Commissioners Review Ongoing Athens County Issues
Athens County commissioners addressed stalled 80 000 courthouse remodeling bids matching architect estimates. They also debated escrow restrictions on children's home funds and reviewed road viewings in Carthage Two York Two. Will Erwin planned rural development talks in Athens September 7 with a possible tour of Site Two in Margaret Creek.
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Herb Amey
Athens County Commissioners
Jack White
Horace Karr
Karr Construction Co
Chester
Karr
Jim Edwards
Athens National Bank
Athens
Edwards
White
Athens County
Claire M. Ball Jr
Ball
James Parsons
Children’s Services Board
Parsons
Carthage
Gary Swadsey
John Baldwin
Athens County Humane Society
The
Humane Society of the United States
York
Kenneth Ackerman
U. S
Will Erwin
Ackerman
Columbus
Margaret Creek Water Conservancy District
Herring and Oil Clash After Seattle Spill
University of Washington scientists report crude oil from a tanker harms herring larvae reducing survival, threatening fisheries and breakfast staples like kippers and bismarcks after the Cherry Point spill. Larvae drifting on the surface were coated as the ocean waters near Cherry Point, Washington, were contaminated.
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Seattle
University of Washington
Cherry Point
Wash
Quebec Unemployment Study Highlights Youth Share
The Quebec statistics bureau reports that 46 percent of unemployed in 1970 were under 25. It notes labor force growth outpacing employed men while women show lower unemployment rates.
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Quebec
Quebec Statistics Bureau
Man Bound To Grand Jury In Jewelry Store Theft
Steven White of Albany Route 2 was bound over to the Athens County grand jury from Municipal Court after allegedly breaking a window at Cornwell’s jewelers, cutting his hand, and leading police to the stolen jewelry in his car. White denies the act.
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Steven White
Albany Route 2
Cornwell's
Athens County Grand Jury
White
Athens
Shannon McPeak
Nelsonville
Washington St
Gilford Crowell
Fairview Ave
Clay King
Bromley Hall
Highway Patrol
Burl Kirkpatrick
Eldon Smart
Weather Forecast Gathers Data From Ohio University
Local forecast calls for clear tonight with lows in the upper 50s to low 60s and partly cloudy Tuesday with highs in the 80s. National outlook expects warm sunny conditions for most, with showers in the southern plateau and in Georgia and Florida.
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Georgia
Florida
Fred Johnson Named In Suit
The attorney general plans to push for tighter conflict of interest laws as a suit could return money to Ohio University and its staff. The case, filed in Columbus, centers on Johnson and a faculty staff insurance program with commissions routed through Rankin and Johnson and later to Sam Zoller.
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Ohio University
John Leddingham
Brown
The
Messenger
Johnson
Leddingham
Columbus
Claude R. Sowle
Lincoln National Life
Rankin and
Rankin and Johnson
Lincoln National
John F. Milar
University Insurance
Milar
Alden
Sowle
Fort Wayne
Ind
SSA to open Athens office in new building on Columbus Road
The Social Security Administration plans a branch in Athens in a new one story building at 217 Columbus Rd opening tentatively February 1973 with six to seven staff. Rep. Clarence E. Miller and HEW official Robert M. Ball provided details to The Messenger. Staff size could rise if HEW services transfer to SSA.
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Social Security Administration
Athens
Clarence E. Miller
Robert M. Ball
Social Security
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ball
SSA
Columbus Rd
Eugene Ermatinger
Marietta
Be Careful When Walking In Turkey
In Izmit a youth shot two friends who trampled his shadow angering villagers. Rahmi Sarpay fired four times at one and five at the other, both were hospitalized in serious condition. The Columbus Road office would serve Athens and Meigs Counties for five eight hour days each week, eliminating the need for the
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Istanbul
Turkey
Izmit
Rahmi Sarpay
Columbus Road
Athens
Meigs Counties
Rev Luchs Joins Athens SCORE Staff
The Rev. Fred E. Luchs joins the Athens Chapter of SCORE as part of a volunteer team aiding small businesses. SCORE has 3000+ retired executives across nearly 200 chapters. Baird invites interested retired businesspeople to help stimulate the local and national economy. Contact Homer T. Baird, Box 214, Athens. Elmer F. Jones plans a 3000 sq ft one floor building east of Elmwood for Social Security use, near Jones Realty/Peoples Life and Credithrift Finance.
