House Fire Near City Limits Destroys Small Structure
Athens and Richland firemen fought a late Wednesday blaze that destroyed a small house near the city limits off Pomeroy Road. Damage estimated at $1,000. Crews from both departments laid hose about 700 feet to a Route 33 hydrant. The building was outside city limits, in Richland territory, owned by Lucian Spartaro. Athens squadmen also responded to two medical calls including a possible overdose at 188 Hastings Rd and a head pain case at Mary Johnson's Inn W State Street.
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Athens and
Richland Area
Pomeroy Road
Longview Heights
Richland Territory
Richland
Pete Good
Lucian Spartaro
Old Coach Road
Athens
Hastings Rd
William Woellner
O’bleness
Wanda Smith
Stewart
Mary Johnson’s Inn
W. State Street
Crowell Pleads Guilty on Two DWI Charges in Athens Court
Gilford Crowell, 49, of 51 Fairview Ave, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and running a red light in Athens County Municipal Court. A third charge, public intoxication, was dropped. $210 fines and costs imposed, seven days in county jail, and a 60 day license suspension.
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Gilford Crowell
Fairview Ave
Athens County
Crowell
Athens
Stimson Ave Progress Report Highlights Completion Timeline
A state highway inspector says work on Stimson Avenue is moving right along with concrete paving near completion and a July completion target. Traffic likely delayed until sidewalks and steps are rebuilt, as crews advance toward a July contract deadline.
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Stimson Avenue
James Rife
Rife
Worthington
Engle Construction Co
Harmony Road
Driver Guilty on Multiple Charges in Athens Court
Ross Phillips, 61, of 230 W State St, pleaded guilty to unsafe operation driving while intoxicated and public intoxication in Athens County Municipal Court. He was fined 270 dollars plus costs, sentenced to seven days in jail, and had his license suspended 60 days. Judge Franklin Sheeter suspended 45 dollars of the total fine.
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Alva Carlos Robinson
Athens
Jeffery Garnett
Carriage Hill
Bill Gail
Krogers
Harry Steele
Ralph Morgan
Delbert Matheny
Jacksonville
Athens County
Daniel Hoskins
Hastings Road
Millard Barnett
Brown Ave
Duane Llewellyn
New Marshfield
George Troy
Ross Phillips
State St
Phillips
Franklin Sheeter
Elementary and higher students adapt to Columbia Avenue closure
Transportation remains unaffected for elementary pupils as the Columbia Avenue closure disrupts about 30 middle and high school students. Middle school riders walk to school while high schoolers meet the bus at N Lancaster Street. Mayor Barrett notes progress on repairs by Grim Excavating and urges safe pedestrian practices and adherence to signals amid hazardous city areas and recent drive around behavior.
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Columbia Avenue
Mac Williams
Athens City
Columbia
Columbus Road
N. Lancaster Street
Athens
Donald Barrett
Barrett
Grim Excavating Co
Stimson Avenue
E. State Street
City Service Safety
Phillip Goldsberry
Goldsberry
Slain Olympian David Berger's Body Returns to Cleveland
The body of David Berger 28 Shaker Heights native and Israeli weight lifter killed in the Olympic raid is due in Cleveland aboard an Air Force plane from Munich Germany. services are set for 11 a.m. Friday at Fairmount Temple with hundreds expected. two memorial funds were created in his name.
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Cleveland
Ohio
David Berger
Shaker Heights
Israel
Munich
Germany
Berger
Fairmount Temple
John W. Schubert
United States
Philippines
Schubert
Tulane University
Columbia University
U.S
Benjamin Berger
Jewish Community Federation
Mount Sinai Hospital
Columbia
New York State
Slow Start for Area Voter Registration in Athens County
Athens County voter registration begins slowly as two workers register eight new voters in Albany and note two address changes. Elections Director William Howe says the drive, open to nonresidents, runs through Oct 10 with visits planned in Amesville Coolville Glouster and Nelsonville plus October centers.
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Phil Hess
Leah Mace
Mathew Jordan
Ralph Pinkerton
Robert Cannon
William Woellner
Rosa Riley
Luella Grosvenor
Athens County
Albany
William Howe
Howe
Athens
Amesville
Coolville
Glouster
Nelsonville
Two Athens Men Attend Sigma Pi Convocation Anniversary
Two Athens men joined about 200 Sigma Pi Fraternity members at the 75th anniversary convocation in French Lick Indiana. Joseph B. Balding and Jim Rodger were initiated at Ohio University. Attendees visited Vincennes University where Sigma Pi began in 1897 and the national headquarters in Vincennes.
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Athens
Sigma Pi Fraternity
French Lick
Ind
Joseph B. Balding
Jim Rodger
Ohio University
Vincennes University
Sigma Pi
Vincennes
60 Attend Picnic Given By Martings
The 4 H steer purchased by Martings at the Athens County Fair provided hamburgers for the 60 persons attending Marting s annual employees picnic Wednesday evening. The employees and families attended the picnic at the Hocking Valley Sportsmen s Club on Radford Road.
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Martings
Athens County
Marting
Hocking Valley
Shriver Makes Third Ohio Campaign Swing
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sargent Shriver arrives at Dayton Cox Municipal Airport for a six hour campaign stop before heading to St. Louis. He spoke to United Auto Workers in Detroit and planned an afternoon with Gem City Democratic Club and a TV taping. He also planned to meet suburban Fairborn housewife Mrs. Bette Lowrey, once named typi cal American voter.
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Dayton
Ohio
Sargent Shriver
Cox Municipal
Buckeye
Shriver
Detroit
St. Louis
Hyannisport
Mass
Sen
George McGovern
United Auto Workers
Gem City Democratic Club
Bette Lowrey
Fairborn
Positive Attributes Sought For Police
University of Cincinnati psychologist Dr. Robert Mills urged expanding police selection to emphasize positive traits. He noted tests focus on excluding negatives and warned against the police personality stereotype. Findings from Cincinnati's process suggest self assertion is positive while authoritarian zeal and insecurity threaten proper conduct. Black recruits may face hostility, and contrary to belief, some sadists pursue police careers in large numbers.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
University of Cincinnati
Robert B. Mills
Department of Criminal Justice
American Psychological Association
Honolulu
Mills
Cincinnati
Crusade Against
Judge Studies Request On Union Dues Deductions
In Columbus Ohio on AP report Common Pleas Judge Jay Flowers heard OCSEA arguments seeking temporary and permanent restraining orders to block Ohio Highway Department dues deductions for supervisory and higher personnel. The case questions whether supervisors are entitled to OCSEA representation and whether Richley threatened or harassed staff to quit OCSEA membership.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Highway Department
Common Pleas
Jay Flowers
Flowers
Ohio Civil Service Employes Association
J. Philip Richley
Richley
OCSEA
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Debra Lewis
Sheila Buchanan
Susan Hannum
Kay Bladerson
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Mark Holter
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
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Maxwell Otis
Howard Shull
Luella Moody
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Gregory Garey
David Braselton
Dorothy
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