Athens Council Eyes Bridge Link To Route 33 Harmony Road
Athens officials weigh tying the Route 33 bypass and Stimson Avenue bridges to Harmony Road to speed traffic. A unified city county effort would be needed for state aid, with potential costs near one million dollars and questions about federal state specifications.
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Tom Price
Messenger
Athens
Route 33
Stimson Avenue
Harmony Road
Service Safety
Phillip Goldsberry
Goldsberry
Tad Grover
Stimson
Harmony
Athens Planning Commission approves Sherwood Forest dates
The Athens City Planning Commission approved two changes for Paul Brown’s Sherwood Forest subdivision. The completion date moved from November 2, 1972 to September 1, 1973 and the bonding requirement lowered from 75,000 to 35,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens City Planning Commission
Paul Brown
Sherwood Forest
Brown
George Mara
Mara
Athens
Donald Barrett
Service Safety
Phillip Goldsberry
Goldsberry
Local Weather Forecast for Tuesday October Second
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with lows in the 50s and highs in the 70s. Thursday and Friday look mostly fair with a chance of rain Saturday and mid to upper 70s daytime with 50s overnight.
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Northwest
Rockies
Florida
Athens council OKs Richland-Union road project and other measures
The Athens City Council approved in a 5 to 0 vote on third reading an ordinance to allow the state highway department to build a new road from Richland Avenue to West Union Street with a spur to O’Bleness Memorial Hospital. The project timeline remains uncertain. The council also gave second reading to sewer and water line regulations and first reading to remodeling City Hall third floor for a senior citizens club meeting room costing over 3000 dollars. Absent were Fred Weber, Jack Green, and Harry Crewson, with Tad Grover presiding. A bus-use discussion for senior transportation was raised. Fire staffing controversy was set aside to study outside data with 14 of 17 cities responding to a survey.
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State Highway Department
Athens City
Richland Avenue
W. Union Street
O’bleness
Union-Shafer
City Hall
Senior Citizens Club
Fred Weber
Jack Green
Harry B. Crewson
Council
Tad Grover
Crewson
Athens Senior Citizens Club
Jerome Fenske
Donald Barrett
Goldsberry
Council Recreation Committee
Howard Romine
City Recreation
Robert Burson
Council Fire Department
Kenneth Collins
McBee Plant Faces NLRB Vote On Union Affiliation
Workers at the McBee Press plant in Athens vote tomorrow in a National Labor Relations Board election to determine union representation amid a decertification petition filed by Lawrence Graves. The ballot asks between the Athens Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union, the Athens Bindery Workers Union, and no representation. Voting runs 6 00 am to 8 00 am and 2 00 pm to 4 00 pm in the plant first aid room for all three shifts. About 50 belong to the Pressmen Union and 60 to the Bindery Workers Union. Litton Industries oversees the plant where three other unions also operate.
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Athens McBee
National Labor Relations Board
Lawrence Graves
McBee Pressmen’s Union
Athens Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union
McBee Pressmen
Athens Bindery Workers Union
Graphic Arts International Union
Pressmen’s
NLRB
Pressmen’s Union
McBee
Bindery Workers Union
Litton Industries Conglomerate
Athens County Expected Share From Ohio Revenue Bill
Athens County would receive 688 347 for a 207 million dollar state revenue sharing plan pending congressional approval next week. The measure would free 138 million for counties and locals and 69 million for the state government with listed shares for Gallia Hocking Jackson Meigs Morgan Perry Vinton and Washington counties in the area.
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Athens County
Ohio
House
Senate
Gallia County
Hocking
Jackson
Meigs
Morgan
Perry
Vinton
Washington
O'Bleness Hospital Admits Area Residents
Admitted at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital are Mrs. Larry Irwin, Angela Smith, Mrs. Edward Kern, Mrs. Carl Efaw of Athens. Mrs. James Graham of Glouster. Mrs. Sarah Griffin of Millfield. Hubert Bailey of Nelsonville. Lila Carman of Chauncey. Mrs. Freddie Bailey, Karen Bobo, Mrs. Delma McCathern, Debra Turrill of Albany. Dismissed are Richard Timblin, Mrs. Jack Walton and son, Mrs. Berlen Burchfield, David Collins.
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Larry Irwin
Angela Smith
Edward Kern
Carl Efaw
Athens
James Graham
Glouster
Sarah Griffin
Millfield
Hubert Bailey
Nelsonville
Lila Carman
Chauncey
Freddie Bailey
Karen Bobo
Delma McCathern
Debra Turrill
Albany
Richard Timblin
Jack Walton
Berlen Burchfield
David Collins
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Hocking River
Har
Mony
Columbia Avenue
Thomas Smith
Roberta Roth
Wallace Drive
East
Morris Avenue
Water Pollution Control Board
Air Pollution Control Board
State Health Department
Harland Harris
City
W. State Street
Grover
Washington Street
Athena Theater
Ben Geary
Geary
John Rowe
Forrest Wilson
Ohio University
School of Architecture, Design and Planning
Barrett
Commission
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Aynes
Simmons
Simmons Beauty Rest Capri
Simmons Golden Value
Simmons Golden
Richland-Union Road
Mittee
Collins
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
W. Union St
Landmark’s
Kodak Pocket
Lite
SABRE
Shopcraft
Dcon
Pye
Delbert Kasler
Mgr
Kurtz St
Ual
Landmark
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