Athens County School Board Delays Budget Approval In 1972
The Athens County School Board failed to pass a final 1972 budget after disputes over allocation figures and a $2,100 HAPSEC debt. A special meeting was set for March 20 to adopt an amended budget. The board also discussed equipment redistribution, potential new offices, and staffing issues with Ohio University work-study students.
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Athens County
George Christman
Christman
Charles Shaner
Shaner
Nick Cardaras
Cardaras
State Department of Education
Hapsec
al D’etterre
Educational Media Resource Center
Hapsec Board of Directors
EMRC
W. State Street
Ohio University
Ed Thomas
Lewis Moore
Esther Dailey
Edwin Leatherwood
Leatherwood
Athens Firemen Deliver Aid Check To Buffalo Creek Flood Area
Athens residents collected 3268.22 dollars door to door to aid Buffalo Creek Valley flood victims in West Virginia. Firemen Captain Harland Harris and crew delivered the check to Mayor Raymond Herman at Lorado after touring Athens neighborhoods for contributions.
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Athens
Buffalo Creek Valley
West Virginia
Harland Harris
Harris
Ron Bumgardner
Dave Linscott
Raymond Herman
Man
Herman
Captain Harris
Logan
Lorado
Buffalo Creek
Athens Area
Richland Area
McGovern Leads Muskie in Ohio University Poll
Ohio University poll of 582 voters across six dining halls shows McGovern at 27.8 percent and Muskie at 23.7 percent for the week of Feb 28 to March 3. Nixon leads Republicans with 61.3 percent. McClosky and Ashbrook follow. write-ins include Pat Paulsen.
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George McGovern
Edmund Muskie
Ohio University
OU Young Democrats
McGovern
Muskie
Eugene McCarthy
New York
John Lindsay
Shirley Chisholm
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Henry Jackson
Vance Hartke
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Richard M. Nixon
Paul McClosky
Ohio
John Ashbrook
Pat Paulsen
Nixon
McCarthy
Columbus Firm Sued By Schools Over 1970 Furnace Explosion
The Athens City School Board sues Columbus Heating and Ventilating in Athens County Common Pleas Court after a Dover Elementary School furnace explosion on December 7 1970. Damages listed total 8278 for a ruined furnace cracked wall and blown out windows. The board cites negligence and seeks judgment for the amount.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
Athens City School Board
Columbus
Dover
Nixon finishes second in three way races with Wallace last
Nixon placed second in all three contests in the Nixon Muskie McCarthy Wallace field, with Wallace last and McGovern Kennedy Lindasay winning races. Among polled students 81.6 percent are registered to vote yet only 6.1 percent of registrants are in Athens.
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Nixon
Muskie
McCarthy
Wallace
Athens
Recycling Trial Planned in Athens East End
Mayor Donald Barrett announces a trash recycling experiment starting about a week from Friday in Athens east end. The mayoral committee will distribute information packets and plastic containers to residents to test separation for city service pickup along the existing Friday route.
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East
Athens
Donald Barrett
City Service Department
East End
79 040 Pounds Of Paper Drive Reaches New Total
East Elementary School reports over 79 040 pounds of paper collected in its annual drive surpassing last year's 67 320 pounds. Chair Myrta Ashworth notes every 100 pounds saves a tree eight feet tall and 16 inches in diameter, totaling about 790 trees saved so far. Deliver paper to the school back door by 6 p.m. Tuesday.
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Myrta Ashworth
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital Admissions and Dismissals
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital lists new births for the Eddleblute Russell Powell and Mansfield families. Multiple admissions include Grace Carpenter and others from Athens and surrounding towns. Dismissals note a wide range of discharged patients including Adams, Stowers, Sowinski, DiMauro, and many from Athens, Albany, Nelsonville, and Stewart areas.
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Grace Carpenter
Robert Burchfield
Leroy Bailey
Bradley Giehart
Athens
Clarence Mansfield
Mary Reynolds
Beth Lewis
Charles Atkins
William Sowinski
Toni DiMauro
Ravenna
Henry Hill
Guysville
Fred Staley
Chauncey
Mildred Miller
Max Drake
the Plains
William Humphrey
Glouster
Betty Prater
McArthur
Housing Photos To Be Seen At Kilvert Meeting
Kilvert Community Center hosts a monthly meeting Tuesday to view housing photos from Kilvert Stewart New England Sand Rock and Broadwell with Ohio University assistant professor Michael Barber. Attendees include Al Daniels Bob Garbo Dorothy Watt and others plus Athens County Commissioner John Law and Frances Bullock. A family planning session follows at 1 30 p m on March 13.
