Van Dyke Plans to Improve City Services and Development
Albany native Van Dyke outlines his mayoral plan to have direct oversight of the service departments while working with police and fire chiefs to fix communication gaps. He proposes weekly department head meetings, hopes Chief Dalton stays on as fire chief, and notes past administration as a learning model. He also details career and community ties and campaign support from key local figures as Athens Jaycees sell Halloween candy for charity.
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van Dyke
Shepard
Albany
Albany High School
Mountain State College
West Virginia
Mountain State
Athens
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Broughton’s Dairy
Fairmont Foods
van Dykes
Ohio Municipal League
Barrett
Ohio Democratic Party
William Lavelle
Ohio
Ohio University
E. State Recreation Complex
Jaycees Fields
Highland Park
Barrett and Van Dyke Face Stress-Free City Forum
In Athens Barrett and Van Dyke spoke at a local forum outlining their platforms. Barrett pledged impartial administration, better street work and traffic control, more police and fire services, expanded recreation, housing for the elderly, regional cooperation, and open office. He cited 28 years in the military as a basis for his qualifications.
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Ities
Barrett
van Dyke
Athens
Candidates discuss city needs and recreation plans
At a meet the candidates session in Athens City, Democrat Mace urged recreation funding and lighting for night play, while Democrat Smith criticized traffic and growth planning highlighting Richland Avenue and Second Ward issues. Incumbents were absent, and plans for bicycle paths and E State recreation facilities were proposed along with calls for open channels to City Hall.
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Mace
Chillicothe
Howard Romine
Tad Grover
Smith
Edgar Tuckerman
Richland Avenue
Mill Street
Second Ward
City Hall
Tuckerman
Daniel
Fourth Ward
Brad Davis
League of Women Voters
E. State Street
E. State Recrea
Davis
Jack Green
Fred Landis
Kenneth Collins
Athens City
Sol Rosenberg
Russell Johnson
Gerald Mollica
Ralph Nuzum
Meg Hammon
Athens County
Woub-Am
WOUB
George Joachim
Ohio coed bound to grand jury on marijuana charge
An Athens County court bound Helen Watson of 247 Boyd Hall to the grand jury on a charge of possession of marijuana for sale. She pleaded innocent at arraignment and is free on a 5000 dollar bond pending Common Pleas Court action. Other defendants, John FE Carroll and Danny Bale, pleaded innocent to public intoxication with bonds set at 33 dollars each for an November 4 hearing. Several local individuals were listed in a public record of admissions and dismissals in related matters.
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Ohio University Coed
Athens County
Helen Watson
Boyd Hall
Common Pleas Court
John FE. Carroll
Columbia Ave
Danny Bale
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Dalton
the Messenger
Mayor
John Stinson
Republican Party
Edward Robe
William C. Rowland
Jaycees
Tion
East Side
W. State Street
Route 33
Rhodes Development Committee
Goodyear
Logan
Rolens Husky Garden Tractor
Marathon Station
Carpenter and
East State Std
Navy
C.P.O
Bankamericard
Pepperelli
Nelsonville
O’bleness
Larry Mickley
William Ogg
Don Snyder
Buchtel
Clyde Ely
Norma Perry
Conrad Collins
James Copeland
Alice Smith
William Strausbaugh
Millfield
Ernest Minear
New Marshfield
Donald Chalfant
the Plains
Floyd Sams
Clyde Bronson
Eric Lindren
Alexander
Meigs Federal-Hocking
Glouster
York
Tri-County
Bankamerward
Dolia Roberts
Cornwell & Son Jewelers
Union St
Athens, Ohio
GEM Society
Athens National Banks
Bobcat Branch
West Union St
Lakeview Mall
Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority
Mill and
College Streets
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