Pratt Won’t Testify At Weinfurther Ouster Hearing
Athens County School Board President Clyde Pratt will not attend BASA hearings on the Feb 1 vote to not renew Supt. Robert L. Weinfurtner. Hearings set for March 4 and 5 at the Ohio University Inn will hear testimony from board members Shaner and Dailey, with Christman, the former superintendent, invited to testify.
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Pratt
Weinfurther
Athens County School Board
Clyde Pratt
the Messenger Today
Robert L. Weinfurtner
Buckeye Association of School Administrators
BASA
Weinfurt
Charles Shaner
Esther Dailey
Ed Thomas
Lewis Moore
Nity
Ohio University Inn
Wein
The
George E. Christman
Weinfurtner
Christman
Athens County
Seibold
Shaner
Dailey
EASA
Ohio School Board Association
Ohio Education Association
Moore
Thomas
Hechler Bill Seeks Ban on Strip Mining and Mining in Forests
U S Rep Ken Hechler leads a bipartisan push with 35 representatives from 15 states to ban strip mining and restrict underground coal mining in national forests. The bill would require EPA enforcement, civil and criminal penalties, citizen suits, and 90 percent federal aid for land reclamation, arguing the policy保护s forests, soils and water.
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Washington
U. S
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
Hechler
Environmental Protection Agency
Tabler Promoted to Master Sergeant in Air Force
Stewart County native James W. Tabler has been promoted to master sergeant the highest enlisted rank. A Rome-Canaan High School and Northwest Missouri State Teachers College alum he serves as assistant chief of the administration at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Tabler has seen duty in Vietnam Greenland French Morocco South Korea and earned the Bronze Star and Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster. He is the son of Frank Tabler and is married to June Kolker of Dayton.
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Air Force
James W. Tabler
Rome-Canaan High School
Northwest Missouri State Teachers College
Tabler
Aeronautical Systems Division
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Vietnam
Greenland
French Morocco
South Korea
Wright-Patterson
623Rd Combat Group
Pleiku Air Base
South Vietnam
Frank Tabler
Carey St
Zanesville
Sgt. Tabler
June Kolker
Dayton
Denny cited for driving left of center after Tick Ridge crash
Harold C. Denny, 31, of Athens Route 4, was cited by the highway patrol for driving left of center after a two car collision on Tick Ridge Road Sunday. His car struck a head on with Gordon W. Steeper, 48, also of Athens Route 4. No injuries were reported.
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Harold C. Denny
Athens
Highway Patrol
Tick Ridge Road
Denny
Gordon W. Steeper
Chauncey Personal Notes Dinner at Mrs Grace Carr Home
Chauncey personal items report a dinner guest, Harry Smith, vice president of the Peoples Rights and Benefits League of New Lexington, at Mrs Grace Carr’s Ellis Avenue home. Weekend guests include Mr and Mrs Jack Earich and family from Millfield staying with Mrs Paul Gould in Coshocton. Additional visitors are Mr and Mrs Buddy Earich and daughter Debbie visiting A E Nelson. Neilson, a cousin of Earich, is recovering from injuries from a recent auto accident.
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Grace Carr
Ellis Avenue
Harry Smith
Peoples Rights and Benefits League of
New Lexington
Jack Earich
Millfield
Paul Gould
Coshocton
Buddy
Earich
Debbie
A. E. Nelson
Hilliard
Neilson
Weather Forecast For Midwest Northwest Southeast Areas
Snow is forecast Monday over part of the midwest with showers in the northwest and southeast. Rain is expected in part of the east while the midwest remains cold and the west milder and the southeast warm. High yesterday 45, low today 38. Barometric pressure 29.65 at 9 a.m. Hocking stage 15.21 feet at 7 a.m.
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Midwest
Gail Schnitzer
Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Huntington Weather Bureau
Hocking River
Flooding Closes Roads as Rains Hit Area Hard
Heavy rain and rising rivers trigger road closures across Hocking and Perry counties. Schools in Southern Local and Vinton County districts suspend classes. Route 93 and U S 50 near McArthur shut, as flood levels threaten Athens and surrounding towns with continued water over roads and bus disruptions reported.
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Colmer
Enterprise
Hocking
Logan
Perry County
Vinton County
Dale Zinn
McArthur
New Straitsville
Shawnee
Hemlock
Corning
Moxahala
Glouster
Hocking County
Maysville- Williams
Laurel Run
Big Pine
Bear Run
No. 15
Logan City
Maxville
Athens
Patrol
Carbondale
Athens County
Gerald Hann
Kimberly-Carbondale
Potter Road
Hann
Lancaster
Meigs County
Leading Creek
Pomeroy
Meigs
Hospital to Pay 265000 After Child Brain Injury Trial
Witnesses testified the cooling blanket and respirator failed to protect a boy who suffered three convulsions after heart stoppage and oxygen loss. The child at Melvin Sharpe School is blind and lacks touch in his right hand, with uncertain future recovery. district scouts events follow.
