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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1972

Page

2

IRS Price Check Scheduled Friday in Athens

About a half-dozen IRS agents visit Athens retailers Friday to survey compliance with federal anti-inflation price posting rules. They will check base price lists for the 40 largest selling items and ensure lists are posted prominently with followup visits possible if noncompliance is found.

Tom Price Athens Internal Revenue Service IRS Jim Barley Columbus Barkley Ohio Messenger

Richland Firemen Mark Busiest Year In History

The Richland Area Fire Department reported its busiest year in 1971 with 71 alarms and about 58 thousand dollars in losses. Chief Pete Good noted rises from prior years and cited expansion of housing and mutual aid, detailing calls by township and major losses including homes and barns. One child was injured, and the department opened a new headquarters on Hooper Road and a sub-station at East State Street and Shannon Avenue.

Richland Area Pete Good Alexander Canaan Lodi Athens Chief Good Charles Buckley Wonder Hills J. L. Rollins Bates Road Richland Huffman Transfer Co Athens National Bank Buckeye Keith’s Greenbrier Drive Waterloo Two Athens Mental Health Center Hooper Road E. State Street S. Shannon Avenue

Bloodmobile visit drawn large turnout with 156 pints

The Athens County Red Cross drive at First United Methodist Church collected 156 pints from 172 donors including 34 new ones. Special gallon awards were given to several donors. Ohio University groups aided, and the next bloodmobile is planned for Feb 28 and 29 near campus for student access.

Athens County Red Cross First United Methodist Church Burton DeVeau Paul Maccombs John Clark Wanda Bush Emogene Yeager Jack Hudwell Werner Hondell Thomas Nicholas E. H. Stanley Robert Werner Joseph Reeves Charles Frey Parker Walker Joan Vaughan David Keller Gerald Franks Michael King Reuben Olson Glenn Hazen Richard McFarland John Romine Don Jacobs John Jones Calvin Baloun Walter Ervin Raymond Lane Raymond Jennings Charlotte LaTourrette Earl Bolin Carl Buck James Coady Robert Marquis William Huntsman Don Reed Troy Organ George Hill Howard Cox Herbert Cox Marvin Phillips Gary Pfeiffer Grace Cotton Paul Brown Vernon Shaw Frank Nuzum Neale Billings Don Sanders Richard Dorf

Weather Overview Shows Warmer Tonight and Snow Flurries Thursday

Local forecast calls for mostly cloudy and warmer conditions with lows in the 30s and a late night shower chance. Thursday turns windy and cooler with a morning shower risk, then mixed with snow flurries by afternoon as temperatures drop from the 40s to the 30s. National forecast warns of a massive winter storm from the northern Rockies to the Great Plains with Arctic air reaching the upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes, while Atlantic coastal states see rain and the rest of the country stays mild.

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