Dems Fill 6 Seats in Athens County Committee
The Athens County Democratic Executive Committee filled six seats at a recent meeting. Appointees include John Verba Sandy Householder Sara Hendricker Gerald Guthrie Beatrice Misner Frances Boudinot and William Lavelle lobbied for Ohio law changes to let central committees fill vacancies in city or county offices. The committee backed a resolution to increase responsiveness by enabling selections by the central committee. Chairman William Hoffman congratulated the party on November campaigns and announced a tentative Jefferson Jackson Dinner for March 17 with State Attorney General William Brown set as speaker.
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Central Committee
Athens County
Democratic Executive Committee
John Verba
Athens
Sandy Householder
Sara Hendricker
Gerald Guthrie
Carthage
Beatrice Misner
Troy East
Frances Boudinot
Millfield
William Lavelle
Ohio
General Assembly
William Hoffman
William Brown
Three Persons Arraigned in Hocking County Court
Three individuals faced arraignment in Hocking County Common Pleas Court on grand jury indictments. Tim Bookman pleaded innocent to breaking and entering with bond continued. Dana Bookman pleaded innocent to burglary and escape with bond continued. Hershel Phillips pleaded innocent to breaking and entering with an attorney appointed.
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Logan
Hocking County Common Pleas Court
Tim Bookman
Dana Bookman
Hershel Phillips
Bookmobile Schedule for Meigs County Thursday
The Meigs Jackson Vinton Counties Bookmobile visits Meigs County on Thursday with stops at Racine Junior High Riverview Elementary Reedsville Stiversville Portland Great Bend Minersville Hill Nease Settlement and Route 7 33 Market at listed times.
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Pomeroy
Meigs- Jackson-Vinton Counties
Meigs County
Racine
Riverview
Reedsville
Stiversville
Portland
Great Bend
Minersville Hill
Nease Settlement
Arrests in Albany area thefts tied to two break-ins
Athens County deputies report four men named Robert Gravelle Dennis Tulley Thomas Bing and Tony King are charged with breaking and entering burglary and petty theft for alleged involvement in two Albany area thefts. Bing Gravelle and Tulley face a Thursday night pizza parlor break-in and vending machine coin theft while King is linked to the nursing home purse theft. Gravelle and Tulley are from Albany Route 3 and Meigs County residents.
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Athens County
Albany
Robert Gravelle
Dennis W. Tulley
Thomas L. Bing
Tony King
Meigs County
Bing
Gravelle
Tulley
Gillette's Pizza
Ohio U names review group for VP university relations
President Ping announced a 12‑member review committee to screen candidates for the vice president for university relations. The panel includes faculty, administrators, students, and presidential appointees with John Wilhelm as chair. The position opened Dec 31 after Martin Hecht’s resignation. closing date was Jan 15.
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Ohio University
Charles J. Ping
Martin L. Hecht
Hecht
Ping
John Wilhelm
College of
James C. Bryant
James C. Walters
Edward R. Beckett
Administrative Senate
Betty Nagorney
Public Relations Student Society of America
Sherry Oehmler
Society of Professional Journalists
Jeffrey Mason
Student Senate
G. Kenner Bush
B. T. Grover Jr
Alumni Association
Deans Visit Ohio University Dorms In Three Week Program
Ohio University deans bunked with students in OU dormitories for three consecutive Mondays. The sessions, hosted by East Green staff, let deans observe dorm life and meet students informally. Participants included Bill Jones and James Jing deans and several college deans.
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Ohio University
East Green
Sherry Bacher
Tiffin Hall
Gas Co Requests Closings Amid Shortage
Athens Federal Hocking and Alexander schools will be closed for the rest of the week at the request of Columbia Gas Supt Sam Henderson. Reserves are depleted and residential customers receive priority. Affected districts hope to open midweek if conditions allow, though icy back roads pose ongoing problems.
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Athens
Federal Hocking
Alexander
Columbia Gas
Sam Henderson
Henderson
Charles Canford
Caniford
Raymond Brooks
Alexander Schools
Snowy January Totals Reported by Mrs Colmer
January's snows covered 23 of 31 days with total snowfall around 1.76 inches after melt. The month's high reached 39 degrees and the coldest day saw a minus 20 degree reading on January 17.
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C. L Colmer
U.S
Pupils Sell Products For Trip At Nelsonville York
Eighth grade students at Nelsonville York Junior High are taking orders for Stanley products. Adviser Bob Richards asks those with orders or reporting to the building Wednesday between noon and 2 p.m. Profits will help defray costs of the Washington D C trip. Orders accepted until end of February.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville- York Junior High School
Stanley Products
Bob Richards
Washington D.C
Richards
City Hall to switch to fuel oil heating
City Hall will convert from natural gas to fuel oil with a boiler from New Jersey. Oil heating would save gas for the sewer plant, though projected eight month fuel costs total $8 622. The Environmental Services Committee approved the plan and pursued other efficiency steps.
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Herb Amey
City Hall
Environmental Services Committee
Federal
Phil
New Jersey
Goldsberry
Environmental Committee
Ellsworth Holden
Athens hospitals switch two facilities to fuel oil
O'Bleness Memorial and Litton Industries in Athens have begun using fuel oil due to natural gas curtailment. One boiler at O'Bleness runs on oil. Litton activated a year-old oil system. The shift raises heating costs about 35 percent, with gas boilers partially off and nonpatient areas cooled. Snodgrass notes possible return to gas if supplies improve.
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Athens
O'Bleness Memorial
Litton Industries
James Boyce
O'Bleness
Clarence Nelson
Snodgrass
Load Limits Raised For Fuel Transports
The Ohio Transportation Department raises fuel oil and gasoline truck limits from 80 000 to 90 000 pounds temporarily to ease delivery problems. Weekly review planned as winter disruptions persist with frozen river conditions and storage blockages.
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Ohio Transportation Department
David Weir
Ohio
Ohio River
Ashland Oil
Kentucky
ODOT
Burglary Arrests After Town House Break-In
Athens police arrested Juan Rosario and Russell Waterman both 24 after a pizza shop deliveryman reported two men with crowbars near Blue Eagle music on Court Street. They followed the suspects to the Towne House rear for 40 minutes before arrest. No items reported missing. In a second case John Feher reported a weekend burglary of stereo equipment and a TV valued at $2,000 from his Carriage Hill apartment.
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Court Street
Blue Eagle Music
Towne House
John Feher
1423
Carriage Hill
Wellston Schools Open Amid Fuel Shortage
Wellston schools were in session while local plants operated normally except the Frick Gallagher ship painting department halted due to fuel shortages affecting the town.
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Wellston
Frick- Gallagher Manufacturing Co
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