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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1974
Page
3
City Council President Cliff Houk displayed a yardstick a sidewalk concrete piece a glass bottle a chain and a blond wig at a Rotary luncheon. He recalled the Jan 30 May 20 period as downhill while Council addressed federal revenue sharing funds and debated legislation.
By May 20 the council had passed its 38th law and was in a peak period. Houk called the group hardworking and inexperienced yet aiming for open and fair governance, with an overworked understaffed administration. He urged a personnel director to free the service safety director to do his job and cited needs including transportation, office space, and recreation facilities. He said he is not a politician and hopes for more peaks ahead. He noted potential consolidation of detention facilities but no specifics yet discussed.
Ohio University sponsors Edu-Vacation 74 a summer program blending campus culture with Southeastern Ohio vacations. The five day event runs July 29 to August 2 includes botany physics geology and photography sessions plus a field trip staff includes Myron Sturgeon Arthur Blickle Jerry Wilson and Don Stout. Reduced rates apply for parents of current students and alumni with on campus room and board available.
The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Ohio University receives a $1,000 grant from the American Automobile Association to fund driver reaction time and information processing studies. Dr. Helmut T. Zwahlen leads work in the Human Factors Research Laboratory to develop a diagnostic tool for predicting performance and aiding education and improvement.
Columbus Ohio director John W Bush reports a surge in bonus applications with about 185000 received and only 3000 processed daily. He warns applicants flood phones claiming non receipt of acknowledgement cards, complicating the workflow while promising procedural adjustments to mail more cards daily.
Morrison playground will sponsor a bike rodeo Thursday at 10 a.m. Awards will be given for bicycle handling safety rule knowledge decoration and best bike with reflectors. In rain the event moves to 10 a.m. Friday. Last week Carl Fry won a croquet tournament at the playground with Jeff Brooks second and Doug Brooks third. Filing deadline Friday candidates in last May's primary election must file campaign contribution and expense statements by 4 p.m. Friday, Athens County Board of Election reminds.
Vietnam Veterans Against the War at 4 Pine Place offers help to remove SPN numbers from military discharges. A spokesman says the SPN system was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and more than 700 SPN numbers exist, each tied to veteran conduct, with 592-1334 as the contact line.
Shirley A. Hultgren of Athens was named to the Hocking Technical College board of trustees by Gov. Gilligan. She succeeds Richard C. Guinther whose term expired. Gilligan also appointed Delbert A. Fordham of Marietta to the Washington Technical Institute District board.
Eight Athens County boys were elected to Buckeye Boys State offices in Ashland. Robert J. Gall serves as senator and Ken Kendall as state representative from Athens High School. Other picks include Joseph Bokovitz and Dino Cardaras from Trimble High School for the house, John Verba as city treasurer, Mike Campbell as city councilman from Nelsonville York High, and Steve Meek and Randy Johnson as city councilmen from Alexander High School.
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