Costly Primary Ballot Deluge Faces Athens County Elections
The Athens County board of elections may need punch cards for all issues except Democratic national candidates as protests loom over a flood of delegate names. Officials warn computer limits, rising printing and tallying costs could total hundreds of thousands, with a Feb 2 filing deadline looming for Muskie Humphrey and McGovern amid other hopefuls.
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Ohio
Athens County
Board of Elections
William Howe
Athens
Howe
County Board of Elections
Secretary of State
Cuyahoga County
Edmund Muskie
Hubert Humphrey
George McGovern
John Lindsay
Henry Jackson
Shirley Cisholm
Lab Freed by Athens Judge After Plea Change
Richard Delbert Lab 21 of Alliance was freed from Lebanon Correctional Institute by Athens County Common Pleas Judge Lowell Howard on five years probation. Lab admitted guilt to possession for sale of LSD from a 1970 city raid and had argued he was not properly represented in a prior case.
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Richard Delbert Lab
Alliance
Lebanon Correctional Institute
Athens County Common Pleas
Lowell Howard
Lawrence Grey
Lab
Athens
John Bolin
Common Pleas Court
Howard
William Lavelle
Claire Ball Jr
Lavelle
Grey
Ohio University
Marting's Store Window Smashed and Burglary Reported
Athens police report a door window at Marting's on N Court Street smashed by a beer bottle early Friday. Store entry suspected with shirts and tapes taken. no loss value provided. Janitor found the entry at 5 am. The item then shifts to a San Francisco AP recap involving a TV ask during a blackout.
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Marting’s
N. Court Street
Athens
Four men face larceny charges in Mason County court
Four persons appeared Tuesday before Judge James Thompson to answer grand jury indictments. Robert Hart and Randy Hart pleaded guilty to two indictments each charging breaking and entering and entering without breaking at two New Haven businesses, with sentencing set for Feb. 11. Dempsey Campbell and David Lanham appeared but did not plead, with pleas due Friday on felonious theft and contributing to the delinquency of a minor respectively.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
James Thompson
Robert
Randy Hart
New Haven
Dempsey Campbell
David Lanham
Abernathy and Harris Speak On OU Campus In February
Rev Ralph Abernathy and Sen Fred Harris will present talks at Ohio University in February under the James Lecture Series. Abernathy speaks February 10 in Baker Center Ballroom and Harris speaks February 15 in Memorial Auditorium.
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Ralph Abernathy
Harris
Fred Harris
Ohio University
James
Government Department
Abernathy
Baker Center
Memorial Auditorium
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King
Washington
North
New York
Engineers Install Officers For 1972
The 1972 officers of the Hocking Valley Chapter of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers were installed at a banquet in Athens. President Joseph S. Longstreth led the slate with vice president Richard C. Glasgow and secretary treasurer John F. Biddle. trustee was George A. Mara. Installing officer was Dale Catney, executive director.
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Hocking Valley
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Sportsman
Athens
Joseph S. Longstreth
Richard C. Glasgow
John F. Biddle
George A. Mara
Longstreth
Glasgow
Biddle
Mara
Logan
Dale Catney
Meigs High Band Receives Instrument Purchase Approval
Meigs Band Boosters met at the high school and authorized director Dave Bowen to buy five snare drums one bass drum and one baritone horn at an estimated cost of about $1000. The group also runs concessions at football and basketball games and Bowen announced a Feb 26 solo and ensemble competition at the Athens Music Center with Meigs entries.
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Rock Springs
Meigs
Dave Bowen
Bowen
Music Center
Athens
Two Drivers Cited On Snowy Second Street
Athens police cited Jeff Scott aged 17 and Greg Amall for driving left of center during snowy conditions on Second Street late Thursday. Scott skidded into Marilyn Smith, and Amall struck Robert Shinn. officers blamed bad road conditions for both accidents.
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Second Street
Athens
Jeff Scott
Pomeroy Rd
Marilyn Smith
Clark
Greg Amall
Terrace Dr
Robert Shinn
Nelsonville
Butts files for re election as Athens County coroner
Dr. R E Butts Nelsonville osteopath filed petitions for re election as Athens County coroner seeking a third term. No other candidates have filed for the county coroner post. He is a Rotary Club member and Nelsonville Elks Lodge member and lives with his wife at 88 Fort Street.
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R. E. Butts
Nelsonville
Hairy potatoes proposed to trap aphids in crops
Dr. R. W. Gibson suggests in New Scientist that breeding a hairy potato could exude a sticky substance to trap aphids. The hairs would protect the potato from its main pest.
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New Scientist
R. W. Gibson
Student Admits Drug Count in Athens Court
Ira Ritchey a Bethel Park student pleaded guilty to marijuana possession in Athens County Municipal Court and was fined 300 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail with four months to serve. He also pleaded guilty to under the influence of drugs with a 50 dollar fine and costs. Richard Frazier was found guilty of interfering with an officer and fined 50 dollars plus costs. Other defendants pleaded guilty including Elgin Lanning 75 The Plains improper backing 2 dollars and costs Pam Crow 20 Jackson failure to stop within assured clear distance 25 dollars and costs Tom Weekley 18 Guysville driving wrong way 5 dollars and costs Harold Conley 26 Portsmouth failure to stop within assured clear distance 25 dollars and costs.
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Ira Ritchey
Bethel Park
Athens County
Athens
Ritchey
Franklin Sheeter
Richard Frazier
Bromley Hall
Elgin Lanning
the Plains
State Patrol
Pam Crow
Jackson
Tom Weekley
Guysville
Harold Conley
Portsmouth
New Catch Occurs In McBee Dispute
In Athens at the McBee Plant a new hurdle emerges as a decertification petition blocks mediation between pressmen and Litton officials. NLRB charges allege the company pressured union activity and failed to bargain in good faith, delaying arbitration and possibly delaying a new contract past October 31.
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Tom Price
Messenger
Athens McBee
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
McBee
Litton Industries
Pressmen’s
Pressmen’s Union
Douglas Muir
Athens
Muir
Litton
Sixth Circuit
Federal Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Safety conditions slammed after nine die in Cincinnati nursing home fire
Howard Tipton of the National Fire Prevention and Control Commission called the nursing home facility atrocious and said a one floor cinder block building should never have been used as a home. The commission praised local fire departments for their efforts though delays were cited by officials.
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Cincinnati
White House
Howard Tipton
Nixon
National Fire Prevention and Control Commission
Robert Bland
Lincoln Heights
Evendale
Bland
Green Nursing Home
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