WVU May Shut Down PRT System Without Extra Funds
West Virginia University threats a semester shutdown of the Personal Rapid Transit system unless the state Board of Regents approves more money. WVU President James Harlow says DISS Inc estimates need for $200000 in additional operating funds after the Regents allowed only a $10 semester increase.
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Morgantown
W.va
West Virginia University
State Board of Regents
Diss Inc
WVU
James Harlow
Ohio 13 Die on Roads Across State
Thirteen Ohioans died in traffic accidents across Ohio by late Sunday. Two victims were motorcyclists in separate crashes and a third man perished in a car train collision in Lake County. Police tally from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight.
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Associated Press
Bus Driver Couples Up for Cincinnati Wedding Ride
Ruth Henderson and Roy Young wed on a city bus in Cincinnati. Young, a bus driver, and Henderson met at a party a year earlier and had waited for him at the end of his route. It was each of their second marriages, and the bus line supplied the vehicle free for the ceremony.
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Cincinnati
Ruth Henderson
Roy Young
Jon
Young
Ruth
Trade deficit hits record in February driven by oil imports
The Commerce Department reports February imports exceeded exports by 1.866 billion after seasonal adjustment, the third monthly record deficit in four months. January's deficit was 1.67 billion, with November previously at 1.034 billion, signaling a sustained gap in the nation's trade balance.
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Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
Dial-A-Movie offers home projection with explicit services
An Dallas ad promotes a dial service delivering an X rated film and a projectionist to a home. For 30 dollars the film is shown. 40 dollars adds topless service. 50 dollars provides a completely naked projectionist.
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Dallas
Miss Lillian Carter Appears With Arabian Prince At Albany Air Show
The President's mother toured the Albany Air Show before 30,000 spectators. She appeared alongside Prince Faisal Muhammed Al Saud and his wife Asyia after meeting at an officers' party two weeks earlier, a Plains neighbor said the prince "fell in love with her."
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Albany, Ga
Lillian Carter
Lillian
Albany
Eleanor Roosevelt blamed for FDR affair and death says Elliot
Elliot Roosevelt asserts in a new book that Eleanor Roosevelt believed her own ambition pushed FDR toward another woman and contributed to his early death. He cites 1918 knowledge of the affair and Sara Roosevelt deterring a divorce by threatening to withhold funds. The account appears in Ladies Home Journal excerpts.
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New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Elliot Roosevelt
R. Eleanor Roosevelt
Ladies Home Journal
Roosevelt
Indian democracy pledge by Desai government
Prime Minister Morarji Desai's new government pledged to move quickly to restore democracy in India. Acting President B D Jatti told Parliament the urgent task is to lift curbs on freedoms and civil rights and restore the rule of law and press free expression.
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New Delhi
India
Morarji Desai
B.D. Jatti
Six-County Jobless Rates Outline February Labor Picture
In the six-county area February showed similar employment levels to January with 58 127 people employed. The increase came from 7 122 job seekers up about 700 from January. Athens County posted a 10.5 unemployment rate the highest in more than two years with 1 927 job seekers and 16 396 employed. Hocking County faced 15.7 percent unemployment as 1 371 people were out of work. Jackson County 12.4 percent, Vinton 11.2 Gallia 9 and Meigs 8 3 also reported notable rates.
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OBES
Hocking County
Jackson County
Vinton County
Gallia
Meigs
Athens Restoration Meeting Promotes Downtown Revitalization
The Athens Retail Merchants Association hosts a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Sportsman restaurant with Kim Zarney of Townscape a downtown restoration specialist. Topics include parking shopping and restoring old buildings as part of a local revitalization effort guided by a women's group.
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Athens Retail Merchants Association
Ohio
Medina
Kim Zarney
Townscape
Sportsman
Retail Merchants Association
Merchants
Harold Reichmann
Free blood pressure clinics listed for April in Athens County
Fourteen free blood pressure clinics will be held in April by the Athens County Council on Aging with additional readings available at the Athens Day Living Center by calling 594 5023. Dates span April 4 through April 26 at multiple centers including Day Living Center Amesville Amesville United Methodist Carbondale Nelsonville Albany Chauncey and more.
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Day Living Center
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Nelsonville American Legion Hall
New Marshfield Methodist Church
Athens Nutrition Center
City Hall
Athens
Jacksonville Center
Glouster Center
Coalville Center
Albany Methodist Church
Deanville Center
Chauncey Center
Athens High Girl Named Representative
Suzanne Skinner a Athens High School student was elected District 12 representative to the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium board. Thirteen board members were chosen at the 15th Jerry Acker symposium in Columbus attended by nearly 300 students and teachers. Paul Cahill of Akron East High School won first place and qualified for the national symposium in May on non Keplerian satellite dynamics with Dr Ray Skinner Jr. of Ohio University Ohio JSHS director accompanying him.
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Suzanne Skinner
Athens
Jerry Acker
Columbus
Paul Cahill
Akron East High School
Ray Skinner Jr
Ohio University
Ohio
JSHS
Firemen Respond to Two Alarms in Logan Sunday
Logan firemen fought two calls Sunday afternoon. They extinguished a trash container fire in front of a Main Street liquor store at 12:27 p.m. and a grass fire covering about a half acre at the Pearl Wray property on Logan Route 1 at 1:36 p.m.
