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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1977
Page
7
Athens City Council candidate Anthony Mele ties high crime rates in the west side to poor street lighting. He cites 2,000 police calls from the 1st Ward amid 6,000 total calls and urges additional lighting and a West Side recreation center to reduce crime opportunities and boost juvenile respect.
New York sculptor Ron Kron creates two foot tall latex figures of famous figures from Joan Crawford to Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. His exhibit at Bleecker Street Gallery features portraits with real hair and movable limbs. He casts politicians as the era’s top celebrities and plans more names from TV and politics.
State Rep. Ron James and eight co sponsors seek tax relief for gifts to Ohio’s colleges and universities. The bill would provide individual deductions up to 100 dollars and corporate deductions up to 5000 dollars regardless of public or private status, aiming to reduce taxpayer costs.
The Corporation for Health Education in Appalachian Ohio sponsors nursing and housekeeping workshops as part of its continuing education program. The 12 hour housekeeping course consists of four evening sessions May 3, 10, 17 and 24 at Guernsey Memorial Hospital Cambridge with instructors Roderick J. Yost and Richard W. Cochran. Registration is $8. The 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. nurse workshops run May 27 at Holzer Medical Center Gallipolis and June 17 at Shawnee State Generals and Technical College Portsmouth, with Karen Cooper of Cincinnati teaching. A $10 fee and ONA credit apply. Contact Steven E. Cavote at CHEAO Box 825 Athens 45701 or call 593-5526.
Senator Oakley C. Collins introduced a bill to raise the competitive bid threshold for county road projects from 10 000 to 20 000 per mile. He argues inflation slows longer projects and increases costs to taxpayers, and the higher limit would speed work and cut costs. The measure reflects input from Southeastern Ohio county engineers and commissioners.
Boy Scouts of the Hocking District will show cooking fire building first aid knot tying rain locating pioneering and more Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Athens County Fairgrounds with Scouts from Athens Albany Reedsville Glouster Nelsonville and Marietta. Cub groups will join in a campfire and overnight campout.
Six counties in the region Athens Gallia Hocking Jackson Meigs and Perry are among 18 statewide competing for 264 412 in HUD federal funds via Columbus HUD for public housing development The money is expected to finance about 100 new housing units with 68 one to three bedroom and 32 with more than three bedrooms This funding is part of a 120 million HUD contract authority to finance an estimated 33 000 units nationwide.
Athens High School offers preschool openings during the weeks of May 2 and May 9. Sessions run Mondays Thursdays and Fridays with two time slots 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. and 12:45 to 2:45 p.m.
White collar workers have increased 15 percent since 1948 and now comprise 50 percent of the workforce, according to figures from the American Council of Life Insurance.
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