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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1975
Page
2
City Council ends an hour of maneuvering with a balanced 1976 budget, adding 163000 in revenue sharing and not filling two police and one fire position to save funds. The general fund is set at 1116000 with further cuts planned in recreation, municipal court, and other departments. A public meeting on July 7 at 7 p.m. will present the proposals.
Hocking County Sheriff's investigation cites Christopher A. Myers, 17, of Toledo, for excessive speed after a two car wreck with Mary L. Johnston, 44, of 640 E. Second St., on Route 664 at Starr Road Monday at 8 30 a.m.
In its summer meeting the Athens Commission outlined a written plan for a civilian police review board. Members debated size and selection with a 50 50 split proposed between department heads and civilians while considering mayoral tie breaking. Plans also cover affirmative action housing tasks and a 1976 budget funded partly by federal revenue sharing.
Attendance on city playgrounds last week totaled 1176 with Highland Park leading at 301 and The Plains 262. Plans include a Thursday poster display from 6 30 to 8 30 p m followed by a marshmallow roast. A bicycle rodeo and croquet tournament are scheduled across The Plains Chauncey East Elementary and other sites with children 7 to 9 eligible for ball games.
Three Athens area men detained a man they said had broken two windows at a Court Street business early this morning. Police charged Guy Michael Wehr with criminal damaging.
The Appalachian Regional Commission approves a 520,000 grant for an ambulance station at O Bleness Memorial Hospital. Sheltering Arms Foundation will own the building and lease to Southeast Ohio Emergency Medical Service for the Athens unit. Project total 565,000 with 513,000 local share funded by the foundation.
Columbus Ohio welfare officials warned that July 1 Social Security increases will raise food stamp allotments for many recipients. USDA tables set eligibility and allotments. higher income means higher stamp costs. A two member retired family example shows monthly income rising from 340 to 366 and stamps from 84 to 90 with payment up to 68.
An Athens Mental Health Center patient was pulled from the Hocking River Monday afternoon. Ohio University student Tony Mele of Willoughby jumped in to assist and brought the woman to shore where she was returned to the center.
Seventeen prisoners on death rows in Ohio await the next term of the U S Supreme Court to learn if executions will be allowed. The court postponed a ruling to at least the 1975 76 term on whether the death penalty is constitutional. Fifteen defendants are at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville and two women Alberta Louise Osborne of Columbus and Sandra M Lockett of Akron face execution this year.
Two Athens men were injured in a two car crash at Congress and West State Streets Monday night. Stanley Nilson of Albany struck Alfred Ogunfeymi of Carriage Hill and Ricky Dean of Lakeview Apartments. Ogunfeymi and Dean were taken to O'Bleness Memorial Hospital. The incident remains under investigation.
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