Two Women Win Athens City Council Seats
Athens voters elected the first women to the council. Mrs Pat Gyi won an at large seat and Mrs Phyllis Katz captured the Third Ward seat, while OU students failed to win any council positions. New council members include Tad Grover Adams and Katz with a Democratic edge overall.
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Herb Amey
Messenger
Athens
Pat Gyi
Phyllis Katz
Ohio University
Michael McAllister
Pete Lalich
James Hays
Grover
Kenneth Collins
Greg Hill
Charlie Ben Laughlin
Harry Crewson
Roger Grueser
Tom Antoinette
Howard Romine
Gyi
Adams
Crewson
Grueser
Antoinette
Romine
Lalich
McAllister
West Green
Smith
South Green
East Green
Johnson
Carriage Hill
Kaiz
Collins
Grover-R
Gyi-D
Adams-D
Weber-R Dohn-R
Snoddy-D
Crewson-D
Grueser-R
Antoinette-D Romine
Fire scare, blackout disrupt city turnout at polling places
City turnout stood at 43.1 percent with 4 878 of 11 295 registered voters casting ballots. County totals reached 12 061 votes, about 47.1 percent of 25 574 electors. A boiler overheated at the Church of the Good Shepherd prompting evacuation and a safety shutdown. A railroad crane outage caused two hours of power loss at Athens Baker precinct in the Grange Hall.
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Church of the Good Shepherd
University Terrace
Harland Harris
Athens Baker
Grange Hall
Clippinger Hall
Elections Board
Computer Center
Haning Hall
Albany
County Elections Board
Conviction Upheld For Warner Nine Counts Of Assault Theft Kidnapping
Fourth District Court of Appeals affirmed Michael Lewis Warner's conviction from the 1972 Athens County case. Judge Earl Stephenson and others found no trial errors after eight defense objections. The piece also notes election day ballot counting issues at OU and polling place irregularities in Albany.
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Fourth District Court of Appeals
Michael Lewis Warner
Earl Stephenson
Gordon Gray
Homer Pete Abele
Warner
Athens County
Athens County Court Docket Includes Multiple Guilty Pleas
Athens County Municipal Court records show Stephen Ndzuro found guilty of aiding shoplifting at A P with $10 fine and costs. Thomas J Hammerk found guilty of shoplifting at A P with $100 and costs. Several defendants including Donald Morton Patton Jr Raymond Lee Hilliard Jr and Jeffrey Keith Miller face disturbing the peace charges with various fines. Robert D White found guilty of marijuana possession with $200 fine costs and 90 day jail suspended on good behavior for one year. Other entries include LSD possession, petty larceny restitution, and a two count assault and battery case with one dismissal and a suspended sentence.
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Stephen Ndzuro
A&p
Thomas J. Hammerk
Donald Morton Patton Jr
Raymond Lee Hilliard Jr
Jeffrey Keith Miller
Ichard Lester Mark
South Green
Robert D. White
Bromley Hall
June Iski
Hastings Rd
David Llewellyn
Pomeroy
Tri-County Joint Vocational School
James F. Davis
Jackson
Hearing Postponed In Athens County Court Action
Hearing on motions for injunctions against collection of Margaret Creek Conservancy District assessments has been postponed. Original hearing set for Friday in Athens County Common Pleas Court in a citizen group case. no new date announced. Meanwhile GUYSVILLE Savannah Lodge 466 F and AM will meet at 7 30 p.m. Thursday with officer elections and refreshments per Joseph Perry master.
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Guysville
Savannah
F&am
Joseph Perry
Margaret Creek
Athens City Board Plans Special Meeting On Salary Schedules
The Athens City school board will hold a special meeting Thursday at 5 p.m. in the superintendent's office to consider adopting new salary schedules. Assistant superintendent Roger Thompson announced that the annual Parent-Teacher Conference Day will be Nov. 16 for grades K-12.
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Athens City
Alice Elliott
Roger Thompson
Thompson
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Katz
Hill
Laughlin
Franklin Sheeter
Athens County Municipal Court
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Reader's Digest
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Ae Aah
DACON
Batiste
Dacron Batiste
N. Court Street
Teflon II
Tobin
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