Hechler at Earth Conference backs coal strip mining ban
U S Representative Ken Hechler spoke at Ohio University about House Bill 4556 to outlaw strip mining nationwide. He warned of long term land destruction and environmental costs passed to the public, noting strong co sponsorship and support from Ohio lawmakers and potential Senate action. The event, Earth Conference I, was hosted by campus environmental groups and the EPA division.
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U. S
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
United States
Ohio University
Baker Center
Hechler
Kentucky
West Virginia
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
House
Ohio
Akron
Dayton
Cleveland
Gaylor Nelson
D-Wis
Senate
George McGovern
D-S.c
United Mine Workers
Tony Boyle
Carl Bagge
National Coal Association
The
Student Council On Pollution and the Environment
Athens Ecology Group
Ken Steinhoff
Youths Blamed for Welding Blaze at Athens Site
Fire damaged a portable welding unit valued at about 2500 on the Hocking River relocation project near E State Street Athens. Fire Chief Dalton said four boys were seen around the equipment before the 6 40 p m alarm. No explosions occurred though oxygen and acetylene tanks were present.
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Hocking River
E. State Street
Athens City
Charles Dalton
Ralph Myers Contracting Corp
Dalton
Local Weather Forecast Highlights Cool, Cloudy Conditions
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy and cool conditions with a high in the 40s today. Tonight is windy and cool with a mix of snow changing to rain and a low around 30 to 35. Tuesday will see a high in the 40s and continued cool, with rain likely.
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Gulf Coast
Rockies
Great Lakes
Winds and dryness fuel weekend area fires
Dry vegetation and gusty winds kept firefighters busy over the weekend as two burning permit holders were ordered to extinguish fires started before 4 pm. Three fires were reported to the U S Forest Service including locations in Coonville Start Two Lost Run Hocking County and near Pine Crossing. Forestry crews tackled fires at Initial Rock Nelsonville and near Maxville quarry with the latter linked to a dump fire. Ohio Division of Forestry logged five fires Saturday over 23.2 acres and three Sunday over 11 acres with multiple counties affected including Vinton Jackson Clinton Perry Meigs and Meigs had the largest Saturday blaze at Bedford Township covering 18 acres. An additional Meigs fire burned 0.2 acre, and a Perry County Saturday fire burned one acre. Sunday saw five acre burns in Benton Hocking Reading Perry Homer in Morgan County.
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Coonville
Lost Run
Hocking
Forestry
Initial Rock
Nelsonville
Maxville
Ohio Division of Forestry
Vinton County
Jackson
Clinton
Bedford
Meigs County
Chester
Meigs
Monday Creek
Perry County
Forestry Department
Benton
Reading
Homer
Morgan County
Athens dentists to attend Ohio physicians dental meeting
Three Athens dentists from the Athens Mental Health Center will attend an April 16 meeting of the Association of Physicians and Their Dental Colleagues of the State of Ohio. The Fairfield School for Boys in Lancaster hosts the event to promote better dental and medical care for state institution patients. Attendees include Dr. James Scott Dr. William Cuckler and Dr. Richard G. West.
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Athens
Athens Mental Health Center
The
Association of Physicians
Ohio
Fairfield School For Boys
Lancaster
James Scott
William Cuckler
Richard G. West
Rep Miller Plans District Visits During Easter Recess
Tenth District Congressman Clarence Miller uses Congress Easter recess to meet Southeastern Ohio residents. He addresses Athens Rotary Club lunch in Athens next Monday. Open door sessions in McArthur Vinton County Courthouse 10 to 11 a.m., Gallipolis Gallia County Courthouse 4 to 5 p.m., and Jackson Post Office Civil Service Room 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday. He travels to Cleveland Tuesday April 13 for Electronic Conference keynote and to meet Ohio Chapter NLFP Missions representatives.
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Clarence Miller
Congress
Ohio
Miller
Athens
Rotary Club
McArthur
Vinton County
Gallia County
Gallipolis
Jackson County
Civil Service Room
Jackson Post Office
Cleveland
National League of Families of American Prisoners
Southeast Asia
George C Scott Stars In Last Run Filming In Nerja
MGM began production of The Last Run in Nerja Spain starring George C Scott directed by John Houston. Scott, NYFCC Best Actor 1970, plays a weary Chicago mobster aiding an escaped prisoner from Spain to France.
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Nerja
Spain
MGM
George C. Scott
John Houston
Scott
Chicago
France
Tennessee appoints Holt as broadcasting head
Darrel W. Holt, associate professor at Ohio University, becomes head of the University of Tennessee Department of Broadcasting. Holt also chairs graduate studies in broadcasting at Ohio and has 12 years of industry experience before joining Ohio University in 1967.
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Knoxville
Visual Aids Center OKd By CURT HEADY
The Educational Media Resource Center EMRC will be available for the 1971 72 school year as Athens Hocking and Perry Counties continue funding. The Athens County School Board stays fiscal agent. Weinfurther may plan a supervisor to meet EMRC needs with state aid possible.
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Athens, Hocking
Perry
Athens County School Board
Educational Media Resource Center
EMRC
Hocking-Athens- Perry
C. W. Montgomery III
Robert L. Weinfurther
Janet Hannah
Hapsec
Physician McCammon Installed Fellow of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Dr. Robert E. McCammon, former Athens resident and OU graduate, will be installed as a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists at the annual meeting May 3 6 in San Francisco. He now resides in Tampa Florida after working as a city policeman during college. The college honors physicians who specialize entirely in obstetrics and gynecology and have demonstrated clinical ability through exam success and peer judged ethics.
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Robert E. McCammon
Athens
American College of Obstetricians and
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