Fluoridation Proposal Fails At Athens Council Vote
Athens council rejects first reading of a fluoridation ordinance. Three members vote yes while three abstain and one votes no. Audience members protest as debate is limited. Proponents, including Athens Junior Women's Club, urge cautious progress with fluoridation amid medical and local authority opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Efa
Norman Dean
Michael Molchan
Richard Rypma
Foster Coe
Edgar
Council
Athens Junior Women’s Club
David Vaughan
Roger Connor
Mill St
Buck Auto Supply
Athens County Savings and Loan
O. G. Houck
Faculty Eligible For Council In Ohio University System
Mrs. Robert W. Daniel told a legislative group that the secretary of state's opinion allows Ohio University faculty members to be candidates for city council. She cited a 1957 state law and court ruling and noted a faculty member is a state employee, not a state officer, so eligibility extends beyond council president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted W. Brown
Ohio University
Robert W. Daniel
Daniel
History Department
League of Women Voters
Kiwanis and Circle K Initiate New Members
Kiwanis Club and Circle K held a Tuesday meeting at the Sportsman Grill centering on new member initiations. New Kiwanis entrants were Bill Roberts Bernard Berens Earl White Herb Harris Ed Naylor and Earl Mathews welcomed back after a leave. Circle K welcomed Dennis Jones Keith Straka Dave Dribovsky Paul Meloni Jim Strand Keith Heck Harry Archer and Phil Roudebush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Circle K
Kiwanis Club
Sportsman Grill
Bill Roberts
Bernard Berens
Earl White
Herb Harris
Ed Naylor
Earl Mathews
Dennis Jones
Keith Straka
Dave Dribovsky
Paul Meloni
Jim Strand
Keith Heck
Harry Archer
Phil Roudebush
Sheep Unit Plans Auction and Programs
County extension sheep committee met Sunday to discuss continuing work with the Lancaster sale pool and graded Athens sale. Directors nominated for Athens include Elmer Finsterwald Stewart Nile Koehler Herman Corday and Dale Scott. Lancaster helpers named Louis Hixon James Edwards and Benson Cowan. Plans set for June parasite control dipping and a January sheep shearing school in Albany. Committee chairman Scott presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Athens
County’ Extension
Elmer Finsterwald
Stewart
Nile Koehler
Guysville
Herman Corday
Dale Scott
New Marshfield
Louis Hixon
James Edwards
Nelsonville
Benson Cowan
Albany
Scott
Athens students discuss World Affairs Institute topic
Four Athens High School students who attended the World Affairs Institute in Cincinnati spoke to the Athens Rotary Club on Monday. Phyllis Lausche Diantha Murphy Michael Seibert and David Russell said the main topic was the Common Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
World Affairs Institute At
Cincinnati
Athens Rotary Club
Uoon
Phyllis Lausche
Diantha Murphy
Michael Seibert
David Russell
World Affairs Institute
Cincinnati Rotary Club
Rain Threat Looms Over Athens Weather Report
Rising temperatures and cloudy skies lifted rain threat in Athens on Tuesday. U.S. Observer C. L. Colmer logged 60 degrees at 10 30 a m after an early low of 29. Monday’s high reached 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
State Trees Delivered To Athens County
Ohio Division of Wildlife reports Athens County applicants received 42 050 pine and 8950 hardwood seedlings plus one bushel of stratified walnuts. Nationwide the division sells about 16 million trees annually with truck deliveries, mail orders, and nursery pickups. Severe March frost delayed stock out of beds forcing last minute delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
FFA
W. D. Hondell
District Forester
Ohio
Division of Wildlife
Hondell
Birth at Athens as Mr and Mrs Paul Cunningham welcome son
Shelter notes record a birth for Mr and Mrs Paul Cunningham a son born in Athens. Admissions include James McKean Athens Leona Pickard Glouster Mrs Earl Davis Athens Robert Mathews Athens Gregory Gilkey Athens Route 2 James Burchfield Stewart. Discharges list Don McVay Athens Mrs Richard Theken Athens William Staton Athens Jessie Zimmerman Stewart Mrs Myrtle Figley Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Cunningham
Athens
James McKean
Leona Pickard
Glouster
Earl Davis
Robert §. Mathews
Gregory Gilkey
James Burchfield
Stewart
Don McVay
Richard Theken
William Staton
Jessie Zimmerman
Myrtle Figley
Soldiers Complete Training at Fort Sill and Across U S Bases
News of servicemen details eight weeks of cannoneer training at Fort Sill Oklahoma Pvt Darrell E Williams 19 son of Mr and Mrs Darrell O Williams Stewart Rome Canaan High School 1962 graduate who joined in November and trained at Fort Gordon Ga Also Pfc John E Vincent 18 son of John E Vincent Athens Route 3 member of 2nd Division 9th Infantry airlifted to Germany from Fort Benning Ga Private Vincent Chauncey Dover High School 1962 graduate who joined last May completed basic at Fort Knox Ky Nathan W Robe 18 son of Thurlow S Robe 35 Woodward Ave is in basic recruit training at Great Lakes Ill Naval Training Center Airman Apprentice Michael G Lockhart USN son of Mrs Beulah Gerber Coolville Route 1 has completed aviation machinists mate school in Memphis Tenn.
