Council and Mayor clash on housing inspection plan
Athens council and Mayor Barrett spar over expanding code enforcement. They debate funding for a full year housing inspector and whether the city-county planner’s office should handle inspections. A special budget session and public hearing were set to discuss revenue sharing funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Amey
Donald Barrett
Harold Shields
Athens
Council
Robert Finsterwald
Garry Bruce
Barrett
Finsterwald
Joe Johnson
Finance Committee
Code Office
Jerry Adams
Johnson
Adams
Margaret Topping
Phyllis Katz
Athens Planning Commission moves to enforce three mile limit
City Planning Commission authorizes City Law Director Garry Hunter to sue if county auditor Pete Couladis does not recognize the commission’s jurisdiction over the three mile area around Athens. The council debates revised subdivision rules including commercial industrial subdivisions and planned unit developments.
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Athens City Planning Commission
Garry Hunter
Planning Commission
Pete Couladis
Couladis
David Frey
City Planning Commission
Couradis
Frey
Hunter
Phyllis Katz
City Hall
Katz
Retirement Bill Seeks Swift Action After Supreme Court Ruling
The sponsor Rep. Claude Pepper urges quick action on amendments to the 1967 Age Discrimination in Employment Act to extend retirement age to 70. The Supreme Court 7 2 decision questioned the act’s broader protection, affecting about 11 million workers with mandatory retirement plans.
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Washington
Carter
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Supreme Court
Congress
Pepper
House Senate
Warren E. Burger
Burger
House
Senate
Gifted Aided by 26 Educators Coordinators named for 10 county gifted program
Twenty six area educators have been picked as coordinators for a ten county program aiding talented and gifted students in Southeastern Ohio. The effort, run by SEC SEARC RESA Athens, aims to identify high ability children and help districts design appropriate programs with local coordinators serving as contacts for teachers and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern Ohio
Athens
Paris Roland
Sec-Searc-Resa
Morgan Local
Marietta City
Alexander
Donna Kalis
Shade
Thelma Raines
Albany
Belpre
Board To Pay Sewer Bills On Dairy Lane
The 648 Board plans to cover two year old sewer charges for 13 Dairy Lane houses. Mayor Barrett said state officials agree the board should pay. Previously these homes were billed by the Athens Mental Health and Retardation Center until 1975 when it switched to city utilities. The board may use the state line for its future group home for emotionally disturbed children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Mental Health and Retardation Services
648 Board
Dairy Lane
Donald Barrett
City Planning Commission
Athens Mental Health and Retardation Center
648
Planning Commission
Marydale
Athens
City County Health Department
Zanesville
Mrs Fulks Bound Over In Slaying At Williams Body Shop
Betty Fulks 37 The Plains told Athens police I am sorry I shot him as she stood by Wayne Rusty Williams’s body at his Hudson Avenue shop. Police say four shots were fired. Fulks remains free on bond as grand jury reviews case and officer Stewart testifies.
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Betty Fulks
Athens
Edward Stewart
Wayne
Rusty) Williams
Williams
Hudson Avenue
Stewart
Fulks
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Stone
Donald Flaharty
Crooksville
Douglas Cannon
Hocking
Ethel Greenberger
Liz Elmore
Fort Frye
Erma Sellers
Beverly
Peery Elswick
Frontier
Jim Poling
Newport
Gallipolis
Paul E. Bauer
Marietta
Virginia Buzzard
Third St. Meigs
Dan Morris
Morgan
Terri Kettle
Donna White
Perry Northern
Rod Spohn
Somerset
Oak Hill
Dale Rawlins
Blackfork
Perry Southern
Lillian Winnenberg
Miller
Susan Harrison
Shawnee
Meigs Southern
Leah J. Ord
Southern
Trimble
Rosemary Hayes
Geriatrics
Mrs. Fulks
Timothy
Robert Butts
Marting
Rem
Santa’s Helperach
Samsonite Silhouette
Danskin
Navy
Northwood
Faribo
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