Wellston seeks state help on wastewater funds delay
Wellston officials plan a Columbus delegation to press for federal and state funding for wastewater development. Mayor Edgar Hayburn and City Solicitor Henry Willard led a council meeting after Burgess and Niple reported that OWDA cannot estimate grant timing. The city faces a sewage ban while hoping for quicker approvals to house 1000 coal miner families with Southern Ohio Coal Co.
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Wellston
Columbus
Burgess and Niple Ltd
Ohio Water Development Authority
OWDA
Edgar Hayburn
Henry Willard
Willard
Attorney General's Office
Environmental Protection
City Council Faces Zoning Probes and Parking Woes
The council forms a special committee led by Carl Griffith to probe mobile home zoning infractions. Officers address illegal trailer parking on 11th Street and apartment parking on Massachusetts Avenue. Tele-Media refuses Livingston Avenue service. Ruth Oury notes feasibility. $1,360 from federal funds funds a Ridgewood Cemetery speaking platform. An unused 1962 Ford pickup sale bid is planned for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Griffith
Gary Huston
Jerry Collins
Max Downard
11Th Street
Lonnie Leonard
Safety Committee
Massachusetts Avenue
Miles Montgomery
Wellston
Tele-Media
Livingston Avenue
Ruth Oury
Livingston
Oury
Federal General Revenue Sharing Fund
Ridgewood Cemetery
Wahama Parents Rally for Rehiring Wahama Principal
Wahama High School parents met at the New Haven library to protest a Mason County Board decision. They circulated petitions urging Superintendent Charles Withers to reinstate Wahama Principal Robert Seaman and transfer assistant principal Jack Lovejoy elsewhere. The board had earlier rejected Seaman’s transfer and named Ralph Sayre as Wahama principal prompting student boycotts and protests.
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New Haven
Wahama High School
Mason County Board of Education
Wahama
Robert Seaman
Charles Withers
Withers
Robert Reese
Point Pleasant High School
Seaman
Point Pleasant
Ralph Sayre
Area Death Notices From Middleport To Nelsonville
Obituaries record a string of deaths across Ohio towns including Middleport and Nelsonville. Lew Herbert Norman a 75 year old coal miner from Minersville dies at Holzer Medical Center after a Ky birth. services at Chambers Funeral Home Matewan and burial in Barneshe Cemetery Pike County Ky. William Clayton Jeffers 67 of Southside dies in Pleasant Valley Hospital with services at Hambrick Chapel Church Hambrick and burial in church cemetery. John W Sommer 82 Southside dies at home with services Crow Hassell Point Pleasant and burial Lone Oak Cemetery. John R Chapman 65 of Columbus dies at Mount Carmel Hospital with services Zaleski Methodist Church and burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Clyde Ames 76 of Nelsonville dies after heart attack with services Dawson Funeral Home Coshocton and burial South Lawn Cemetery. Other notices list survivors and call hours at various funeral homes.
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Middleport
Lew Herbert Norman
Minersville
Holzer Medical Center
Gallipolis
Phelps
Francis M. Andhelen Dale Norman
Thomas Diving Masonic Lodge
Williamson
Scottish Rite
Covington, Ky
Effie McGraw Norman
Odie
Daisy) Parker
Franklin Park
Edward
Beatrice) Miller
Aretta Flint
Nashville
Chambers Funeral Home
Matewan
W. Va
Barnashe
Pike County
Rawlings-Coats
Point Pleasant
John W. Sommer
Southside
Crow-Hassell
Warren Dean
Lone Oak Cemetery
Zaleski Methodist Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Evans Funeral Home
E. Livingston Ave
Columbus
Nelsonville
Clyde Ames
E. Columbus St
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Public Square
Coshocton County
Howard
Bertha Ames
Claude
Robert
Ernest
Fresno
Mary Hudson
Helen Ames
Canton
Gladys Geis
Seberling
Fla
Amelia Fender
Annabelle Lahm
Baltic
Dawson Funeral Home
Coshocton
South Lawn Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
Vehicle accident reported on Route 124 near Rutland
Meigs County sheriff's deputies investigated a minor crash on State Route 124 east of Rutland at 1 30 p m. A vehicle driven by Michael L Johnson of Ewington Route 1 was traveling east when its right rear tire detached.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Duffy Frances Agnes 77 services set at Foglesong Funeral Home
Frances Agnes Duffy 77 of Mason died Thursday at Veterans Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Foglesong Funeral Home with Rev Fr Bernard Kra jcevic officiating. Burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery Pomeroy. She was born in Pomeroy, daughter of Andrew and the late Mrs Duffy. Survivors include nieces and nephews. Rosary to be recited Friday at 8 p.m. at the funeral home after 7 p.m. visitation.
