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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1971

Page

8

Ohio law copy eyed in Pennsylvanian strip mining tour

Ohio lawmakers led by Maddux toured Pennsylvania strip mining sites to study reclamation rules as HB 928 faces floor debate. The group, including Sam Speck and John Wargo, reviewed continuous reclamation and high wall elimination, finding Pennsylvanias standards feasible for Ohio operators and supporters hopeful for swift action this year.

Nia Ohio Pennsylvania Maddux Sam Speck New Concord John Wargo Columbiana County William Blair Ohio Department of Natural Resources E. R. Lancaster Pennsylvania Department of Mining Natural Resources Dubois- Jefferson General Assembly Lancaster Commonwealth

Ohio Tax War Nearing End As Budget Plan Emerges

In Columbus AP reports the seven month fight over Ohio financing may end this week as House and Senate leaders decide which tax approach to send back for final action. Gov Gilligan administration favors a new income tax plan proposing rates from 0.5 to 4 percent and a 4 to 7.5 range for another element.

Columbus, Ohio Ohio House Senate John Gilligan Gilligan

Snowdon On Assignment Under Cover

Lord Snowden the brother in law of Queen Elizabeth travels through the Pennsylvania Dutch country for a national magazine assignment. Snowden refuses to acknowledge his identity to photographers and a market shopper who recognizes him from photos. Donovan Smith of the Pennsylvania Dutch Tourist Bureau says the bureau helped arrange the visit and spent hours briefing him. Helen Markel of McCall's confirms the trip and notes only the assignment details are not disclosed.

Lancaster Lord Snowden Queen Elizabeth Maga Snowdon Princess Margaret Donovan Smith Pennsylvania Dutch Tourist Bureau Smith Tourist Bureau Helen Markel McCall's

Fans Dining At Chargers Games Tally Big Food Bill

San Diego fans consumed more than 250000 dollars worth of food and drinks during 11 Chargers pre season and regular season games last year. Allan P. Lucht notes concession sales for the team reflect high turnout and strong sales across the season.

SAN Diego San Diego Chargers Allan P. Lucht

Area Death Notices in Logan and Gallia Counties

Amos H. Dozer Sr. 83 died Saturday at Mark Rest Home McConnelsville retired salt mill operator survived by two daughters and two sons services Tuesday 2 p.m. Wrightsel Funeral Home burial Doles Cemetery. Raymond Beery 82 of West Logan died Sunday Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville retired farmer and carpenter survived by one son, one daughter, three grandchildren services Wednesday 2 p.m. Heinlein Funeral Home burial Ewing Cemetery. Charles Wilben Clagg 85 died Sunday at son Turley Clagg's home Gal lips following long illness farmer born Putnam Co. W Va came to Ohio 1928 wife Nora Bell Cragg died 1966 survived by two other sons, six daughters, two brothers, a sister, 42 grandchildren, 66 great grandchildren, two great great. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday Church of Christ Bidwell burial Fairview Cemetery. Arrangements McCoy Moore Funeral Home of Vinton.

Nancy Maxwell Orient Ohio Wilma Clark Circleville John Dozer Delaware Amoz Dozer Jr Radcliff Ida Martindale New Holland Wrightsel Funeral Arthur Wolf Doles Cemetery Roy Dottie Gertie Heinlein Conrad O. Diehm Ewing Cemtery Washington Township Gallipolis Charles Wilben Clagg Turley Clagg Neal Ave Mr. Clagg Putnam County W. Va Andrew Jackson Louisa Tassett Clagg Nora Bell Mayes Cragg Lesley Fostoria Charles Columbus Dorothy Darnell River Rouge Mich Virgie Reist Dollie Hunter Pearl Denny Bidwell Winnie Russell McComb Bessie Harstman Lima Samuel George West Virginia Mary Sawders Cragg Church of Christ At Eugene Zopp Fairview Cemetery Neal Avenue McCoy-Moore Funeral Home Vinton

Dies in Gallipolis. longtime GSI staff member Dr Samuel Bossard

Dr Samuel Roy Bossard 85 a Gallipolis State Institute staffer for more than 50 years and WWI WWII veteran died at his home 92 Court St Gallipolis around 3 p m Saturday He retired in 1964 and lived as consultant He was born in Crawford County PA a Loyola Stritch School 1916 graduate He served as medical intern in Huntington WV private practice in Belville WV 1917 1919 He joined GSI June 22 1920 and served again in WWII May 1941 to June 1947 He was a member of several medical and fraternal bodies survived by wife Ruby Plummer Bossard three sisters and a brother Burial at Mound Hill Cemetery with services at Grace United Methodist Church Tuesday

