Hatfield to Speak at Ohio U Address on Vietnam Policy
U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield of Oregon will address Ohio University at Memorial Auditorium at 8:15 p.m. under the Student Government Lecture Series. A leading Republican dove on Vietnam, Hatfield advocates an all volunteer professional military and will take questions from the audience.
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Republican Party
Vietnam
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
U.S
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Hatfield
John Birch Society
Ku Klux Klan
Communist Party
U.s.navy
Willamette University
Salem
Ore
Stanford University
Williamette
Athens bids opened for garage addition water line and alarm system
Athens city hall opened bids for a garage addition service building and a Curtis to Hooper water line. Bids exceeded estimates and will be reviewed by the board of control. Tenders for the garage addition came from Horace Karr Construction and H and H Contractors. Water line bids were from Earl Williams, Richard Grim, Ruth Rental, and Everett Harper. Fire alarm system bids were Sutphen Fire Equipment and Motorola.
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Athens City Hall
Athens Fire Department
Safety Service
Dwight Robinson
Curtis and
Hooper
Robinson
Board of Control
Addi
Tion
Horace Karr Construction Co
Chester
H & H Contractors
Athens
Earl Williams
Richard Grim
Ruth Rental
Belpre
Everett Harper
Parkersburg
Honor Roll Named At Albany Elementary
Albany Elementary releases the fourth six weeks honor roll led by nine students with all A grades. Eighth grade recipients include Cindy Cooley Doranne Goodwin Terry McCauley Melanie Stright and others while seventh graders Sharon Brown and James White are among those named. Athens Mayor Raymond Shepard to attend a mayor conference in Columbus Friday and Saturday.
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Albany
Albany Elementary
John Mullins
Cindy Cooley
Doranne Goodwin
Terry McCauley
Melanie Stright
Joyce Brown
Debbie Henthorne
Robert Pincelli
Joan Wooten
Sonja Escue
Charlotte Baumgarter
Debbie Bean
Charlotte Burt
Richard DeNune
Lois Gaston
Jeffery Green
Athens
Raymond Shepard
Columbus
Anti Annex Move Sparks Petition Drive in Athens
Residents of Canaan Two circulate petitions to drive a city ballot on a Route 50E land annexation that includes the McBee Systems plant. City officials say only Athens residents may vote and 10 percent of voters signatures would trigger an election at city cost.
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Athens
Canaan
McBee Systems
State Highway Department
T. W. Gaston
Gilbert Courtney
Raymond Shepard
Shepard
Gaston
McBee
Brush Fires Decline in Southeastern Ohio Reports
Brush fire hazards continued in Southeastern Ohio Thursday but fires reported by state and national agencies diminished. Spokesmen cited slight humidity rise and public caution as factors. A five acre blaze in Vinton County's Richland Two was the only sizeable fire. smaller fires occurred in the Waterloo Mineral area.
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Ohio
Vinton County
Richland Two
Ohio Division of Forestry
Waterloo Mineral
Two Wrecks Reported In City Police Wednesday
Two minor traffic accidents were investigated by city police Wednesday. A crash at N Court and Washington Streets at 11 45 p m involved Percy King 44 of 180 W Washington St and Michael Adams 18 of James Hall Police cited Adams for driving left of center. Bernard McBee 22 of Carriage Hills Apartments was cited for an improper start from a parked position after a wreck Wednesday on S Court Street. Officers said his auto struck one driven by Marcia Spanner 19 of Pickering Hall.
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N. Court
Washington Streets
Percy King
W. Washington St
Michael Adams
James Hall
Adams
Bernard McBee
Carriage Hills Apartments
S. Court Street
Marcia Spanner
Pickering Hall
Registration Seen Good as County Logs Late Registrants
E. B. Young acting county election director called this year's May 7 primary registration turnout a real good one. The courthouse elections office stayed open an extra day for late registrants and 158 Athens City and township residents registered Wednesday 5 to 9 p.m. About the same number of Ohio University students were turned away for ineligibility.
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E. B. Young
Court House Elections Office
Young
Athens City
Township
Ohio University
Patrolman Robert C. Long joins Athens post force
Patrolman Robert C. Long reports for duty at the Athens post of the State Highway Patrol, filling the vacancy created by the transfer of Patrolman Wayne Wessels. A February 2 graduate of the patrol academy’s 79th class, Long previously served with a Bureau of Motor Vehicles inspection team in the Cambridge district and is a native of Spencer, West Virginia, now married.
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Robert C. Long
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Wayne Wessels
Patrol Academy
Long
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Cambridge
Spencer, W. Va
Ohio agents meet in Columbus to form committee roles
Earl F. Mathews of Mathhews Insurance, Inc., 42 N. Court St., among about 100 independent agents at the recent Ohio Association of Insurance Agents meeting in Columbus. Mathews serves on association committees. In 1871, Washington D C saw about 17 blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue paved with wood, celebrated by a carnival.
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Earl F. Mathews
Utah PL
Ohio Association of Insurance Agents
Columbus
Mathews
Mathews Insurance, Inc
N. Court St
Insurance Association
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C
Athens County Gets State Aid in First 1968 Quarter
State aid payments topped 100 million in the first quarter of 1968 per state auditor Roger Cloud. March distributions totaled 36,092,747 with breakdowns to retirement systems and county boards. Athens County received 214,762.92, listed by district and local schools, plus direct subsidy to the county board.
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Roger Cloud
Boards of Education
Athens County
Athens City
Nelsonville
York City
Alexander
Hocking
Trimble
Athens County School Board
Meigs County
Eastern Local
Meigs Local
Southern Local
Perry County
New Lexington
Crooksville Village
Bearfield
Northern
Perry
Gallia County
Gallipolis
Hannan Trace
North Gallia
Raccoon
Southwestern
Hocking County
Logan City
Laurelville
Starr-Washington
West Hocking
Vinton County
Vinton
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Charles Wood
David Ashworth
Greg Brooks
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Eric Brooks
Steve Brown
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Mark Enlow
Mark Ervin
Susan Gault
Patsy Greer
Diana Kyle
Daphne Layne
Sue Meek
Jane Scott
Jo Scott
Richard White
Sleeth
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Sears
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