Firemen Picket Over City Budget Cuts in Athens
Off duty Athens Local 2021 firefighters picketed City Hall to protest a proposed 1975 fire department budget of 303,627, down about 50,000 from current funding. Four dispatchers would be eliminated and one firefighter paid with Public Employment Program funds, sparking union-led action and meetings with citizens.
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Athens Firemen’s
City Hall
Jerry Robertson
International Association of Fire Fighters
Fire Department
Robertson
Donald Barrett
Barrett
Charges Dropped By Judge In Juvenile Case
A Juvenile Court judge dismissed charges against two 9 year old Athens boys accused of criminal endangering over a sawdust fire at the former Athens Flooring Co. building on Elliott Street. Assistant County Prosecutor Michael Ward cited insufficient evidence and a hearing outcome. Local criminal costs subsidies include Athens 734 dollars and nearby counties.
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Athens
Michael Ward
Athens Flooring Co
Elliott Street
Ward
State Auditor's Office
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
County Heads Plan 10 Percent Pay Hike In 1975 Budget
Athens County Commissioners announce in midweek meeting that non-elected staff pay will rise 10 percent in the 1975 budget, with department heads to distribute the increase. They also approve a $47.20 biweekly raise for Welfare Director Charlotte Balding through new classification, not mandated by state law.
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George Lovell Messenger
Athens County
Charlotte Balding
Athens County Welfare Department
Auto crashes injure two in Dover and Waterloo
A Dexter Route 1 woman, Karen Aspin, 27, was treated at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital after a Route 50A crash in Dover at 10 05 AM when her eastbound car was hit by a westbound vehicle driven by Greg Dixon 20 of Stewart who allegedly attempted a pass. In Waterloo Two a passenger in a car driven by Donald Winchell 24 The Plains was hospitalized after a deer strike on County Road 100 at 9 20 PM Tuesday. Candy Winchell 19 also of The Plains had facial cuts with Lena Parmiter 64 New Marshfield ill Mount St Mary hospitalized later Wednesday. Maxine Stage 30 The Plains ill at O'Bleness on Wednesday at 3 14 PM. Karen Aspin listed injured from Route 50A to O Bleness by forced account method with an estimated cost of property damage 5025. The note mentions a wooden structure to be replaced with concrete abutments and steel beams.
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Dexter Route 1
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Dover
State Highway Patrol
Karen Aspin
Greg Dixon
Stewart
Dixon
Aspin
Donald Winchell
the Plains
O’bleness Hospital
Rhoric Road
Waterloo
Candy Winchell
Lena Parmiter
New Marshfield
Ill
Mount St. Mary
O'Bleness
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Nelsonville
Iano Eo
Helen Baker
Paul Brown
Max Valkingberg
Robert Brown
Children’s Home
Linda Sheskey
Ruby Thomas
Steve Dishong
Sheriff's Department
Kilvert
Rome
Secems
Bata
Cornwell & Son Jewelers
Bank Americaid
Court and Union Lts
American Gem Society
Julliard
Allegro
Prentiss
Cunningham Music Center
Stimson & Palmer
Ohio
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