OU Forensics Team Wins National First at Ypsilanti
Ohio University student forensics team earned the 1973 Cumulative National Sweepstakes Award with 522 points, the highest total for a school in three years, at the National Forensic Association tournament at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. Sophomore David Beal of Hilliard won two 1973 national championships, placing first in the national pentathlon.
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Ohio University
National Forensic Association
Ypsilanti
Mich
Eastern Michigan University
David Beal
Hilliard
Ohio Univeriity
Sandra Anderson
Lyndon
Beal
Dani Kendig
Canton
Ed Passarelli
Youngstown
Don Rice
Ann Arbor
Raymond Beaty
National Forensics Association
Michigan State House and Senate
Athens
Stephen F. Sachs
Athens Chamber Forms New Admin and Plans June Drive
The Athens Chamber of Commerce held its first meeting of the new administration Wednesday at The Ohio University Inn. A membership committee of Peter Good John White and James Balding was formed to plan the June membership drive. Andy Chonko presented the chamber a certificate of merit for its role in the Red.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
Ohio University Inn
Peter Good
John White
James Balding
Andy Chonko
Chamber
Albany Boy Gains Experience Through Messenger Route
Kenny Ashworth of N Clinton Street Albany began a messenger route to earn spending money and gained money handling lessons. He serves 45 daily and 44 Sunday customers since last May, saving 40 dollars and buying clothes and ballgames with the rest. The sixth grader maintains a B average at Albany Elementary, belongs to Boy Scout Troop 50 as tenderfoot, raised a prize dairy cow, enjoys sports and model cars, and follows siblings David Susan and Ann who were carriers in 1969.
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Ken Ashworth
N. Clinton Street
Albany
Kenny
Boy Scout Troop 50
David
Susan
Ann
Local Hospital Notes and Wahama High Meeting Update
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital lists new births and admissions in Athens and nearby towns. New Haven hosts a Wahama High School parents meeting to address concerns with the board of education, plus forensics awards and OHIO University honors for the Athens alumni.
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New Haven
Wahama High School
Board of Education
Ethics Bill Sparks Debate In Ohio Legislature
Lawmakers approve amendments broadening disclosure duties for state and local officials handling funds and making admin decisions. The bill covers political candidates with filing due 10 days after nominating petitions. Debated as Watergate era reform, with calls for nonpartisanship and privacy protections. The House also approves removing salary caps for cemetery clerks and authorizes salary setting by cemetery boards. Senate actions include civil service permanence and a stalled safety devices bill. Local honors note life insurance service recognition for Earl Radcliffe in Atlanta.
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James Luken
Cincinnati
Oakley Collins
Ironton
Thomas P. Gilmartin
Youngstown
Sweeney
Ohio
Richard L. Wittenberg
Toledo
House
Ohio Department of Commerce
William G. Batchelder
Medina
Adolph Hitler
Barney Quilter
D-47
John A. Galbraith
Maumee
Galbraith
James Thorpe
Alliance
Joseph F. Hiestand
Hillboro
Mack Pemberton
Columbus
Joseph P. Tulley
Mentor
Marcus A. Roberto
Ravenna
Senate
Paul E. Gillmor
Port Clinton
Donald E. ‘‘Buz
Lukens
R-4
Middletown
Officers Elected and Trustees Named for PR and BL League
The Tri-County Community Action Agency announced officers and trustees for the People s Rights and Benefits League. President Wyatt McMillan. Vice President Edwin Pyke. Secretary Dena Kirkendall. Treasurer Phil Smith. Trustees Jeff Vogt Bill Blosser and Harry Smith. Sergeant-at-Arms Bob DeBault. Grace Carr’s trustee term expires and she receives thanks. The league serves about 1 000 Athens Hocking Perry residents with social services and operates a buying cooperative at 232 Fort St Nelsonville offering reduced food prices.
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People’s Rights and Benefits League
Tri-County Community Action Agency
Wyatt McMillan
Nelsonville
Edwin Pyke
Dena Kirkendall
Phil Smith
Bristol
Jeff Vogt
Stewart
Bill Blosser
New Lexington
Harry Smith
Bob DeBault
Grace Carr
Chauncey
Athens
Hocking
Perry
Pyke
League
Fort St
Safety Council names officers at Athens County meeting
The Athens County Safety Council in Baker Center elected Richard Nostrant president Jerry Freeman vice president and James Balding treasurer. They discussed the film Just Like A Car and debated funding safety teaching aids.
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Athens County Safety Council
Baker Center
Richard Nostrant
Jerry Freeman
James Balding
Nostrant
Safety Council
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O’bleness Memorial Hospital
James Hinkle
Fredric Cort
the Plains
Thomas Burdette
Millfield
Laura Hurst
Glenn McDaniel
Cona Justice
Virginia
Jack Earich
Carl Welling
Clifford Sams
Everett Williams
Howard Shull
Charles Junod
Rebecca Campbell
George Duncan
Harvert Kittle
Charles Carpenter
Harold Shifflet
Ray Bailey
Grace Liggett
Mae Guess
Louis Jennice
Garnet Bachner
James Hensler
Gary Baldwin
Bryan Christman
Orville Stover
Cross
David Horr
Good
William Biehl
Balding
Dale Shultz
Frank Say
F. W. Weber II
B. T. Grover
Kenner Bush
Earl F. Radcliffe
National Association of Fraternal Insurance Counselors
Atlanta
Modern Woodmen of America
Half Million Club
Senior Citizen's Club
Andrew Jackson
Pearl Chase
Florence Russell
Flossie Rodgers
Collier
New York
John R. Collier
New York City
New York University
Ohio House of Representatives
N. Court St
Joseph G. Heard
C.S.B
Christian Science Board of
First Church of Christ, Scientist
South Congress Athens, Ohio
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