Fluoridation Vote Campaign Sees Signatures Grow
An Athens effort to place a fluoridation issue on a June 16 special election gathers momentum as Ohio University professor Calvin Baloun reports about 100 petition signatures. The campaign seeks a statewide fluoride measure tied to Senate Bill 137 with a potential January 1 1971 start for Athens. The March 17 filing deadline then looms for a June vote.
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Athens
Calvin Baloun
Ohio University Chemical Engineering
Ohio
Senate
Baloun
Striking IBEW Worker Assaulted at Cable Office
Ben Carsey of Albany, a Local 72 IBEW member, was struck near the Continental Cablevision offices on Mound Street. He was treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a head injury and released. Police say the shed at the site has suffered repeated break ins and damage amid a two month strike over economic and non economic issues.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Continental Cablevision Co
Mound Street
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ben Carsey
Albany
Carsey
Navy May Adopt Army Race Talks
Navy may borrow Army methods after Ensign Daniel Cornejo studied Ft. Bragg interracial seminars. He said no organized movement exists in the Navy, but radical tension is present and guidelines for commanding officers are being considered. Soldiers of different races found the discussions worthwhile.
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Navy Department
Daniel Cornejo
Ft. Bragg
Cornejo
Navy
Deputies Rally for Weight Loss Through Saturday Practices
Silver Bow County deputies start the new year by basketball practice to trim excess weight. Sheriff Ken Cunningham notes deputies who exceed standard charts must attend Saturday sessions, with enough players forming a makeshift team, one deputy says he is glad to be slim.
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Butte
Mont
Silver Bow County
Ken Cunningham
Man fined for using flag as car seat cover in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh man James Kurtock, 22, was fined 100 dollars and placed on a year of probation after guilty verdict for desecrating an American flag used as a car seat cover. Attorney argued the flag had 49 stars. judge Alton A. McDonald held that star count did not affect guilt in Allegheny County Criminal Court.
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Pittsburgh
James Kurtock
Alton A. McDonald
Allegheny County
Kurtock
Experts Say Can’t Beat Israeli Flyer
NBC producer Bob Rogers reports on the Israeli Air Force for First Tuesday noting the flight school’s ruthless washout rate and the IAF’s reputation as a potentially top combat air force. Censorship kept the graduating class size secret while a month of filming included jet exercises with the IAF.
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New York
Mecca
NBC
Bob Rogers
Rogers
Israel
Pentagon
IAF
State Patrol Nines Down From 1968
Ohio state auditor figures show fines and bond forfeitures from Ohio Highway Patrol cases in 1969 totaled 5.7 million dollars, down from 6.07 million in 1968. The 45 percent state share was 2.59 million, reduced by 138 thousand from 1968.
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State Patrol
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
Roger Cloud
Mississippi lawmaker returns to greet longtime Illinois rep
Mississippi-born Cornell A. Davis, a 30 year Illinois House member born in Vicksburg, returns to his home state and receives a warm welcome from Mississippi lawmakers led by Robert Clark of Lexington. Davis says he expected hostility but found warmth from the floor delegation.
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Jackson
Miss
House of Representatives
Robert Clark
Lexington
Illinois
Cornell A. Davis
Davis
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Ashland Oil Sets Station on Richland
The Office of Code Enforcement announced a building permit to Ashland Oil and Refining Co in Ashland Kentucky for a new service station at 414 Richland Ave The building measures 28 by 57 by 8 feet and has a value of 50000 dollars authorities said The work will begin shortly
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Office of Code Enforcement
Ashland Oil and Refining Co
Ashland
Richland Ave
Tree Felled Triggers Shade Tree Commission Resignations
In Salt Lake City, six Shade Tree Commission members resign after City Streets Commissioner George Catmull orders the 85 foot Pioneer Tree No. 1 felled for drainage work. The dereliction prompts removal of the historic plaque from the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Commission head Hazel Bullough denounces the action as a neglect of aesthetics and history.
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Salt Lake City
Shade Tree Commission
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
George Catmull
Hazel Bullough
Couple Seeks 20 Million Signatures for Environment Week
Mr and Mrs William Hotchkiss of Columbus urge major television networks to devote a full week to environmental issues. They aim to collect 20 million signatures and want a 30 day lead time before the programming begins.
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Columbus
Ohio
William Hotchkiss
Hotchkiss
Ohio State University
Rio Grande College raises tuition for 1970 71
Rio Grande College trustees vote to raise fees for 1970 71 totaling about 1600 dollars per year for full time students plus 512 50 for room and board bringing resident cost to roughly 2625 dollars. The decision follows national trends of rising college costs and cites higher salaries and increased aid as reasons. Part time and nontraditional students pay per credit hour rates of 65 and 45 respectively.
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Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
United States Office of Education
USCE
Ohio
Office of Education
Board of
Board of Trustees
Collins Named Taft Campaign Manager in Ohio
Dr. Ernest M. Collins of Ohio University has been named Athens County campaign manager for Rep. Robert Taft Jr. in the May Senate primary.
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Ernest M. Collins
Ohio University
Athens County
Robert Taft, Jr
U. S. Senate
Love. Making Valentine Preparations
Kansas City posts show Kissimmee Florida Romance Arkansas Darling Pennsylvania and Love Mississippi are ready for Valentine mail as February 14 nears. Lovers from across the country send valentines to romantically named stations to be postmarked and forwarded. Other spots include Valentines Virginia Loveland Colorado Eros Louisiana Heartwell Nebraska Lovelady Texas and five Valentines communities in Arizona Indiana Texas Montana and Nebraska.
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Kansas City
Kissimee
Fla. Romance
Ark
Darling
Love, Miss
United States
Valentines
Loveland
Colo
Eros
Heartwell
Neb
Lovelady
Tex
Valentine
Arizona
Indiana
Texas
Montana
Nebraska
Coin Boxes Pried Open At Local Laundries
Two laundries on West Union Street were entered early Friday morning. Coin boxes on machines were pried open and an undetermined amount of money was taken. Police continued to investigate with details unavailable at press time.
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West Union St
Chapman's
Abraham’s
Thermometer Holds at 34 in Athens Area
The Ohio University geography department reported a 34 degree reading at 11:30 a.m., unchanged since 2 p.m. Thursday. Officials called the day’s 34 degree high and 34 degree overnight and morning lows "very unusual" in Athens.
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Ohio University
Health Nurses Report On Visits In January
Athens County nurses logged 235 home visits and 53 auxiliary visits in January. Key concerns included tuberculosis orthopedics and infectious diseases. A vision testing program began in Alexander Federal Hocking Trimble schools. Friday clinics administered 110 DPT shots 44 smallpox vaccines and 138 polio vaccines. 162 tuberculosis tests were given for food handler cards. Three patients in Southern Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital at Nelsonville.
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Athens City-County
Alexander
Federal Hocking
Trimble
Athens County
Southern
Ohio
Nelsonville
Wrong Councilman Quoted In Account
The Messenger report on a meeting of the Mayor's Sounding Board misquoted Brad Davis. The remarks attributed to him were actually made by city councilman Edgar Tucker.
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the Messenger
Mayor's Sounding Board
Brad Davis
Davis
Edgar Tuckerman
Traffic Fines From Florence Municipal Court
Florence municipal court records show Tinkham 49 of The Plains cited for speed in a February 4 incident with patrol, fined 15 dollars plus costs. Gregory J. Anton 2 of 3 Greenbrie speed offense with patrol, fined 20 dollars. Alfred G Arndt Jr 24 Elyna cited for speed with police, 120 dollars plus costs.
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