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Young Rose
Melvin Sharpe
Athens Ecology Group to discuss Alaska pipeline
Athens Ecology Group sponsors a pipeline discussion at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Bentley Hall 240. Ed Dobson and Mike Hictis attended a Columbus conservation meeting with Ranger George Semmens and about 40 groups. Speakers included Phillip Berry Sierra Club president and Ohio officials on environmental legislation. Dobson also announced a conservation workshop at Ohio State University later in the week.
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Athens Ecology Group
Bentley Hall
Columbus
Ed Dobson
Mike Hictis
George Semmens
Wayne National Forest
Phillip Berry
The
Sierra Club
George Voinovich
Ohio House Environment and Natural Resources Committee
John Kinder
Martins Ferry
Jerome Kalur
Cleveland
Kinder
Births at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs David Williams of Athens welcomed a daughter. Many local residents and families from Athens Albany Glouster Guysville Corning Pomeroy and surrounding routes are listed as parents grandparents or relatives for newborns. The notice names Bhandari Betsie Montgomery Ethel Hiser Lowery Llewellyn Grantham Perry Oakey Phillips Riley Book Cooley Dickerson Chapman Buck Hawk Jones Bullock Harkins Werner Kasler Jr and others.
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Everett Ridge
Harold E. Cox
Alan Young
Athens
Larry Neely
Lloyd Efaw
Williard Cumbo
Albany
John O. Allman
Lilly Powell
Clarence Lyons
Dean Allen Kasler Jr
Glouster
Steve Gyurko
Anna _ Weisenbach
Guysville
Cecil Wilson
Corning
William Kennedy
Pomeroy
Chauncey church to mark seventh anniversary celebration
Chauncey church plans its seventh annual parish anniversary on March 7 at the Chauncey Elementary School multi purpose room. A 4 45 p m pot luck dinner precedes a program featuring Art Leading singing Dr Floyd Faust on accordion and Athens Middle School brass ensemble.
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Chauncey
Christian Church Parish
Chauncey Elemetary School
Floyd Faust
Athens Middle School
Cans Stolen From Athens McDonalds Then Dumped
A thief took three trash cans from the Athens McDonalds Sunday morning. Rather than haul the cans away the thief dumped the contents back at the restaurant. The cans were valued at 55 dollars.
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Athens
Val
F H Pupils FFA Winners Steeped in Gold
Two Federal Hocking High School FFA members earned gold medals for top finishes in a recent speaking contest. Richard Dailey, senior, won extemporaneous speaking and will represent the district in the state contest in April. Charles Jarvis, freshman, placed third in the prepared speech event.
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Stewart
Hocking High School
Future Farmers of America
Richard Dailey
Charles Jarvis
Fire department answers five squad calls in Athens area
Athens Fire Department reports five emergency squad calls and a fire alarm from Sunday afternoon to early Monday. Incidents include an overdose at 113 Franklin Ave and a heart attack at 230 N Lancaster St. Others involve medical illnesses and sports injuries at local campuses and dormitories.
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Athens Fire Department
Franklin Ave
Dave Molihan
Franklin
Hudson Health Center
N. Lancaster St
Earl Whitman
Whitman
Mound St
Andrew Comings
Charles Dalton
N. Con
Explorer Post 77 Receives Charter At Dinner
Explorer Post 77 earned its charter at the post’s fourth annual potluck, honoring Boy Scouts 61st anniversary. Rev. Arthur Dahl received the charter from Phil Kahler while H James Graham and Compton Reeves handed registration cards to officers including Harry L. Graham Ray Strekal and John D. Abel.
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Explorer Post 77
Post
Hock-Hocking
Phil Kahler
Arthur Dahl
Bethel United Methodist Church
H. James Graham
Compton Reeves
Harry L. Graham
Ray Strekal
John D. Abel
Howard Fokes
Mike Scarmack
Ron Graham
Mike Noel
Pat Shay
Dan Rosser
John McCleary
Frank Shay
Raymond Strekal
Davis Tom
Dennis Shay
Paul Scramack
Gregg Hillen
Jeff Hillen
Bradley Graham
Drug Case Dismissed In Athens Court
An Ohio University student Craig Pelton of 604 Hayes Hall faced possession of marijuana charges from a November Hayes Hall drug raid. The case was dismissed by Athens County Municipal Court Judge Franklin Sheeter on a prosecution motion after a suppression motion was overruled. Costs taxed to the state.
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Ohio University
Hayes Hall
Athens County
Craig Pelton
Allan Goldsberry
Franklin Sheeter
Ohio student admits marijuana possession in Athens County
David Eugene Clay, 26, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty in Athens County Common Pleas Court to marijuana possession and was fined 150 plus costs. Indicted in January 1970, he was arrested in August 1969 in a Hastings Road raid. A separate sale and possession for sale charge is in the Court of Appeals after a September 1969 jury trial.
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Ohio University
Athens County Common Pleas Court
David Eugene Clay
Cincinnati
Hastings Road
Clay
Court of Appeals
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Ralph Brown Jr
Philip Kahler
Chauncey Cub
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Ohio House
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Ohio State University
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
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First National Bank
Nelsonville
Gress St
Bernard Spaulding
O’bleness Memorial
William D. Long
Scott Quadrangle
University Terrace
Steve Smith
Bryan Hall
Smith
University Speech Building
S. College Street
Explorer
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Paul Hossler
Foster Grant
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