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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1973
Page
3
Columbus Ohio AP reports a new state lottery law took effect Wednesday but ticket sales will not begin for 90 to 120 days. Rep Tom Fries sponsor says implementation will require months and governance officials say it may be next week before the lottery commission acts.
A Briarwood Drive demonstration showed a school bus can pass through the area but three city school board members and officials agreed further traffic controls are needed at Briarwood and Columbia Avenue. Safety director Goldsberry will seek funding for a traffic study while Superintendent Henderson notes a guard is posted daily and all Briarwood children are eligible to ride a bus under policy.
The Athens County Municipal Court lists multiple defendants with charges such as reckless operation driving while intoxicated leaving the scene of an accident weaving across the road and speeding. Sentences include fines costs and suspensions with some cases dismissed or resolved by prosecution motions.
James Strausbaugh of Logan Route 3 pleaded innocent to charges of assault with intent to rape and assault in a menacing manner. A juvenile from Nelsonville filed the charges. Bond was set at 3300 dollars, and a hearing is planned for November 29 while Strausbaugh remains jailed in lieu of bond.
Police and fire reports list several emergency runs including a 19 year old with breathing trouble and multiple auto accidents with Weil listed as dead on arrival. Separately lawmakers discuss creating a state lottery commission with a part time salary of five thousand and a full time director at twenty eight and a half thousand, funding prizes and a Vietnam veterans bonus.
Soldiers from Gallia and Meigs Counties receive promotions and assignments across the Army and Air Force. Johnny R Klein serves as radio relay operator with the 1st Cavalry Division at Ft Hood. Tony W Six assigned to 67th Air Defense Artillery in Germany. David M Atkinson Jr completed basic training at Ft Dix. Barbara Swing graduates Air Force aircraft mechanic course at Sheppard AFB. Richard B Roberts promoted to master sergeant at Ft Meade. James D Glaze promoted to sergeant at Charleston AFB. Harold H Shivlet Jr becomes lieutenant colonel at Letterman Army Medical Center with connections to San Francisco and Wesleyan University background.
Associated Press writer James Stevenson reports Ohio is seeing rising land use regulation outside cities as zoning and subdivision rules spread statewide. Rural zoning now common from northeast to southwest, with Meigs and Wyandotte counties approving rules, while Preble County added zoning in November. Mitchell warns growth threatens open space and small communities due to scattered subdivision development and high population density.
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