Commissioners Hear Dump Fees Complaint
Athens County commissioners heard complaints from two Nelsonville men over dump fees at the county landfill. They authorized James Brouse to operate a public dump on part of the land and allowed W S to use another section for their own trash but did not permit W S to run a public dump.
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Athens County Commissioners Meeting
Nelsonville
James Brouse
Lawrence Bean
Arthur Kasler
Claire M. Ball Jr
Brouse
Athens
John Summel
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Birth announcements include a son for Mr. and Mrs. James Parsons of Nelsonville a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Shiffler of Jacksonville and a son for Mr. and Mrs. John Wright of Albany Route 2. Admissions list includes John Baldwin Athens Route 3 Herman Brown Millfield Route 1 David Moore Athens Mrs Freda Douglas Athens Route 5 and several others with names such as Winona Dennis Connie Pitts Christy Pitts Walter McDonald Doris McKinney and Richard Mathias.
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James Parsons
Nelsonville
Hershel Shiffler
Jacksonville
John Wright
Albany
John Baldwin
Athens
Herman Brown
Millfield
David Moore
Freda Douglas
Winona Dennis
Raymond Nadon
Connie Pitts
Christy Pitts
Mount Tippie
Walter McDonald
Grover Hall
Donald Blake
Kermit Swartz
Doris McKinney
Richard Mathias
Ira Gilkey
Fred Bumgardner
Seedlings Planted Across Athens County Lands
More than 133000 pine seedlings were planted on 148 acres of idle land in Athens County. The effort is part of a forest management program supported by Westvaco Corp and the Ohio Division of Forestry and Reclamation with other public agencies. About 27000 trees were planted by youth groups as part of the outreach.
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Athens County
Westvaco Corp
Ohio Division of Forestry and Reclamation
Harry Grimes
Southeastern
Ohio
Westvaco
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
Grimes
Second Time Rescue Try Is Successful
Milton officer William J. Scannel twice attempted a pond rescue at Houghton's Pond Blue Hills Reservation. On the second attempt he saved Edwin Holmes 17 of Dedham after Holmes went under while crossing a 250 foot cove. Scannel had previously failed to save a 16 year old in 1965.
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Milton, Mass
William J. Scannel
Edwin Holmes
Dedham
Houghton’s Pond
Blue Hills Reservation
Scannel
Canton
Eblen to Return From Hospital on Convalescent Leave
Army Spec 4 Samuel A. Eblen Jr 20 son of Mr Mrs Sam Eblen Lakeview Apts should be home for a 30 day convalescent leave from Walter Reed General Hospital within two weeks. He suffered skull facial and pelvic fractures when his jeep overturned in Vietnam June 29 and is reported improved after surgery and therapy. He entered the Army May 1968 and was in Vietnam since September.
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Army
Samuel A
Butch) Eblen Jr
Sam Eblen
Lakeview Apts
Walter Reed General Hospital
Washington D.C
Eblen
Vietnam
Butch
Local School Chief Attends Management Institute
Marc D. Lohr Jr., superintendent of the Alexander Local school district, returned from Columbus where he attended a School Management Institute seminar on planning, programming and budgeting. Administrators from six states and Canada participated.
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Marc D. Lohr Jr
Alexander Local
Columbus
School Management Institute
States
Canada
Congress Enacts Few Laws in Lengthy Session
Senate and House leaders say eight months in session yielded limited laws with a focus on quality. Dirksen credits continuing resolutions for restraint as Mansfield notes a shift toward stronger congressional control over military and foreign policy amid debates on defense and tax reform.
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Washington
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
House
Senate
Dirksen
Mansfield
Pentagon
Tax Sharing Plan Faces Strong Congressional Opposition
President Nixon’s federal revenue sharing proposal to aid states meets stiff resistance in Congress. Key opponents include House Ways and Means chair Wilbur Mills and Appropriations chair George Mahon who warn of loss of federal revenue and uncontrolled spending. Ford supports revenue sharing as part of New Federalism returning power to people.
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Congress
Washington
Nixon
House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Appropriations Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Mahon
Con
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
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