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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1972
Page
8
The Vinton County Board of Education adopts a balanced 1972 appropriation of 1,816,696.04 for general fund expenditures plus various funds for programs. The district plans some foregone purchases to operate within available money. The dress code is revised to allow girls to wear slacks and for boys to keep hair to the ear lobe top.
County commissioners wrestle with funding for Mildred Buehler as executive secretary of the Children's Services Board. Everet Webb pushes for $50 monthly pay, while Edith Newsome may handle duties to save $600 yearly. Officials consider Monday meetings and other schedule changes.
Logan Ohio plans to close its Lockheed Plant on April 14 after months of shutdown. About 47 hourly workers remain until the last day, with Goodyear rumored to occupy the building post closure though unconfirmed. The site, built six years ago, now sits largely vacant with Goodyear interest cited. The building carries $7,241.42 in local real estate taxes and is viewed as an asset to the community. The Central Ohio Heart Chapter notes nurses in coronary care have added training to detect early signs of trouble and may perform procedures under physician authorization.
A record 472126 in bond forfeitures was collected by Dallas district and county criminal courts in 1971. Dallas County forfeited more bail bonds than all 253 Texas counties combined, with about 350 defendants charged with felonies and 750 with misdemeanors.
In Newark New Jersey St Benedicts Prep a nationally known boys school will close at the end of the current year Abbot Ambrose J Clark the tenth president said enrollment declines and rising deficits prompted the decision enrollment is 450 less than half the decade ago the school was founded in 1868
Logan reports the Hocking Hills Lodge at Old Man's Cave will open in May. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources invites bids for lease of food service and gift shop operations, with the contract running May 1 to December 31, 1974.
A compact display of advertised items includes rib steak ham salad Betsy Ross pies Fairmont chocolate milk Nabisco items Lux soup and crackers. Prices implied by unit labels show a typical grocery sale list from a midcentury sheet.
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