Athens Council urged to probe downtown disturbance
In Athens Ohio a crowded council chamber pressed for an investigation of Sunday morning unrest that damaged storefronts. Citizens urged a police review board and better communication with students as the city plans a public meeting to discuss calming tensions and crowd dispersion.
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Herb Ame
Messenger
Athens
Citizens’ Police Review Board
Council
City Hall
Ohio University
Charles Cochran
Council Allocates 2500 For Athens Bus Experiment
The Tri County Community Action Agency bus experiment could roll in Athens by Wednesday. City Council approved 2500 from federal revenue sharing to test a permanent city bus system through June 30 with funds covering a driver and partial city subsidy.
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Tri-County Community Action Agency
Athens
CAA Transportation
David Vaughan
Fred Weber II
Jack Green
City Annex
Hickory Street
Plea Guilty In Court In Athens County Court
Peterstown West Virginia man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Athens County Municipal Court to two charges filed by Athens police.
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Peterstown
W Va
Athens County
Athens
Three Injured In Two Traffic Accidents
Two traffic crashes injure three people with two drivers cited for conditional speed. Carl F Westerville Jr and passenger Michael R Pearce were treated at Mount St Mary Hospital for facial lacerations. Robert W Walls and passenger Gregory A Dunfee suffered injuries. Walls faces conditional speed, and Dillon pleads to DWI and left of center with fines, jail, and license suspension.
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State Highway Patrol
Carl F. Westerville Jr
Columbus
Michael R. Pearce
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Robert W. Walls
Millfield
County Rd
Johnson Road
Gregory A. Dunfee
Athens
Nature students alarm Chauncey residents near Nye Farm hill
Village marshal investigated a Monday evening sighting on May Avenue and found a group of nature students from Tri-County Joint Vocational School.
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Chauncey
May Avenue
Nye
Nature
Tri- County Joint Vocational School
Cost Of Living Resolution Draws City Council Support
Athens city council backed a resolution by Councilman Tom Smith protesting spiraling living costs. The measure notes residents are largely on fixed incomes and expresses concern for hardship, with copies sent to Congress and President Nixon.
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Athens
Tom Smith
Congress
Nixon
Pleasant Hill Woman Injured In Quarrel
Mrs Wanda Smith 32 of Athens Route 5 Pleasant Hill was taken to O Bleness Hospital by the fire department after appearing at the sheriff's office at 4 48 am with head injuries after a domestic quarrel deputies said.
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Wanda Smith
Athens
Pleasant Hill
O’bleness Hospital
Fire Department
Sheriff's Office
Zone Change Requested for Eight-Unit Project on Granville Ave
Athens City Planning Commission reviewed a request by Herpel Saunders to rezone Granville Avenue from R-1 to R-3 to permit construction of an eight unit apartment building on west end lots.
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Athens City Planning Commission
Herpel Saunders
Granville Avenue
Saunders
West End
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Smith
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Nelsonville
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Richland Avenue
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Richard A. Illowite
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