Grocery bill dips again in AP marketbasket survey
The AP survey of 15 items across 13 cities shows April grocery bills down on average 3 percent with eight cities lower and five up. Sugar and milk rose while meat and eggs offset higher costs.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Agriculture Department
Earl L. Butz
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Detroit
Los Angeles
Miami
New York
Providence
Salt Lake City
Seattle
VMini Course Will Study Wildflowers
Ohio University Office of Workshops offers a wildflowers mini course from May 7 to 9 pm with a slide presentation on flower structure and plant family IDs. A May 12 field trip in Zaleski State Forest will identify spring wildflowers in habitat under Dr. Warren A. Wistendahl and Jean Wistendahl guidance. Enrollment limited to 30. call 594-4907 to register.
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Ohio University
Zaleski State Forest
Warren A. Wistendahl
Delta Queen Races Louisville Boat Today
The 11th steamboat race between the Belle of Louisville and the Delta Queen starts at 5 p.m. on the Ohio River near Clark Bridge. The Delta Queen will debut a bow thruster to aid turning, while Belle remains lighter and more agile.
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Delta Queen
Louisville Boat Today
Louisville
Ohio River
Clark Bridge
Fourth Street
Six Mile Island
Towhead Island
Beargrass Creek
Ohio
Charles Brasher
Athens County Grand Jury Sees 17 Defendants In 22 Cases
Athens County May term grand jury will hear 22 cases involving 17 defendants including Robert Grasso William Handa Henry Linnabury Thomas Waters Duane Sidders John Cartellone Willie Robinson Robert Alexander Robert Altman Charles Henderson Ronald Severance Richard Ginsburg John Heck Herman Lanning and others. Prosecutor Michael Nolan notes possible secret indictments and the jury will inspect the Athens County jail for security and cleanliness.
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Athens County
Michael Nolan
Robert Grasso
Elmira
N.Y
William Handa
Glouster
Henry Linnabury
Columbus
Thomas Lee Waters
Daniel Shestina
Oregon Ridge
Neal Sternberg
Route 56
Duane Sidders
Middleport
John Cartellone
Union St
Ronald Severance
Shawnee
Richard Ginsburg
John Heck
Tucker Run Road
Herman Lanning
Nolan
Collins Opposes License Plate Fee Increase
Ohio State Rep. Oakley C. Collins denounces Sen. Harry Armstrongs bid to raise license plate fees from 10 to 20 dollars calling it a backhanded tax hit for all Ohioans. He argues the state already spends 10 billion this biennial budget and that counties may raise 5 dollars locally, making a statewide mandate unnecessary.
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Columbus
Oakley C. Collins
Ironton
Harry Armstong
Southeastern Ohio
Collins
Two Athens High Students Win Ohio University Writing Scholarships
Joe Rudolph Jr and Lynn Davison of Athens High School earned 480 per year Ohio University Creative Writing scholarships for fall 1974. Rudolph will study English and zoology. Davison plans English and art. Faculty judged submitted manuscripts. AHS director Betty Fuller praised the認 students for earning awards beyond athletics.
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Athens High School
Ohio University
Joe Rudolph Jr
Joe Rudolph Sr
Brown Ave
Lynn Davison
Beaumont Davison
LaMar Drive
Rudolph
Miss Davison
Betty Fuller
AHS
ASCS Warns Against Letting Fuel Dwindle
Ohio farmers face gasoline and diesel shortages as refineries and suppliers tighten stock. ASC S Ohio official Harle Hicks urged action to prevent farm outages, noting agriculture receives about four percent of state fuel and will get 16.1 million gallons of April’s 411.7 million allocation. Fire crews contained a grass fire near Athens Middle School as local dealers reported varied supply.
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Ohio
Harle Hicks
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Columbus
Hicks
ASCS
Motorcycle Collision Injures Amesville Rider
An Amesville Route 1 man Byron Rudy aged 22 was injured when his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Franklin J. Barnes aged 25 and slid into a parked vehicle on North Shafer Street and West State Street. Barnes was cited for failing to yield the right of way.
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Amesville
Daffodil Day Raises $1100 for Athens County Cancer Society
Last month's Daffodil Day raised 1100 for the Athens County Cancer Society. Christine Leuhrman chaired the project. youth groups from Clarks Chapel and Richland Avenue United Methodist churches and the Junior Women's Club were recognized. Bill Gibson and Marcy Wright were honored for campus and sorority leadership.
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Athens County Cancer Society
Christine Leuhrman
Clarks Chapel
Richland Avenue
Phillip Kinnard
Beverly Schumacher
Eddie van Dyke
Evelyn Purdy
Larry Jaggerman
Nichole Simone
W. E. Purdy
Nancy Rightmire
Mildred Banks
Glenn Atkinson
Daisy Orr
Bicentennial Box 1776 Assigned in Athens County
Athens County Bicentennial Commission has secured Post Office Box 1776 via Homer Baird. Treasurer Dave Lovett and Postmaster Arthur Cornwell led the effort. The finance committee will seek funding for the nation’s 200th birthday and local groups are urged to attend the May 8 meeting at 1 p.m. in Alden Library third floor, with plans from Athens Amesville Stewart Coolville Chauncey Glouster Albany Nelsonville and adjacent areas.
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Athens County
Glouster
Albany
Nelsonville
Commission
Baird
Glouster Kiwanis to fund tornado relief
The Glouster Kiwanis Club met at Hotel Gordon with Don Seevers presiding. Jim Whitlatch of Nelsonville proposed fundraising ideas, and the club planned to place donation containers in local stores for the Xenia tornado fund and to sell light bulbs Monday night starting at 6:30 as they canvass the village if possible.
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Glouster
Glouster Kiwanis Club
Gordon
Don Seevers
Jim Whitlatch
Nelsonville
Xenia
Kiwanis
Theft At Camp Reported In Hocking County
LOGAN The Hocking County Sheriff's Department received a report of a theft at the KOA Camp on Logan Route 2. Entry was gained by sliding a knife through a lock into the store area of the recreational building. Stolen were a $70 money box six cases of beverages assorted jewelry cigarette lighters and miscellaneous merchandise totaling $50.
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Logan
Hocking County
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Chagrin Falls
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Dawn M. Boles
H. B. Boles
Wittenberg University
Springfield
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