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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1965
Page
2
The council okayed buying 454 Richland Ave for 29500 to house a fire department sub-station and set aside 75000 for capital improvements tied to the site. They rezoned nearby land around Court and President for downtown use and discussed condemning adjacent property.
The Richland city council heard first reading on a proposed ordinance to light a south and east area including Hooper Mulligan Lawn View La Mar Perry Curtis and Longview Heights with 53 mercury vapor street lights. Costs run 36 to 42 per year per light totaling 1962 monthly 160.50. A separate traffic study near W Union St from Congress to Smith was urged led by Capt Henry Tempel of the Salvation Army.
Five residents on Columbia Avenue press for a soil engineer to study earth slippage as the city trims a planned road width from 31 to 26 feet. Attorneys seek retaining wall. council favors cost limits and timing, with no tax cost to the public.
U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer notes a 9:30 a.m. temperature of 82 in Athens, up 17 degrees from the morning low, with Monday’s high reaching 88. The weather remains warm and muggy amid the stalled prospects for needed rain.
NBC correspondent Robert Goralski, fresh from Viet Nam duty, will speak at Ohio University convocation Thursday at 9 50 a m. He will give an up to the minute analysis of Southeast Asia and discuss Viet Nam America s Political and Military Frustration. Goralski has served with NBC since 1961 as a State Department and White House correspondent.
The city council met for ten minutes in a closed session with Police Chief J. B. Grogan on Monday night. Grogan declined to comment beforehand. Reporters were barred from the session as the two hour meeting continued. Council President Harry Crewson said the talk concerned the long term welfare of the police department and that a study would be undertaken.
The fire department emergency squad transported two people to Sheltering Arms Hospital on Monday. At 10 34 a m they were called to 102 N Lancaster St for Margarite Sligo 37 who was ill. Later at 2 04 p m they moved Pearl Schoover 73 from 92 Hudson Ave with a possible stroke and given oxygen en route.
Funds approved for a new Ohio University library total four million dollars with a four hundred thousand plus federal grant under the higher education facilities act. Architect plans by Dalton and Dalton Cleveland are near completion. Construction bids are awaited before final site work on Park Place, including tearing down Boyd Hall and the Women’s Gymnasium.
A 12 year old Albany Route 2 youth, Jerry Lee Markin, was severely injured when his bicycle collided with a car on Route 50 east of Albany. He sustained multiple injuries including a partially amputated left ear and was flown to Children’s Hospital after initial treatment at Sheltering Arms Hospital. The car’s driver Cyril David Arnold faced no citation. John Warner, 16, also on a bicycle, rode away unharmed. passenger James E. Allen, 38, received minor injuries. The car struck after Arnold sounded the horn and moved into the passing lane. The bicycle was demolished and the vehicle sustained minor front damage.
County commissioners established June 28 as the deadline for county departments to submit budget requests for 1966. They granted a real estate tax collection extension to July 20, approved closing the courthouse on Saturday July 3 and Monday July 5, and scheduled a board meeting for July 6. A road for Dresher Manor in Dover Two was accepted and turned over to trustees. Extreme cruelty noted for James R. Schaub.
The notice lists admissions at Shelter Arms Hospital including Pearl Schoonover Athens Anna Weede Athens Orville Love Millfield and many others from Athens Albany McArthur and Rutland with multiple routes. Names and locations are provided for the admitted patients with no reported outcomes.
Gary Lee Brooks, 22, of Glouster Route 3, remained in critical condition Tuesday at University Hospital Columbus after a Sunday traffic accident. He was a passenger in a car driven by Jerry Lee Wright, 22, of Glouster Route 3, who died in the Route 78 crash near Hollister.
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