Bids Exceed Estimate for Nelsonville Maintenance HQ
Bids for the Athens flood control project maintenance headquarters ran about 15 percent above the estimate at the Hocking Conservancy District office in Nelsonville. The low bids totaled 46 415 dollars with one phase receiving no bids. Dwight Robinson named superintendent and Gerald Bentley named as a safety official.
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Athens
Hocking Conservancy
Nelsonville
Don Johnson
Johnson
The
Conservancy District
Hocking River
Dwight Robinson
Athens Service Safety
Gerald Bentley
Nelsonville Service
Estimated director to start duties in January
Johnson announced the conservancy district will appoint a director in January. One bid was entered for the general contract to erect a pre fabricated steel building near the Athens Elks Lodge on W Union Street at 30300 from Bucy Hill Co. of Chillicothe. Other low bids listed for plumbing heating electric and fencing. The board will meet within a week to ten days to decide action.
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Johnson
Conservancy District
Athens Elks Lodge
W. Union Street
Bucy-Hill Co
Chillicothe
National Plumbing Co
Columbus
C. and C. Plumbing and Heating Co
Athens
Ball Electric Co
Belpre
Conservancy Board of Directors
Judge blasts obscene books in jail term case
In Columbus Ohio a 10th District Court of Appeals judge denounced examining obscene literature exhibits as nauseating and upheld a six month jail sentence and 500 fine for Madison G Williams 59 an employee of the Gentleman's Book Store on a sale of obscene material. The ruling cites 42 seized items from arrests April 20 21 and notes the material targets brutal instincts rather than voyeurism. Williams claimed no knowledge of contents.
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Columbus, Ohio
10Th District Court of Appeals
Horace Troop
Madison G., Williams
Five In Custody Following Raid In Athens
Police seized a bag believed to contain an illegal drug during a raid at 27 Factory St. early today. Five people, four men and one woman, were arrested as Ohio University students were among those detained. The substance valued at about $1000 will be sent to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation in London for testing.
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Athens
Charles Cochran
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
London
Factory St
Ohio University
Cochran
William Kane
Ohio University Security
Rotary Wives Attend Athens Club Meeting and Play
Athens Rotarians canceled their Monday noon meeting and held the weekly get-together Tuesday night with wives as guests. A play titled The Man Nobody Saw, by the Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction and Ohio University School of Theater, depicted a black man stranded in the ghetto and was followed by a discussion of reactions.
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Athens
Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Ohio University
School of Theater
Rotarians
Advisors Set Meeting for 4 H Leaders in Athens County
The 4 H advisory committee meeting for advisers and junior leaders is set for December 6 at 7 30 p m in the county extension office. Don Van Nostran announces program planning for 1972 including livestock and wardrobe committee reports the introduction of new members and the election of new officers for 1972.
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Athens County
Don van Nostran
Dallas Names First Woman Sergeant Mary Trout
Mary Trout one of 21 women on the Dallas police force has been promoted to sergeant. The 5 foot 6 inch officer joined the force in the juvenile division and later served as an investigator advancing to the new rank.
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Dallas (Ap
Mary Trout
Dallas
Weather Update With Temperatures and Precipitation
Yesterday reached 35 with a 27 low today. Year ago highs hit 70 and low 41. Dry conditions persist with no precipitation yesterday or this month. Year to date rainfall totals 31.62 inches, 5.78 inches below normal. Sunset 5 07 PM, sunrise 7 31 AM, pressure 30.74 inches and rising.
Ex pectation Singers to perform at Athens assemblies and crusade
Bob Mahaffey, Athens High School senior and student body president, is among 13 members of The Ex pectation Singers. The group will sing at two high school assemblies Friday and at a December 3 to 5 pre Christmas crusade at the Athens Church of the Nazarene on 132 West State Street. The ensemble, known for a new style of religious music, has toured Ohio and plans a Miami, Florida trip this summer.
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Bob Mahaffey
Athens High School
Expectation Singers
Athens
Ninth Grade English Class Publishes Speakeasy Newspaper
A Southeastern Ohio class of 19 at Alexander High School releases six page mimeographed issue Speakeasy after three months of saturation reading. Under Jack Cornell, the paper includes school news, sports, book reviews, editorials, a gossip column and ads.
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Alexander High School
Jack Cornell
the Messenger
Arthur Clubok
Ohio University
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Ohio
Speakeasy
FFA
Nancy Mace
Judy Risley
Alice Peck
Mike Simms
Connie Miller
Vickie Avey
Paula Williams
J. D. Mullins
Sue Ruth
Peggie Woodyard
Kay Perry
Dean Powell
Rex Riley
Arthur Casteel
Kenny Meeks
Dave Shaulis
Tom Nicholson
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Larry Campbell
Albany
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Guysville
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