Election Board Deadlocks On Budget In Athens County
The Athens County board of elections deadlocked over funding for county wide voter registration. A 3-2 split blocked $1,300 for registrar payments and data files in a 17 precinct plan linked to 1971 statewide goals. Additional budget items were approved while the meeting adjourned with no resolution before August.
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Athens County
Ohio
Ted Brown
Rowland
Lavelle
Brown
Elections
Raymond Bobo
Bobo
County facilities eyed for safety upgrades after inspection
A state inspector completed a review of all Athens County owned facilities. Nine sites require safety improvements including fire extinguishers, exhaust fans, stair and floor repairs, and safer electrical practices. The sheriff’s cruisers need front rear safety shields and the county home should fix an emergency exit.
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Athens
John L. Thompson
Amesville
Sheriff's Department
Ards
Redtown
Nelsonville
Coolville
OU Alumni Tours Slated For October
Ohio University alumni will travel by air from Columbus Dayton and Cleveland to Washington DC for a four day Alumni Adventure to attend the Bobcats versus William and Mary football game. The trip covers Oct 10 to Oct 13 with hotel stays, coach tours of Washington and Williamsburg, an alumni banquet and a postgame reception and banquet. Flights are via TWA Northwest and others. details available from the Athens alumni office.
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Columbus
Dayton
Cleveland
Ohio University
Bobcats
William and Mary
Ohio University Alumni Association
Washington
D. C
Williamsburg
America
Francis Nicholson Quality Court
Trans World Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Athens
Check Counts Denied in Athens Forgery Case
Kenneth Guess aged 20 of Logan Route 2 pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to forging and cashing a forged check. He waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury. Bond set at 3000 dollars by Judge Franklin Sheeter. The forged 97.49 dollar check was allegedly cashed at Stanley's Shoe Store in Athens.
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Kenneth Guess
Logan Route 2
Guess
Franklin Sheeter
Stanley
Athens
Hearing Stated On Assault Battery in Nelsonville
A preliminary hearing for Virgil Preston of Nelsonville Route 1 on assault and battery charges was set for July 16 after arraignment in Municipal Court. Preston was released on a $34 bond following the morning proceeding. the alleged victim is Audrey Pierce of Nelsonville Route 1.
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Nelsonville
Virgil Preston
Preston
Audrey Pierce
Woman Faces Count For Burning Trash
City firemen responded to 11 Walker St at 9 12 p m Tuesday finding a small trash fire. Chief Charles Dalton said Lucille Slisher of 11 Walker was cited for starting an open fire without a permit.
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Walker St
Charles Dalton
Lucille Slisher
Walker
Robinson To Inspect Texas Buses In Corpus Christi
City Safety Director Dwight Robinson travels to Corpus Christi with Bud Lowry to inspect four buses offered to Corpus Christi. The Texas firm bid three 40 seaters at 7200 dollars or four for 9000 dollars. Mayor Raymond Shepard notes extra help may be needed and a four day journey expected.
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City Safety Service
Dwight Robinson
Corpus Christi
Tex
Robinson
Bud Lowry
Raymond Shepard
Lowry
Athens
Swimming Classes Registration Re-Opens
Mrs. Joan Kappes, city recreation swimming director, announces registration reopens Saturday at Crystal Pool. Second session July 8 offers 9 o'clock class openings, while third session beginning July 29 has openings in all three classes.
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Joan Kappes
City Recreation Program
Crystal Pool
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Patients and Dismissals
List of patients at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens including Mrs. R. Leslie Cornwell Alice Mackinnon Timothy Nelson Dorrise Van Dyke and others. Dismissals include Mrs. Roger Bruce Mrs. Je rold McDaniel and daughter Mrs. Tim Mace and daughter Mrs. Herbert Parsons and daughter Francis Wallace and Richard Dodd transferred to St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg WV.
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R. Leslie Cornwell
Alice Mackinnon
Timothy Nelson
Dorrise van Dyke
All of
Athens
Jeffrey Sams
Albany
Maung Gyi
Millfield
Roger Bruce
Jerold McDaniel
Tim Mace
Herbert Parsons
Francis Wallace
Richard Dodd
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Improper start, headlights cited in Albany area
Frank McDowell 61 of Albany Route 1 fined 21 dollars for improper start and Paulette Ann Thompson 22 of The Way Side Apartments fined 14 dollars for no headlights. Members of Ohio University Local 1699 AFFCME AFL CIO will meet at 8 p.m. Saturday in Seigfred Auditorium for their regular monthly session per Oscar McGee, president.
