Factors in McBee annexation battle in Athens Ohio
Athens officials push to annex McBee factory to city limits while Litton Industries urges patience. Five factors shape the bout from 60 year presence to liability fears, rail crossing issues, and county and city legal routes. Commissioners oppose annexation for now but open minds and political pressures loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Reader Messenger
Athens
Canaan
McBee
Litton Industries
James Edwards
County Commission
Litton
Edwards
Beverly Hills
Calif
Rowland
John Law
John Cline
Law
Ohio University
Baltimore and Ohio
McBee Systems
Aim Of Detroit Violence Color TV Not Skin Color
Detroit riots shift focus from race to goods as both Black and white residents loot furniture stores and drive off with televisions and other luxuries. The scene along Grand River Avenue shows mixed crowds, while leaders blame a small number of hoodlums and hatemongers for the unrest.
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Aim of
Detroit
Black Power
Grand River Avenue
Tampa
Central Park
Chicago
Watts
Cleveland
San Francisco
Harlem
12Th Street
Paratroopers Trained In Controlling Riots
Washington reports Army paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st trained in riot control from bayonet use to mob psychology as 4,700 troops were sent to Detroit after Gov. Romney requested aid. Training includes civil disobedience, with directives to use adequate force to quell disturbances, and units may employ rifles, bayonets, or force as needed. Also noted is a court ruling allowing Economy Savings and Loan to collect 1521.86 from Max and Doris Ellis on a promissory note.
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Washington
P— Army
Detroit
Pentagon
82Nd
101St Airborne
Michigan
Johnson
George Romney
101St
Common Pleas Court
Economy Savings and Loan Co
N. Court St
Max
Doris Ellis
Athens
Petition Agent Still Not Found For Annexation Drive
Mayor Raymond Shepard said the city is canvassing the proposed annexation area to find a petitioning agent after B. T. Grover left June 20. Without a freeholder agent no annexation proposal can proceed, even as former signers weigh reservations and anti annexation residents press residents to oppose.
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Raymond Shepard
B. T. Grover
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East Athens
William Rowland
Columbia Gas of
Ohio
E. F. Rothel
ABA
Federal Hocking
Athens County Board of Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
Cline
Ers
Jon Webb
Federal Reserve System
Federal Insurance Corporation
Nelsonville, Ohio
Austin Scott
Southeastern Ohio
Logan Monument Co., Inc
W. Main
Seers and Elberfelds
Logan, Ohio
Nelsonville
Y.E.S
Oldsmobile
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