City to require licensing of rooming house operators
Athens City Council unanimously adopted an amendment to require all renters to hold a city rooming house license. The measure lowers the licensing threshold to one renter and takes effect January 1. The council also read a first-time parking fine increase proposal and discussed hazardous parking near the Sportsman Grill.
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Athens
Jack Green
Tad Grover
Edgar Tuckerman
Green
Tuckerman
Raymond Shepard
Gerald Mollica
Service Safety
Allen Locke
Columbia Ave
Brad Davis
Smith and
Pratt Streets
Two OU Students Plead Guilty In Belk Simpson Break-In
Two Ohio University students pleaded guilty to breaking and entering at Belk Simpson Department Store. Duane Knorr and Robert Williams, both 19, were bound over to the grand jury after police seized up to 3500 dollars worth of goods. Bond set at 2000 dollars each remained unpaid.
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Ohio University
Belk Simpson
Duane Jack Knorr
Albany
Robert E. Williams
Cleveland
Franklin Sheeter
Bond
Belk’s
Trio Fined $50 After OU Sit In
Three students charged with trespassing in the SDS sit in at Ohio University Security Office on Nov 25 were sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined $50 and costs, suspended on good behavior for a year. Twelve others pled not guilty and await hearings.
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Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Ohio University Security Office
Athens County
Franklin Sheeter
Mark Plunkett
James Hall
Robert L. Newton
Leslie G. Newton
Sharpsburg
Sheeter
Thomas Kellar
Sargent Hall
Jill A. Breslau
Lindley Hall
Richard B. Irvine
Irvine Hall
Carl M. Denlinger
Church St
Eric T. Fralick
William §. McAleer
W. State St
Richard Barbehenn
Read
Bryan Hall
Kenive Vulinec
Johnson Hall
Mark Rubinsky
Read Hall
Freshmen Flown For Specialist Care
An ailing Ohio University freshman was flown from Athens to Toledo in an OU airplane for immediate specialist care. Jeff Palicki of Bush Hall was met by ambulance upon arrival and rushed to a specialist, per Hudson Health Center officials.
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Ohio University
Toledo
Jeff Palicki
Bush Hall
Athens
Hudson Health Center
Ames Youth Denies Count In Athens Court
Ricky Hill, 18, pleaded innocent in Athens County Municipal Court to a breaking and entering charge. He is held on 1500 bond. A hearing will be set later this week after Hill and a 17 year old Chesterhill youth were arrested by the Athens County sheriff's department on a weekend break in at Margaret Smith's Sharpsburg home for food theft.
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Amesville Route 1
Athens County
Ricky Hill
Hill
Chesterhill
Hit and Run Collision Reported on U. S. Route 50
State troopers were alerted Monday night to a hit and run on Route 50. Mildred Perry, 41, of Athens Route 1, reported her car damaged when an unidentified driver overtook and scraped the left front during her left turn, then fled.
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Mildred Perry
Athens
Perry Auto
OU Library Extends Hours for Fall Finals
Ohio University Chubb Library announces extended hours to aid students during finals. The reference and reserve rooms keep normal closing times while other areas stay open. Hours vary by day with extended evening and weekend coverage through December 14, then Christmas recess and intersession schedules.
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Ohio University
Chubb Library
Thompson Little
Kindergarten Set Opens at New Marshfield Waterloo
Waterloo Elementary School will open a new kindergarten program on Wednesday at 9 a.m. Children must be five by Oct. 31 to enroll. Those not pre registered should call today. Bus transport is available to school with 11 15 a.m. dismissal and parents must arrange return trips.
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New Marshfield
Waterloo
Area Land Dispute Taken To Common Pleas Court
Roy D. and Gertrude Radford of Athens Route 1 sue over 1.25 acres in Athens Township claiming title by transfer in 1910 and a 1937 transfer error. Defendants John and Marian Tansky claim title via 1966 transfer from Howard and Marjorie Eschenbach. Plaintiffs seek a court ruling or bar defendants' claim.
