Ohio University cancels Monday schedule for national holiday
Ohio University will observe Monday as a National Day of Participation with class cancellations and postponement of summer second term registration. Gov Rhodes declared the day a state holiday for state employees and President Nixon set it aside for Apollo 11 coverage prayers. Essential services only remain, second term starts Tuesday, and pre-registration for fall freshmen proceeds Monday.
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Nixon
Many Offices Planning Closings On Moon Day
The National Day of Participation on Moon Day prompts closures across Athens County. State federal city and county offices will close with few exceptions the county treasurer's office remains open for tax collection and the city transit system and swimming pool stay open. Banks and several savings and loan associations close while merchants stay mostly open. Columbus Southern Ohio Electric Columbia Gas Selective Service and other offices also announce closings as Athens city schools and Head Start programs pause. No city or rural mail delivery Monday but general delivery and post office boxes remain available.
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Savings and
Athens
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Columbia Gas Co
Selective Service Office
Athens City
Jury Drawing Directed For September Term
Athens County Common Pleas Court Judge John Bolin directed the jury commissioners to meet soon to draw 135 prospective jurors for the September term. Forty five jurors are for grand jurors and 100 for petit jurors. Grand jurors convene September 8. Jury commissioners are Alonzo Figgins and Ross Wright.
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Trucker Fined for Overloaded 4860-Pound Vehicle
Thomas V. Lowery of Nelsonville Route 2 pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to a State Highway Patrol charge of operating a 4860-pound overloaded truck. He was fined $48.60 plus court costs.
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Thomas V. Lowery
Nelsonville
Five Federal Grants Totalling $596 976 Announced
Congressman Clarence E. Miller and Albert G. Giles disclose five grants for health services and construction. Grants include 235 950 for a long term care unit at Hocking Valley Community Hospital Logan and 151 237 for the Ohio Valley Mental Retardation Unit Athens.
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Albert G. Giles
Department of Urban Affairs
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Logan
Ohio Valley
Athens
Ohio Valley Health Services
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Tri- County Technical Institute
Nelsonville
Health Center Plan Sketched For Logan County Hospital Area
Cummins of the Ohio Valley Health Services Foundation discusses a two unit health center on county land near the hospital. About 600 thousand dollars may fund construction but local sources must provide roughly 220 thousand. Hill Burton funds overseers will inspect the site. county plans a 44.2 thousand contribution toward a 102 thousand total.
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Sheltering Arms
Ohio Valley Health Services Foundation
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
Lawrence
Meigs
Vinton
Hocking Valley Community
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Logan
Hocking County
Buerhaus
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