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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1972
Page
2
Athens residents met with City Council members, hospital trustees, and the Hospital Guild at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital Day. Mayor Barrett presented a proclamation to James Boyce as community leaders praised Ohio University students for promoting the event. Congressman Miller credited local involvement for the hospital’s success.
Athens council codes and ordinances chair Fred Weber II seeks public reaction to bicycle registration parking and safety rules with a possible safety inspection. Proposals include bells lights reflectors sidewalk ban in business district parking near OU Campus Gate Athena Theater and court house and repeal talk on pinball restrictions with license fees funding recreation. Other notes mention police contact with youths and identifying lost bikes and a separate item reports St Paul zoo replacing a polar bear.
An 18 year old OU student Mark Niccolini denied three drug charges in Athens County Municipal Court including possession and sale related offenses. James Slaughter age 19 of London pleaded innocent to marijuana possession. Bond set for Niccolini at 10500 and Slaughter at 500 with hearings scheduled March 9.
Thieves broke into Pico Wholesalers in Glouster between Friday night and Monday morning. They pried a door, shattered a window, and used a chisel and hammer to access the safe, taking under five dollars in coins and possibly some beer and wine. The Glouster Police investigated. Housing Shortage Japan has a housing shortage estimated at several million.
Local forecast calls for cloudy skies and a fast moving storm to the north, bringing little precipitation to Ohio. Highs near 50 today, low 30s tonight, highs in the low 60s on Tuesday. National outlook shows cold weather with snow in the northern states and a warming trend elsewhere.
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