Bill Would Help Local Road Jobs In Athens County
Ohio lawmakers seek to extend Jan 1 1980 deadline for using State Issue I funds to aid Athens County road projects. East State Street widening and Fulton Street Robbins Road upgrades miss the 1979 contract deadline. State transportation officials are expected to oppose the bill.
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Athens County
Ohio Department of Transportation
Claire Ball Jr
Athens
Ron James
Proctorville
Ball
East State
Fulton Street
Robbins Road
Nelsonville
OU Psychology Prof Proposes Air Force Training Review
An Ohio University psychologist, Dr George Klare, with Westinghouse researchers, designs a study to test whether Air Force training manuals exceed recruits reading abilities. Preliminary tests at Lackland AFB could start this year with full results by Sept 1, 1978, guiding possible manual revisions.
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Associated Press
Air Force
Ohio University
George Klare
Klare
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
County Budget Estimate Put At 5.8 Million For 1978
Athens County budget officials estimate 1978 income at about 483000 less than 1977 final. General fund near 1.2 million, with requests totaling nearly 1.7 million. Commissioners will trim requests and set final budget after January certification.
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Athens County
County Budget Commission
Clyde Bronson
Bronson
Plane Crash Kills Six Including Lynyrd Skynyrd Members
Six people die and twenty one wounded when a twin engine Convair 240 crashes near McComb Mississippi during an emergency landing attempt. Victims include lead singer Ronnie Van Zant guitarist Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines. The band formed in Jacksonville and rose to fame with Second Helping.
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Ronnie van Zant
Steve Gaines
Cassie Gaines
Walter Wiley McCreary
William John Gray
Dean Kilpatrick
Southwest Mississippi Medical Center
Johnny Mote
Jacksonville
Fla
Ronnie Vanzant
Lynyrd Skynyrd
McComb, Miss
Park Access Discussed by City Recreation Board
The City Recreation Board considered making facilities accessible to the handicapped including the city pool and courts. Elaine Seelhorst cited about 400 handicapped residents in Athens County and proposed lift ramps adjustable basketball baskets and accessible benches. The board hired an architect to plan converting Hangar at East State Street into a community center and discussed playgrounds and park improvements at East West State streets and Highland Park.
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City Recreation Board
Elaine Seelhorst
Recreation Board
East State Street Recreation Center
State Street
Highland Park
Athens
Jackson
EPA
Hocking State Forest
Forked Run State Park
Lake Hope
Zaleski State Forest
Pike Lake
Jackson Lake
Candidate Says Policies Needed
City Councilwoman Margaret Deppen calls for uniform zoning and planning rules between Athens city and Athens County. She advocates aggressive alignment of regulations within the three mile jurisdiction and study of urban redevelopment or tax abatement options. Veterans Day observance closes the Athens Social Security Office Monday.
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Athens
Athens County
Margaret Deppen
Miss Deppen
Deppen
Senate Delays Cleveland School Aid Amid Budget Ventures
Ohio lawmakers paused action on a Cleveland school funding bailout while advancing a capital improvements bill totaling about 524 million dollars for public construction over two years. The session also approved a winter heating subsidy expansion affecting up to 30,000 elderly and disabled residents.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Senate
House
James A. Rhodes
Chambers
Ohio University
Claire Ball Jr
Athens
Irvine Hall
Hocking Technical College
River Users Accept Diesel Tax Over Cargo Fee
Ohio Valley industrialists backed a four cent per gallon diesel tax as a lesser evil after pressure to end free river use for commerce. OVIA members vow to oppose further taxes while urging lawmakers to act, noting potential economic harm without fuel relief.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River Valley
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Congress
OVIA
H. J. Bobzien
American Commercial Barge Line Co
Jeffersonville
Ind
New York
Tennessee
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Bobzien
William Hull
Carter
Pennsylvania
Hull
House
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James
Anthony Celebreeze Jr
M. Morris Jackson
Tion
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Mississippi
McComb
Earl F. Mathews, Inc
ARK
Miles
Orleans
ALA
Gulf of Mexico
Lakeland
Greenville
S.C
Baton Rouge
Rhodes
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
Ocasek
Jo Woofter
M.D
Board of Dermetologists
Ermotologist Diseases & Tumors OF the SE
W. Stimson
Pomeroy
Telephone
ESLIC
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp
Fqual Housing
DODGE
Dodge Power
Pat Walsh Dodge
Stimson
Athens, Ohio
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