Wilmington approves sewage plant expansion bid
The Wilmington Board of Control approves Christopher Construction Co. of Columbus for the Nelson Rd plant expansion at 259 786 base bid. Financing via 326 000 first mortgage revenue bonds planned with WW&H and city plans to issue a letter of intent. U S Health Education and Welfare grants 87 600 toward costs if work starts by Jan 1.
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Wilmington Board of Control
Columbus
Nelson Rd
Bates Harcum
Alec Morris
Bonham, Kuck
Grant
Brundage
Christopher Construction Co
Walter
Woody and Heimerdinger
Cincinnati
John Fuerbacher
Ww&h
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
B. G. Davis Co
Dayton
C. Ray Sikes Associates
F. X. Minnigan Inc
Charles H. Shook
Encrete Construction Co
H and F. H. Hosea Co
Council
Morris
GOP Chairman Will Bid for Dixie Vote
Republican National Chairman William E. Miller pledges an all-out 1964 campaign for Southern electoral votes and House seats. He defends Southern inroads as a product of Republican principles and says no uncontested South races will remain in 1966.
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Washington
William E. Miller
Miller
Republican National Committee
Dixie
South
Hats Stolen During Burglar H J Herkimer Abduction
Emory and Harold Snavely report the abduction of their friend Herkimer in Mansfield Ohio. A burglar emptied the home, taking three hats valued at $30 and leaving Herkimer a slender human skeleton figure in a chair at the razed school site.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Emory
Harold
The Passing Show By I. C. Clinton
Winter’s official as snow and cold set in 1962. Charles Fischer wears a 1928 raccoon coat. MILL’S TREE lights up the Clin ton County Courthouse lawn adding color to downtown holiday scene.
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Charles Fischer
Cincinnati Milling Machine Co
Clinton County
Pearl Harbor Day Observed Quietly Amid Harbor Sports
Pearl Harbor marked with quiet observance at Pearl Harbor Hawaii as Ford Island dedicates a nine hole golf course and Bloch Gym hosts a boxing program with five amateur Japanese fighters. A small memorial boat shuttles daily and veterans plan flowers for 1102 men entombed in the Arizona.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Navy
Ford Island
Ninehole
Bloch Gymnasium
U.S
Pontiff Prays With Council In Vatican
Pope John XXIII left his apartment for the first time since illness and prayed with the Vatican Ecumenical Council in St. Peter's. He then planned to participate in Saturday ceremonies closing the first phase of the council and Sunday canonizations for three new saints. The pope appeared frail yet walked unaided and thanked the prelates in Latin.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Vatican Ecumenical Council
St. Peter’s
Vatican
Adlai Stevenson and Kennedy Share Warm Greeting at Dinner
In Washington the two leaders met at the Kennedy Foundation awards dinner with Stevenson greeting Kennedy with a quip about Mr Khrushchev’s Moscow play. The event featured grants to four foreign scientists for work against mental retardation amid ongoing Cuban crisis tensions.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Kennedy
U.N
Stevenson
Mr. Khrushchev
Moscow
Cuba
Kennedy Foundation
London Fog Lingers as Smog Toll Reaches 106 Dead
The worst smog in a decade eased its four day grip on London with 106 known dead and over 1,000 in hospitals. Visibility improved to 150 yards at London Airport as 170 ships remained fogbound upriver. Commuter trains were late and long distance services delayed, with frost and fog expected to return and mild, cloudy weather forecast Saturday.
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London
British Automobile Association
Thames Estuary
Norfolk
Suffolk
British Isles
Bids Opened on Interstate 71 Section Across Clinton County
Ohio Highway Department opened bids for three county highway projects including Clinton Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas. The Clinton County low bidder was W N Holderman & Sons Columbus at 3 421 257 against an estimate of 3 98 million. Project funds are 90 percent federal.
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Columbus
Clinton
Ohio Highway Department
Clinton County
W. N. Holderman & Sons
Highway Department
Cincinnati
Chester
Union
Liberty Townships
Cuyahoga
Tuscarawas
No Ball Planned After Rockefeller Inauguration
Albany notes a quieter post inauguration event for Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller with a buffet for several hundred instead of a large ball. The governor’s office announced the New Year’s Day reception will exclude dancing and feature a modest, semi-formal gathering.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Clinton County Schools Battle Snow Delays And Closures
Several Clinton County districts suspend or alter activities as heavy snow and closed roads affect operations. Sabina Kenton New Vienna Martinsville and Sabina area schools close while Blanchester stays open. Basketball games face postponements with some proceeding as scheduled depending on road status.
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Clinton County
Sabina
Kenton
New Vienna
Martinsville
Blanchester
Port William
New Antioch
Mt. Pleasant
Clinton-Massie
Bank Robbery in Cincinnati Highlights Hostage Mystery
Police seek leads in a $39,500 White Oak branch heist by two hooded men. A 32 year old housewife was forced to drive the pair to the bank and was later released. manager James Harris and five employees faced gun threats as cash was taken in a pillowcase. A former Cincinnatian is suspected of being questioned. no suspect is yet identified.
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Cincinnati
Carie
Hope Holds For Trapped Miners In Robena Mine
Rescue crews closed to within 4000 feet of 36 miners trapped by a mine blast at U.S. Steel Corp Robena No 3 mine in Carmichaels Pennsylvania. PA Mine Secretary Lewis Evans called the situation desperate but hopeful as gas and rubble hinder efforts.
