Berry Hall parking plan sparks cost and access debate
Mayor Donald Barrett notes razing Berry Hall for a 75 car lot could be cheaper than adding a parking-garage floor, with the planning commission estimating $150000 to buy, $10000 teardown, and $14000 paving. He cites convenience and traffic concerns as key factors guiding the move toward acquisition.
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Athens
Athens Eyes 25000 Dollar Annual City Income Tax
City auditors estimate the income tax could yield up to 25000 yearly after a survey by J Emerson Davis Co. 78 new businesses and 170 individuals would join the tax base with about 4500 OU students potentially paying. Half of receipts would fund capital improvements and half the general fund.
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Youngstown
Nuzum
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County Elections Board
Via's Gun Thrown In Lake in Ohio University Coed Case
A man once living with a traveling musician testifies that he threw Via's gun into Lake Erie. Others recount seeing Via and Jane Maguire walking arm in arm at the Akron area rest stop where her body was found. Maguire's car and a Sept 22 discovery are noted as investigators' timeline.
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Lake Erie
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Miss Maguire
West Virginia
Legionnaires Dance Night At American Legion Home
A Sweetheart Dance will be held Saturday at the American Legion home on West Union Street. Dancing runs from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. with live music by Kathy and The Sound of The Times.
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Sound of the Times
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National and Local Weather Forecast Summary
Much colder weather expected for the eastern third of the country including Florida with a warming trend in the central region and colder West. Rain in southern Texas and Pacific Northwest. snow in New England. Local forecast: cloudy windy cold tonight with a chance of snow flurries. lows 0 to 10 above. Saturday partly cloudy and cold. highs in the teens.
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Chamber To Sponsor Blood Visit
The Athens Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a Red Cross bloodmobile visit in Athens on March 5. Last year’s effort surpassed expectations and this year is expected to do even better. The chamber’s annual dinner in Baker Center ballroom will feature Joe P. Gills as guest speaker, executive vice president of Ohio Power Company, discussing the Gavin Plant under construction in Gallia County, which will employ 2800 to 3000 during peak construction. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce annual meeting will be in Columbus March 14 and 15.
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Athens High Students Shine in Distributive Education Honors
Twelve Athens High School students in the Distributive Education program competed in a district event in Chillicothe on Wednesday night and delivered an impressive showing.
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Athens High School
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Columbus
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Funk and Whaley Sports Inc
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Free Enterprise
Hocking Valley Bank
Dave Yeats
Ohio University Inn
Athens
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Steve Caul
Dan Sininger
Caul
Buckeye Mart
Sininger
Krogers
Miss Roberts
Judy Armbruster
Perkins Pancake House
Tim McDonald
Stanley Shoes
Dave Dishon
Sears
Richard Whiteside
Food Giant
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Alice Smith
Logan’s
The
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Fire Destroys Harold Steele Home on Herrold Avenue
Damage estimated at 12500 dollars after a kitchen waste basket fire set an interior blaze at the Harold Steele residence on Herrold Ave. Fire Chief Goodin said Steele reported extinguishing attempts failed, eight thousand to the structure and four thousand five hundred to contents. Fire crews ventilated heat and gas as flames emerged before arrival of two pumper companies.
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Herrold Ave
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Steele
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Jesse Ley Insurance Co
W. Union St
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Pomeroy WSCS Program Led by Mrs Card
Mrs Card led the Pomeroy United Methodist WSCS program titled Living and Acting in Love assisted by Mrs Reuter who explained the church mission in Acts chapters one to nine. Jean Rayburn spoke on today’s church mission and Glenn Dill cited missions by the Meigs County United Methodist Cooperative Parish. Virginia Pickarts, missionary to Sierra Leone, will speak at Grace Gallipolis and Coorlille Church with services planned. Clothes and household items were collected for Africa and refreshments were served.
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Robert Card
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O Bleness Memorial Hospital Notes
Visiting hours restrictive policy with two visitors per patient per hour in maternity and no visitors under 16 in pediatrics. Birth announcements list multiple Athens area families including Warner Scott Easterling Juergen Byers Puckett and others. Discharges name several individuals from the region.
General Telephone Co. of Ohio expands Athens exchange
General Telephone Co of Ohio announced completion of a major equipment addition in Athens. Kenley R Krinn says the $979 300 project adds 1400 more local lines and 1100 new telephone numbers with 100 toll ticketing machines to meet growing demand across a 106.2 square mile area serving 14 144 telephones.
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Ohio
Kenley R. Krinn
Athens
Athens Exchange
Athens County
Athens Squad Responds For Ill Resident Clarified Safe
Emergency squadmen were called to 2 Forrest Ave at 4 50 p m Thursday for Judy Pettigrew 31 a resident reported ill but found she had recovered no injuries reported and unit cleared.
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Athens
Forrest Ave
Judy Pettigrew
Dohn Elected MMC President in Columbus
Norman Dohn of Ohio University has been elected president of Modern Media Corp MMC at 81 East State Street Columbus. MMC specializes in radio television production slide and motion picture presentations political campaign work and public relations counseling.
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Norman Dohn
Ohio University
Modern Media Corp
E. State St
MMC
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