Council Kills Bus Fare Hike At Athens Meeting
Athens City Council killed a proposed bus fare increase to a quarter amid concerns over ridership. The body also blocked a plan for a city Office of Development and Community Affairs and unanimously tabled an income tax exemption for some Ohio University graduate students.
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Herb Amey
Athens
Richland Avenue
East State Street
Ohio University
Appalachian Ohio Regional Transit Authority
Greg Hill
Tad Grover
Hill
Phyllis Katz
Jerry Adams
Grover
Pay Gyi
Pete Lalich
Joe Johnson
AORTA
Katz
Roberts
Adams
Gerald Mollica
Donald Barrett
Helen Baker
Messenger
Barrett
Planned Parenthood
Southeastern
Ohio
City Hall
Palmer Street
Palmer- Stimson Avenue
Mulligan Road
Old City
Columbus
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Crystal Pool
Ohio Valley Summer Theater
OU Trustees Move to Phase Out School of Architecture
Ohio University board votes to kill the architecture program after budget cuts left the school effectively dead. Director Forrest Wilson warns the layoff plan will take two years and urges an orderly wind down with assurances to current students.
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Ohio Univeristy
School of Architecture
Forrest Wilson
Paul Stocker
Edwin Kennedy
Wilson
Schoool
University Curriculum Council
William R. Morris
Culbert
Fine Arts
Henry Lin
Lin
Morris
Support For OU Sowle Grows As Resignation Triggers Debate
Ohio University faces a widening clash over President Claude Sowle who announced his resignation. Faculty groups urge reconsideration while students protest on College Green. A search committee and potential student referendum loom as 200 Greek members rally in support.
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Ohio University
Claude Sowle
Faculty Senate
Sowle
Ed Sanford
Gary
Musselman
Administrative Senate
College
Coalition
Today
Panhellenic
Interfraternity
Wayne Jewett
Cincinnati
Associated Press
Jewett
Conspiracy Charges Dropped in Lynching Case
Paul D. Gilkey Sr. had conspiracy to murder charges dropped for trial strategy. His son Paul D. Gilkey Jr. was bound over to the Athens County grand jury in the May 13 beating death of Eldon Hardy, 53, of Nelsonville Route 1. Judge Franklin Sheeter set Jr. bond at $100,000.
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Lancaster
Athens County
Grand Jury
Paul D. Gilkey Sr
Michael Nolan
Paul D. Gilkey Jr
Eldon Hardy
Nelsonville
Franklin Sheeter
Paul Gilkey Jr
Birth Announcements From O'Bleuess Memorial Hospital
Names listed include Porter of Athens with a daughter, Castle of Guysville with a son, Spillman of The Plains with a daughter, plus numerous other parents from Athens The Plains Jackson Albany Nelsonville and surrounding areas, noting newborns and twin daughters among the births.
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William Porter
Athens
Vernon Castle
Guysville
Danial Spillman
the Plains
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the Messenger
Athens, Ohio
Court Street
Chris Weisfelder
Raymond Skinner
Robert Matthews
James Sillery
Federal Communications Commission
Phil Goldsberry
Taylor Culbert
College of Fine Arts
Jack
Wellowmille
William Morris
O’bleuess Memorial Hospital
Horst Hammer
Clyde Gabriel
Stanley Meeks
Amanda van Meter
William Shumate
Fred Luchs
Pamela Young
Michael Altier
Edward Terrell
Samuel Buffington
Johnny Swart
Loren Lee
Angela Chapman
Ernest Duncan
Nelly Sapp
Michael Hunter
John DeBoer
Lee Phillips
Larry Lightner
Marie Williams
Nelsonville Lumber Company
Watkins ST
del’ Kasler
Kurtz St
City Loan Company
City Loan HomeOwner Loan
W. Washington St
Public Square
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