Cold Snap Stays, Ohio Town Endures Snow and Outages
Bitter air keeps hold on Southeastern Ohio as Athens faces nine inches of snow and 40 below wind chills. A 5 p.m to 8:30 p.m. outage affected about 500 customers near Athens due to a reclosure device bypass. Schools cancel or delay. buses safe routes only. Postmen warn sidewalks must be clear for mail delivery.
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Ohio
Ohio University
National Weather Service
C.L. Colmer
Athens
Fisher and
Radford Roads
Hebardville
Pleasant Hill
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Sam Henderson
Henderson
DMHMR Farms Projected to Double Gross Income by 1978
Ohio Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation farms, now under a centralized system, expect gross income to rise from 1.6 million to about 3.3 million by July 1, 1978. The program consolidates 7 000 acres across 29 institutions, with output including corn, hay, oats, wheat, soybeans, potatoes, apples and peaches.
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Ohio Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Timothy Moritz
Agricultural Progress
Moritz
Athens
Tal Health and Retardation Center
Ohio State University Department of Agriculture
Miller Outlines Bold Comprehensive Energy Plan
U S Representative Clarence Miller urges Congress to pursue a comprehensive energy plan addressing all forms of energy. He endorses repealing price ceilings, expanding coal use, easing nuclear restrictions, supporting private synthetic fuels, boosting solar and geothermal research, improving efficiency, and forming a single energy committee while reorganizing federal agencies.
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Congress
U.S
Clarence Miller
Washington
Lancaster Republican
Miller
Patrol Launches Safety Program for Young Ohio Residents
The State Highway Patrol introduces a Junior Trooper program for children ages 6 to 12 with Saturday safety sessions at patrol posts. Troopers and patrol auxiliary provide TV presentations, pamphlets, posters, pins, and coloring books covering bicycle, school bus, pedestrian, and traffic safety across Ohio posts.
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State Highway Patrol
Adam G. Reiss
Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol Auxiliary
Col. Reiss
Ohio
Ohio students invited to essay contest on wildlife management
The Ohio Conservation Congress and the Ohio Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsor a contest for seventh to eleventh graders in Ohio. Essays under 500 words discuss game management effects on endangered and non endangered species. Eight awards awarded with $50 and $25 bonds. top boy and girl named Ohio Conversation King and Queen for 1977.
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Ohio
Ohio Conservation Congress
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Acc
OCC
P.O
New Philadelphia
Ohio Conversation
Prices at Athens Livestock Sales Saturday
Prices at Athens Livestock Sales Inc. listed feeder steers 22.50 to 34, feeder heifers 20.75 to 29.75, feeder bulls 22.25 to 33.25, utility cows 23 to 27.50, canners and cutters 17.25 to 23, veals 60 to 73.50, slaughter lambs 50 to 51, feeder lambs 47 to 47.50, hogs 39.40 to 39.45, sows 31.40 to 33.40, and pigs by the head 12 to 22.
Train Strikes Two Cows Near Athens
A Rail train struck two cows west of Athens injuring one and killing the other. The animals escaped a fence and roamed onto County Roads 17 and 19 area. Deputies and a farm worker moved the surviving cow off the track and the train resumed around 9 p.m.
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Athens
Athens County
Jack Claxton
Three Area Men Honored by Ohio Senate Resolutions
Ohio Senate resolutions honor Thomas C. Porter of The Plains, Dave Horr of Athens, and the late Daniel Thompson. Porter is praised for vocational education work and retirement as Tri-County Joint Vocational School superintendent. Horr is cited for improving Athens and named Man of the Year by the Southeastern Ohio Regional Council. Thompson is saluted posthumously for business and civic leadership in Middleport and Pomeroy. sympathy extended to his family. Judith Roitman of Wellesley College discusses why it is hard to get rid of a Ppoints Thursday at 3 pm in OU Math Building Room 326.
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Ohio Senate
Oakley Collins
Thomas C. Porter
the Plains
Dave Horr
Athens
Daniel Thompson
Middleport
Porter
Tri-County Joint Vocational School
Horr
Nelsonville
Judith Roitman
Wellesley College
Massachusetts
Ohio University
Institute For Medicine and Mathematics
Bloodmobile Visit Set for Monday in Athens
The Athens County Red Cross chapter urges donations Monday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at First United Methodist Church 2 S College St. Donors may call 593-5273 or 593-6894. Special needs include six pints A negative six Onegative twenty O positive and twenty A positive.
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Ohio
Red Cross
Lucille Smith
Athens County
The
Athens Area
First United Methodist Church
S. College St
St. Paul’s Church
Ira Reeder
Athens
University Hospital
Woman Aided After Hit-and-Run Near Marshfield Route 682
A Route 682 hit and run outside Marshfield left Marilyn Kay Stanley injured and taken to O'Bleness Memorial Hospital by a passing motorist. Details of the tractor-trailer crash were not available as of today.
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O’bleness Memorial Hospital
State
Marilyn Kay Stanley
Fireplace Overheats Ignites Joist In Logan House
An overheated fireplace caused a fire in a two story frame house on Route 93 South in Logan around 7:30 a.m. Fire started when heat ignited a wall joist and exterior siding. Homeowner Robert Harden and tenant Dennis McCune nearly contained it before firefighters arrived. no damage estimate given.
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Logan
Route 93
Logan Fire Department
Robert Harden
Dennis McCune
Charter Question Likely for June Primary Vote
City Council aims to decide Monday whether to form a city charter study commission. If approved, a 15 member charter commission would draft a home rule charter for the June 1978 ballot. Members see a charter boosting flexibility and accountability, while one favored caution.
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Robert Ekey Messenger
Peg Cohn
Council
Charter Committee
James Tilling
Meeting Set on Impact Of Piketon Expansion
A Battelle Memorial Institute team will discuss a study of social and economic impacts from the Piketon gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment plant expansion. The first meeting is Jan 26 at Piketon High School with local officials and ERDA reps to plan for up to 6 000 workers during eight years of construction.
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Piketon
Columbus, Ohio
Battelle Memorial Institute
Gary S. Stacey
The
Institute
Piketon High School
Stacey
Federal Energy Research and Development Ad
James L. Abercrombie
ERDA
Portsmouth
Abercrombie
Scioto
Pike
Ross
Jackson
Vinton
Chillicothe
Lucasville
Wheelersburg
Minford
Waverly
Beaver
Battelle
Columbus Laboratories
Coal Venture Planned by Two Firms in Eastern Regions
American Natural Resources of Detroit and North American Coal Corp. of Cleveland announce a joint venture to develop mine and market coal in eastern regions. The firms will pool technical manpower to identify analyze and negotiate coal properties with ownership based on investments staffing and expenses. American Natural will provide most capital and operate mines. NACCO holds four billion tons of lignite in North Dakota and coal will be used for gasification and power generation.
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Detroit
American Natural Resources of Detroit
North American Coal Corp
Clevend
Otes Bennett Jr
NACCO
American Natural
Bennett
North Dakota
Arthur Seder Jr
Butler Builder System Keeps Building Maintenance Down
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Athens Livestock Sales Inc
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Athens Messenger
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