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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1975

Page

5

Retiring Athens Board Members Honored

Athens City School Board honors Sol Rosenberg and Russell Johnson at their final regular meeting. Both were praised for decades of service. successors from local law firms will fill the seats in January. The group approved a milk price increase, bus purchases, and staff changes as part of year end actions.

Athens City Sol Rosenberg Russell Johnson Rosenberg Johnson Chauncey-Dover Athens Paul Gerig Alan Goldsberry Alice Elliott

Ford Facing Labor Decision

President Ford weighs signing or vetoing a labor backed bill that would grant unions power to shut down a construction site over a subcontractor dispute. The measure, passed 52 to 43 in the Senate, would overturn a 1951 Supreme Court ruling and faces opposition from business groups and conservatives while unions push for faster dispute settlements.

Washington Ford California Ronald Reagan Afl-Cio Congress Senate House White House Harry S. Truman Supreme Court

Stock Sale Day Changed To Saturday In Athens

The Athens Livestock Sales will move its weekly sale to Saturday starting Jan 3, announced by president Thomas H Blanton. The final Wednesday auction of the year is this week, ending a longstanding midweek sale tradition since 1937. the yard is eight miles west of Athens on Route 50.

Athens Livestock Sales Thomas H. Blanton Blanton Athens Route 50

Saturday Live Stock Prices at Ohio Valley Livestock

Stocker steers brought $17 at the Ohio Valley Livestock Co sale in Gallipolis. Stocker heifer calves sold $14 to $40, stock cows $90 to $135, stock cows and calves $125 to $250, stock bulls $90 to $210, baby calves $5 to $30. Other sales ranged from $14 to $18 for canner and cutter cows up to $42 to $67.50 for veal calves and $17.50 to $32.50 for pigs.

Ohio Valley Livestock Co Gallipolis

Jury Considers Charges of Armed Robbery

The Athens County Grand Jury weighing three armed robbery indictments from two separate incidents. defendants Charles R. Young and Melvin Jackson of Dayton charged with aggravated robbery over a December 6 holdup at Cornwell and Co. Jewelers on Court Street.

Athens County Charles R. Young Dayton Melvin Jackson Cornwell and Co. Jewelers

New Members On 648 Board

The Community Mental Health and Retardation Board 648 of Athens Vinton and Hocking Counties welcomed Nan cy B Taylor of Vinton County and James Boyce director of OBleness Memorial Hospital. The board nominated candidates for possible election to the Health Service Agency trustees.

Community Mental Health and Retardation Board Athens Vinton Hocking Nancy B. Taylor Vinton County James Boyce O'Bleness Memorial Hospital Harold Rose William Rowland Michael Hanek Athens County Sally Robinson Roy Palmer Hocking County Ohio Valley Health Services Foundation The Southeastern Ohio Health Planning Association Health Service Agency

Two Guns Found After Bern Two Shooting Slayings

Ballistics from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation show two guns at the Bern Two scene where three men died and one was wounded. A 9 mm automatic owned by Ralph Parry fired at John Michael Mayles and Richard Craig Jago, and a .22 pistol owned by John Mitchell fired the fatal shot that killed Parry after Parry shot Mitchell three times at Sand Rock Road residence. Mitchell shot Parry in self defense.

S Bureau of Criminal Investigation BCI Bern Two Ralph Parry Stewart Route 1 John Michael Mayles Richard Craig Jago Sand Rock Road Parry John Mitchell Sand Rock Road Mitchell Jago and Mayles

Osteopath College Advisers Begin Curriculum Session

Members of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Curriculum Advisory Committee meet at Baker Center for an all day session to shape the new college program. Five faculty members and five physicians plan a four year curriculum with early focus on integrating clinical and basic science in years one and two. Consultants from Michigan State University and Oklahoma Medicine aid in development ahead of accreditation site visits next spring and fall opening.

Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Baker Center Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Phillip Greenman Alan Jacobs Rodney Houlihan Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine

Jacksonville Man Injured In Route 13 Crash

Robert A. Carr, 43, of Jacksonville, was injured in a one car wreck on Route 13 when he lost control on a wet road just north of Route 78. A passing motorist transported him to O Bleness Memorial Hospital. his condition was not known at reporting.

Jacksonville State Highway Patrol Robert A. Carr O’bleness Memorial Hospital Carr

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Athens Board Supt. S.T. Henderson Marion Fugate Pat Light Dave Lovett Henderson Ohio School Boards Association Leslie Walker Richard Essex Debora Batchelder Joan Cox Linda DeLuca Chauncey Meta van Nostran Mark van Dyke Messenger Peg Parker Council On Aging Center For Human Development Grants Review Board John Ross Ohio Community Mental Health and Retardation Association Columbus Ross Don Campbell Advisory Council of Athens Mental Health and Retardation Center Jack Weatherby Shannon Ave Rick Gilliam Otis Wilson Tim Withem Nelsonville Robert Mayles Kenneth Rutter David Koenig Warrensville Heights Russell A Mason Parkersburg W.va Randall E. Donahue Robert Kocaiek Beechwood Estates Gary Andrews Glouster Charles Lee Albany John W. Byers Richard Hylton Ann St Roger Barrows Lancaster Street Shirley Angus Cutler Danyil Sulieman Shelby Jean Rosser Tommy Amos Clyde Barnhart Phillip Withem Cabon Hill Rick Philips Murray City the Messenger Ohio Tues Dwight H. Rutherford John D. Clark Ted Vogt Emugene Davis Logan’s Americard Logan’s Dress Shop Court & Union Osteopath College Advisers Modern Woodmen OF America Rock Island Illinois Earl Radcliffe FIC
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