Parking Lot Delays Amid City and Merchants Talks
Athens faces off street parking delays as the city battles to buy the HE Washington Street site from occupant PB Burns while the Retail Merchants Association leases a Court Street lot for public parking. Burns seeks higher lease terms. city officials cite a wide payment gap and plan to wait until the January 1984 lease expiry.
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Athens
Wastinton St
Retail Merchants Association
Court St
Athen
Burns
Peter TR. Seel
Sand
Ele
Int
Daucherty-Tanner Co
N. Court St
Three Drivers Fined After Patrol Arrests
Minor damage and no injuries reported after a collision on Route 32 in Hocking County about five miles north of the county line. Elmer Jones, 38, Athens, was fined $10 and costs for failing to stop within the assured clear distance. Two other drivers, Harold Jewell, 35, Galton, and George Shark, 32, Haydenville, were each fined $10 and costs for speeding and illegally crossing the yellow center line.
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Hocking Coun
Thens
Joseph Taicas
Finins
Elmer Jones
Athens
Jones
Logan
Roger Friend
Friend
Harold Jewell
Galton
George Shark
Haydenville
Yellow Center Line
Truck Car Crash Reported by Police
City police investigated a truck car crash on E Carpenter Street near Grosvenor. George V Misner aged 28 from Athens Route 3 stopped his truck to avoid a turning auto, while Charles Neal aged 63 from Murray City, following behind, failed to stop in time and collided with Misner’s vehicle.
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E. Carpenter SL
Grosvenor
George v Misner
Athens
Misner
Charles Neal
Murray City
City Salary Adjustments Discussed
City officials plans to adjust salaries after municipal court changes. The council passed emergency ordinances for two office machines at an estimated $3600 and discussed Mayor and city solicitor pay increases to attract qualified leadership. The mayor’s duties will shift with the court, and the solicitor’s duties will rise as prosecutor.
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City Water Works
Peter B. Seel
Athens Board of Trade Warns on Reputable Home Repair Contractors
A Saturday warning from the Athens Board of Trade reports residents being victimized by transient contractors in home repairs furnace rebuilding and septic tank cleaning. Signed oral estimates lead to work orders up to 12 times the original price. the board urges investigations before signing any contracts and careful scrutiny of all documents.
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Athens Board of Trade
Plains area forms Improvement Association to attract industry
A Friday meeting at The Plains High School launched the Plains Improvement Association to publicize information about local territory and serve as a contact point for county and state offices and industry. Temporary officers include Herman Humphrey as chairman and Walter Ervin as secretary.
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Organization of the Plains Improvement Association
Herman Humphrey
Walter Ervin
No limit to polio seen worldwide
Infantile paralysis appears in all parts of the world including tropics and cold regions, indicating the global reach of polio and its impact across diverse climates and populations.
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Tropics
Machinists Needed at Louisville Naval Ordnance Plant
Machinists earning $2.04 per hour urgently required at the U S Naval Ordnance Plant Louisville Kentucky per Board of U S Civil Service Examiners. Obtain full particulars and applications at the post office from local secretary F D Higgins.
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U.S. Naval Ordnance Plant
Louisville
Board of
US. 5
Civil Service Examiners
F. D. Higgins
Ohio student abroad joins Methodist work camps
Mary Sue LaFollette of 32 Grosvenor Sr Ath ens was among seven Ohio college students in eight Methodist work camps across the United States Cuba Mexico and Europe this summer. She participated in a camp in the Rio Grande Valley among Spanish speaking Americans in southwest Texas.
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New York
N. Y
Mary Sue LaFollette
Grosvenor Sr
Athens
Ohio College
United States
Cuba
Mexico
Europe
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
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Seel
Ecunci
Minshall
Horwell Music Shop
W. Second St
Ohio
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Oh Peckreo
Betts Plumbing & Heating
Morris Ave
Athens, O
Zenith
Dreds
Washington
Totley
Athens Radio & Television
Washington St
G. W. Shafer
Floyd Linscott
E. A. Cottingham
Paul Tigton
Joe Dando
Ervin
State Highway Department
The
Plains
Humphrey
Tipton
Collingham
Linscott
Shafer
Sara Satewelder
Beulah Radford
Morrison Davies
Tom Porter
Walter Smith
William Legwelt
Methodist Church
Reorganized Latter, Day Saints Church
VFW Auxiliary
Garden Club
PTA
Rt A
East State St
Roger Dean
Billy
McCammon
Megr
Court St. Athens
Capital Finance Corp
FBI
Pomeroy
L. Kidd, Mer
Nelsonville
Columbus St
Baird, Mer
Gallipolis
Main St
Sailor
Marr
C, L. Hudson
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FORD
Methodist
Dwight H. Rutherford
Security Bank Bldg
Athens County
East
Carpenter St
Mathews
Athens, Ohio
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