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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1964

Page

3

County Candidates Square Off At 100 Voter Session

Democratic Representative George Banks and Republican Branton Grover Sr. spoke at Athens High School cafeteria before about 100 residents and 16 candidates. Grover urged property financing for education from primary through college, backed new airport infrastructure and flood control for the Hocking Valley watershed, and vocational training funded by the state. Banks questioned whether revenue would cover anticipated needs.

Athens League of Women Voters George Banks Branton T. Grover Sr. Wer Athens Grover Hocking Valley Ohio

Bond Issue Backed to Boost Athens Education Efforts

Athens leaders gather at a League of Women Voters meeting urging support for a new high school bond issue to expand education and reduce dropouts. Sol Rosenberg cites a 1960 Ohio University survey. proponents promise low costs and shared state funding across districts.

Sol Rosenberg Athens Board of Education Athens League of Women Voters Athens High School Ohio University Athens Area Rosenberg

City income tax debated at Athens meeting

Citizens Committee on Athens Income Tax opposed the one percent tax arguing capital improvements could be funded by bonds. Joseph Kelly said the tax would burden property owners, while Harry Crewson defended the plan and cited state uniformity. Both discussed projected revenues and alternatives.

Joseph Kelly League of Women Voters Kelly Citizens Committee On Athens Harry Crewson Crewson Citizens For A Better

Stock Market Authority To Speak In Athens Saturday

Gerald M. Loeb, renowned stock market authority, will lecture in Athens on Saturday at 9 15 a m in Copeland Hall Room 111. The talk titled Investor Survival on Wall Street Forty Years of Profit and Loss is open to the public. Loeb, active in securities since 1921, co founded E F Hutton & Company and has led the University of Connecticut Loeb awards in financial journalism.

Gerald M. Loeb Athens Copeland Hall Wall Street Loeb E. F. Hutton & Company University of Connecticut Graduate Schools of Design and Business Administration Harvard Stanford Graduate School of Business

Dems Sweep School Voting

In a mock election at The Plains school, President Johnson beat Barry Goldwater 164 to 24, Sen. Stephen Young defeated Robert Taft Jr. 3 to 2, Walter Moeller beat Homer E. Abele 2 to 1, and all Democratic county and district candidates won except Sheriff Harold Shields. The high school bond issue passed 153 to 37. Conducted by the school's government class.

Plains Johnson Barry Goldwater Stephen Young Downing Robert Taft, Jr Walter Moeller Homer E. Abele Harold Shields

Thundershower Brings Welcome Rain to Athens

Thundershowers brought rain to Athens last night as U.S. Observer C. L. Colmer recorded .28 inch by 9:30 a.m. The morning temperature stood at 56 degrees, unchanged from early in the day. Wednesday's high remains to be added.

Athens U.S C. L. Colmer

Births and Admits at ShelterinG Arms Hospital

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Chapman Athena Route 1 welcomed a daughter. Admitted: Mrs. William Hartsell Athens Route, Edwin Wagoner Athens Route 1, William Canter Albany, Mrs. Roy Dupler Athens, Thomas H. Russell Coolville. Dismissed: Frank Lee Athens Route 2, Lucy Gillett Athens Route 3.

Ralph Chapman Athens William Hartsell Edwin Wagoner William Canter Albany Roy Dupler Thomas H. Russell Coolville Frank Lee Lucy Gillett

Physiologist to Lecture in Athens Thursday

Dr. E. S. Nasser of the University of Rochester School of Medicine will give a physiology lecture in room 216 Morton Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday November 5 sponsored by the American Physiological Society and Ohio University Zoology Department.

E. S. Nasser University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Morton Hall American Physiological Society Ohio University Zoology Department

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