Three Athens County Residents Convicted in Marijuana Possession
Athens County jurors deliberated 74 minutes before finding Wayne Dean Owens 25 Caroline Elizabeth Owens 23 and John Michael Sycod 22 guilty of marijuana possession. The trio were arrested April 4 1971 after a Hastings Addition fire at their Rock Riffle Road home was extinguished.
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Athens County
Common Pleas Court
Rock Riffle Road
Wayne Dean Owens
Caroline Elizabeth Owens
John Michael Sycod
Hastings Addition
Richland
Fire crews expose marijuana during home blaze trial
Jurors hear that a hallucinogen found in the Owens home may have been under the control of three defendants though none were seen there during the fire. Lt. James Deardorff testified with deputies about marijuana in a purse and bottles found in the residence as sentencing looms.
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Owens
Iycob
Common Pleas
Lowell Howard
Howard
Lavelle
Deardorff
Olbers
Sheriff's Headquarters
Richland
Pete Good
Miller Voices Concern About Fund Changes
Congressman Clarence E. Miller voices reservations about provisions in administration proposed changes to fund use. He cautions how shifts may affect district programs and states the need for careful review before enactment.
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Miller
Washington
Clarence E. Miller
Open Visitation At OU Wins Official Approval
Ohio University approves an open visitation policy for dorms with a spring quarter pilot and fall full implementation. Units pick from five zones from no visitation to 24 hour access with a 90 percent resident vote. Final approval rests with resident director, green coordinator and dean of residence life.
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Ohio University
Maxwell Pullen
Claude R. Sowle
Logan-Trailer Tax Revenue Rises in 1972 Half-Year
Hocking County treasurer Francis Myers reports trailer tax receipts for the first half of 1972 totaling 31 943 36, up from 26 446 23 in the same period of 1971. Township and district collections include Benton 1434 44 Falls 11017 88 Southern Local 36 Logan City 1945 27 Good Hope 871 22 Green 3173 95 Starr Washington 149 61 Laurel 1112 36 Laurelville 36 Marion 2507 18 Berne Union 36 Perry 1973 72 Laurelville Village 1051 87 Salt Creek 975 58 Starr 2572 55 Logan School 36 Ward 1646 81 Murray City 230 02 Washington 1136 90.
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Logan
Francis Myers
Hocking County
Benton Township
Falls Township
Southern
Logan City
Good Hope Township
Ward Township
Murray City Village
Washington Township
Highway trust fund clash over urban mass transit shift
U S transportation officials propose a $1 billion 1974 urban fund rising to 2.25 billion by 1979 consolidating urban highway and mass transit programs while rural funds stay separate. Critics warn diverting trust money could ruin highways and urban transport alike.
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Federal Highway Trust Fund
U.S. Department of Transportation
Miller
Congress
Transportation Department
Ohio State Fair promo in newsroom stirs questions
A public relations man visited The Messenger to promote the 1972 Ohio State Fair saying it was for all Ohioans. He handed out five popcorn bags with a patriotic card, but fine print revealed production origins in Nebraska Illinois and Tennessee, with no Ohio reference.
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Messenger
Ohio
Popcorn Village
North Bend
Neb
Ridgway
Ill
Blevins Popcorn Company
Nashville
Tenn
Shields Awaits Funds For Athens County Jail Renovation
Athens County Sheriff Harold Shields expects the Ohio Department of Development to contact the Buckeye State Sheriff's Association about federal funds for jail upgrades. The Justice Division flagged up to 500000 dollars from the 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act for jail renovations, with Meigs County named as a potential recipient. Shields has heard nothing about Athens County and awaits instructions on how to apply.
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Athens County
Harold Shields
Ohio Department of Development
Justice Division
Buckeye State Sheriff's Association
Meigs County
Shields
Alden Named Chairman Of Massachusetts Arts Council
Vernon R. Alden former Ohio University president has been named chair of the Massachusetts Council of the Arts and Humanities by Gov Francis Sargent. He succeeds John R Watts Boston University professor of fine arts who previously chaired the council.
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Boston
Ohio University
Vernon R. Alden
Massachusetts Council of the Arts and Humanities
Massachusetts
Francis Sargent
Alden
The
Boston Co
John R. Watts
Boston University
Weather Summary from Ohio University Report
Yesterday reached 75 with 30 percent humidity at 4 p.m. Today highs 75, lows 34 with 95 percent humidity at 9 a.m. Precipitation totaled 5 inches yesterday and 3 inches this month. Year to date 9.2 inches, 0.17 inches below normal. Sun sets 6:43 p.m., rises 6:29 a.m. Barometric pressure 90.32 rising. Hocking River stages noted where significant.
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Ohio University
Department of Geography
Hocking River
Homemakers Club Discusses Annual Trip and Crafts
The Third Wednesday Homemakers Club met with thirteen members present. Mrs. Howard Nolan demonstrated egg carton flower making and led a surprise bead craft from gift wrap. Charlotte Nease chaired the nominating committee and gave a prayer. April hostesses are Elva Dailey and Pauline Morarity.
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Syracuse
Howard Nolan
Homemakers Club
Charlotte Nease
Agnes White
Linda Ferrell
Margaret Eichinger
Elva Dailey
Pauline Morarity
Births and a theft report at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Birth notices list multiple families from Athens Chauncey and surrounding areas welcoming daughters to Mr and Mrs Gary Schum cher Mr and Mrs Paul Powell and others. Nelsonville police report theft of 117 dollars from a home on Monday with Dave Thompson as the reporting resident and investigators continuing.
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Gary Schumcher
Athens
Paul Powell
William Jolley
Albany
Nelsonville
Dave Thompson
Chestnut St
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