Athens hit by 2.5 inch snow causing outages and slick roads
Utilities and roads were disrupted as about 2.5 inches of snow froze into ice across Athens last night and today. Crews worked to restore roughly 280 telephone service lines and multiple electric rural lines while motorists faced slick, hazardous conditions and one nonfatal accident near Chauncey.
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Enforcement Of Parking Ordinance Is Stepped Up
City officials have begun stricter enforcement of the 24 hour parking rule after Thanksgiving. Municipal Judge John Newcomb notes many Ohio University students drove home, parking cars on streets for days. Chief J B Grogan says limited manpower prevents full coverage. officers recheck areas after reports and again after 24 hours, tagging unmoved vehicles.
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VFW Meeting Planned by Floyd Bolin Post
Floyd Bolin Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a meeting at 8 p.m. Friday, announced Commander Charles H. Evans.
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Traffic Fines Recorded by Municipal Court
Jesse H. Clary, 61, London derry, cited for changing lanes without due caution by city police. fined $10 and costs. Ernest H. Johnsson, 7 N. Shannon Ave., found guilty for left of center. fined $10 and costs with $5 of the fine suspended by city police.
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N. Shannon Ave
Former Resident Joins Florida Hospitals
William Mulpas, former Athens resident, named personnel director for the St. Petersburg city hospitals with offices at Mound Park Hospital. He is the son of Mrs. Dorothy Mulpas and a Ohio University graduate who previously served as personnel director at the Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital in Columbus. Millfield man fined Carl Leslie Dunkle, 43, Millfield, pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined $10 plus costs in County Court.
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