Three Tracts Removed From Lake Plan By Conservancy Board
The conservancy district voted to drop three non water area parcels from Site Two near Albany. Land owned by Myra McVay Keith Zimmerman and Glenn McDaniel totaling 193.1 acres were deemed too far from Site Two operations. The board will focus on the Gorstene property for a road and access while property owners may face condemnation suits for district facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conservancy District
Myra McVay
Keith Zimmerman
Glenn McDaniel
Perry Munn
W. H. Wakefield
Munn
Wakefield
Bessie Gorstene
Gorstene
Bernard Allen
Rene Can
James Stingel
U.S. Soil and Conservation Department
Dwight Scott
Harold Brooks
Two Lake
Scott
McVay
Zimmerman
McDaniel
William Lavelle
Common Pleas
Lavelle
City Resumes Search For Downtown Parking
City officials reopen the hunt for downtown parking as a proposed E Washington Street garage faces high costs. Mayor Raymond Shepard says other downtown sites are being considered, with one option to serve about 600 cars. Financing for a potential 40 unit lot on city land remains uncertain, with estimates rising from 600000 to 900000 dollars.
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E. Washington Street
Raymond Shepard
Shepard
Sprice
Service members receive various promotions and accolades
Tech. Sgt. William A. Riggle of Athens receives a promotion to sergeant in the Air Force and serves as a radar technician at Bellefontaine AFS Ohio. Other service members noted include Roy E. Shirley promoted to master sergeant and Lt. John H. Newcomb earning expert M 14 rifle rating. Maj. Mickey L. Brown completes active duty at Fort Leavenworth. Lynn A. Waid advances to staff sergeant and serves as a marksman instructor at Lockborne AFB. Additional promotions and training successes span from Army, Navy and Air Force personnel with hometown ties in Athens Nelsonville Logan and Gallipolis.
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William A. Rigle
Harry H. Riggle
Hudson Ave
Athens
Air Force
Bellefontaine Air Force Station
Ohio
Athens High School
Shirley A. Russell
Charles E. Per
George M. Arnold
Nelsonville
Naval Aviation Mechanics
Memphis
Tenn
Roy E. Shirley
Parnie B. Shirley
Dayton
Shirley
Barbara Call
John H. Newcomb
John F. Newcomb
Mulligan Rd
Indiantown Gap
Army Reserve
Mickey L. Brown
Lillian F. Brown
Logan
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Americus L. Brown
Lynn A. Waid
Robert C. Waid
Oakland
Calif
Nancy Chapman
Ward
Lockrie Afb
Weather Summary Athens July Rainfall Compared To 1966
The Athens area saw mild highs around 76 and lows near 61. Monday's rainfall totaled .11 inches while July cumulative rainfall reached 2.74 inches, well below the 1966 July total of 5.98 inches. At 11 a.m. the temperature was 85 under sunny skies.
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Athens
C. L. Colmer
Woman Air Force Recruiter Plans Visit to Athens Bank
Capt. Carol Piper a Women’s Air Force selection officer from Chanute Air Base Illinois will visit the Air Force recruiting office in the Athens Security Bank Building on August 8 from 8 am to noon. College graduates or seniors may apply for officer training school or high school graduates may enlist and should call (593-6722) or visit the recruiting office to make an appointment.
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Carol Piper
Women's Air Force
Chanute Air Base
Ill
Air Force Recruiting Office
Athens Security Bank
Capt
Piper
Third Petition Passes For Annexation Debate
Residents of Canaan Two and the Federal Hocking School District filed 957 affidavits opposing annexation of 463 acres to the city. Affidavits were retrieved last month and will be returned after another pre annexation petition triggers a new public hearing. A decision would come at least six weeks after this petition, likely late September or early October.
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Canaan
Federal
Hocking
Kiwanis Discuss Burr Oak Meeting
Local Kiwanis delegates Earl Mathews and John Huffman led a Monday discussion on the Kiwanis International convention in Houston. President Mathews announced a division council gathering at Burr Oak Lake on August 10, with talks on the club fair booth and a caucus held after the dinner at the fairgrounds shelterhouse.
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Houston
Earl Mathews
John Huffman
Mathews
Burr Oak Lake
Fairgrounds
Juvenile Traffic Offenders in Athens Area
Five juveniles and a young adult appear for traffic offenses. Karen Alltop and David Locke, both 16, faced fines and 30 day license suspensions with work-only driving. Linda Grubbs, 17, received similar penalties for stop sign violations. Spee and Landis, ages 16 to 17, faced speeding and driving-while-suspended charges with fines, suspensions, and temporary license revocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Lee Alltop
Leemon Alltop
Coolville
Red Light
David R. Locke
Virginia Burchfield
Athens
Veidle
Linda L. Grubbs
Mrnd
Prank L. Grubbs
Glouster
Ansetay Spee
Rs. R . Ram
William Earl Landis
Fred Landis
OU Seeks Airport Land In Suit Near Diamond Stone Quarry
Ohio University plans a 6000 foot runway at Albany site with possible housing complex and a future golf course, while owners Lowell and Vaughn Chase and Ronda Russell have not signed options. The existing golf course may be replaced by dormitories during construction.
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Lowell and Vaughn Chase
Albany
Rowan Slated For OU Talk
Carl T. Rowan former director of the U S Information Agency will discuss The American Image Abroad during an Ohio University summer convocation at 9 50 a m August 10 in Memorial Auditorium. The event is open to the public. Rowan postponed the talk from Thursday to August 10 due to other commitments. He is a syndicated columnist author and former U S ambassador to Finland with a career spanning journalism government service and authorship of four major books. He studied at Oberlin College and the University of Minnesota and holds 12 honorary degrees.
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Carl T. Rowan
U. S. Information Agency
United States
Finland
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Rowan
Reader’s Digest
Westinghouse Broadcasting Co
Associated
Edward R. Murrow
Murrow
U. S
United Nations
Southeast Asia
America
Jackie Robinson
Minneapolis Tribune
Sigma Delta Chi
Nikita Krushchev
American
Midwest
U. N
Little Rock
Ark
Bandung
Indonesia
Oberlin College
University of Minnesota
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Harrisonville
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Army Finance School
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
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Ross Wleland
Chester
Army Transportation School
Ft. Eustis
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Bob Rogers
J. M. Byrd
Avon Place
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