Commissioners Asked To Back McCauley
Athens County commissioners heard a request from the People’s Rights and Benefits League to support executive director Roger McCauley to preserve harmony at Tri-County Community Action Program. The commission planned a meeting with the agency grievance committee and said a decision would come before March 16.
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People’s Rights and Benefits League
Athens County
Tri-County
Harry Smith
League
Roger McCauley
McCauley
John Law
Commission
Law
Community Action Board
Smith
Hocking and
Perry
Hocking
Logan
Bob Devault
Nelsonville
Grace Carr
Chauncey
Roger
James Edwards
Edwards
Hocking Valley Construction of
Coolville
Beechwood Lake Estates
Gerald Hann
D. W. Weber
Reedsville
York Construction
Jack White
Hechler seeks House probe of Bureau of Mines over slag piles
Rep. Ken Hechler asks the House government operations committee to investigate the Bureau of Mines for failing to enforce safety laws after the Buffalo Creek flood. He seeks hearings on whether slag dam construction met rules, weekly inspections occurred, and if Pittston complied, plus a list of similar West Virginia dams. He criticizes Interior Department for protecting coal output over public safety.
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Washington
Ken Hechler
D-W.va
House
Government Operations Committee
Bureau of Mines
Hechler
Bureau
Buffalo Creek
W. Va
Secretary of the Interior
West Virginia
Pittston Company
Department of the Interior
Ohio Teachers Seek Pay Raises Delayed by Federal Board
In Columbus AP reports that the Federal Pay Board delays on Ohio teacher pay raises will be discussed by 397 school superintendents. A teachers’ delegation will fly to Washington to urge action. The plan raises minimum salaries from 5200 to 5800 retroactive to January 1 and base pay to 6400 in September.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio General Assembly
Washington
Martin Essex
Polisher Casts Change In Gov Gilligan Image Plan
J Ronald Castell, hired for 24960 a year to boost Gov John Gilligan image, shifts from front pages halo talk to coordinating new programs. He calls role temporary, begins March 16, and may leave before Gilligan's term ends. He remains on leave from City National Bank.
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Columbus, Ohio
J. Ronald Castell
John Gilligan
Gilligan
Castell
City National Bank
Local Servicemen Complete Training and Assignments
Army Pvt. Jeffrey L. Hillen 17 of The Plains finished nine weeks of advanced infantry training at Ft. Polk Louisiana after enlisting in September 1971 and basic training at Ft. Knox. Pfc. Allen J. Raines 20 of Vinton assigned to the 30th Artillery Brigade on Okinawa with Battery C 8th Battalion, after entering the Army in 1971 and basic at Ft. Knox. Private John Milar completed a supply clerk course at Ft. Polk. Sgt. Kenneth E. English promoted to sergeant at Wiesbaden Germany, a 1969 Meigs High School graduate. Marine Pvt. James A. Taylor of Coolville graduated from basic training at Parris Island. Army Pvt. Darrell L. Dugan 20 of Glouster completed an eight-week automatic weapons crewman course at Ft. Bliss after enlisting in 1971 and basic at Ft. Ord.
