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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1969
Page
2
City officials plan a second reading for pay raises of about ten percent for non elected full time city employees funded by income tax receipts and a new pay scale for summer recreation staff. The measure would raise the $770 000 payroll by roughly 70 000 and excludes certain floating staff.
John J. Cronin regional representative of the National Association of Real Estate Boards will visit Athens next Friday to confer with Realtors and business leaders. Cronin will meet watch board officers and address a Baker Center event at Ohio University. He is based at association headquarters and has prior roles as a real estate negotiator for a major oil company and as executive secretary of the Maryland Council of Retail Merchants.
A Buckeye Boys State event saw Jensen Corp led by Mike Lanning purchase the city of Athens from Mayor Raymond Shepard for 100000 using a canceled check from the Buckeye Boys State Bank. The scheme allowed youths to form corporations, set up town ventures, and lend up to 12000 per participant.
Two federal inspection teams conducted final checks Friday on Athens flood aid application following the May 1988 Mood disaster. Safety Service Director Dwight Rolinsen said a final audit is required before the city can receive the remaining funds, with $19,800 previously paid and $25,000 for highway repair and debris clearance plus $35,000 for sewer work to be covered.
Three walkaways from Farfield School for Boys Lancaster were apprehended early Saturday along Route 50 near Stewart. An 18 year old, Delmar Rhodes, and two 17 year olds fled Friday night at about 11. They were picked up at 2:30 a m by Highway Patrolman Michael Detty and returned to Lancaster.
Dwight Robinson safety director said the city's summer street resurfacing program will begin next Thursday after preliminary city crews finish a final inspection. Work next week will target Northwood Drive and Orchard Lane and then move to Greenbrier N Congress Ring Street Ring Garfield Troy Currier Wes Hills and Elizabeth. Local plants have sold paving material to contractors on nearby highway projects, slowing progress.
Municipal Coun George Warren and Netzamills Moure appear on charges related to a battery incident. Public records show prosecutors listing a $92 bond in connection with the case. Further details indicate involvement by the clerk La Ghose Thema and other officials in Gloucester.
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