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Athens Area
Common Pleas Court
Roy D
Gertrude Radford
Athens
Logan
Radfords
John S. Radford
Nora
Homer
Two Disputes Settled Out Of Court In Common Pleas
Two cases in Common Pleas Court were dismissed after settlements reached out of court. General Electric Credit Corp. sought 859.50 from Lawrence and Marion Skinner of Amesville over a 1963 bill, while Hazel McMannis of Nelsonville settled with the Ohio Bureau of Workmen’s Compensation regarding injuries from a November 14, 1966 fall at William Brooks Shoe Co. in Nelsonville.
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Common Pleas
General Electric Credit Corp
Cincinnati
Lawrence
Marion Skinner
Amesville
Hazel McMannis
Nelsonville
Ohio Bureau of Workmen's Compensation
William Brooks Shoe Co
Bureau
Columbus Regional Board of Review and Industrial Commission of Ohio
Birth of Daughter for Wilsons in Albany Route 1
Mr and Mrs David Wilson welcome a daughter at Sheltering Arms Hospital Albany Route 1. Other admissions include Mrs Robert Patterson and several others from Athens Glouster Millfield and nearby areas. Discharges list Dr John Sprague and several patients plus families.
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David Wilson
Albany
Robert Patterson
Betty Poffenbarger
Athens
Lawrence Cottrill
Glouster
la Verne Sanders
Millfield
Alden Love
Elwood Scaggs
New Plymouth
David Riggs
Tuppers Plains
Athens Attorney Named To Commission
Erle H. Bridgewater Jr., an Athens attorney, is named to the Ohio Supreme Court board of commissioners on grievances and discipline. He will replace William M. Summers of Marietta and begin a three year term January 1.
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Erle H. Bridgewater, Jr
Athens
Ohio Supreme Court Board of Commissioners
William M. Summers
Marietta
Trials Of Students And Father Delayed In Court
Trials for two Ohio University students and Charles W Grunwald father were continued after a witness police officer could not attend due to medical treatment. Charles R Grunwald and Charles W Grunwald faced resisting an officer and intoxication charges while Terry L Latanich faced disorderly conduct. The elder Grunwald objected to continuances and sought dismissal, alleging irregularities and lack of rights notification. Both motions were denied.
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Ohio University
Joe Gerig
Charles W. Grunwald
Newark
Charles R. Grunwald
Terry L. Latanich
Irvine Hall
Grunwalds
Satanich
Grunwald
Athens
Portant
Sheeter
Jurors Chosen For Kelly Rape Trial In Ohio University Case
A Common Pleas Court jury was selected for the trial of Dwight Kelly 19 and Curtis Malone 26 in the February rape of a Ohio University coed. Malone waived his jury rights and was found guilty earlier, with Kelly free on bond and awaiting separate trial.
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Common Pleas Court
Ohio University
Dwight Kelly
Ohio
Curtis Anthony Malone
Currier St
Athens
Malone
Lima State Hospital
Coed
Lakeview Manor
Jefferson Hall Hill
Kelly
Samuel B. Erskine
Homer Gall Jr
Joseph Vanity
Albany Lake Site 2 dam goes to bid in Albany
Bidding opened Tuesday at the Margaret Creek Conservancy District office in Albany for construction of the Site 2 dam. Floyd Williams, district secretary, says the low bidder will be announced next week. The multi purpose site will aid flood control recreation and water impoundment for Albany residents commercial firms and the future Ohio University airport. The Site 2 complex, north of Albany, is expected to cost about 2.3 million dollars.
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Margaret Creek Conservancy District
Albany
Floyd Williams
Ohio University
Fewer Votes Forecast in Nelsonville York Election
County elections director William Howe predicted a small turnout for the December 10 special Nelsonville York School District levy election. He expects under 3,000 voters, noting 3,517 cast ballots on November 5 with 1,848 against the seven mill levy. Nine absentee ballots have been requested.
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William Howe
Nelsonville-York
Howe
Seven Mills
Club Tours OU Facility at Ohio University Convocation Center
Athens Kiwanis Club met Monday night then toured Ohio University's new Convocation Center led by athletic trainer Al Hart. Tonight's game marks the first in the arena with Ohio State facing Indiana. Haig Addison, president, says this year's fruit cake sales are the best in years.
