. Underwood
Pearl Wolfe
Dowler
Four Ku Klux Klan members held in Alabama slaying case
Four Klansmen from Alabama were arrested on federal conspiracy charges in Detroit mother of five Viola Liuzzo's slaying after the Montgomery march. Names listed: Eugene Thomas, William Orville Eaton, Gary Thomas Rose, and Collie Le Roy Wilkins Jr. The killings followed a 50 mile Selma to Montgomery march with FBI and national guard involvement.
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Washington
Johnson
Alabama
Detroit
Montgomery
Ala
FBI
Viola Gregg Liuzz0
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
J. Edgar Hoover
Eugene Thomas
Bessemer
William Oriville Eaton
Gary Thomas Rose
Birmingham
Collie LeRoy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield
Klan
Enemies of
Justice
United States of America
Capitol
Leroy Moton
Selma
William O. Gray
Alabama National Guard
Selma- Montgomery
George C. Wallace
U.S. 80
Moton
March
Martin Luther King Jr
Wallace
Lowndes County
Johnson Orders Halt to Federal Agency Discrimination
President Johnson, after a report by LeRoy Collins, orders an immediate halt to job discrimination in federal agencies. Collins cited Selma, Alabama as evidence of unfair practices in offices like Social Security, post office, agricultural services, FBI, Justice, and Craig Air Force Base. Humphrey leads a task force to prevent summer race riots, while Ackley estimates racial discrimination costs the economy 23 billion dollars annually.
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Washington
Johnson
South
LeRoy Collins
Florida
Collins
Selma
Ala
Social Security Office
Post Office
Agricultural Services
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
Craig Air Force Base
Hubert H. Humphrey
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
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Jim Rempel
Enterprise
C&o
Rempel
Forrest Moore
Otto Shaw
Falls
Marion
Gibisonville
Buena Vista
Pleasant Valley
County Planning Commission
Godman Shoe
Koreas
Viet
Navy
Vinton County
J. Miles Ogan
Otto A. Shaw
Thomas C. VanCuren
Howard Blum
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