Processing Plant Installed At Albany Stone Quarries
Diamond Stone Quarries, Inc., installs a new processing system west of Albany on Route 50 to produce cleaner impurity-free limestone. Quarry superintendent Roger Van Dyke notes potential extra workers at No. 2 quarry and cites current employment around 20 men with payroll near 80 000 to 85 000 dollars annually. Private haulers move 700 000 to 800 000 tons daily to southeastern Ohio jobs. The system includes screening to remove impurities, with shale and other materials reduced. Most limestone is used as base for concrete and tar. Trucks delivered 35 000 tons to Route 33 project north of Chauncey for berm material. 100 000 tons slated for Route 33 north from Pomeroy. Quarries supply Athens, Hocking, Meigs counties and interstate road projects at Marietta and Parkersburg. Quarries operate year round, closing only in extreme cold or mud. No. 1 vein mined since 1920s, 100-acre tract, marine limestone vein studied by OU and Marietta College. A thicker vein exists at 100 feet depth but mining costs are prohibitive. surface exposure in central Ohio allows easy strip mining near Columbus. Diamond company officials: W. E. Engle, president, McArthur. Wayne F. Welch, Albany, secretary-treasurer.
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Route 50
Albany
Roger van Dyke
No. 2
van Dyke
Ohio
Chauncey
Pomeroy
Athens
Hocking
Meigs
Marietta
Parkersburg
Ohio University
Marietta College
Columbus
The
Diamond Company
W. E. Engle
McArthur
Wayne F. Welch
Police Set Eligibility Tests for New Patrolman Posts
Civil service exams for police captain and patrolman eligibility are scheduled for February 9 at city hall. Sgts. Charles Cochran and Clyde Beasley Jr. are eligible for the patrolman vacancy created when Fred James left as police chief. Fire department plans add five men in June. police add five patrolmen.
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Civil Service
City Civil Service Commission
City Hall
Charles Cochran
Clyde Beasley Jr
Fred James
Fire Department
Charles Dalton
Thomas Chesser
James Deardorff
City Teacher Unit Seeks Recognition
The Athens Education Association, an 180 member group of Athens city teachers, asks the school board to recognize it as the teachers official negotiating agent. AEA members voted overwhelmingly at West Elementary School to request recognition amid pending state legislation mandating such bodies.
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Athens Education Association
Athens City
AEA
West Elementary
ABA
Purse Thief Seeks On Palmer Street Night Crime
Police seek a Caucasian man about five seven with light brown hair who knocked down a woman on Palmer Street around 9 p.m. and stole her purse containing $1 and papers. Mrs Barbara Gierhart of 4114 Mill Street reported the incident.
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Palmer St
Barbara Gierhart
Mill St
Gierhart
Man Bothered Woman Fights With Deputy in Albany
An intoxicated Albany man, 24 year old Jack Kenneth Pierce, allegedly entered Perry Munn's store, seized a middle aged woman, and fought sheriff's deputies outside. Off duty deputy Boyd Williams and two on duty officers responded. Pierce pleaded guilty to destruction of property and resisting arrest, fined 100 dollars and ten days in jail. Separate case: Roger Walls, 23, Athens Route 4, facing a driving while intoxicated trial in County Court.
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Jack Kenneth Pierce
Columbia Ave
Perry Munn
Boyd Williams
Albany
Pierce
Dewitt Walker
Robert Allen
Munn
Williams
Roger Walls
Athens Route 4
State Highway Patrol
Incumbent Councilmen Try Again in Athens Race
Two Athens Republican incumbents filed petitions with the county board of elections. Edgar H. Tuckerman, a three term Second Ward councilman, and Brandon Tad Grover Jr., a two term at large member, submitted Wednesday. C. Raymond Kestner, former Jacksonville village clerk, filed Thursday for the GOP city treasurer nomination. Incumbent treasurer Ralph Woods appears not to run. Nick Marinacci, former Athens Jaycee president, is rumored to seek the Democratic council at large nomination.
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County Board of Elections
Edgar H. Tuckerman
Brandon Tad Grover Jr
C. Raymond Kestner
Jacksonville
GOP
Ralph Woods
Nick Marinacci
Athens Jaycee
Democratic Council-At
Car Damaged by Fire in Amesville Incident
An automobile owned by Winton Chadwell of Amesville sustained 100 dollars in damage after a backfire through the carburetor started a fire near Grover Center on Richland Avenue. Athens firemen responded at about 4 49 p.m. and found the blaze extinguished on arrival.
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Winton Chadwell
Amesville
Athens
Grover Center
Richland Ave
Glouster Council Race Grows With Five Democratic Candidates
The Glouster Democratic village council primary on May 2 adds two more contenders James D. Gyure and Rolland B. Swart joining Larry Bycofski, with incumbents Thomas Williams Jr. and others already filed. The race features a youth surge against established figures as two four year council terms are to be filled in November.
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James D. Gyure
Rolland B. Swart
Glouster
Joseph Roback
Wilbur Bolderson
Hugh L. Garrett
Gyure
Swart
Larry Bycofski
Bycofski
Thomas Williams Jr
DWI Case Continues: Sanford Pleads Innocent
John Joseph Sanford, 20, of 89 S. May Ave, pleaded innocent in County Court to a driving while intoxicated charge. A deputy sheriff filed the case. Sanford was placed under a $300 bond and the matter was continued.
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John Joseph Sanford
S. May Ave
Low-Band Radio Begins Operation
The city police department activated new low-band frequency radio equipment on Wednesday and received three pocket size message receivers. Costing 2617 dollars, the system links with area police and sheriff's offices allowing foot patrolmen to receive directions from headquarters.
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City Police
Sheriff's
Thomas Chesser
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