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Athens Kiwanis Club
Ohio University
al Hart
Ohio University Athletic
Ohio
Indiana
Haig Addison
Bromley Hall Reports Thanksgiving Weekend Theft
Bromley Hall residents say audio gear worth 504.53 dollars was stolen during the long Thanksgiving weekend. Reports indicate two microphones headphones four patch cards 15 spotlights two cutters and jeweler's pliers missing after the incident.
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Bromley Hall
Bromley
Weather notes and census outreach in local area
Mercury reached 50 degrees in Athens on Monday with a dawn low of 42. The temperature rose to 43 on Tuesday. The U S Census Bureau will conduct a national survey of hired farm workers with Mrs Patricia Hinkle of Crooksville visiting local households.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
U. S. Census Bureau
Patricia Hinkle
Crooksville
Thief Enters Barber Shop In Buchtel
A Buchtel barber shop was entered Sunday night or Monday morning after a window was broken by a thief who took 15 dollars from a soft drink machine. Deputy reports say the break in occurred between 2 30 p m Sunday and 8 a m Monday. The intruder unlocked a door and removed the machine key and cash. A broken school window was found Monday with no missing items reported.
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Buchtel
Shade Kindergarten Set to Open Wednesday
Shade Kindergarten will open Wednesday. Parents of children not registered should contact the school at 696-1155 for more information.
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Shade Elementary
Ohio U Students Present Black Demands at Ohio University
Ohio University President Vernon Alden was handed six black student demands by the Black Student Action Coordinating Committee. The list calls for a black dorm, a black centered curriculum, admission for black high school students with aid, a black scholarship program, a black resource center, and the redirection of a $35 per quarter student services fee to a Black Students Growth Fund. A meeting with administrators is planned for the coming week.
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Ohio University
Vernon R. Alden
Black Student Action Coordinating Committee
SACC
Ohio
Athens Police Department
Balck Resource Center
Rodney Sampson
University
James Whalen
Alden
Ohio county officials attend 88th joint convention in Columbus
County officials from Athens and surrounding areas join more than 800 local government experts at the 88th joint winter convention of the County Commissioners Association and County Engineers Association of Ohio. The program runs through Thursday with workshops on taxation utilities metropolitan government counties airports planning zoning and welfare among topics.
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Athens County
County Commissioners Association
County Engineers Association of Ohio
Columbus
Neil House
Athens man jailed after intoxication plea
A 36 year old Athens Route 5 man Oba Dougls Jr pleaded guilty in Athens to intoxication. He was sentenced to 10 days in county jail and fined 25 dollars and costs. The jail sentence was suspended on the condition he be a law abiding citizen for 30 days. He was committed in lieu of the fine. Douglas was arrested Friday by city police.
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Athens Route 5
Athens County
Oba Dougls Jr
Douglas
Doanville Man Charged With Non-Support
Raymond Conley of Doanville jailed in lieu of 300 bond after Athens County Municipal Court charges of non support. Hearing set for 9 a m December 10. Accused by wife Jackie Conley of failing to support their two children since June 1.
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Doanville
Athens County
Raymond Conley
Jackie Conley
Poplar
Nelsonville
Liberty Center man jailed for DWI in Athens County
Jesse Lincoln Burt, 45, changed his plea from innocent to guilty in Athens County Municipal Court. He was sentenced by Judge Franklin Sheeter to five days in jail, a $200 fine plus costs, and a 180 day license suspension. Burt had been held on $300 bond since his Nov 25 arrest by the State Highway Patrol.
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Liberty Center
Athens County
Jesse Lincoln Burt
Franklin Sheeter
Burt
State Highway Patrol
Budget Cuts Strain Ohio Highway Projects Near Athens
The U S Budget Bureau's $6 billion cut delays the Hocking River flood control project and could shift plans for the Appalachian Highway and Route 33 bypass in Athens. Division 10 Director John Dowler notes potential changes to bidding and river crossings, with a new Richland Avenue bridge tied to the route. Dowler expects more details later this month as river fate shapes the highway relocation.
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State Highway Department
Division 10
Hocking River
U. S. Budget Bureau
Athens
John Dowler
Route 33
Hocking
Dowler
Richland Avenue
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