Presidential hopeful Lucy Mayberry visits Athens on route to Kentucky convention
Lucy Mayberry, founder of the Eagle Party, made a brief stop at The Messenger offices en route to the Constitutional and American Independent Parties convention in Louisville, Ky. She described walking from the White House since 5 a.m. and continuing by hitchhiking to pursue the Independent Party nomination. This visit marked her first in Athens.
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Athens
U.S
Louisville
Eagle Party
Lucy Mayberry
Messenger
Constitutional and American Independent Parties
Kentucky
Mayberry
White House
Independent Party
American Independent Party
George Wallace
Lester Maddox
West Virginia Driver Fined in Athens Court
Thomas Lee Gilligan of Sisterville was fined 50 dollars and costs for unsafe operation. Drug intoxication charges were dropped by motion of the prosecution. Other cases include several guilty pleas, fines, and jail terms, with suspended sentences and bonds noted. A lengthy entry covers Anita White and political candidate Mrs. Mayberry's platform and remarks.
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Thomas Lee Gilligan
Sisterville
W. Va
Athens County
Athens
William Olsen
Stewart St
Michael E. Male
Guysville
Highway Patrol
Manju Koshal
Canterbury Dr
Patricia Lehman
Chauncey
Anita M. White
N. Congress St
Ground broken for Chillicothe learning resources center
Ground was broken Thursday for a learning resources center at the Chillicothe Branch of Ohio University. The facility, next to Bennett Hall, should be finished by September 1973 and includes a library, audio visual aids, and recreational spaces. The bid came in $30 000 under the original 1 million dollar estimate, with the surplus to cover contingencies and movable equipment. University officials at the ceremony were President Claude R. Sowle and others. In Nelsonville, Mount St. Mary Hospital plans air conditioning upgrades as funds become available to improve comfort in hot weather.
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Chillicothe
Ohio University
Bennett Hall
Claude R. Sowle
Beaumont Davison
Ralph Smith
Fred Dudis
Smith
Nelsonville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
James Parsons
Parsons
OU Tenured Physics Professor Contests Dismissal
Ohio University officials say physics professor Basharat Munir is no longer on the faculty but Munir maintains he retains tenure pending his final Faculty Senate appeal. A Sept 18 hearing is set, with options for open or closed proceeding.
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Ohio University
Basharat Munir
Munir
the Messenger
Alhough University
Joseph Vanity
David Frey
Frank Borkowski
Borkowski
Taylor Culbert
Teacher Attends Two Day Workshop On Farm Drainage
D. C. MelInturf a vocational agriculture teacher at Federal Hocking High School recently attended a two day workshop at Zanesville High School. The session covered use of levels and transit in planning drainage ditches contour stripping sod waterways diversion ditches and farm building construction.
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D. C. MelInturf
Federal Hocking High School
Zanesville High School
Ohio Grain Protection Plan Aims to Shield Farmers
Ohio would back state ware- house receipts under a proposed bonding law to protect farmers who store grain. The plan, backed by Royal Cox and supported by the Ohio Agriculture Department, would insure grain at market price for a fee of up to half a cent per bushel, funding losses and inspection improvements.
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Royal Cox
Cox
Ohio
Athens to get new crosswalk patterns downtown
Athens will repaint intersections to meet state uniformity rules. Four signalized corners Union and Congress Union and Court Union and College Congress and President will have diagonal lines replaced by cross shapes with six by two foot white rectangles and a two foot bumper line for autos. New directives require statewide signs and signals by 1976 with local marks by year end.
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Athens
Ron Bretz
Bretz
Union
Legion Of Merit Awarded To Retiring ROTC Officer
Col. John M. Nolan, retiring director of military science at Ohio University, received the Legion of Merit from OU President Claude R. Sowle. The citation praised his leadership and efforts to revitalize the ROTC program. Nolan, a former Dennison resident and OU alumnus, will retire July 31 at Fort Knox after 27 years of service. he plans to move to Locust Grove, Virginia.
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Legion of Merit
ROTC
John M. Nolan
Ohio University
Claude R. Sowle
Nolan
Army
Dennison
Rosemary Snackenberg
Nelsonville
Fort Knox, Ky
Locust Grove
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Susan Crites
Ronald W. Smith
Columbus
California
United States
Congress
Legislative Branch
Faculty Senate
Sowle
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Agriculture Department
M. David Urmston
Associated Press
Urmston
Brett
W. Union Street
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Fairgrounds
J. Burg Smith
Michigan State University
Oneida
Baton Rouge
Gitts
W. Union St
Allen Hardware and Farm Supply
Stimson
A&p
Athens, Ohio
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