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Carmichaels
Robena No. 3
U.S. Steel Corp
Lewis Evans
Pennsylvania
Snowplow Trapped by Heavy Columbus Grove Snow
In Columbus Grove Ohio officials report seven inches of snow with drifts up to several feet making their one snow plow unusable and stuck in the heavy snowfall.
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Columbus Grove
Ohio
Putnam County
Snow Closes Turnpike From Bedford to Irwin Interchanges
Snow closes the Pennsylvania Turnpike between the Bedford and Irwin Interchanges on the western leg as drifting snow disrupts traffic. The Turnpike Commission reported the closure today.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Bedford
Irwin
Turnpike Commission
Spy's Mistress Gets Two Years For Passing Papers
Barbara Fell a 54 year old government information officer in London was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to handing Foreign Office papers to Smiljan Pecjak a Yugoslav Embassy official and admitting she was his mistress.
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London
Barbara Fell
Foreign Office
Smiljan Pecjak
Minuteman Makes Successful Flight
An Air Force crew launched a Minuteman intercontinental missile on a successful 3 800 mile test flight down the Atlantic range. The 58 foot three stage rocket began from an 85 foot deep underground silo and darted southeast out of sight.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Atlantic Range
Lorain bridge players trapped by snow at Avon club
Sixty Lorain bridge players hunkered down overnight at Avon County Club after snow drifts up to five feet blocked exits. Plows struggled to reach the scene near the Avon Oaks Clubhouse while the annual Christmas dinner mingled with the regular bridge meeting.
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Lorain
Ohio
Avon County Club
Avon Oakes
Country Club
Tito Khrush Meet Again in Moscow Amid Party Tension
Soviet Premier Khrushchev and Yugoslav President Tito met in the Kremlin with officials suggesting they discussed party affairs. Tass listed participants including Yuri Andropov and Tito aides Rankovic Veselinov Arsov amid strains with China and Albania.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Tito
Kremlin
Tass
Yuri Andropov
Communist Party Central Committee
Workers’ Parties
Alexander Rankovic
Jovan Veselinov
Lubco Arsov
Khrushcheva
Red China
Albania
Cincy Pair Dead In Death By Own Action
CINCINNATI AP Frank Harris and his wife Geraldine both in their mid thirties were found dead in their Cumminsville apartment in what police described as a murder death by own action. A neighbor reported the scene after a Harris child alerted her there was blood everywhere. An automatic pistol was found nearby. The couple left four children ages five to eleven.
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Cincinnati
Frank Harris
Geraldine
Irma Niles
Harris
Bobo Newsom Dies in Florida at 55
Former major league pitcher Louis Norman Bobo Newsom died in an Orlando hospital at age 55. The right hander debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1929 and played for eight clubs through 1953, compiling 211 wins and 222 losses in more than 600 games. Newsom, a Hartsville South Carolina native, also played for St Louis Boston Philadelphia New York Washington Detroit and Chicago.
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Orlando
Fla
Louis Norman
Bobo) Newsom
Newsom
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Detroit
Chicago
Hartsville, S.C
City County School District Plan Heads for State Board
In Columbus Ohio a proposal to form one city school district for Logan County including Bellefontaine goes to the state board of education. The plan would create two high schools under one board with Bellefontaine offering vocational emphasis and the county school focused on a broad program. The move would consolidate six districts and remove the county board if voters approve.
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Columbus
Ohio
Logan County
Bellefontaine
State Board of Education
Ohio Department of Education
Clogged Roads Close Schools in Severe Ohio Snowstorm
The Northeast Ohio region faced a historic snowstorm with up to 18 inches on the ground, delaying trains and buses, grounding planes, closing dozens of factories and virtually all schools. The storm moved into northern Ohio after noon from the south, with no relief expected before late tonight.
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Associated Press
Ohio
U.S. Weather Bureau
Cleveland Weather Bureau
Dave Bruce
Ohio highway report shows widespread snow closures
The Ohio highway department reports snow covers primary and secondary roads across the state. Roads remain largely snow covered north of a line through Eaton and Xenia while the south and west show mixed conditions. More than 150 roads are closed northeast of a line from Van Wert to London to Gallipolis.
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Columbus, Ohio
Highway Department Today
Ohio
Eaton and Xenia
van Wert
London
Gallipolis
Snowstorm snarls travel with high drifts and stalled traffic
Winds of 30 to 35 mph gusting to 50 created deep drifts up to five feet. Temp near freezing. Driving became a nightmare as hundreds of vehicles stalled on secondary roads and bottlenecks formed at Ohio Turnpike exits.
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National Aeronautics Space Administration
Snowstorm Death Toll Rises in Cleveland Area
Four people died in the greater Cleveland snowstorm, with two deaths this morning. The latest victim was 54 year old George T. Herbert who collapsed while shoveling outside his home. Edward Treczynski, 60, collapsed while walking to catch a bus.
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Cleveland
Greater
George T. Herbert
Edward Treczynski
Cleveland Snowstorm Paralyzes City and Electrical Grid
A 241 mile regional storm leaves 30,000 without power as CEI struggles in a 117 square mile area. Snowfall peaks at Novelty 18 inches with drifts up to three feet. Canton Akron 10 to 11 inches. Cleveland Hopkins Airport closed. Extra crews from Columbus Toledo Dayton and Canton aid 134 additional workers while travel and work halt as officials urge staying home.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company
CEI
Columbus
Toledo
Dayton
Canton
Novelty
Geauga County
Canton - Akron
Ashland
Lorain
Youngstown
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