Ohio House advances housing amendment amid split votes
The Ohio House approved a housing amendment 69 to 25 clearing the first major hurdle as supporters push to revive public housing. A separate 84 to 6 vote backed a bill for a state loan program to aid medium sized businesses. Senate scrutiny follows.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
Cincinnati
Cleveland
James A. Rhodes
Edward F. Feighan
Feighan
State Supreme Court
Galbraith
Waldo Bennet Rose
R&4
Lima
Ohio Development Financing Commission
Shoemaker
Commission
Deadline Passes Without Incident at Dutch School Siege
South Moluccan militants still hold 105 children and 50 other hostages in Bovensmilde village school and a hijacked train near Assen as a 2 PM deadline passes with no concession from the Dutch government. Negotiations continued with officials while concerns for hostages’ health rise.
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Assen
The
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Indonesia
Holland
Joop den Uyl
Hague
Bovensmilde
Toos Faber
Justice Ministry
Crisis
Theo Kuhuwael
Faber
Vehicle Registration Deadline Near Memorial Day Notice
Dean Dollison of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles warns owners with last names L through Z and non renewals that the May 31 renewal deadline is near. Agencies will close on Memorial Day and early renewals are encouraged to ease lines and improve service.
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Dean Collison
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Dollison
Logan High senior earns Miami and Carborundum scholarships
Kevin Gable son of Donald and Norma Gable of Logan receives two academic awards. He won the John P. Spooner Memorial Scholarship for 600 from the Miami Alumni Merit program and a one year Carborundum Co. tuition scholarship. He plans to study chemical engineering at Miami University Oxford next fall. He is co valedictorian of the class of 1977 and active in journalism yearbook and clubs. Weather: 77 degrees in Hocking Valley today with forecasts of mostly sunny skies and highs in the 80s.
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Kevin Gable
Donald Gable
Florence Ave
Norma Gable
W. Second St
Logan High School
John P. and
Helen S. Spooner
Miami
Kevin
Miami University
Oxford
LHS
Miami University Alumni Association
Max Davidson
Hocking Valley
County Awards Contracts For Senior Citizens Center
Hocking County commissioners awarded the general contract for the Senior Citizens Center at Front and Spring Streets to Cody Ziegler Inc for 169900, with alternate G excluded. Geiger Bros Mechanical Contractors of Logan received the plumbing bid 19240 plus 2575 for sinks, and the HVAC bid 23000. Claypool Electric Inc of Lancaster won the electrical bid 21725 including alternates. A pipeline easement was granted to Kenneth and Rhonda Coleman across County Road 82 in Marion Two.
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Hocking County Commissioners
Senior Citizens Center
Front
Spring Sts
Cody Ziegler, Inc
Columbus St
Pickerington
Geiger Bros. Mechanical Contractors
Logan
Claypool Electric, Inc
Lancaster-Kirkersville Rd
Lancaster
Kenneth F
Rhonda K Coleman
County Rd
Marion
Holiday crowds eyed at Hocking Hills and Lake Logan parks
State park officials expect large crowds for Memorial Day weekend as swimming facilities at Hocking Hills Lodge and Lake Logan Beach open Saturday. Cabins at Hocking Hills are fully booked. campsites split between reserved and first come first served. Lifeguards named. hours set 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. weekends. Concession stands run by the Richard Bowers family. Office building work paused as staff reassigned to other projects.
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Hocking Hills State Park
Lake Logan
Hocking Hills Lodge
Steve Boudinot
Brenda Walker
Jim McFadden
Mark West
Renee Barkhurst
Richard Bowers
Chuck Dalton
Logan Council Finance Panel Advances Employee Targeted Pay and Health Plan Talks
Finance committee recommends 85 percent city health coverage with employees paying 15 percent while negotiations consider 90 percent city support. Also seeks across the board 15 cent hourly raise after June 17, and a 10 cent raise from Jan 1 1978 with an extra President’s Day holiday starting 1978. Additional vacation parity set for 12 working days and other policy changes discussed.
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Logan
Fred Malone
Malone
Beechwood Circle Subdivision Vacated in Hocking County
Beechwood Circle near Highland Park in Chieftain Drive was vacated today by Hocking County Common Pleas Court on a petition by Wayne Hubbard. The five lot subdivision platted around Dec 6, 1973 by Hubbard and Ralph Courter had not been developed. no opposition appeared at the hearing, and the petition was granted. Neal Dillon represents the petitioner.
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Beechwood Circle
Chieftain Dr
Highland Park
Hocking County
Cheryl Wagner Receives Kidney Transplant at University Hospital
Cheryl Wagner, 13, of Laurelville, underwent a kidney transplant Tuesday at University Hospital Columbus. She sat up within eight hours and felt well, said a family spokesman. Her father Leroy Wagner, the donor, was reported in good condition.
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Cheryl Wagner
Laurelville
University Hospital
Columbus
Leroy Wagner
Cheryl
Judge Appoints Hartman Case Judge Ammer to Preside
Judge William Ammer of Pickaway County Common Pleas Court is assigned to preside over the June 6 trial of Paul E. Hartman, a former county sheriff charged with theft in office. Hartman pleaded not guilty at arraignment. Judge James Stilwell stepped aside due to a family connection.
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William Ammer
Pickaway County
Rezoning Request For South Logan Nursing Home
Mrs. Margaret Oakfield of Columbus urged the Logan Planning Commission to rezone a South Logan area from R-1 to R-3 for a proposed 100 bed nursing home. The panel asked for more information and noted any rezoning would require a conditional use permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals.
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Margaret Clark Oakfield
Columbus
Logan Planning Commission
Logan
Oakfield
Planning Commission
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R-19
Patrick A. Sweeney
D-G
Finan and Sweeney
John A. Galbraith
Maumee
Lucas County
Geiger Bros
State Park
Lake
Bob Conkle
Carol Davis
Georgia Flowers
Kendra Price
Joe Disbennett
Joel Barkhurst
Diana Austin
Eva Tatman
Council
Fourth Ward
Robert Schultz
W. Front St
S. High St
Paul Goss
Front St
Dick Erb
Logan Metropolitan Housing Authority
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Goss
Charles Geil
Church St
Gatewood St
Kellyn Court
Walnut Hills
Doug Carr
Cecil Berry
Ed Johnston
Berry
Hartman
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