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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1972
Page
5
Athens Lions Club at Ohio University Inn welcomed two new members Dr Henry Croci and Max Burchfield sworn in by Cecil McGlone. Croci proposed a glaucoma screening clinic for spring to prevent blindness.
Gov. John Gilligan highlights include efficiency in spending and a push for an Environmental Protection Agency and a Department of Transportation. He urges passage of strip mine control, praises the education budget, and proposes reorganizing state government and distributing an 18 million dollar windfall to localities.
Gov Gilligan proposes splitting the Department of Mental Health and Hygiene into two agencies the Mental Health Department and Rehabilitation and Corrections. He cites a 450 million dollar record for mental health care and promises attendants in every ward this year. He plans task forces on local government and employment and urges focus on drug abuse housing and education. Ohio Wesleyan dancer Allison O'Brien will perform Circle on the OWU Delaware campus. William H. Harrison, ninth U.S. president, was born in Virginia.
Five of six full time obstetrics nurses at O Bleness Memorial Hospital quit, claiming a breach of verbal contract over a shift rotation policy. Hospital executives say turnover is expected during policy updates to improve service as 40 to 50 RNs and LPNs remain, with transfers possible to obstetrics.
Boyce told The Messenger that Quiz Posts must control its destiny by stopping routine hiring and shifting to serve the community. He questioned whether the hospital should be operated for the community or shaped by worker preferences.
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