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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1973
Page
3
Ohio University President Claude R. Sowle rejected claims he would push a gloomier enrollment view to win more state funding. He downplayed contingency plans to close dorms or lay workers, noting no written plans exist and emphasis on budget readjustments.
Athens area REACT unit will host a coffee stop for tired motorists from 10 a.m. to dusk on Memorial Day at the Route 33 roadside park five miles north of Athens. Rex McKnight notes the Athens unit is among 1,000 nationwide with 40,000 members. REACT is a GM sponsored safety and community service program.
The Athens County Humane Society will handle animal emergencies after shelter hours starting May 29. General contact is 593 5240 for emergencies, with the shelter line 593 5435 during closed hours. messages require caller identity and contact information.
County Superintendent George Christman sought a court injunction to stop a hearing on his suspension by the Athens County school board. He asks the court to void the two week suspension and prevent board interference with his duties. Named defendants are five board members and the board.
Officers of the Conrath Bean Chapter of Disabled American Veterans will be elected at an 8 p.m. meeting Friday. Commander Herb Hart announced plans for Memorial Day services and parade and refreshments will be served.
The Ohio Fourth District Court of Appeals upheld the 1971 drug conviction of Clifford Wolf after Athens police entered an adjoining room with a valid warrant. A patrolman saw Wolf with a hashish filled pipe, ordered him to drop it, and arrested six others in Bromley Hall, Athens. Judge Stephenson dissented, others concurred. Melvin Wallace will graduate cum laude from Ohio University in zoology and plans to enter veterinary medicine at Ohio State University.
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