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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1971
Page
4
The Route 682 slip near the Athens Mental Health Center will be repaired starting next week. Joe Skinner, Inc. of Belmont County won the bid at 59,636.35 dollars, well under the 87,000 estimate, with completion set for September 15.
Dewey J. Guidry, 20, of New York City, arrested on a drug intoxication charge, hanged himself with strips of a T shirt in the Athens City Jail at 1:21 a.m. He was pronounced dead by Dr. Robert Butts. The body was moved to Hughes Funeral Home after emergency squad notification.
The Division of Parks of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources says Geneva State Park beach in Geneva on the Lake will reopen immediately after pollution levels declined. The beach had been closed since June 27 due to leakage from Cleveland's sewage treatment plant. Headlands Beach near Mentor opened earlier this week.
In San Diego a Navy officer states that after September 1 only high school graduates will be accepted. Rear Admiral William M. Green cites the need for top quality as the Navy plans for a smaller force in coming years.
Athens reports little disruption as a nationwide strike by the Communication Workers of America against Bell Telephone begins. In Point Pleasant West Virginia pickets march at the Chesapeake and Potomac office with 26 local workers leaving at 8 am. The office remains open for repairs and emergencies while subscribers are urged to use direct dialing.
Syracuse families hosted and hosted visitors from Morgan City La Parma Ky Racine Wis and others. House purchases in Rustic Hills were made with Henry Hill and family buying from Archie Lee. A safety reminder warns boaters to consider wake damage.
In Cambridge Ohio 18 year old Cheryl Bakes the first voter under 18 in an Ohio election laments that a seven mill operating levy for Zone Trace Local School District lost 535 to 563. Her 19 year old brother James Michael also voted in the turnout. Ty Cobb summary notes his 1909 triple crown in batting home runs and RBIs.
Dr. Joseph L. Bitonte a Ohio State University faculty member and Battelle Institute consultant is named to Rio Grande College Board of Trustees class of 1974. He holds four patents in optical and jet engine materials and has long linked to dentistry and prosthetics research.
In Kansas City on July 8 1950 Dr John T Skinner helped birth a boy and a girl 12 hours apart. Seventeen years later David Tebbe and Linda Yockey met, then married at Armour Baptist Church four years later. They share a doctor hospital and birth month. Skinner has treated both families for over 30 years.
Athens City School Supt. S. T. Henderson will present next year s proposed budget at 11 30 a m Thursday. The public presentation is in the superintendent s office at Athens Middle School on W State Street. The city school board meets Monday at 7 p m in the Middle School library.
Miami University in Oxford reports top students and several with high A averages for the spring quarter. Kath erine M Oberlin and James E McCarty achieved all A grades, with five students posting 3.5 to 3.99 averages and five at 3.0 to 3.49. Notable names include Ronald Alan Lane Douglas M Picard Rebecca C Brown John S Christie Laurence H Nace and Wanda J Wognowski among others.
Thomas J. Jones was chosen to succeed J. Russell Lloyd as executive vice president of the Ohio State Automobile Association. A 32 year old Ohio University graduate, Jones has worked for the association since 1969 and lives in Columbus with his wife Vivian Richards and their two daughters.
Democratic and Republican leaders fail to attend a Ways and Means session on a graduated state tax plan. The stalled talks delay a final deal amid caucuses and a call for five GOP votes to back a funding amendment.
An Athens woman suffered facial lacerations and was treated at O'Bleness hospital after a car left the road on Athens W Union Street at 7 51 a m. The vehicle struck a light pole in front of the Roaring Twenties. Driver Keary Sparks said he turned to wave at a friend and lost control. No citation was issued.
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