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Mason
Frances Agnes Duffy
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Foglesong
Bernard Krajcevic
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Pomeroy
Andrew Duffy
Austin Union To Meet At McArthur Ballpark
McArthur will host a meeting Sunday at 2 p.m. for Local 412 Teamsters to discuss strike actions. Picket lines have formed at Austin Powder Co. Red Diamond Division since the contract expired Tuesday, with about 500 employees in the Vinton County plant and 350 in the Red Diamond unit.
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Mcarthur
Teamsters Union
John Ward
Red Diamond
Austin Powder Co
Ward
Austin Powder
Vinton County
Mind and Man lecture at First Church in Saturday program
Joseph G. Heard C S B of Coral Gables will present a 3 p.m. public lecture titled Mind and Man at the First Church of Christ Scientist 15 S Congress St He is on a lectureship tour and will be introduced by Max E Shively Ohio University journalism assistant Heard has long served The Mother Church as youth division manager and is an authorized Christian Science practitioner and teacher and contributor to The Christian Science Journal and Sentinel.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
S. Congress St
Joseph G. Heard
C.S.B. Coral Gables
Fla
Heard
Christian Science Board of
Max E. Shively
Ohio University
School of Journalism
Boston
Mass
The
Christian Science Journal
Sentinel
Plumly
England
English Department
Louisiana State University
Ohio Review
Journal of the Humanities
Relief subsidy funds dispersed to seven counties
State auditor office distributed more than 91893 in April under the general relief subsidy program to seven area counties. The fully state financed aid helps county welfare departments cover administrative and general relief costs and supplements federal state welfare payments. Receipts include Athens 24194 Gallia 9133 Hocking 10993 Meigs 3924 Morgan 17809 Perry 20987 and Vinton 4853.
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State Auditor’s Office
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Perry
Vinton
Athens Kiwanians urged to attend May workshop
Athens Downtown Kiwanians were urged at their breakfast meeting to attend the May 16 workshop on mental health treatment in Ohio. Richard Passoth of the Athens Mental Health Center outlined topics, including upcoming legislation, admissions and patient rights, and noted the need to humanize care and improve ward conditions. William Montgomery will discuss proposed bills during the session.
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Ozzie Kleinas
Athens
Ohio
Richard Passoth
Athens Mental Health Center
Alabama
Passoth
Albania
General Assembly
William Montgomery
OU Professors Win National Awards Three Faculty Members Recognized
Three Ohio University professors receive major national honors. Poet Stanley Plumly wins a Guggenheim Fellowship for 1973-74. historian John L. Gaddis earns the Bancroft Prize for The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941-47. philosopher David C. Lincicome receives an NEH Fellowship for 1973-74 to study persuasive language in advertising and politics.
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Ohio University
Stanley Plumly
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
John L. Gaddis
David C. Lincicome
National Endowment For the Humanities
Plumly
Gaddis
United States
Trustees of
Columbia University
Soviet Union
Abortion Control Bill Heads to House Action
Ohio lawmakers anticipate a floor vote on an abortion control bill within two weeks. Sponsored by Rep. Harry Lehman, the measure would legalize abortions in the first 24 weeks under physician supervision in licensed clinics and hospitals, following a Supreme Court ruling.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House
Judiciary
Arthur Wilkowski
Toledo
Harry Lehman
Shaker Heights
U.S. Supreme Court
Lehman
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Pleasant Valley Hospital
Hambrick Chapel
Hambrick
Robert Allbright
Church
Mason County
Jeffers
Richard Webster
Sarah Elizabeth Gillespie Jeffers
State Department of Highways
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William Jr
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Kenneth Hanley
Charles Edward
Everett Lee
Harold Leroy Bailes
Washington D.H
Ida Putney
Martha Ballard
James ©. Jeffers
Wilcoxen Funeral
Cottageville
John
Annabelle Wheeler Sommer
Harmony Baptist Church
Ora Mae Lawson Sommer
Lawson
Florence S. Tallman
Charleston
John Chapman
John R. Chapman
Zaleski
Mount Carmel Hospital
Mary M. Chapman
Barbara Hayes
Larry F. Peck
Earl
California
Frances Duffy
Austin Union
University of Texas
America
Russia
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Linchcome
Washington University
University of Missouri
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