Athens Adds Route To City Bus Lines Schedule
Athens City Bus Lines introduces a southeast route starting Monday with buses leaving downtown at 6 45 a.m. and 5 45 p.m. The route serves Mill Street Hastings Addition Hooper Street Canterbury Drive Mulligan Road Perry Street and Monticello Lakeview Apartments. The north route shifts to hourly service, the east Mill Street stop is dropped, and the McBee route is discontinued due to low ridership.
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Athens City
Charles White
Mill Street
Hastings Addition
Hooper Street
Canterbury Drive
Mulligan Road
Perry Street
Monticello and
Lakeview
McBee
White
Tickets Gone For Simon and Garfunkel Homecoming Concert
All tickets are sold out for the Ohio University homecoming concert on October 26 featuring Simon and Garfunkel at the Convocation Center. About 10,800 tickets were snapped up by Tuesday at 5 p.m. The center’s seating was adjusted to meet the artists' request, though its usual concert capacity is 14,000 and the basketball capacity is 13,200.
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Ohio University
Simon and Garfunkel
Robert M. Ruday
Athens Man Denies Peeping Tom Charge
Donald L. Sims of 10 W. Mulberry St denied a peeping Tom charge in Municipal Court. He posted 58 dollars bond and a hearing was set for October 18 at 9 a.m. Sims allegedly climbed a fire escape at 101 S. Court St to look into second floor windows.
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Athens
Donald L. Sims
W. Mulberry St
Sims
S. Court St
New Generation Singers to Perform in Athens Weekend
Springfield folk rock group The New Generation Singers will play two Athens shows. A 7 30 p m Saturday at Middle School sponsored by the Teen Center, followed by a dance with Royal Colony Band of Nelsonville, then a Sunday 7 p m concert at First United Methodist Church with overnight visits by Teen Center Board members.
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New Generation Singers
Springfield
Athens
Middle School
Teen Center
Royal Colony Band
Nelsonville
First United Methodist Church
Teen Center Board
Pickets Withdrawn At Ohio University Site
Work resumes on Ohio University's 17.1 million South Green residence hall project as cement masons pickets depart. Field supervisor Jack Smith of Mosser Construction Co says talks with Edward Thomas of the cement masons union led to withdrawal of the pickets. Parties agreed to proceed with project phases not affected by the union claim that laborers are performing cement masons' work while discussions continue to resolve the dispute.
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Ohio University
South Green
Jack Smith
Mosser Construction Co
Edward Thomas
Cement Masons Union
Democrat Candidates Plan Marshfield Meet
Athens County's Democratic Executive Committee will host a meet the candidates session Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the New Marshfield VFW rooms. Waterloo area residents and voters are invited to attend and learn from the candidates.
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Athens County
Democratic Executive Committee
New Marshfield
Waterloo
Eighth Graders Elect Officers For Council At Athens Middle
Eighth graders at Athens Middle School were elected as officers of the Student Council. President Mark Handley and Vice President Steve Caul lead a slate including Nedra Riggs secretary treasurer and John Sager reporter. District officials note the new council structure expands representation across grades with home room reps and at large members. In other news, Harold R. Herman pleaded guilty to illegal parking on Blue Line Ave and was fined five dollars plus costs.
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Athens Middle School
Mark Handley
Ray Handley
S. Shannon Ave
Steve Caul
David Caul
State Hospital
Nedra Riggs
John Sager
Marion E. Wood
Charles Buckley
Jeff Elliott
Jim Strekal
Beth Lewis
David Wilhelm
Dick Goodin
Leroy Thompson
Connie Adams
Marc Mattmiller
Shelly Samuels
John Kerr
Sally Smith
David Yeats
Blue Line Ave
Harold R. Herman
Bricker Blasts Democrats At GOP Rally In Albany
Former Ohio governor and U S senator John Bricker addressed a large Republican rally at Alexander High School, blasting Democrats and Warren Court rulings while urging a GOP sweep. He attacked Humphrey Clark and Johnson, warned of inflation, crime, and foreign aid costs, and praised Nixon's integrity. Local candidates and party officials joined the event.
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Ken Steinhoff
Guv
John Bricker
Alexander High School
Ohio
U. S
Supreme Court
Bricker
Hubert Humphrey
Ramsey Clark
Lyndon Johnson
Humphrey
Vietnam
Pacific
Athens County
Creighton Abrams
Abrams
North Vietnam
Clark
Johnson
America
Robert McNamara
Secretary of Defense
World Bank
Washington
England
Russia
Clark Clifford
Defense
Pueblo
Seato
Southeast
Courthouse Offices To Close Saturday Observance of Columbus Day
Most Athens County courthouse offices will be closed Saturday in observance of Columbus Day. The treasurer, auditor, recorder, prosecuting attorney, board of elections and veterans service officer offices will close. The Probate and Common Pleas Courts will remain open.
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Athens County
Board of Elections and Veterans Service Officer
Probate and Common Pleas
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