Beckett Sees Better City Cooperation and Budget Plans
Athens council president Edward Beckett says city council and Barrett administration have improved cooperation after the November election. He notes clearer roles, budget consolidation for 1977, plans to boost general funds, create a reserve for maintenance and replacement, and to select a replacement for Pete Lalich based on vision for Athens future.
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C. J. Arnold
Messenger
Barrett
Edward Beckett
Beckett
Ohio University
Council
Pete Lalich
Reporter Death Linked To Land Fraud Probe
Phoenix reporters mourn Don Bolles who died after a midtown hotel bombing while pursuing a land fraud story. John Adamson faces murder charges as police probe a possible conspiracy involving political figures and land deals tied to Bolles’s investigation.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Don Rolles
Arizona
Police Rolles
Arizona Republic
John Adamson
Greyhound
Adamson
Maricopa County
Dan Lozier
Bolles
Fund Change Backed to Boost Appalachian Highway Funding
The Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District backs changing the funding formula for the Appalachian Highway. A resolution asks Congress to support H R 13646 by Rep Clarence Miller to allow 90 percent federal funding and 10 percent state money. The group urges Governor Rhodes to back the bill and rally other Appalachian state governors.
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Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley
Ohio
Clarence Miller
Gover
Rhodes
Miller
Bh-Hvrdd
Ohio Transportation Department
Stolen Stereo Gear and Radios Reported Across City
Police logged multiple thefts of stereo equipment and CB radios from four parked cars over the weekend. Victims include Gene Samples with 345 dollars in equipment, Bruce Boyd with a CB radio, and Charles Hunsicker who lost a CB radio and tape deck from a damaged truck. Additional thefts involved Oladotun Fasheun, Debbie Bennett, and tire slashing at the Elks Lodge on West Union.
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Athens
Gene Samples
Joneswood Drive
Bruce Boyd
Joneswood
Charles Hunsicker
Central Ave
Maplewood Drive
Oladotun Fasheun
Davis Hall
Debbie Bennett
Lakeview Manor
Howard Rhodes
Elks
Class of 71 Reunion Set at Hocking Valley Lodge
The Class of 1971 at Athens High School plans a reunion July 31 at the Hocking Valley Motor Lodge. Social hour starts 6 p.m. with dinner at 7. Cost is $7 per person. Reservations to Warren Jeffers 76 Ohio Ave The Plains 45780 telephone 797 3330.
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Athens High School
Hocking Valley Motor Lodge
Warren Jeffers
Ohio Ave
the Plains
Parolee Leads Authorities to Fourth Grave Linked to Murders
Canterbury Connecticut authorities say parolee Robert F. Carr led them to a fresh grave containing a 21 year old woman, the fourth victim he claims to have molested and killed. Carr, brought from Florida, has not been charged in this death. An autopsy was planned and more details were pending notification of relatives. Carr previously guided officials to graves of a 16 year old girl and two 11 year old boys in the Miami area, along with two other bodies unearthed in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Canterbury, Conn
Robert F. Carr
Carr
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Miami
Norwich
Conn
Connecticut
Dade County
Fla
Hartford
Cart
Deputies Talk Man With Rifle Into Surrender at Lake Logan
Logan deputies Chief Deputy Bert Clay and Deputy Bill Dodson coaxed Charles Guess to surrender at Lake Logan beach after he reportedly threatened them with a rifle. Guess, Logan, was jailed on felonious assault charges.
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Logan
Hocking County
Lake Logan Beach
Bert Clay
Bill Dodson
Charles Guess
Guess
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4Th District Court of Appeals
Pipe Dreams
W. Union
Locher
Sen
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Arizona Republican Party
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Nina Pulliam
Phoenix Gazette
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Associated Press
New York
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Kentucky
Arizona Press Club
Church of the Beatitudes
Don Bolles
Athens Messenger
D&s
West Virginia
U5. & Possessions
Mesenger Publishing Co
Howte 33
Johnson Road
Harold Kessler
City Recreation Department
East State Street Recreation Center
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Athens Landmark
Athens, Ohio
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Cove Point
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