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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1971
Page
2
Veterans observer C. L. Colmer predicts leaves will reach peak color this weekend across Southeastern Ohio aided by summer rains. Warm weather keeps violets blooming, with a frost usually arriving by Oct 12 unlikely this year as a hard rain will follow turning toward winter.
Three Ohio University students from Gambier Mt. Vernon and Palos Verdes were fined 2 dollars plus costs in Athens County Municipal Court after pleading no contest to hitchhiking violations. Officers Ohlandt and Sinclair cited traffic hazards at Congress and Union streets, with judge Franklin Sheeter noting no safety zones existed.
Delegates from 87 counties craft a state program backing personal and corporate income tax with real estate tax relief. Lt. Gov. John Brown addresses the banquet while youth program crowns John Kidwell and Charlotte West as prince and princess. State Master James Ross presides. National Grange rep C Jerome Davis attends. next stop is Charleston WV for the National Convention.
In Toledo Ohio the 1000 member local of the American Flint Glass Workers voted to continue the strike begun Friday at the Libby Glass plant until a new contract is reached. The old pact has expired and disputes over work conditions delay a settlement.
Ohio faces unseasonably warm conditions with overnight lows in the 50s to 60s and daytime highs in the 70s. Southeast winds persist as the national forecast calls for rain in the Southeast and upper Midwest, with showers in Washington state and Oregon and snow flurries in Idaho.
The Athens County Grand Jury returned 16 indictments including two secret indictments. Prosecutor Claire Ball Jr. said arrests for secret indictments expected within about two days. Indicted defendants listed with charges include Iddings grand larceny Adkins vending machine invasion Perry forgery Wilson biting disfigurement Weiss Nathanson hallucinogens Katz marijuana possession conspiracy and more. Two cases postponed to Dec 20. Jury advised jail maintenance recommendations and toured the Athens County Jail during the session.
Athens County commissioners discussed extensive jail repairs and prebid procedures for The Plains water and sewage projects. They reviewed grand jury recommendations, possible federal funds, and the need to house prisoners during work. The board also approved continued Tri County Community Action Agency programs and a Beacon School lunch plan. They set Friday for final resolutions and bids after awaiting 24 page notices.
Mason County students begin a long weekend with no classes through Friday as schools close for the West Virginia Education Association meeting in Charleston. They will also be closed Monday for Veterans Day observance.
The Probate Court of Hocking County will sell the Guerin estate on Friday October 29 1971 at 1:00 pm at the court house side door Logan Ohio. The property known as Logan Motel and Home consists of 1.19 acres on two tracts and includes a six room home with bath and oil heating plus a four room apartment and six motel units. Appraised at 32000 dollars with a minimum bid of two thirds. Ten percent cash due sale day balance due deed within thirty days. Executors James A. Pierce and Joe Thomas.
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