Athens Eyes City Income Tax Hike to Fund Services
Mayor Donald Barrett and Council Finance Committee Chairman Joe Johnson launched a campaign urging a 1.5 percent city income tax increase in the Nov 2 election. They warn that without the boost, city services and facilities will deteriorate, with new money starting Jan 1, 1977. The current 1 percent tax is expected to raise about $830,000 this year. If approved, the extra half percent would add about $400,000 next year, contributing to capital projects and operations since 1964. The Messenger plans a full report starting Sunday.
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Donald Barrett
Council Finance Committee
Joe Johnson
Athens
The
Messenger
Labor Has Lot at Stake Endorses Five Democrats at Ohio Univ
AFSCME Local 1669 at Ohio University endorsed five Democratic candidates for the November election. Carter-Mondale for president, Metzenbaum for Senate, Plummer for the 10th District, and Ron James and Jerry Adams for the Ohio House. Union leaders cite labor stakes and demand stronger bargaining. Adams and James spoke on collective bargaining and utility reform.
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American Federation of State
Ohio University
Ohio
House of Representatives
Council
Fred Haynes
Carter- Mondale
Adams
James
Athens
Rhodes
Kiwanians Launch Candy and Fruitcake Sale Campaign
Athens Kiwanis Club plans a citywide fruitcake and candy selling drive starting Monday with teams at 5:30 p.m. Proceeds fund the Athens Band Festival 4-H Club Salvation Army Summer Camp O'Bleness Memorial Hospital fund and aid needy families.
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Ray Calvey
Athens Kiwanis Club
Athens
Salvation Army
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Thai Official Visits Athens Amid Energy Policy Talks
Thai energy policy official Tophong Vachanasvasti, chief of the National Economic and Social Review Board power section, arrives in Athens for a weekend visit. He will meet Thai students, attend a Southeast Asian Students picnic, and discuss nuclear safety and TVA discoveries with U.S. officials.
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Tophong Vachanasvasti
State Department
Bob Poland
Ohio University
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National Economic and Social Review Board
Thailand
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Festival Trip to Bob Evans Homestead Festival
Meigs County Senior Citizens plan a Friday trip to Rio Grande for the Bob Evans Homestead Festival. Transportation costs $2. lunch is available at the festival. Buses depart the center at 9 a.m. and return from Rio Grande at 3 p.m.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Bob Evans
Rio Grande
Barnes Resigns as Ohio University Ombudsman
Dr. James F. Barnes resigns from his halftime post as Ohio University ombudsman. He accepted the appointment on August 30 and informed Provost Neil Bucklew, who had named him to the post alongside his duties as dean of the Center for Afro American Studies.
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James F. Barnes
Ohio University Ombudsman
Neil Bucklew
Barnes
Center For
Afro- American Studies
First Store In Columbus Plans Archie Griffin Sports Outlet
Universal Sports Action will open its first Archie Griffin sports store in Columbus, while a Sunday Messenger story noted Athens as the initial location. Bucklew announced Barnes resigned after faculty consultation, with Barnes to serve as interim ombudsman until a new appointee from a screening committee list.
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Athens Lions Club
Lion
Gene Reed
Univeral Sports Action
Columbus
Sunday Messenger
Athens
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