Pratt Seeks Second Term Without An Axe To Grind
Athens County School Board President Clyde Pratt announces a bid for re election claiming no vendetta against opponents and stressing focus on county education. He cites federal funding concerns, support for permanent programs, and needs in elementary schools while defending executive sessions for personnel decisions.
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Pratt
Athens County School Board
Clyde Pratt
the Messenger
Athens County
Pomeroy Road
Athens
Robert Wein
Furtter
Weinfurther
Shade
New County
George Christman
Nick
Ed Thomas
Lewis Moore
Charles Shaner
Dailey
Cardaras
Prospects Of Future Discussed In Athens School Board Race
Four candidates compete for two seats on the Athens County School Board. Incumbent Clyde Pratt and Esther Dailey seek re election while Glouster residents Alex Docie and Nick Cardaras run. Dailey and Cardaras campaign together citing shared education views. Docie and Pratt deny any joint backing. Pratt and Dailey discuss board activity and future prospects in interviews.
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Susan Crites
Athens County School Board
Esther Dailey
Clyde Pratt
Alex Docie
Nick Cardaras
Dailey
Cardaras
Docie
Pratt
Sunday Messenger
Mrs. Dailey
Mrs. Dailey’s Long Service on County Board Highlighted
Esther Dailey, the sole woman on the county board for more than two decades, reflects on re election doubts, her education work, and her stance on school issues. She supported remedies for special education and gifted programs, urged more aid, and aims to secure her seat alongside Nick Cardaras to shift the majority.
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Esther Dailey
Athens County School Board
Christman
Beacon School
Dailey
Nick Cardaras
Strip Control Favored By Southeastern Ohio Voters
Southeastern Ohio residents back federal pollution controls and strip mining regulation in a poll conducted at county fairs. Support for stricter federal laws to control pollution reached 81.2 percent, while federal involvement in strip mining stood at 78.2 percent. Voters favored education funding and Vietnam withdrawal, with 66 and 65.1 percent affirmative respectively, and a majority opposed guaranteed universal basic income at 30.5 percent in favor versus 63.4 percent opposed.
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Southeastern
Ohio
Clarence Miller
Miller
Vietnam
China
United Nations
Point Pleasant Hit by Weekend Auto Wrecks
A weekend series of crashes in Point Pleasant sent eight people to Pleasant Valley Hospital. In one Saturday collision at Second and Viand Streets Billy Lyons 26 and George Ball 25 caused two parked cars to be struck injuring Lyons and two Ball passengers. Multiple other incidents followed at Jefferson Boulevard Mt Vernon Avenue Viand and 10th Streets and Viand Street injuring several drivers and passengers. Minor injuries were reported and several citations issued for failure to yield or proceed safely.
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Point Pleasant
Second
Vland
Billy B. Lyons
Viand
George A. Ball
Lyons
Pleasant Valley Hospital
John David Ball
James Ball
McConihay
Knopp
Glenda Ross
Vicki van Meter
Emmons McConihay
Cort McConihay
van Meter
10Th Streets
Emily Marie Kesterson
Columbus
10Th Street
Wilbur King
Mason County Motor Co
United States Postal Service
Hussell
Crow-Hussell Funeral Home
Roe
Fry
Connie Sue Triplehorn
Jackson Avenue
25Th Street
Miss Triplehorn
Jeffrey Swisher
Jackson
Woman Joins Dallas Police Force
Margaret McGee, 26, becomes the first black woman to enter the Dallas Police Department. She notes her aim to do good and help people, after graduating 19th in a class of 36 women.
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Dallas (Ap
Margaret McGee
Dallas Police Department
Miss McGee
Thefts Reported On Franklin Avenue In Athens
Athens City Police catalog two weekend thefts on Franklin Avenue. Scott Dunlap reports a van break in with a tape deck, 15 tapes worth 80 dollars, a soldering iron, hydraulic jack, and fire extinguisher totaling 112 dollars. Rita Riggs says a stereo and six tapes vanished from her car with 100 dollars top damage.
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Scott Dunlap
Franklin Ave
Rita Riggs
OSU Should Ease Requirements and Fees Omnibus
Ohio State University ombudsman Richard H. Armitage released 16 recommendations from six months of work. Proposals include optional BA and BSc tracks, 180 credit hour bachelor eligibility, elimination of most course fees, and reviews of campus safety smoking dog control crosswalk signs housing and student employee grievances.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Richard H. Armitage
Colleges of the Arts and Sciences
Armita
Youths cheer for Jesus at Lutheran congress in San Diego
In San Diego 1300 Lutheran Youth Alive participants cheered at the name Jesus during the Lutheran Youth Congress. The event featured a pep rally style cheer spelling out J E S U S as youths clapped and applauded.
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San Diego
Calif
Jesus Christ
Lutheran Youth Congress
Lutheran Youth Alive
Jesus
Navajo Nation Votes for Leaders in Four-Year Terms
The Navajo tribe, largest in the United States, uses an elective body of a chairman, vice chairman, and 74 council members elected to four-year terms by paper ballots. The last election occurred in mid-November 1970 with Peter MacDonald as chairman and Wilson Skeet as vice chairman. Navajos have voted in county, state, and federal elections since 1924.
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Window Rock
Ariz
United States
Peter MacDonald
Wilson Skeet
Few Take Advantage Of Protection Rider
VA reports only about 20 percent of World War II and Korean veterans with GI insurance have added the income protection rider. Those with policies numbered V R or W may add it if healthy and under 55. The rider pays $10 monthly per $1,000 of coverage after six months of disability, continuing until age 65 or longer.
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Veterans Administration
Tal
Two Calls Reported by Athens Fire Crews Sunday
An emergency squad responded to City Hall at 2 24 p m for Kathryn Fulton 42 Athens Route 5 who fell ill and was transported to O Bleness Memorial Hospital after treatment en route. A pumper company went to E State Street and May Avenue where Ed Zednik 103 Maplewood Drive reported a backfire causing $50 damage. fire was controlled upon arrival.
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Athens
City Hall
Kathryn Fulton
Athens Route 5
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
E. State Street
May Avenue
Ed Zednik
Maplewood Drive
Sunday Schools Grow Across America
Four years ago only 12 churches drew more than 2000 weekly attendees. By 1971 the count rose to 24 as reported by the interdenominational Christian Life magazine, noting rapidly expanding growth in large Sunday schools.
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Department of Public Safety
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College of Law
Largge
First National Bank OF
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Nelsonville, Ohio
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