Gallipolis Samuel Roy Bossard Gallipolis State Institute Court State College Edinboro Stritch School of Medicine Loyola University Chicago Bossard C&o Hospital Huntington W. Va Belville Ohio Hospital For GSI Gallia County Medical Society Ohio State Medical Association Morning Dawn Masonic Lodge Royal Arch Masons Odd Fellows Lumber City Grace United Methodist Church President’s Club Edinboro State College Ruby Plummer Bossard Evelyn Dickson Lionville Mary Humes Cambridge Springs Mary Rushlander Meadville Paul Hawks Mound Hill Cemetery Waugh-Halley-Wood Dawn Lodge

Obituaries for Conway and Webb in Glouster and Zaleski

Mrs Helen G Conway 51 of 36 Cross St Glouster died at home. Born in West Virginia she is survived by husband Robert son Kenneth Conway Glouster daughter Jennetta Craig Glouster three grandchildren and siblings. Earl Webb 65 of Zaleski died at O Bleness Memorial Hospital Athens retired Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric employee. Survived by five sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements set for Van Fossen and Wrightsel Funeral Homes with burial at Maplewood and Oak Grove Cemeteries.

Glouster Helen G. Conway Cross St West Virginia James and Maude _ Holdren Markins Robert Kenneth Conway Jennetta Craig Alva Markins Maryland Archie Markins Harvey Mark Zaleski Earl Webb O’bleness Memorial Athens Theodore and Minta Jones Webb Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company Bertha Sharp Mary Ellen Webb Lulu Webb Gaston Hazel Gaston Margaret Webb Columbus Carl Joseph Wrightsel Funeral Home de Loss Smith Oak Grove Cemetery Funeral

Logan Henry Derr 93 former Logan resident dies

Henry Derr 93 of 431 E Front St Logan died Sunday at Arcadia Acres Nursing Home Ilesboro He was born in Marion Township Hocking County a farmer and charter member of Marion Grange Survived by two sons Walter Lester and two daughters Ethel Gordon Bessie Brown 13 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren his wife Daisy died in 1967 Burial at Oak Grove Cemetery Leonard Funeral Home the Rev R W Faulkner and Rev Edna B Hughes officiating Friends may call after 7 p m Monday

Logan Henry Derr E. Front St Arcadia Acres Ilesboro Marion Township Hocking County Silas and Mahalia Hunsaker Derr Walter Lester Carl Ethel) Gordon Wallace Bessie) Brown Charles Derr Lancaster Daisy Redd Derr Leonard Funeral Home R. W. Faulkner Edna B. Hughes Oak Grove Cemetery

Ohio to Decertify Twenty Nursing Homes From Medicaid

Eleven Ohio nursing homes will be dropped from Medicaid this week for safety and health violations. Nine more have already been decertified, with officials calling this the first batch. Appeals are expected from operators as Washington pressures stricter enforcement. Names like Curtis Nursing Home Cleveland and Avon Convalescent Center Cincinnati are among those decertified.

Columbus Ohio John Hanson Ohio Nursing Homes Association Hansan Washington Curtis Nursing Home, Inc Cleveland Avon Convalescent Center, Inc Cincinnati Restview Cedar Springs Care Center New Paris Eaton Care

Prisoner to Reside With Lawyer under Shock Law

A 27 year old Cincinnati man William Bailey, inmate at Ohio Reformatory, will live at lawyer Ben Carters home for three years after Judge Robert Wood ordered release under the Shock Law. Bailey was convicted last April on a charge of shooting to kill and was described as a family friend.

Cincinnati Ohio Reformatory Robert Wood Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Ben Carter William Bailey Reformatory Carter Wood Bailey

Bishop Boos New Liturgy

Johannesburg AP report notes Anglican Bishop Leslie Stradling of Johannesburg criticizes rising liturgical experimentation in services. He warns against individual rector driven changes resembling chaos and departing from standard practice.

