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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1971
Page
2
A Tuesday night delivery of letters and a 158 page report meets five of ten union demands. The union seeks a no reprisal return to work and details on the grievance process with arbitration options. Violence reports persist as picket lines affect campus operations and coal deliveries extend heating plant fuel.
Athens firemen spent a restless night answering seven alarms to handle seven fires, all apparently maliciously set, in or near Ohio University buildings. The department responded to seven calls between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, including four trash-container fires in West Green dorms and flames at Nelson Hall and the Ohio University Radio and Television Building. A separate incident involved a meat fire at the David Watt residence and a fatal medical call for John Gabriel. Fire crews also flushed gasoline from a street after an auto tank leak on Court Street.
The Carolinas face Hurricane Ginger with heavy rain while the West sees showers and the central Rockies snow. Nelsonville firemen respond to a house fire at 258 St John St with extensive wiring damage. Divorces and support petitions filed include Sandra Swisher vs Gerald Swisher and Laura Young vs Alfred Young.
Athens police investigated two picket line incidents at Ohio University nonacademic employees protests. Ronald Dillie and Mrs Blance Dillie were treated at O Bleness Memorial Hospital for lacerations after a reported fight. A separate incident saw a wood board thrown through a coal truck window. the suspect was detained with no charges filed unless the truck owner presses charges.
A car accident during a Hughes Funeral Home procession at Morris Avenue and Watt Street around 1 45 p m injures two people. Marvin Reed 26 Athens Route 5 collided with Norman Saylor 80 New Marshfield Route 1. Both were taken to O Bleness Hospital by Hughes ambulance.
Ohio University to confer an honorary doctor of humane letters on Dr Earl Covert Seigfred former dean of the College of Fine Arts tonight at a dinner hosted by President Claude Sowle This marks the first of three honorary degrees for 1971 72 Seigfred led multiple program expansions and building projects including the Space Arts Building and the Music Building He holds a Ph D from the University of Iowa and has served in various theater and arts education roles in multiple institutions
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