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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1977
Page
4
The speaker urges coal as the main solution to rising energy needs and warns that electric demand could double in 12 years. He cites long lead times for power plants, regulatory hurdles, and the role of rate hikes in funding new facilities.
Ohio University security and a private investigator pursue leads in the December disappearance of former student Blake White. White left campus without belongings and cashed a $172 check before vanishing. His SSN, vehicle, license, and bank card numbers have been entered into a national database to aid locating him. Authorities have had no new leads in weeks and are reviewing unidentified bodies reported nationwide.
Athens High defeated Federal Hocking in a single elimination TV scholastic contest taped Monday in Parkersburg and aired Tuesday on WTAP. Athens four team members Dick Whealey Phil Yun Lyle McGeoch and Brian Good led early and held the lead while Federal Hocking players Janice Brawley Lee Leonard Penny Daugherty Erik Rockswold competed. Advisors were Mrs Helen Porter of Athens and Mrs Lucille Grubb of Federal Hocking. Athens advances for a chance at a $500 scholarship sponsored by Broughton Foods for a student at Marietta College Parkersburg Community College Ohio University or Washington Technical College.
A full house at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital forced postponement of all but emergency admissions. Eleven beds were occupied of 114, the highest census in the six year history, with seven elective patients awaiting bed availability.
Ohio University's College of Medicine names Dr. Earl C. Smith as professor and chairman of psychiatry. Smith, with a background at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and Philadelphia Mental Health Center, brings nine years of teaching in anatomy and cellular physiology. An auto accident on Route 6 near New Marshfield injured a girl treated at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital. Athens firemen battled a small grass fire near West Union Shafer Streets.
Ohio University President Charles Ping returns to the classroom teaching a spring quarter upper division course in 19th Century European philosophy. The course, taught for the first time by Ping in his OU tenure, surveys Hegel and Schopenhauer and ties to his prior administrative work.
Athens County deputies located a Jeep reported stolen from Strouds Run Road. The owner, Charles Shearer of Athens Route 3, reported the theft. The vehicle was found wrecked on Strouds Run Road. Also, a burglary at ae J. Holmes of Lockingport was reported with missing guns ammunition knives coins and a television set.
The Plains buildings may be replaced in 15 to 25 years with immediate repairs including heating insulation lighting and new windows. The plan is a two phase project with a November bond issue for top needs and possible additions based on program scope.
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