Ohio University still defends Messenger building purchase
OU defends its plan to buy The Messenger building in Athens for 250000 amid questions raised by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.County appraisals ranged from 81750 to 271000 with newer values cited for comparison and OU says Neff’s appraisal reflects multiple factors. OU President Sowle calls the deal sound and accuses the Plain Dealer of conflict of interest insinuations while Messenger publisher Kenner Bush defends the paper’s independence and openness.
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Ohio University
Messenger
W. Union Street
Athens
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Plain Dealer
Dayton
University
Cecil L. Neff
Columbus
Athens County
Ruth Seaman
the Plain Dealer
Neff
Claude R. Sowle
Sowle
Fred
Gordon Bush
OU Board of Trustees
Cleveland
Bush
Kenner Bush
Ohio University Board of Trustees
Ohio
James Rhodes
the Messenger
The
Ohio U
Wholesale Prices See Sharp Rise In July Under Phase 2
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports July wholesale prices up eight tenths of a percent, the strongest rise in five months. Unemployment holds at 5.5 percent and total employment sits near 83.4 million as earnings average $3.62 per hour for about 50 million workers.
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Washington
Nixon
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Opening Of Bids Planned For Strouds Run Park Project
State Highway Director J Phillip Richley says bids for a slide correction project on a Strouds Run State Park road in Canaan Two will be opened Aug 22. The $35000 program covers removing disturbed material rebuilding the embankment repairing drainage and pavement in the slip area with work starting after Labor Day and finishing by Nov 15. Average earnings rose $8.53 weekly to $136.47 while living costs rose 2.9 percent, lifting real income by $4.58 weekly. Wholesale prices show July food up 2.2 percent finished goods up 1 percent and industrial materials up 0.2 percent.
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J. Phillip Richley
Stroud’s Run
Canaan
Department of Natural Resources
Dow Lake
Athens Officials Question Pollution Charge Over Hocking River
Athens Service Safety Director Phillip Goldsberry and City Council President Harry Crewson criticized a State Pollution Control Board letter accusing the city of polluting the Hocking River. They said the document was confusing and premature, noting the city already complies with orders and will respond within 30 days before Mayor Barrett's return from Germany.
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Herb Amey
Messenger
Athens Service Safety
Phillip Goldsberry
Harry Crewson
State Pollution Control Board
Hocking
John Cochran
Crewson
Crews
Athens
Goldsberry
Water Pollution Control Board
State Health Department
Donald Barrett
Germany
Births and admissions at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Edward Bellar of Athens Route 3 a daughter and Mr and Mrs Cash Dexter of Nelsonville a son. Admissions include Mrs Richard French Athens and others from Athens and nearby towns. Dismissals name several patients including Ella Brooks and Brent Morris. Census shows Blacks are 4.2 percent of West Virginia’s population.
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Edward Bellar
Athens
Cash Dexter
Nelsonville
Richard French
Gary Sams
Candace Blosser
New Marshfield
Deirdre Clark
Darrell Clark
Albany
Wilka May
Clarence Tinkham
Chauncey
Mary Ann Parsons
Guysville
Thomas Buckley
Stewart
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Messenger Building
First National Bank
Marble
W. Union St
Athens, Ohio
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
James Holley
William Wolfe
Mary Ann Martin
William Seel
William Hixson
Kenneth Bell
Thomas Kochendorfer
Ella Brooks
Brent Morris
James Rutter
West Virginia
Buckeye
Buckeye Mart
Buckeye-Mart
Gene Davis
TEMPO
Gamble-Skogmo Inc
P.O
Sat.sun
Nandie
Sali
Ast
Ram
Aker State
Dacron
SAS
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