Ohio Senate Bill 350 Critics from Educators and Democrats
Educators and Democratic candidates lambasted Ohio Senate Bill 350 at a Monday night meeting in Athens County, linking it to higher local school costs including Nelsonville York’s $222,000 levy need. Senator Collins defended the bill, while opponents pressed for tax reform and local funding accountability amid education gains and statewide school aid claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Senate
Oakley Collins
Nelsonville- York
Nelsonville-York
Richard Hubbard
Athens County League of Women Voters
Tri- County
Ohio Education Association
Ohio
Hubbard
Collins
Ralph Welker
State Senate
J. Sherman Porter
Porter
Athens
18Th Senate
Senate
Nelsonville
York
Whch
Education, Health and Welfare
House
J. Sherman Porter II
Ohio General Assembly
Porter III
John Law
Jack White
Earl Lowry
Edwards
Law
Forrest P. Moore
Earl E. Stephenson
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Marjorie Mitchell
Ann Algeo
Athens County
Luta M. Wright
Ann C. Gibbs
Olive Rose
Demo
SCS Grants $417,460 To Flood District
The U S Soil Conservation Service signed a $417 460 grant agreement with the Margaret Creek Conservancy District to fund Site 2 dam lake at Albany Ohio. The project totals $897 990 for 700 acres with an FHA loan of $354 000 expected within two weeks and an $88 532 ARC grant for recreation. Construction to begin, aiming for spring 1970, with four more dam sites planned and LE AX water service to area users at 75 per tap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greg Black
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Margaret Creek Conservancy District
Albany
Margaret Creek Conservancy
Perry Munn
Ed Wagoner
Farmers’ Home Administration
SCS
Appalachian Regional Commission
Margaret Creek
W. H. Wakefield
James Richardson
Ohio Scs
FHA
LEAX
Le-Ax
Bishop
Board
Leax Corp
Albany-area
James Stingel
J. Floyd Williams
Congress
Williams
Burton DeVeau
Athens Soil and Water District
Vernon Alden
Ohio U
Athens Business Associations
William Bishop
William Lavelle
Miller Receives Flood Control Briefing from Conservancy District
Congressman Clarence Miller was briefed on Athens flood control plans and the Hocking Conservancy District program by Don Johnson. They discussed contract bid timing, winter work possibilities, the Logan reservoir site near Clear Creek, and the ongoing Appalachia restudy as Logan and Old Town Creek flooding affect local industry.
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Clarence Miller
Athens
Hocking Conservancy District
Don Johnson
Conservancy District
Miller
Johnson
Conservancy
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Hocking River
Logan Reservoir
Clear Creek
Nate
Hocking
Appalachia
Logan
Old Town Creek
Henderson urges student centered public education
Henderson, superintendent of Athens City Schools, told Kiwanis that the core of public education is student participation. He advocates expanding vocational programs to reduce dropouts and emphasizes teachers showing personal investment to shape students' personalities and values.
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Samuel T. Henderson
Athens City
Henderson
Three Men Transported To Hospital After Incidents
Fire department responders aided three men in two incidents starting Monday afternoon. Karl Hanning, 76, fell onto a lawn mower and was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital with a possible hip injury. Michael Gaston, 65, a theater doorman, collapsed in the Athena Theater lobby and received oxygen en route to the hospital for a possible heart attack. Danny Rozelle, 23, sustained wrist and finger lacerations after his hand rammed through a picture window during a morning incident and was admitted for further treatment. The third call marked the fire department’s 500th alarm this year.
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Fire Department
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Karl Hanning
N. Lancaster St
Athena Theater
Court St
Michael Gaston
N. Court St
Gaston
Danny Rozelle
Athens Apartments
Albany Road
Rozelle
Charles Dalton
Poet William Stafford to read at Ohio University Voices 68
American poet William Stafford will read and discuss poetry at Ohio University during Voices 68 on Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Ellis Hall Room 11. His Traveling Through the Dark won the 1962 National Book Award for Poetry and he earned the 1959 Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Prize for poetry.
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America
William Stafford
Ohio University
Voices
Ellis Hall
Stafford
Union League Civic and Arts Foundation
Two Area Men Appointed Firemen for One Year
City Fire Chief Charles Dalton announced probationary one year appointments effective November first for John R. Adams age 27 of Athens Route 2 and Jerry A. Roth age 26 of Buchtel. Adams and Roth plus one other applicant passed the civil service exam. a fourth applicant failed. The new hires bring the department total to 19 including the chief.
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Charles Dalton
John R. Adams
Athens
Jerry A. Roth
Buchtel
Adams
Roth
Commissioners Table Road Change Request In Athens County
About 22 property owners petitioned to make Road 21 a county road. Commissioners delayed action for at least a week pending talks with township trustees and the county engineer. Nearby issues include a pollution complaint on Route 691 near New Marshfield and a damaged bridge near Murray City residents’ homes.
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Athens
John Cline
James Edwards
John Law
Athens Township
Harold Hitchens
Pleasant Hill
Edwards
County Health Department
New Marshfield
Commission
Lawrence Bean
Sanitarian
Murray City
Larry Vassco
Helen Robinette
Motorist Electrified Over His Two Charges
Athens police say William Lee Hull, 22, drove about 40 mph on Columbus Road when he braked and slid into an electric company pole. He left the scene after the crash and was fined 50 dollars plus costs for leaving the scene and 25 dollars plus costs for speeding in municipal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
William Lee Hull
Columbus Road
Hull
Jurors Visit Scene of York Township Fatal Crash
A Common Pleas Court jury toured the Spice Lick Hill Road area in York Township to view the site of a March 10 automobile pedestrian crash that killed Mrs Mae Newlan and her son Charles Thompson. Larry Francis Bailey, 21, of Nelsonville Route 1, is charged with two counts of homicide by vehicle and reckless operation. He pleaded innocent at arraignment. defense attorney Joseph Vanity argued for a tour of the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Larry Francis Bailey
York Township
Mae Newlan
Charles Thompson
Spice Lick Hill
Bailey
Nelsonville
Joseph Vanity
State Highway Patrol
Vanity
Trick or Treat Night Planned at The Plains
Fire Chief Cecil Newsom announced Trick or Treat Night at The Plains scheduled for Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. for children, ensuring a safe supervised event in the community.
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the Plains
Cecil Newsom
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
A list of births and names from Sheltering Arms Hospital notes includes Mr and Mrs Daniel McKee Athens a son Mrs and Mrs James Ryan Athens Route 1 a daughter Mr and Mrs William Fantone Albany Route 3 a daughter and many others such as David Thomas Earl Haning Madge Baker Steve Scott and Shir ley Ledfords. The fragment lists several individuals with locations including Athens Albany Racine Jacksonville and New Marshfield Route 1 2 3 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel McKee
Athens
James Ryan
William Fantone
Albany
David Thomas
Earl Haning
Madge Baker
Steve Scott
Shirley Ledfords
Michael Gaston
Howard McClain
Otis McClintock
Racine
Lula Mills
Jacksonville
Myrtle Figley
Ruth Hart
Logan
Hector Searberry
New Marshfield
Mary Hunt
Guysville
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Tom Price Messenger
General Assembly
Firestone
Athens Home & Auto Supply, Inc
Carpenter Streets
Electric
Jeffrey Shumway
Renee Koker
Everett Watson
Mrs
Raymond Davenport
Ben Cremeans
Anna Perry
Tittle Ambassadors
PCA
Follett Store
Candy
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