County Government Costs Rise Ten Percent Annually
A Messenger study of Athens County finances from 1967 to 1974 shows general fund costs growing over 10 percent yearly, with total expenditures rising from 2.5 million in 1967 to an expected 4.7 million in 1974. Salaries areas increased modestly while non personnel costs surged, highlighting inflationary pressure on county operations and notable rises in elections board and several departments.
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Athens
Messenger
Athens County
General Fund
Elections Board
Paul Brown
Harold Shields
Brown
Shields
Humane Society
Commissioners, Coroner and Elections Board
Painting Worth 25 000 Dollar Ohio River Scene Found
A Clarence Helbrook Carter painting titled Ohio River Near Gallipolis was found in a women's restroom at Ohio University after a New Jersey museum asked to borrow it. Valued between 25 000 and 30 000 dollars by the artist, the work had been in place for about a decade.
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Athens, Ohio
Ohio University
New Jersey
Ohio River
Gallipolis
Clarence Helbrook Carter
New Jersey State Museum
Henry H. Lin
College of Fine Arts
Carter
Lin
New York Times
New York
Pomeroy
Ohio
Gas bills rise in cold weather despite conservation push
Athens area gas customers see higher January bills due to extreme cold and longer billing periods. E F Rothel, Athens manager of Columbia Gas of Ohio, explains that costs from southwest gas and new rates increased bills even as consumption may have been down. Rothel notes bills reflect longer cycles around Christmas and New Year and advises nothing about a plummet in usage.
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Columbia Gas of
Ohio
Athens
E. F. Rothel
Rothel
Tri County CAA Receives Federal Grant for 1969 Programs
Gov. John Gilligan announced a $78 748 federal grant to Tri County Community Action Agency for administration and a senior opportunities program. Local matching funds total 119 687 to support emergency food medical aid home repair and new programs for low income residents under the Economic Opportunity Act. Dr. David C. Sweet noted monitoring training and technical assistance from the Ohio Department of Economic and Community Development. John W. Decker of Murray City faced speeding charges with $17 and $9 costs.
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Columbus
Tri-County
David C. Sweet
Ohio Department of Economic and Commuity Development
Sweet
Weather outlook with clouds and showers across Ohio
Cloudy and mild tonight with occasional rain and lows in the 30s. Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies with a chance of morning showers and highs in the 40s. Precipitation chances 80 percent tonight and 30 percent Tuesday.
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Ohio
Organizers Seek Negotiation Date at Ohio University
Ohio University student workers push AFSCME unionization asking President Sowle to set a negotiations date. organizers report 370 cards signed, with aims of 100 more signatures next week and confirmation of majority support among eligible workers.
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Deborah Hrouda
Ohio University
Claude Sowle
Mark Satchwell
American Federation of State
Paula Bracke
Baker Center
Nelson Commons
Irvine
Jefferson
Grosvenor
Boyd Hall
Satchwell
Alden Library
Miss Bracke
Sowle
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Fred Whissel
Painting Worth Museum Space
THE
Associated Press
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Max French
Louise Finsterwald
Harry Faulkner
Nellie la Follette
Theresa Cornell
Clark Williams
William Wood
Kenneth Steward
Gene Heien
Rory Cory
Lynn Sickles
Charles Gwinn
Lenore Cochran
Josephine Quest
Michael Mitchell
Esther Tatolos
Glen Cline
Albany
Harry Thornton
the Plains
Robert Saylor
Guysville
Leo Wright
William Jenkins
Robert Andrews
Conrad Waldeck
Thomas Trace
Glouster
Clarence Mash
Guy Kineer
Paul Daugherty
Nelsonville
Paul McDaniel
Coolville
Jack Sayre
James Boyd
Berthold Marshington
Elma Randall
George Perry
Joan Foglesong
Karen Bobo
Theron Workman
Linda Sedwick
Terry McKibben
Eilene Cline
Darius Michael
Ralph Brown
Elsie Auker
Shirley Peters
Charleen Poston
Alva Hanning
Emma Jones
Albert Hayden
Ronald Black
John White
William Callaway
David Cypher
Herman Thomas
Mary Kulakowski
Leroy Bennett
Richard Barber
Ibra Boyer
Ely Phillips
Florence Chalfant
James Braglin Jr
Loraine Flood
Emergency
Jerry Lippolis
Hayes Hall
O’bleness
Elmwood Pt
Adam Gaynor
Monticello Village
Ill
O Bleness
Secems
Gerald Niday
University Hospital
Dairy Lane
Caroline Cain
Vore Ridge
Alberta Thornton
Rosa Riley
Vere Ridge
O'Bleness
Nellie LaFollette
Clark Street
Congress Apartments
CAA
Nelsonville Mayor’s Court
John W. Decker
Murray City
Hocking River
U. S
C. L. Golmer
Wey
Hocking Valley
the Yarn Shop
Dwight H. Rutherford
John D. Clark
Emogene Davis
W. Stimson
Buckeye Mart
L.A
Winchester Wildcat
Remington
Mohawk
Jersey
Plaza Shopping
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