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Army
Jeffrey L. Hillen
Bernard C. Hillen
the Plains
Ft. Polk
Ft. Knox
Allen J. Raines
A. J. Raines
Vinton
30Th Artillery
Okinawa
3Rd Artillery
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Raines
Cindy
North Gallia High School
John Milar
Joyce A. Milar
Carriage Hill
Athens
John F. Milar
Fort St
Army Training Center
Infantry
Air Force
Kenneth E. English
Howard English
Kerr St
Pomeroy
English
Wiesbaden AB
Germany
Meigs High School
James A. Taylor
Ruth N. Taylor
Fifth St
Coolville
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Parris Island
S. C
Federal Hocking High School
Darrell L. Dugan
Ralph P. Dugan
E. Main St
Glouster
Dugan
Ft. Ord
Calif
Glouster High School
Ohio University
Man Walks Two Years For Ecology
Andy Horujko a 50 year old farmer completed a 15000 mile walk from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego to protest pollution. He returned to Chase Michigan to write a book about his adventures and warns others against undertaking such a trek citing the need for technical skills and energy management. He wore 15 pairs of heelless boots carried 30 pounds of gear and spent about 5000 dollars. The piece cites the American Forest Institute estimating 2.4 billion cubic feet of timber lost yearly to insects and disease.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Andy Horujko
Alaska
Tierra del Fuego
Chase
Horujko
Horuko
Hemlock House Burns in Fire Reignition
A Hemlock Grove resident returned from visiting neighbors to find his $20,000 home destroyed after a fire rekindled once extinguished earlier. The blaze started around 5 p.m. from a wood heater in Charles Sheets’ house and grew as firefighters were alerted at 6:45 p.m. Chester and Pomeroy fire units fought the flames at Cook Road.
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Hemlock
Hemlock Grove
Charles Sheets
Sheets
Chester
Cook Road
Pomeroy
State Loan Funds Brooklyn LIU Library Learning Center
The State Dormitory Authority approved a multi million dollar loan to finance a nine million dollar library learning center at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University. Construction begins in June with five stories of reading space on the upper floors and lower levels housing an audio visual center lecture hall theater and television studio.
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NEW York
Brooklyn Center
Long Island University
Student Denies Break-In With Driving Suspension Note
In Municipal Court Monday a student denied a break in with 25 days suspended if he remains off the road until licensed. Doris Dunlap, 51, 282 E State St, charged by Athens Police with driving while intoxicated pleaded innocent bond 300 hearing March 16. Richard Stanley, 62 The Plains, charged by Highway Patrol with driving while intoxicated pleaded guilty fined 200 costs sentenced seven days jail license suspended 60 days. Edwin Martin McArthur Route 1 charged with public intoxication.
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Doris Dunlap
E. State St
Athens
Richard Stanley
the Plains
Highway Patrol
Edwin Martin
McArthur
Ohio University
Athens County
Memorial Auditorium
Dale Norman Brinkman
Stewart St
Howard Falk
OU Security
G. F. Triplett
Charleston
Cletus Lilly
Columbus
Ptl
James Ator
Frank Knotts
Nelsonville
Grant Michael
John Walker
Dean Congreve
Stewart
Janice Goff
Albany
Discouraged workers rise 1971 total near 774,000
Commerce Department report on low income workers shows 774 000 discouraged workers in 1970 up from 638 000 in 1969. Unemployment averaged 4 993 000 in 1971, with the ratio of discouraged to unemployed at about 1 to 6.
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Washington
The
Commerce Department
United States
Department
Catholic Youth Prefers Action Over Traditional Practices
A St. John's University study of 2,182 Catholic high school seniors finds 70 percent prioritize helping the poor and interracial harmony over Mass attendance. Ohio University student Dale Norman Brinkman pleads innocent in Athens County to stealing $1,777.43 from Memorial Auditorium box office. Several other Athens area court actions are listed, including DUI pleas, fines, and license suspensions, with various defendants.
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New York
St. John’s University
Vandal Damage Ravages Fenwick School in Cheshire
Gallia County sheriff reports extensive destruction at Bishop Fenwick Catholic School as vandals break glass, doors and windows, demolish public address system and gym curtains, damage a piano valued at 800 dollars, and disable alarms and clocks. The incident was logged at 12 30 p m on Saturday. the school has been closed for years.
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Gallipolis
Bishop Fenwick Catholic
Cheshire
Gallia County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Department
Preparation H Relief Claims Backed by Doctor Tests
An advertisement asserts Preparation H provides prompt relief from hemorrhoidal itching and pain and reduces swelling. It cites tests on hundreds of patients and notes doctors often use or recommend the product for their families. It mentions ointment and suppositories.
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Hun
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