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Darrell E. Williams
Darrell O. Williams
Stewart
Ft. Sill
Okla
Artillery and Missile Center
Pvt. Williams
Rome-Canaan High School
Army
Ft. Gordon Ga
Germany
Ft Benning
Vincent
Chauncey- Dover High School
Ft. Knox
Nathan W. Robe
Thurlow S. Robe
Woodward Ave
Great Lakes, Ill
Naval Training Center
Michael G. Lockhart
USN
Beulah Gerber
Coolville
Memphis, Tenn
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Driver Cited After Crash Near Grover Center
Jacqueline K. Williams age 21 of Hudson Health Center was driving a car in a two vehicle accident on Richland Ave near Grover Center and may have back injuries. Melwood D. Hostetler age 69 of 26 Avon Pt. was cited for left of center and pleaded guilty in Municipal Court, fined $15 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacqueline K. Williams
Hudson Health Center
Richland Ave
Grover Center
Melwood D. Hostetler
Avon Pt
Traffic Light Fines Tap Three Drivers
William R. Goins 19 of The Plains Route 2 faces an $11 fine for a traffic light violation. Ray F. Clench 26 of Athens Route 5 also fined $11 for the same offense. Kenneth George Konicek 23 of Wakeman paid $21 after speeding on a state highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Goins
the Plains
Ray F. Clench
Athens
Kenneth George Konicek
Wakeman
State
Traffic Fines in County and Municipal Courts
The record lists multiple youth and adults cited by the State Highway Patrol and city police for traffic offenses. Fines range from five to twenty five dollars with costs. several defendants face license suspensions or driving restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lanning Armbrust
Washington D. H
Stephen Lloyd Granger
Orchard Lane
Grace Balch
Logan
Portsmouth branch expansion backed by URA grant
The city of Portsmouth won an Urban Renewal Administration grant to plan a 28 acre expansion of Ohio University’s branch campus. An AP release in Washington said URA approved an advance of 106,956 dollars for the project planning. The branch, the university’s largest, operates in a rehabilitated former elementary school building and is in its second year with full-time enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
URA
Ohio University
Portsmouth
City approves summer recreation program plan
The city recreation commission approved a summer program for adults and children featuring softball and baseball. Attendees included three slow pitch softball league reps discussing a merger with city offerings, along with commission members and William Bartels, summer recreation director.
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City Recreation Commission
Pkayed
Commission
City Hall
William Bartels
Instructor Appointed Bill Davidson to Penn State Staff
Bill Davidson an Ohio University civil engineering instructor has accepted an appointment to the Penn State staff where he will pursue his PhD. He is 32 and the son of John Davidson of Athens Route 2. Davidson holds a BS from Ohio and will receive his MS this August. He and his wife Jacquelin and their children live on Athens Route 2. He served two years in the Army and in the Korean War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Davidson
Ohio University
Penn State
John Davidson
Athens
Davidson
Ohio
University
Jacquelin
Couple Found Guilty In City Court Conspiracy Case
Municipal Court Tuesday found Wayne A. Davis of 4014 S. Court St. guilty of concealing stolen property after the case was continued. The property, 52 boxes of detergent and a white leather chair valued at 59 dollars, belonged to Leland Southerton. William R. Stone of New Marshfield forfeited a 31 dollar bond on a disorderly conduct charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne A. Davis
S. Court St
Davis
Leland Southerton
William R. Stone
New Marshfield
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Tuckerman
John Alden
William Weisenbach
Fred Weber
Weber
Ryoma
Connor
Cal
W. W. Patton
Patton
Robert Daniel
W. State St
Fred H. Klaer
Lawhead Press, Inc
Strouds Run
Milton Nuzum
Nuzum
Paul Alden
Clearview Heights
Athens Apartments, Inc
Carl G. Gustavson
Ohio Academy of History
Columbus
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Pfc
John E. Vincent
Athens Route 3
Richard W. Haddox
A. L. Haddox
Pratt St
John W. Tippie
Queenie Lowery
Warren Rd
Lackland Afb
Chanute Afb
III
Motor Trend Magazine
Orime
Motor Trend
Ramblers
Douglas Rambler, Inc
Union St
Rambler
James Frank Opie
Hooper St
Robert Louis Cook
S. Congress St
Charles Hooper Jr
Haydenville
James Marshall Rader
James Rader Jr
Frost Route 1
Rosemary Lynn Swart
Imogene Newman
Buchtel
Urban Renewal Administration
Pus of Ohio University
Economy Savings & Loan Company
N. Court St
Lynwood
Pomeroy
Wilson Baker
Watchmaker — Jeweler
Berry Hall
N. Court
In J Inc
the Security Bank
Athens, Ohio
Federal Deposits Insurance Corp
R. C. Cook
Wayne L. White
Evelyn Linscott
Athens Co
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