Legal Matters Hold Up E. State Street Lease
Ohio University trustees delay signing leases on the former airport site on E State Street Athens after three hours of discussion. The plan, led by OU administrators, faces five or six technical and legal issues before possible full board approval. The project includes Kroger leasing 28.6 acres across from its current store, a Holiday Inn by Skilken Properties, and a mobile home park with state involvement overseen by the Ohio Department of Public Works. May 9 meeting likely to decide.
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Columbus
Ohio University
E. State Street
Athens
University
Board of Trustees
Peg Black
Duncan M. Baxter
Charles E. Holzer Jr
J. Wallace Phillips
Kroger Co. of
Cincinnati
Skilken Properties
Skilken
Ohio Department of Public Works
Ohio University duo to present at Popular Culture Association
Dr. Gilbert D. Schneider chairman of the linguistics department and Walter M. Brasch doctoral student in journalism will present a one and a half hour feature program at the national convention in Indianapolis. They will screen A Language and Culture Happening and discuss Ohio University language culture programs and multimedia journalism integration in higher education. The Chauncey Dover Lions Club meets Thursday at 7 p.m. to elect officers.
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Gilbert D. Schneider
Ohio University
Walter M. Brasch
The
Popular Culture Association
Indianapolis
Teens Missing in Athens Area Sunshine Warns of Harboring Juveniles
Athens County juvenile officer Sam Buffington reports two runaway youths, including 15 year old John Ray Welch of Athens Route 4, may be sheltered locally. Welch left home April 9 amid a prior commitment to the Ohio Youth Commission. a warrant for his arrest exists. Call 593-6377 or the sheriff with tips. confidentiality assured.
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Sam Buffington
Athens County
John Ray Welch
Athens Route 4
Athens Middle School
Ohio Youth Commission
Athens Juvenile Court
Buffington
Morrison School
Juvenile Court
Athens County Sheriff's Department
Fuel Boiler Purchase Postponed by City Board
The Athens Middle School fuel oil boiler replacement was postponed by the city school board after bids opened. The district plans to switch to natural gas heating before July 1, 1975, but the contract now awaits further study and is not expected to be awarded until April 23 due to a nationwide gas shortage.
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Athens
Miller to View SEOEMS Ambulances This Saturday
Congressman Clarence Miller plans a Saturday visit to the Logan SEOEMS station at 11 a.m. to inspect new ambulances and equipment. In the afternoon he attends a Wilkesville meeting on a proposed sewer project with Vinton and Meigs counties and EPA officials, followed by an address to the Ohio Farm Bureau in Lancaster.
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Clarence Miller
Logan Station
Southeastern Ohio Emergency Medical System
Seoems
Miller
Wilkesville
Vinton
Meigs
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Ohio Farm Bureau
Lancaster
Chief Cochran to face inquiry over traffic crash
Athens officials plan a Friday closed session with Police Chief Charles Cochran and his wife to answer questions from last week's crash involving an unmarked city car. The review board will examine use of the city vehicle and whether there was official city business at the crash site. Cochran remains on voluntary paid vacation as the inquiry proceeds.
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Herb Amey
Messenger
Athens
Charles Cochran
Phil Goldsberry
Administrative Review Board
Goldsberry
Donald Barrett
Gerald Mollica
Cochran
Ques
Four Artists Lead Ohio University Literature Symposium
Joyce Carol Oates joins Leslie Fiedler Robert Bly and Jack Matthews for a three day symposium on literature at Ohio University April 18 20. The event features lectures readings and a final symposium in Morton Hall Mathematics Building with times to be announced.
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Joyce Carol Oates
Ohio University
Miss Oates
Leslie Fiedler
Robert Bly
Jack Matthews
Morton Hall
Births and admissions at local hospital headlines
Birth announcements list a son for Mr. and Mrs. Michael Reed of Wellston and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fitch of Athens and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. John Clark of Athens. Admitted include Athens residents Gladys Crawford Patrick Peters Nancy Douglas Forest Shoemaker and others. several residents were discharged including Marc Gagliano and multiple families.
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Michael Reed
Wellston
Raymond Fitch
Athens
John Clark
Gladys Crawford
Patrick Peters
Nancy Douglas
Forest Shoemaker
Clinton Sams
Basil Minerd
Jason Levanofsky
Lela Todd
Lawrence Mash
Nelsonville
Orville Caster
Albany
Ann Borchart
Chauncey
William Sycks
Millfield
Gary Webb
Zaleski
Driver Fined 400 and jailed on four Athens court counts
Pinebank man Fred Walters Jr., 27, was fined 400 and jailed on seven days for driving while suspended and 90 days for drunken driving with 83 days suspended if he avoids driving for a year. Co defendants include George Robuck 28 and others in Athens County cases.
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Pinebank
Fred Walters Jr
Athens County
Athens
Franklin Sheeter
Walters
George Robuck
Greensboro
Fred Lopez, Jr
Waynesburg
Annalene Reynolds
Albany
David C. Davis
Brown
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Claude R. Sowle
W. Charles Culp
Martin L. Hecht
John F. Milar
Attys
Erle Bridgewater
John Summel
H. Needham Smith
Kings Island
Athens Kiwanis
Ohio University Inn
Family Entertainment
Lions
Chauncey-Dover Lions Club
Lions Building
Athens Area
Rep. Miller
Channe
Hoffman
Enterprise
the Messenger
Ohio
Thurs
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Marc Gagliano
William Monroe
John Midkiff
John Deno
Essa Howard
Larry Whaley
Madeline Porter
Mathews Minney
Edward van Dyke
Mae Guess
Elmer Lowry
Cecil Newsom
Edward Amos
Bryan Sells
Metta Fisher
John Smith
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