Ohio Legislature Shifts Action to Committees This Week
In Columbus the 110th General Assembly reconvenes with most work in committees. Gun control, no fault divorce and insurance bills move through the House and Senate committees while a driver license reform bill heads to the Senate floor. The speed limit cut to 55 mph was signed to secure federal funds.
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Columbus
Ohio
110Th General Assembly
House
Vernal Riffe Jr
C-89
New
Boston
General Assembly
Senate
Donald Woodland
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
House Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Stanley J. Aronoff
R-7
Cincinnati
Senate Insurance Committee
Athens Man Honored By Fraternity
R Kenneth Kerr of Athens was honored Saturday by Phi Delta Theta and named the first to be engraved on the Blaine R Goldsberry plaque. John Tarbox announced the annual award for outstanding alumni service as Kerr presides Founders Day at The Ohio University Inn. Steve Laferre will succeed him as president. Irving R Karr Jr is among 50 year members eligible for certificates and pins. A Hocking Street man warned against in city burning after rubbish was set Sunday. Firemen also flushed a gasoline leak at 221 W Washington St at 12:58 p.m.
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R. Kenneth Kerr
Athens
Phi Delta Theta
Kerr
Blaine R. Goldsberry
John Tarbox
Columbus
Blaine Goldsberry
Ohio University Inn
Steve Laferre
Akron
Irving R. Karr Jr
Pomeroy
Washington St
Heath to cede seat to Wilson amid hung Parliament
London reports Prime Minister Edward Heath will abandon efforts to form a cabinet and urge Labour leader Harold Wilson to form a government after the Liberal and nationalist seats prevented a majority. Jeremy Thorpe of the Liberals seeks proportional representation and coalition conditions, following a tight 301 to 296 seat result.
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London
Edward Heath
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Heath
Conservative
Jeremy Thorpe
House of Commons
Thorpe
Conservatives
Liberals
Stevie Wonder Tops Grammys With Four Awards
In Los Angeles the Grammys honored Roberta Flack with record of the year for Killing Me Softly With His Song while Stevie Wonder won four awards including most Grammys. Wonder, blind, was escorted to the stage by his mother and siblings during emotional moments.
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Los Angeles
Roberta Flack
Stevie Wonder
Bette Midler
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Miss Flack
Wonder
Husband Accused By Wife In Logan Assault Case
Gary Baker of Charles Street Logan Route 1 faces assault and battery charges after an argument with his wife at 11 45 p m Friday at their residence. She was chased from the home, then followed by Baker who reportedly had a loaded gun neighbors seized the weapon and turned it over to deputies. A theft at Logan Meat Supply on Route 93 N saw a 360 dollar money sack taken from a desk. Theft and grand larceny charges are pending as investigation continues.
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Logan
Gary Baker
Charles Street
Hocking County
Special City Council Session Called by Mayor Kern
Nelsonville mayor calls a special session for Tuesday at 7 p.m. in council chambers to act on criminal code legislation transfer funds from the Parking Meter Fund authorize mayor to sign for federal monies and elect a president pro tempore.
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Nelsonville
Donald Kern
Births and Transfers at Local Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Leon Kieffer New Straitsville Route 2 welcomed a son. Transfers include George Carter New Plymouth Route 1 Bill Hale McArthur Route 2 and several Logan residents to Riverside Hospital Columbus. Also listed are Mount St Mary Hospital transfers for Myrtle Deem Murray City Steve Keiffer and James Van Fossen after illness and a motorcycle accident on Route 278 between Nelsonville and Carbon Hill.
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Leon Kieffer
New Straitsville
George Carter
New Plymouth
Bill Hale
McArthur
Betty Crane
Clifford Bailey
Porter Tolbert
Logan
Fred Horn
Scott St
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Myrtle Deem
Murray City
Public Square
Mount St. Mary
Ill
Steve Keiffer
Walnut St
Mount St
Children’s
Nelsonville
Carbon Hill
Guy New Jr
James Kimes
Max Levering
Nolan Rutter
Carrie Ross
Chauncey
Bessie Shumway
Donald Shepard
Glouster
George Fenton
Marietta
Eileen Skinner
Charles Kempton
Ruby Swindell
Jacksonville
Nelvarose Stanley
Edward Lewis
Amesville
Parish Events and Meetings Across Hocking Valley
Local groups list varied weekly activities including Chi Rho choirs Scout meetings and church services. Highlights note Ecumenical Lenten service at Millfield with Rev Joe Barnes and Easter plans by Millfield Official Board.
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Chauncey
Millfield
Millfield Christian Church
Joe Barnes
Official Board
Prayer Day Observed In Glouster
United Methodist Women of Glouster Church hosted World Day of Prayer with Trimble and Jacksonville First Methodists as guests. Bonnie Wilson opened with scripture from Ephesians as Joy Boyer Helen Stevenson and Norma Guinther presented a Japan prepared program Make Us Builders of Peace. An offering for world peace was gathered from 168 countries and shared across the event. A social hour followed in Fellowship Hall with 25 women and Mary Dillon of Athens attending.
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Glouster
United Methodist Women
Trimble Methodist Church
Jacksonville First
Mary Dillon
Athens
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the Messenger
Athens, Ohio
Man
Wilson
Liberal Party
Laborites
Commons
Con
Jim Croce
Innervisions
Gladys Knight and
the Pipps
Charlie Rich
Olivia Newton—John
Kris Kristofferson
Rita Collidge
Art Tatum
Supersac
Woody Herman
Bartok
Pierre Boulez
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Boulez
Neil Diamond
Jonathan Livingston
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Ira Adams
Frances Johnson
William Maffin
Michelle Kearns
Burbridge Cook
Dennis Dearing
Katherine Buckner
Austin Morrison
James Barnes
Riverside Hospital
Nelsonville Secems
Hocking Valley
Taylor Ridge
Beacon School Board
Chauncey Girl Scouts
Millfield Chi Rho
Kathy Kozma
Millfield Cyf
Bob Wachenschwanz
Chauncey Boy Scouts
CMF
Chauncey Cub Scouts
Chauncey Brownie Troop
Chauncey Junior Fellowship
Chauncey Chi Rho
Trimble Official Board
Trimble
Pastor
Mildred Williams
Bernice Spencer
Hazel Warren
Amos Dowler
Kathryn Johnson
Mary Culbertson
Clarence Stufflebean
Lara McCaskey
Robert Jewett
John A. Kennedy
Edwin Pyke
Harry Gibson
Andy Cloid
Lillie Swick
Beatrice McKnight
James Spencer
Grace Green
Forrest Lent
Pamela Prater
Joan Licht
Lizzie Stover
Bertha Smith
David Richards
Lula Shrieves
Glenford Dugan
The
American Legion
Legion War Memorial
Vernon Teel
Valley Lodge No. 169
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Hall
York Grange
the Grange Hall
Oak Grove
ANB
Athens National Bank
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