Johannesburg So. Africa Leslie Stradling

Taft criticizes Gilligan as probe sought in mine violence

Sen Robert Taft Jr visits Ohio mining areas and attacks Gov Gilligan over mine violence and stalled National Guard deployment. Lawmen in four counties mobilize 250 officers as non union mines reopen amid a 25 day national UMW strike and recent vandalism. Gilligan vows order. Taft calls for federal grand jury action.

Philadelphia Ohio United Mine Workers Tuscarawas Carroll Harrison Jefferson Robert Taft Jr John J. Gilligan Gilligan William Brown U.S William Milligan Highway Patrol Robert Chiaramonte Adj Dana Stewart Ohio National Guard Sen Robert Taft

Mrs. Margaret Stover 79 dies in New Straitsville

New Straitsville resident Mrs. Margaret Stover 79 died Sunday at Homestead Convalescent Center Lancaster daughter of John and Lillie Lemon widow of Colonel Stover. Survived by two daughters Hazel Keeler Columbus Mildred Campbell Akron two sons John Nelson Columbus Ga Charles Nelson Columbus a step daughter Audrey Weaver New Straitsville two sisters Bertha Pratt New Straitsville Mary Decker Newark five grandchildren two great grandchildren Service Tuesday 2 p.m. Trevey Funeral Home officiated by Rev Alden Farner Burial New Straitsville Cemetery.

New Straitsville Margaret Stover Homestead Convalescent Center Lancaster John Millie Spurgon Lemon Colonel Stover Hazel Keeler Columbus Mildred Campbell Akron John Nelson Charles Nelson Audrey Weaver Bertha Pratt Mary Decker Newark Trevey Funeral Home Alden Farner New Straitsville Cemetery

Millfield Miner Raymond Stalling Dies After Seven-Week illness

Raymond O. Stalling 58 of Millfield Route 1 died Saturday at Mount hospital where he had been ill seven weeks. He was a retired coal miner born in Athens County. Survived by wife Susan three daughters two brothers and three sisters. Funeral Monday at Johnson Funeral Home Nelsonville. Burial Whitmore Cemetery Buchtel. Emma Biddison Davis 83 former Glouster resident dies in Huntington West Virginia hospital widow of Chester Davis. Graveside service Wednesday Maplewood Cemetery near Glouster.

Nelsonville T. Zane Hull Hampton Hull Athens County Carbondale John Hull Zora Soldiers Circle Millfield Raymond O. Stalling Mount St. Mary Hospital Oliver Goldie Stalling Susan Arlene Taylor Patricia McKinley Linda Keeney Edison Stalling Mitchell Stalling Columbus Esther Stanley Zanesville Edith Prater Mary Stimel California Johnson Funeral Home Glenn Collins Whitmore Cemetery Buchtel Glouster Emma Biddison Davis Huntington W. Va Chester Davis Maplewood Cemetery

Crocodile Eggs Found in Ruhunu Park Nest

A clutch of 52 crocodile eggs, said to be the largest ever found in Ceylon, was reported by Ruhunu National Park Game Ranger. The nest formed a 214 foot high mound of logs and debris. Local authorities note crocodile hunting is not common but growth may be slower than possible.

Tenenbaum Taft Columbus Colombo Ceylon Ruhunu National Park

Also Mentioned on This Page

Don S. Maddux Division of Mining of Pennsylva Dards Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc Ernest F. Rothel Southeastern Clair Colburn Dennis Leadbetter Charles Mills D. J. Koch Adelphia Laurelville Sugar Grove Zine A. G. Lancione Bellaire Senate Environmental Affairs Committee Environmental Protection Agency State Government Committee Department of Mental Hygiene and Corrections Senate Urban and Highway Affairs Committee Amos H. Dozer Sr Coalton Mark Rest McConnelsville Clara Duffey Dozer Raymond Beery Charles W. Clagg Samuel Bossard Messenger Ruth Wilkinson Hocking Bremen Road Jack Deible Ellis Ackison Marion Grange Eaton Vivian D. Tepper Nursing Home Community Nursing Home, Inc Bowling Green Northside Manor, Inc Mount Vernon Fairfield Care Center Thornville Boos Tuscarawas County Anthony Young Friday Glenn Carlyle National Guard Gilligan’s Robert Tenenbaum Raymond O., Stalling Mrs Emma Davis
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