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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1972
Page
2
Athens residents protested a no parking edict on Woodward Avenue after the administration removed spots without council consultation. Councilman Kenneth Collins led criticism, urging referral to the legislature's parking committee and charging lack of prior notice.
An 80-person audience, including many Woodward Avenue residents, attended Athens City Council Monday. The council unanimously authorized a special fund for federal revenue sharing money and first reading approved bids for bulk gasoline for city equipment. First readings were denied for a bulldozer and trailer purchase, with further information requested. A land appraisal contract for Crystal Pool and adjacent state land earned a first reading, and second readings covered fire force expansion, quarterly tax payments, and backwash water plans. The Codes Committee recommended repealing the pinball machine ban as a first step toward possible licensing.
After a meeting residents and council members clash over removing parking on Court Street and Woodward Avenue. Officials cite safety with limited legal spaces while residents propose alternatives such as speed signs and traffic calming measures.
Governor John Gilligan unveiled a plan to create nine member Trustee Nominating Councils at each state university. Each council would include an incumbent trustee two students one administrator two faculty members the alumni association president and two public members. Councils would screen applicants and submit five names to the governor who may select one or request more. The scheme would start with Miami University and the University of Cincinnati and could expand to all state colleges if successful.
Yesterday high 42 and low 34 today 34 with 66 percent humidity at 4 pm. Today 9 am reading 86. Precipitation 0 inches yesterday, 3.61 inches this month, 40.37 inches year to date, 2.79 inches above normal. Sun sets 5 11 pm tonight and rises 7 20 am tomorrow. Sea level pressure 30.27 inches at 9 am. River stages noted by U S university geography dept and Colmer observer.
Larry Joseph Via also known as Jody Coltrain, a 28 year old traveling musician from Rich Creek Virginia, is indicted by a Summit County grand jury for first degree murder in the September shooting of Jan McGuire 19 of Washington Pennsylvania. McGuire was en route to register for Ohio University classes when she was killed at a rest stop north of Akron. FBI arrested Via in Cleveland on November 8 on a federal warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for murder.
Athens firemen answered one fire call and two emergency runs Monday and another early today. Everett Person age 84 at 28 Montrose Ave suffered breathing trouble and was taken to O'Bleness Memorial after oxygen. At 11:09 p.m. Monday workers at the C and O Railroad burned railroad ties with no damage. Icel Ulbrich age 68 of 177 Grosvenor St was ill and transported to O'Bleness Memorial.
Dwight Brown of the city sanitation department said routine garbage collection in Athens will shift by one day due to Thanksgiving. Thursday routes move to Friday and Friday routes to Saturday.
John H. Beasley, director of the Buckeye Hills Hocking Valley Regional Development District, told Athens Kiwanians and area farmers that the nine-county district works to secure federal and state grants for rural Southeast Ohio. He said the group acts as full time staff to help local governments access funds and plans to study the AEP Meigs County project for its large regional impact, including thousands of jobs and increased retail sales, while urging directed, not long term, planning.
The Athens County Elections Board begins a three day recount of punch card ballots for the sheriff race won by Paul Brown by 77 votes. They study Ohio statutes to determine if ballots marked with Xs should be counted and plan to hand count and duplicate cards before processing.
Nelsonville York High School remained open after five bomb threats aimed to close it were placed within 30 minutes on Monday night. The calls came to homes and businesses in Nelsonville with a boy's voice reported by receivers. Athens County Sheriff's Department investigated the incidents alongside local officials.
Police investigated multiple bomb and arson calls targeting Nelsonville York High School and surrounding areas after 8 pm. Callers warned of an explosion at 8 am Tuesday. No intruders found. two watchmen and district officials were in the building during the incident.
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