City panel seeks fix for Richland Avenue traffic jam
Athens officials form a two member committee to study remedies for the Richland Avenue traffic bottleneck caused by new residential growth and the Mill Street Bridge decay. They consider temporary bridges and bypass connections while awaiting bids on the Stimson Avenue bridge.
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Athens
Mill Street
Harmony Road
Stimson Avenue
Kenneth Collins
Grover
Division 10
Max Farley
Farley
City Service Safety
Dwight Robinson
State Board of Control
Hocking
W. Washington Street
New Trustee Dr Charles E Holzer Jr Named to Ohio University Board
Gov Gilligan appoints Dr Charles E Holzer Jr 54 chief of staff Holzer Medical Center to the Ohio University Board of Trustees for a term ending May 13 1980. A Gallipolis native son of Holzer Hospital founder he holds an MD from Cornell and a Harvard token not included. serves as trustee Rio Grande College regional medical programs adviser and UC Hospital surgery instructor. He and his wife have five children and live at 525 First Ave Gallipolis.
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Charles E. Holzer Jr
Gallipolis
Ohio University Board of Trustees
John J. Gilligan
Holzer Medical Center
Holzer Hospital
Charles E. Holzer
Ohio U
Haverford College
Philadelphia
Cornell University School of Medicine
Rio Grande College
Committee of
University of Cincinnati Hospital
Holzer
Central Surgeons Association
Commission On Nurses Education
Ohio University
American Board of Surgery
First Ave
Fire Calls Across Richland and Athens Area
Fire crews answered calls at the Athens Mental Health Center for a pile fire and by 2:30 p.m. Monday the cause remained undetermined. Richland and Athens units also responded to a trailer fire at Malloy's Trailer Court on Carroll Road caused by an LP gas leak with minimal damage. The Athens emergency squad aided two residents and transported a 57 year old ill woman to O'Bleness Memorial Hospital while a 20 year old woman from Ohio University South Green was taken to Hudson Health Center after illness at Carriage Hill Apartments.
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Richland Area
Athens City
Athens Mental Health Center
Mental Health Center
Richland
Athens
Malloy
Carroll Road
Alice Kemper
Mary Street
Virginia Williams
Mary St
O’bleness Memorial
Tom Victor
Ohio University
South Green
Hudson Health Center
Carriage Hill Apartments
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital Notes Read
List of names from Athens Amesville Glouster The Plains Millfield and surrounding areas associated with O'Bleness Memorial Hospital. Transfers include Lena Finsterwald to University Hospital. Names span multiple families and towns in Athens County.
Civil Service Employees Meet Friday in Athens
A representative from the central office of the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association will guest at a special Athens chapter meeting at 7 30 p m Friday. President William Sycks of the Athens Mental Health Center announced. The Ohio University Inn hosts the session to discuss conditions at the hospital.
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Ohio Civil Service
Athens
William Sycks
Ohio University Inn
Athens Council Approves $2.7 Million Budget for 1972
The Athens City Council approved a $2.69 million 1972 budget on first reading, up 6.7 percent in the General Fund to $894,359.40 while income tax revenues are projected at $640,000. The package includes an electric easement for Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. and a $500 monthly airport lease to Ohio University, with appropriations pending final approval around Jan. 1.
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County Budget Commission
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
E. State Street
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Electric Company
West Wellfields
Jaycee
Columbia Avenue
Second Street
Strouds Run
Peach Ridge
Hocking River
Wellfields
Clark Street
Ohio U
Albany
Council
Council Finance Committee
Tad Grover
Weather forecast for nation shows widespread showers
National forecast calls for showers today and Wednesday across the Pacific Northwest Southwest East Coast and Gulf Coast through the Midwest and lower Great Lakes. Cooler in the northern plains and warmer elsewhere with a 80 degree high yesterday and 69 today.
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Southwest
East Coast
Gulf Coast
Midwest
Lower
Great Lakes
Plains
Police Fire Appreciation Ball Plans Free Tickets
Local police and firemen announce the Policemen and Firemen's Appreciation Ball at the Athens Elks lodge on W Union Street starting 9 p m on August 21. Tickets are free with a band, alcohol at a charge, and tickets available from FOP Lodge 55 and International Firefighters Local 2021. Atlanta recalling Sherman’s 1864 burning history.
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Sgt
Ted Jones
Lodge 55
The
Fraternal Order of Police
FOP
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Athens Elks Lodge
W. Union Street
International Firefighters
OVHSF Begins Third Year of Sensory Disorder Screening
Dr. William A. Grimm outlines a state and OVHSF coordinated program aiding disabled children in Athens Meigs Gallia Vinton Jackson Lawrence and Hocking counties. They screen 44 483 children for hearing deficits with 940 referrals and high treatment rates. tests for 18 month olds show 2 9 percent fail, suggesting earlier birth-based intervention.
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Keith Streitenberger
Messenger
William A. Grimm
Ohio Department of Health
Grimm
Rotary
Ohio University Inn
State Department of Health
Ohio Valley Health Services Foundation
OVHSF
Athens
Meigs Gallia
Vinton
Jackson
Lawrence
Hocking Coun
Jack Farrington
Albany Girl Injured In Car Crash
An 11 year old Albany girl suffered possible whiplash injuries in a two car crash on Washington Street. Robin Knowlton, Albany Route 1, was a passenger in a car driven by Ronald Chapman of Albany. Chapman was stopped at Clinton and Washington when rear ended by a car driven by Jeffrey Scott of Athens. Scott was cited for failure to stop within an assured clear distance.
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Washington Street
Albany
Robin Knowlton
Ronald Eugene Chapman
Chapman
Clinton
Washington Streets
State Highway Patrol
Jeffrey Wayne Scott
Pomeroy Road
Athens
Scott
Washington
Knowlton
O’bleness Memorial
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