Sowles Southeast Asia trip boosts Ohio University profile
OU President Claude Sowle and Mrs. Sowle with Dr. Norman Palmer spent three weeks in Malaysia and other Southeast Asian nations at the State Department's request. They pursued higher education cooperation with Vietnam and MARA Institute of Technology, attracting scholarships and potential funding, while expanding foreign student interest and OU's regional recognition.
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Susan Frampton Messenger
Ohio University
Southeast Asia
Claude Sowle
Sowle
Norman Palmer
OU Center For International Studies
Malaysia
U. S. State Department
Arshad bin Ayub
Mara Institute of Technology
State Department
Indonesia
Thailand
Singapore
Hong Kong
South Vietnam
University of Saigon
Vietnam
Mara Institute
U. S
Agency For International Development
Japan
Sowies
Asian students broaden topics beyond college concerns
Sowle notes Southeast Asian students show interest in Watergate analysis and Nixon and Agnew futures. They seek understanding of college handling of unrest and governance. Southeast Asian institutions appear more autocratic, but student involvement grows.
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Sowle
Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew
U. S
United States
Bicyclist Guilty In Red Light Traffic Charge
Athens County Municipal Court Judge Franklin Sheeter rules bicyclists must follow traffic laws. Roger Drummond, 26, of 225 W Washington St, found guilty of failing to obey a red light after being charged by Athens police. He received $2 fine plus costs.
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Athens County
Franklin Sheeter
Sheeter
Roger Drummond
Washington St
Drummond
Athens
Regents weigh formula for $200000 four-city grant
Ohio Board of Regents study two funding splits for a $200000 aid pot to Athens Bowling Green Kent and Oxford. State Rep. Claire Ball says district population basis would favor Athens, with regents likely to decide in August and fund this fall at Ohio University.
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Ohio Board of Regents
Ohio
Claire Ball
Ball
Regents
James A. Norton
Athens
Bowling Green
Kent
Oxford
Norton
Ohio University
Nelson Commons
Injury at Athens County Fair prompts $75,000 suit
A woman from Guysville named Lennie Barnhart sues the Athens County Agriculture Society for $75,000 claiming injury from a fall on August 11, 1971, when a pedestrian light was out at 9:45 p.m. She alleges a loose gravel slip led to a fractured right hip requiring 16 days in O'Bleness Memorial Hospital and months of therapy and crutch use.
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Athens County Agriculture Society
Lennie Barnhart
Guysville
Fairgrounds
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Grant Awarded to Athens County Board of MHMR
A nearly $15,000 grant was awarded to the Athens County Board of Mental Health and Mental Retardation through Ohio Title I Ifa for the 1973 74 school year. Representatives from 18 southern Ohio counties met in Marietta to review allocations and uses.
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital Notes Visit Rules and Birth
Hospital visiting hours listed with maternity restrictions and two visitors per patient per hour in maternity. Birth announcement: Mr and Mrs Lowell Russ, McArthur, a son. Admitted: list of several Athens Radcliff Millfield Amesville Glouster Jacksonville Nelsonville Guysville and Winifred Franklin entries including multiple named patients and relatives.
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Lowell Russ, McArthur
John Allen
Thomas Deardorff
John Crossen
Athens
Marvin Huston
David Allman
Radcliff
Catherine Whitzel
Millfield
Nellie Linscott
Amesville
Toni McClelland
Glouster
Charles S. Baldwin Jr
Jacksonville
James Frank Barnhart
Nelsonville
Larry Lightner
Guysville
Hockingport Driver Cited in Early Morning Athens Crash
Leon White, 20, of Hockingport, cited by Athens police for failure to maintain assured distance after a two car crash on Richland Ave near Route 682 at 4 40 a m. The other driver was Thomas Pitts, 38, of Athens Route 1. No injuries reported.
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Leon White
Hockingport
Athens
Richland Ave
Thomas Pitts
School Expert Says Suspension No Good
Dr. Robert H. Woody of Ohio University testified in Columbus that suspension as a disciplinary measure is ineffective. He argued the psychological impact of suspending a student likely worsens socially unapproved behavior rather than guiding improvement.
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Columbus
Robert H. Woody
Ohio University
U.S. District Court
Woody
Education Union Meeting Set to Review Proposals
Athens Education Association members are urged to attend a 5 30 p m Wednesday negotiations progress report meeting at the Hocking Valley Motor Lodge. Jim Wallace says an emergency executive board meeting will discuss proposals by the AEA and Athens City Board of Education and explore psycho educational alternatives to suspension. Woody testified in a 1971 Columbus public schools class action on student suspensions and hearings. A three judge panel will rule soon on right to hearings, with Columbus lawyers and Harvard Center for Law and Education representing plaintiffs.
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Beacon School
AtCo
Th School
Harry Sands
Athens County
Beacon
Burr Oak State Lodge
Hueston Woods
Salt Fork Lake
Athens Education Association
Hocking Valley Motor Lodge
Jim Wallace
AEA
Athens City Board of Education
Woody
Center For Education Law
College of Education
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Winifred Franklin
Darrell Howe
Ron Thomas
Columbus Public Schools
Harvard Center For Law and Education
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John D. Clark
Emogene Davis
W. Stimson
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