Final Vote Totals For County Elections Reported
Final county results show Athens School District levy passing 1856 to 1474 adding 3.6 mills next year. Athens city turnout 1146. total 3342 including Athens Township Dover Township and parts of Canaan. Nelsonville had 271 in seven Republican primaries. John Stummer led Athens city council race with 962 votes. Ralph Woods 697 to Kestner 490 for treasurer. In at large council race Tad Grover 1059, Howard Romine 877, Fred Weber 859. Second Ward Edgar Tuckerman 247. Third Ward Kenneth Collins 189 to William Roberts 170. Nelsonville city council president Charles Shafer 189 to 58. treasurer Margaret Forbes 226. other city votes listed. All winners appear on Nov 4 general. No Democratic primaries in Athens County this spring.
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Athens
Athens City
Athens Township
Dover Township
Canaan Town
BRS
Nelsonville
John Stummer
Ralph Woods
Raymond Kestner
Tad Grover
Howard Romine
Fred Weber
Edgar Tuckerman
Bradley Davis
Kenneth Collins
William Roberts
Charles Shafer
Darrel Lehman
Margaret Forbes
Davis
John Brooks
Thomas Hickman
Lnyder McFadden
Jim Lee
Glenn Tharp
Miller Wilson
Athens County
Professor Receives OK to Start Fairway Oaks Subdivision
Paul Ploutz an Ohio University education professor obtained county approval to begin Fairway Oaks a 22 lot 21 acre subdivision on Radford Road between the Athens Country Club and the university TV tower. Homes must be at least 1500 square feet with 26 ft wide streets and Deerfield Lake lots border two acres stocked this summer. Engineers Evans Mechwart Hambleton and Tilton handle plans while Valley Decorating Co painters to work on courthouse steeple clock and bowers for 4327 dollars. A diesel grader is sought in a 32000 to 35000 dollar price range. Next Thursday May 15 commissioners meet at the courthouse then travel to McConnellville for an Ohio county meeting.
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Ohio University
Fairway Oaks
Athens
Plout
Ploutz
Deerfield Lake
Margaret Creek
Ploutz Evans
Mechwart
Ohio County Commissioners
McConnellville
OU Zoology Program Receives $45,701 Federal Grant
Ohio University receives a $45,701 Allied Health Professions grant from the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare to support medical technology and physical therapy training. Zoology chair Dr Wesley J Peterson notes prior federal awards of $52,000 and $13,000 and that about 100 students study medical technology and 50 study physical therapy.
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Ohio University
Allied Health Professions
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Wesley J. Peterson
Peterson
Ohio
Two Athens homeowners win one year variance extensions
In a Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, Dwight Pugh of 302 E State St won a variance to rent to six residents, down from seven, as set by IBA. Charles and Mrs. Russell of 167 W Washington St secured a variance to house five at 171 W Washington St, with both conditions expiring June 30 1970. The area is zoned for three households. London reports the British Insurance Association tallies 100 million pounds in fire losses and over 800 deaths in Britain last year. Dennis Gregor Sherow son of Vic Sherow, a former Athens resident, is named assistant manager of the Dutch Pantry Motel and Restaurant in State College Pa.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
Dwight Pugh
E. State St
IBA
Oughts
E. State Street
Charles Russell
Washington St
London
The
British Insurance Association
Britain
State College
Dennis Gregor Sherow
E. S
Vic) Sherow
Six Hurt In Three Area Highway Crashes Thursday
State Highway Patrol investigated three traffic accidents Thursday injuring six people. In one Route 50 crash near McArthur Gladys Schroeder and her daughters Patty and Georgia were treated and released. Schroeder cited for failing to yield. Another Route 50 collision near Albany involved Robert E. Coakley injured and cited for improper turn. A Route 93 crash near the Hocking Perry line left Richard Fouts with possible rib injuries. A school bus collision with a car on a township road caused no injuries.
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McArthur
Gladys J. Schroeder
Patty
Georgia
Schroeder
Carl L. Thrush
Athens
Thrush
Schroeder Auto
Haydenville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Albany
Robert E. Coakley
Plaza
Lawrence Grinstead
Richard Fouts
Glouster
Hocking
Perry County
Paul Mitchell
Ralph Cook
Alexander School District
Billy J. Clifton
New Marshfield
William H. Swart
Patrolren
Youth's Age Fails Plan to Lower Voting Age
A Phoenix man went to the Arizona secretary of state to file an initiative to lower the voting age to 18 but clerks refused the papers because he was not 21 to sign the documents. He lacked the required age to initiate the measure.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Arizona
Secretary of State's Office
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