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Kilvert
Stewart
New England
Sand Rock
Broadwell
Michael Barber
Ohio University
al Daniels
Bob Garbo
Dorothy Watt
Tri-County Community Action Agency
Athens County
John Law
Frances Bullock
Southeastern Ohio Credit Union
Theatre Has Due Attraction
A man threatened the theater cashier with a gun before closing to grab the receipts as the film The Hot Rock played, a diamond theft theme. Lloyd B. Roth from Marietta will inspect Amesville Lodge 278 at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday with dinner at 6:30 p.m. Master Masons invited.
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Philadelphia
Amesville
Lloyd B. Roth
Marietta
Amesville Lodge
Masonic Temple
Ohio University volunteers set up flood relief centers
A group of Ohio University students organize a temporary rescue center to aid Logan County West Virginia flood victims. Collection points include the Athena office Baker Center, South Green Building No 12 basement, and Bryan Hall with more sites possible at Boyd and Gamertsfelder Halls. A money collection center will operate at the college gate this week and volunteers may call 594-4919.
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Ohio University
Logan County
W. Va
Athena
Baker Center
South Green
Bryan Hall
Boyd
Gamertsfelder
College Gate
Final Bath A Hot One at Palisades Park Fire
Smoke and flames from a five alarm blaze devastated the bath houses at Palisades Amusement Park seen from New York City. The park was being torn down to clear space for a high rise apartment complex across the Hudson River.
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Fort Lee
N. J
Palisades Amusement Park
New York City
Hudson River
Ohio U Student Receives Aisle Injury Care After Misread Alarm
Athens Fire Department responders arrived at Lakeview Manor Room 207 Building 34 at 8 a.m. to treat Chris Bruckner 21 for an ankle injury that was later deemed non emergency. They applied a splint before transporting him to Hudson Heath.
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Athens Fire Department
Ohio University
Lakeview Manor
Chris Bruckner
Bruckner
Hudson Heath
Car Radio Theft Reported At University Volkswagen
Thieves stole a car stereo from an unlocked University Volkswagen vehicle on Columbus Road while it was on the lot. The loss valued at 170 dollars. Police also investigate theft of meat and groceries from the Sigma Nu fraternity house after entry through a broken hasp. A battery was stolen from a Francis Schneider’s car in an open garage. Firefighters responded to four alarms over the weekend including a burned dinner at the Arthur McTarter residence.
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University
Volkswagen
Athens
Columbus Road
Sigma Nu
Francis Schneider
Richland Avenue
Kathy Tanner
Jefferson Hall
Mill St
Hudson Health Center
Russell Achison
Church St
Cars Collide as Warren Cited for Failure to Stop
State highway patrol cited Clarence Warren 46 of Nelsonville after his car struck James Tigner 22 at the Route 33 and The Plains Road junction in Athens County. Warren reportedly stopped at the junction then drove into Tigner’s path and was charged with failure to stop within an assured clear distance.
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The
State Highway Patrol
Clarence Warren
Nelsonville
James Tigner
Plains Road
Athens County
Warren
Tigner
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Susan Crites Messenger
Athens Mental Health Center
Dairy Lane
Division of Mental Hygiene
Humphrey
Nixon Jackson
Eee Univer Ries
Sae
McGovern, Kennedy
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Dakotas
Great Lakes
Plains
U. S. Observer
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L. Angeles
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Houston
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Ind'o
Seattle
Jacksville
Kan. City
L. Rock
Tampa
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Don Eddleblute
Lancaster
Paul Russell
Charles Powell
Shade Route 1
Charles Mansfield
Charles Adkins
Ronald Bickley
Dwight St. John
Donald Stowers
Andrew Nisley
Harold Lees
Elsie Whaley
Herbert Nixon
Diana Thomas
Hercel McCoy
Brian Markin
Tammie Clark
John Cevalo
James Pratt
Edgar Stover
Charles Bartlett
Nora McKinney
Winton Chadwell
Dale Hart
Complete Insurance Service
Don Reed
Bob Baur
Reed & Baur, Inc
E. State
W. Washington St
McTarter
America
P.O
Main Street
Chillicothe
Armco Building Systems
George
Perkins Pancake House
Sandy Adams
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