County Officials Quiet on Child Welfare Home Plans
Athens County commissioners and Child Welfare Board failed to resolve key issues at a three hour session. They still lack timelines for construction, site, floor plans, and costs for a new cottage style home and what to do with children during the transition amid ongoing debates over floor plans supervision and staff needs.
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James Edwards
Child Welfare Board
Davis Green
Doug Strang
Aubie Mitchel Burgess Associates
Child Welfare Agency
Rowena Sprout
Children’s Home
Howard Stout
Strang
Cline
Messenger
Jack White
Stott Prieto
Bob Reger
Helen Worstell
Welfare Board
County Commissioners
Absence of Two Councilmen Delays Pay Raise Plan
Athens City Council again adjourned without final action on three ordinances to grant a 10 percent pay hike and benefits for non-elected city workers, redraw income tax allocations, and set a summer recreation salary schedule. Two members were absent. next special meeting set for 5 p.m. June 30 to proceed on third reading.
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Athens
City Hall
Howard Romine
Robert Sutton
Coun
Harry Crewson
Crewson
Romine
Raymond Shepard
Sutton
Franklin Sheeter
Bus Accident Victim Listed In Good Condition
Frances Eggleston, 60, of 119 Columbus Rd., injured Monday morning when stepping from a bus struck by a truck. She remained in good condition at Shelterin g Arms Hospital. Police report the crash occurred on Richland Avenue with damage to the bus estimated at $4,000.
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Frances Eggleston
Columbus Rd
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Eggleston
Athens
Edward A. Marotta
E. State Street
S. Shannon Avenue
Irvin L. Shell
Guysville
Rosemary A. Prasad
Sunnyside Dr
Shell
East State
Shannon
Court Fines Driver DWI Count Denied
Leonard Ames 30 of University Terrace faced Municipal Court on DWI and reckless driving charges. He pleaded guilty to reckless driving and was fined 50 plus costs, posted 300 bond for a DWI plea with a 9am hearing set for June 27. Patricia Ann Democh 21 of High Street was fined 25 plus costs after a Tuesday guilty verdict for shoplifting a 59 cent pen and notepad set from Logan's.
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Leonard Ames
University Terrace
Ames
DWI
Patricia Ann Democh
I. S. High St
Logan
Gary Dean
Land swap approval moves to rules committee
Ohio Senate committees reported a land swap bill allowing Ohio University to receive a 45 to 50 acre tract along E State Street in Athens in exchange for the former Athens High School stadium. The city would gain 35 to 40 acres plus six buildings and a future recreation plan including a pool. The deal hinges on Senate passage and the Albany airport project completion.
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Sible
Carroll Road
Ohio University
East State Street
City of
Athens
Ohio Senate
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Ohio
Oakley Collins
Rules Committee
Collins
City of Athens
The
University
E. State Street
University Airport
Children’s Home
Grand Park Boulevard
Raymond Shépard
Ohio Department of Highways
Shepard
Athens School Board
Albany
Rudd Drive
Home Street
Grand Park
City Recreation Commission
Bloodmobile visit Priday to aid summer donors
Mrs. Zelma McVey of the Athens County Red Cross says blood needs rise in summer and announces a bloodmobile stop at the new McBee plant on Route 30E from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. The drive aims for 125 pints and offers rear-plant parking, sponsored by McBee.
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Zelma McVey
Athens County
Red Cross
McBee
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Highlights and Local Weather
A list of local hospital notes from Sheltering Arms includes blessings for newborns and recent dismissals such as Paul Forste and Mrs. Robert Thompson plus several Athens residents. Overnight low in Athens reached 67 degrees with a Monday high of 82 and 69 at 8 36 a.m. The Hocking River stood at 3 08 feet and falling as U S observer C L Colmer reports.
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Athens
C L. Colmer
U. S
Hocking
Pulitzer Prize Journalist Harrison Salisbury to Speak at Ohio University
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and New York Times foreign correspondent Harrison Salisbury will discuss U S foreign policy and the news at Ohio University on Tuesday July 1. The talk at Memorial Auditorium is sponsored by the Kennedy Lecture Series and the National Science Foundation Summer Institute in Mass Political Communication.
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Harrison Salisbury
New York Times
U. S
Ohio University
Salisbury
Memorial Auditorium
Kennedy
National Science Foundation
The
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
United Press
Chicago
Washington, D.C
London
Moscow
Urals Mountains
Central Asia
Siberia
Russia
Verdict Directed in Damaged Suit Dismissed in Athens County
A $30,000 damage suit stemming from a post office parking lot accident on Oct 16, 1967 was dismissed after a directed verdict for defendants Mrs Fannie Barnett and J A Barnett. Judge John W Bolin entered judgment for the defendants and dismissed the jury. The Barnetts claimed Mrs Barnett tripped on a concrete curb and that Knowlton Construction and The Knowlton Co were negligent.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
Fannie Barnett
J. A. Barnett
Franklin Ave
Knowlton Construction
Knowlton Co
Athens Post Office
John W. Bolin
Barnetts
Barnett
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Kenneth Collins
Brad Davis
Meeti
Crowsor
Oxford
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Richland Avenue
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Robert W Decker
Queenie Fulton
Marie Dixon
David G. Smith
Max Dishong
Virginia Stover
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Burn Brickles
Clarence Leedy
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Walter Boone
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Logan Monument CO. Inc
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