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Frank McDowell
Albany
Paulette Ann Thompson
Wayside
Ohio University Local 1699
Affcme-Afl-Cio
Seigfred Auditorium
Oscar McGee
OU Receives Health Grant of Fifty Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Eight
Ohio University's psychology department received a U S Public Health Service training grant for fifty thousand six hundred ninety eight dollars to fund three graduate fellowships and two faculty positions in the APA approved clinical training program. Dr William A Snyder noted the grant is a renewal and increase of an earlier award announced by Congressman Clarence E Miller.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Ohio University
Department of Psychology
William A. Snyder
American Psychological Association
Clarence E. Miller
Public Health Service
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Snyder
Man Pleads Guilty In Jail Case
Morris Mosley Sr., 50, of Athens, pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to aiding and assisting a prisoner to escape from city jail. He was fined 200 dollars and costs, with 15 days in jail suspended on good behavior. A second charge of furnishing tools for escape was bound over to the grand jury.
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Athens
Morris Mosley Sr
Richland Ave
Mosley
James Lee Davis
Davis
Bunk
David
Marietta
Willis Davis Faces Court Over Pointing Firearm Charge
Willis Davis of Athens Route 3 appeared in Municipal Court on a charge of pointing and firing a firearm. Sheriff deputies said the complaint by Jack Evener of Athens Route 3 states buckshot from Davis shotgun struck him. Bond set at 300. arraignment slated for July 9. no plea entered. OHIO five day forecast projects cooler temperatures with possible showers.
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Willis Davis
Athens Route 3
Jack Evener
Davis
Promoted In Korea Lt Garen Wickham Receives Rank
1st Lt. Garen R. Wickham son of Mr and Mrs Robert C Wickham of Pleasant View Dr was promoted while serving with the 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea. He joined the Army in 1966 after Infantry Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning and was stationed at Ft Gordon before his current assignment. Wickham is a graduate of Athens High School and Ohio University with a BA in journalism. His wife Ann Rowland and son Garen live in Athens.
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Garen R. Wickham
Robert C. Wickham
Pleasant View Dr
South Korea
Wickham
Army
Ft. Benning
Ft. Gordon
Athens High School
Ohio University
Ann Rowland
Garen
Athens
11 Area Scouts Leave For New Mexico Ranch
Eleven Athens area Boy Scouts form part of a 32 member Kootaga Area Council contingent departing Parkersburg West Virginia for an 18 day Philmont Scout Ranch expedition in Cimarron New Mexico. Participants include Tony Bolin Jess Canter Stan Saunders from Troop 50 Albany and eight from Troop 69 Nelsonville led by Keith Butts commissioner for the Hocking District. They plan to visit Lincoln Memorial Gateway West Air Force Academy en route and spend 10 days in the New Mexican wilds learning rifle shooting horseback riding archaeology digging gold panning and mountain climbing. Return to Parkersburg July 21.
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Athens Area
Kootaga
New Mexico Ranch
Springfield
Ill
Gateway West
St. Louis
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
New Mexican Wilds
Parkersburg
Objections Filed Over Hocking Conservancy Land Offers
Eleven landowners in Athens filed objections in Common Pleas Court to the prices offered for their parcels for the Hocking Conservancy District flood control project. The filing follows a prior ruling overruling objections by 49 property owners to benefit assessments or land prices. The project, widening and relocating the Hocking River south of Peden Stadium, spans White's Mill to Route 50 E with an estimated $9.7 million cost and mid August bid openings.
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Hocking
Francis D White
Conservancy District
Peden Stadium
White's Mill
McBee
Courthouse Work Delays July Trials
Major repairs at the Athens County courthouse delay a narcotics case trial set for July 8. Common Pleas Judge John W. Bolin vacated Ravinda Shukla and Susan Shukla's trial as roof and dormer repairs would disrupt proceedings. The couple is indicted for permitting use of a dwelling for illegal narcotics keeping after a March 10 city raid on Palmer Street.
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Athens County
Common Pleas
John W. Bolin
Ravinda Shukla
Susan
Shuklas
Palmer St
Festival Set By Firemen At Stewart
A three day festival opens Thursday at Stewart to raise funds for the Rome Two volunteer fire department. The July Fourth program features dancing and a concert by the Federal Hocking Lancer band. Friday highlights include sky divers and Saturday will end with a fireworks display. Booths, games and food stands will be in B and O Park.
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Rome
Stewart
Federal Hocking Lancer
B&o
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