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Fred E. Luchs
Athens
Service Corps of Retired Executives
SCORE
Homer T. Baird
Baird
Marietta
Elmer F. Jones
Social Security
Elmwood
Jones
Elmer F. Jones Realty Co
Peoples Life Insurance Co
Credithrift Finance Co
Concrete Pouring Planned for Stimson Avenue Project
Athens Mayor Donald Barrett says concrete pouring will start today on Stimson Avenue road project. Crews worked over the weekend to set forms and the pour should last two days with a seven day curing period before traffic resumes. After paving, steps sidewalks and landscaping will follow. Barrett is optimistic the street will open before school starts.
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Athens
Donald Barrett
Stimson Avenue
Barrett
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital Births and Dismissals
Birth notices from O'Bleness Memorial Hospital list: a son for William A. Winner and a son for Richard Bobo and a daughter for John Carsey, all of Athens. Also noted are multiple admissions from various towns and a group of patients discharged, including Mrs. Ray Rose and several others.
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William A. Winner
Athens
Richard Bobo
John Carsey
Emerson Stone
Henry Link
Howard Shull
Patrick McCaffrey
George Malloy
Verna Pinkham
Chauncey
Richard Damman
Edward Perry
Albany
John Jackson
Richard Efa
Ray Rose
Jack Hogsett
Jo Ann White
Harry Robson
Pete Sakadales
Robert France
Marilyn Bolin
Cecil Stage
Joseph Buckley
Michael French
Fred O'Neil
Becknell Foraker
Arthur Harris
George Bragg
Isabel Stott
James Carruth
Lisa Mary Russell
Nancy Bowen
Breakthrough In Fighting Crime At Berkshire Station
Atomic scientists at a Berkshire research site report a breakthrough in forensics. A radioactive material reveals prints on clothing after application and X ray imaging, outlining fingerprints clearly. Scotland Yard officials say the method could aid police in assault and other crime cases.
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Harwell
England
Berkshire
Scotland Yard
Court House Renovated for Nova Scotia Libraries Use
The century old Halifax court house built in 1862 is being renovated for Nova Scotia government libraries and audio visual services. About $100 000 will be spent on repairs and alterations to preserve architectural features of the old stone building.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Ph D Robert Vines Among 190 UW Madison Summer Grads
Robert F. Vines of 38 516 N McKinley Ave Athens earned a Ph D in Portuguese as part of the University of Wisconsin Madison 1972 summer session graduation. He was among 190 students receiving doctor of philosophy degrees.
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Robert F. Vines
N. McKinley Ave
Athens
University of Wisconsin At Madison
Pipeline Tests Conducted Near Athens by Battelle Team
The 46th field test in a pipeline steel series occurred southwest of Athens on Friday. Battelle Columbus Laboratories researchers attached instrumentation to a pipe section and artificially ruptured it to measure rupture speed, continuing studies begun in the mid-1950s to improve pipeline strength and toughness for natural gas delivery.
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Athens
Battelle
Columbus Laboratories
Fire Alarm Answered In Athens
A Sunday sequence of fire and medical responses in Athens included a car fire on W State and N Shafer Streets causing $100 damage. Emergency squads treated 18 year old Ted Jones for a severe left hand laceration on Delta Drive and 24 year old Tom Smith with a fractured left arm at Jaycee Field No 2. The GOP Executive Committee will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Electric Co building.
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Athens
W. State
N. Shafer
Roderick Smith
Mill St
Delta Drive
Route 50 E
Ted Jones
Jones
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Jaycee Field
W. State Street
Tom Smith
Stimson Ave
Smith
GOP
Athens County
Republican Executive Committee
Electric Co
New Steam Engine Joins Brookfield Zoo Narrow Gauge
Brookfield Illinois AP Brookfield Zoo adds steam engine No 242 to Salt Creek and Western Railroad on its 2 1 2 mile line The locomotive wears Chesapeake and Ohio colors and was built in Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin The coal burner features low sulfur emissions as it carries visitors through a North American Plains scene with buffalo and pronghorn in an Old West like setting.
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Brookfield, Ill
Brookfield Zoo
Salt Creek
Auto Smacks Tree On County Road 95 injures none
Glouster man Delbert Skinner Jr aged 18 was cited for driving without a license after his car left the road on a curve and struck a tree seven miles south of Route 78. He was uninjured. A motorcyclist, Douglas Kissel, 19, from South Gate Michigan, reported a sore leg after a slide on Route 33 south of Route 682. He was not cited and did not seek medical help. The note explains the term short shrift from Old English shrive.
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Glouster
Trimble Two
Highway Patrol
Delbert Skinner Jr
Skinner
Douglas Kissel
South Gate
Mich
Berm
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