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Logan — Logan
Main Street
Pearl Wray
Logan Route 1
Athens Area Democratic Women plan potluck dinner kickoff
The Athens Area Democratic Women’s Club holds its annual potluck dinner Tuesday at 6 30 p m at the New Marshfield VFW. County senion candidates will be present and the meeting starts the 1977 78 membership drive. Members should bring a covered dish and their own table service. Open to all interested in joining.
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Athens Area
Democratic Women’s Club
New Marshfield
VFW
Crime Prevention Workshop for Retailers in Athens Area
A crime prevention workshop for retail owners and managers will be held April 19 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Athena Theater. Sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Athens Athens City Schools and Tri County Joint Vocational School the program features FBI officials from Columbus and Cincinnati and Athens Police Department on armed white collar crime burglary and shoplifting. Participants can ask questions about their local businesses and register by calling John DiSabato 797 4521 or John Ryan 753 3511. The event is free and open to all area retailers.
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Tri- County Joint Vocational School
John DiSabato
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Columbus
Cincinnati
Athens Police Department
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John Ryan
Nelsonville
Estate planning course offered by Ohio University
Ohio University Continuing Education offers a four session estate planning course to the public. Local professionals including bankers realtors accountants lawyers and investors will discuss insurance retirement planning investment options income tax planning and estate planning. The course runs Tuesdays in Morton Hall Room 235 from 7 30 to 9 p m April 5 12 19 and 26 with a $20 fee and registration at Tupper Hall Room 309 594 3361.
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Ohio University
Mark Snider
Athens Insurance
Morton Hall
Office of Continuing Education
Tupper Hall
Town of Tiffin Named for Josiah Hedges Founder
The Sandusky River settlement laid out in 1820 was named Tiffin after Edward Tiffin of Chillicothe, a Virginian linked to Ohio’s first governor Olio, honoring his friendship with Josiah Hedges.
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Tiffin
Edward Tiffin
Chillicothe
Olio
Three Meigs Mines Closed Over Masked Picket Lines
In western Meigs County three Southern Ohio Coal Co mines were idled as masked pickets blocked access at Mines 1 and 2 this morning. Mine 3 workers had been idle since Friday. company spokesman Dave Bakers office declined comment. A separate note says Masons to convene in New Marshfield for a special lodge session at 7:30 p.m. Thursday to confer Entered Apprentice and Fellow Craft degrees.
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Southern Ohio Coal Co
Meigs County
Mine 3
Dave Baker
Baker
Masons
New Marshfield
Constitution Lodge
F&am
Mobile Homes for Sale in Classification 39
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Five Hurt In Three Car Route 33 Crash
Five people were hurt in a three car collision on Route 33 north of the Athens Hocking County line. A northbound pickup driven by Richard Skiver 44 Logan crossed left of center and sideswiped a car then hit another head on. Skiver was hospitalized and others including Richard Young 20 Jacksonville Kathy Davis 17 Nelsonville and Amy Monk 16 Nelsonville received unknown injuries. Young was later moved to Lancaster Fairfield Hospital. Errett Coey 50 Athens Route 2 escaped injury though his car left the road after the crash.
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Athens- Hocking County
State Highway Patrol
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Logan
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Mount St. Mary Hospital
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Jacksonville
Drake
Richard Young
Kathy Davis
Nelsonville
Amy Monk
Young
Lancaster Fairfield Hospital
Skiver
Errett Coey
Athens
Coey
Tri-County Day Care Jobs Open
Three job openings announced by the Tri County Community Action Agency day care program. Positions include a director at the New Lexington center paying 7200 dollars yearly, a cook at the Athens center earning 230 dollars per hour, and a part time coordinator for preschool nutrition education for six months. Applications are due by Friday at day care centers in Athens Hocking and Perry Counties and the CAA office.
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Tri-County Community Action Agency
Lexington Center
Athens Center
Athens
Hocking
Perry
CAA
Two OU Arts and Sciences Departments Welcome New Heads
Ohio University announces two new department chairmen in the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Gary M. Schumacher becomes chair of Psychology in winter quarter after joining OU in 1970 and Iowa State PhD. Dr. Barry G. Thomas will head Modern Languages in spring quarter, contributing to university governance.
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College of Arts and Sciences
Gary M. Schumacher
Barry G. Thomas
Schumacher
Iowa State University
Thomas
University of California-Berkeley
University Curriculum Council
Delta Phi Alpha
Goethe
Gottfried Keller
William Wrage
James L. Burning
Eagle Scouts Will Be Honored At Parkersburg Dinner
Five local Eagle Scouts will be honored at a National Eagle Scout Association dinner in Parkersburg. They join 56 scouts who earned the Eagle rank in 1976 from the Kootaga Area Council. Honorees are David W. Wineland Troop 71 Athens Robert H. Atkins Troop 53 Athens Karl Echstenkamper Troop 72 Glouster Gary Devol Troop 67 Nelsonville and John Standley Troop 67 Nelsonville.
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National Eagle Scout Association
Parkersburg
Kootaga
Troop 67
Nelsonville
Knights of Pythias
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