Hann Seeks 71 Road Program With 168290 Estimate
Athens County Engineer Gerald Hann proposes a 1971 road program totaling 168000 plus funds for state repairs. Projects include 4.48 miles on Co Rd 10 and 1.7 miles on Co Rd 3, plus a new Glen Ebon Road bridge, plus flood control work on Co Rd 17 and widening on several routes. Federal cost shifts debated with Rep. Clarence Miller to seek federal pay for roads damaged by federal projects.
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Athens
Gerald Hann
State Highway Department
Hann
County Commission
Harmony
the Messenger
Ohio
Co. Rd
Wingett Chapel
Pleasanton
Sand Ridge
McDougal
Naan
Hocking
U. S. Corps of Engineers
U. S
Clarence Miller
New Marshfield
Glen Ebon Road
Whitehall-Fisher-Chase
Varseytown
Brimstone Ridge
Meadow Brook
Old State Road
Alexander Twp
Poston Staton
Palos
Alden Library expansion takes shape at Ohio University
Alden Library, two years old, begins a 9.3 million expansion adding seven floors and 79 000 square feet. Karr Construction Co leads work with Gesling and Damron as sub contractors. Completion targeted March 25 1972. East Park Place traffic will be halted with lane changes and parking restrictions.
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Curt Heady Messenger
Ohio University
Alden
Steve Sachs
Karr Construction Co
Chester
Karr
East Mulberry St
Chubb
Gesling Firm of
Lancaster
Damron Company
South CharlJeston
W. Va
Dalton, Dalton and Little Firm
Cleveland
University
Sachs
Park Place
Splish Splash Pool Plan Bids Set For April Second
Plans for the east end recreation pool were trimmed to cut costs. The diving bay drops from 60 by 60 to 40 by 40 feet and depth from 14 to 12 feet. Filtering and other systems will need adjustments, with a tentative April 2 bidding date to fit city finances.
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East End
Service
Dwight Rominson
Inmates Refuse to Part With Prison Cats at Reformatory
Inmates at the Kentucky State Reformatory hear a plan to remove about 25 to 30 roaming cats that have lived on the campus for years. Warden Harold Black notes health reasons necessitate their removal. Some cats kept as pets will be sent home by inmates, while the Humane Society agreed to take the remainder, though many are too wild to catch.
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LA Grange
Kentucky State Reformatory
Harold Black
The
Humane Society
Black
Weather data snapshot for Friday and Saturday
The report notes Friday high 65 and low 46 for Saturday with a year-ago high of 27 and low 18. Relative humidity Friday afternoon 50.2 percent and Saturday morning 51.0 percent. Precipitation Friday 0.08 inches. monthly total 1.97 inches versus normal 2.76. yearly total 451 inches with a deficit of 0.085 inches. Sunset 6:18 p.m.. sunrise 7:12 a.m. Barometric pressure at 9 a.m. Saturday 997.8 rising.
Nationwide alert mixup disrupts radio stations
A mistaken national emergency message issued at 9 33 a m EST caused brief disruption across stations WOUB and WATH and press wire routes. AT&T officials blamed a Cheyenne Mountain tape error while White House spokesmen confirmed only the President can order an emergency alert.
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Associated Press
United Press International
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Air Force
Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado
WOUB
Wath
Gerry Izor
White House
Nixon
Garage Burns In Amesville
Amesville firefighters answered a 1:45 p.m. alarm to find the Federal Hocking School bus garage fully involved. They confined the blaze in about 30 minutes with damage to the building estimated at 5000 and contents at 1500. Cause may have been faulty wiring. Roof unrecoverable, operations moved to Guysville. A second item notes a Route 33 Letart wreck caused by a falling rock, damaging a truck. driver Elmer Paige Sayre reported.
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Amesville
Federal Hocking
James Dillie
Dillie
Bram Stobart
Guysville
Point Pleasant
Letart
Elmer Paige Sayre
Cottageville
Letart Hill
Two Injured In Albany Crash At Carpenter And Franklin
Two persons sustained injuries in a Saturday morning automobile crash near Carpenter and Franklin Streets. Donna Perry Tompkins and Lana Perry, both of Albany Route 3, were taken to O'Bleness Memorial Hospital. Police say Tompkins’ car was rear ended by Charles Sargent of Athens Route 1. Sargent cited for failure to stop within an assured clear distance. Rutland firemen selling $100 Savings Bond tickets for Easter drawing to buy new equipment.
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Carpenter and
Franklin Streets
Donna Perry Tompkins
Lana Perry
Albany
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Fire Department
Tompkins
Miss Perry
Charles Sargent
Athens
Chalfant
Carpenter St
Sargent
Rutland
Miller Brothers Grocery
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Universary Department of Geomany
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New York
Pennsylvania
Texas
Louisiana
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Helena
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Los Angeles
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Tampa
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WSBT
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Ind
South Court Street
Darrel Tom Moster
Kodak
Logan
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