Ohio Lottery Office Could Move to Athens
State Rep. Claire Ball Jr proposes moving the Ohio Lottery central office from Cleveland to Athens to reduce costs and boost Southeastern Ohio. Ball cites Athens University facilities and local clerical staff, but faces resistance from Cleveland-based commissioners and requires legislative mandate.
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Ohio Lottery Commission
Athens
General Assembly
Claire Ball Jr
Ball
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland
Columbus
Lottery Commission
Chamber
Ohio University
Ohio
Countywide radio plan nears implementation under Ohio plan
After two years of planning the sheriff's countywide communications improvement project moves toward bid. Law Enforcement Assistance Agency and manufacturers approve specs for equipment with completion targeted for Jan 1. LEAA funds 90 percent of about 66000 and state five percent with remaining five percent by jurisdictions. Coolville area repeater improves direct contact with cruisers and Coolville marshal. Participating cities include Albany Amesville Athens Buchtel Chauncey Coolville Glouster Jacksonville Nelsonville and Trimble.
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Law Enforcement Assistance Agency
Paul Brown
Brown
Sheriffs Department
Coolville
Belpre
Man Sentenced For Bigamy In Millfield Case
Jimmy Brown of Millfield Route 1 was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to 15 days in County Jail after a Municipal Court finding of bigamy. He wed Jeanette Tucker while already married to Linda Lou Brown, who charged him. Brown claimed he believed his first marriage was dissolved. A separate report notes a fuel line leak caused a fire at 101 Central Ave. damaging James Taylor’s van in Athens.
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Jimmy Brown
Millfield
James Taylor
Nelsonville
Athens
Central Ave
Mothers Protesting Meigs School Strike
In Middleport four days into a teacher strike in the Meigs Local School District mothers of pupils picketed Pearl Street Elementary and Meigs Junior High with signs. They opposed counting children absent while schools were declared open. A planning meeting had been held Thursday as a teachers board session was scheduled for 2 PM.
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Beulah Jones
Meigs
Middleport
Pearl Street
Board of Education
David Bowen
MLTA
Bowen
Charles Dowler
Dennis Whalen
Dowler
Ted Bibler
Terry Lee
DEA
Point Pleasant
Dan Morris
John Beaver
John Mora
Earl Young
Charlie Chancey
Fenton Taylor
Verna Evans
Wallace wife tapes bedroom calls after suspected surveillance
Gov George C Wallace and his wife faced reports that she ordered tapping of his bedroom conversations after learning of surveillance. The Montgomery Advertiser cited highly reliable sources in saying she consulted a divorce lawyer while Wallace reportedly discussed divorce after learning of the taps. FBI preliminarily investigated the bugging but officials framed it as domestic and not prosecutable.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Wallaces
Governor's
Rosalynn Carter
Jimmy Orter
Billie Joe Camp
Ira DeMent
FBI
DeMent
Sixty Congressmen Back Code Banning Job Discrimination
In Washington AP report, sixty House members commit to a code that bans job discrimination in their Capitol Hill offices amid the Wayne Hays payroll scandal. The six member committee will oversee the pledge and handle grievances, applying to only sixty of the 435 House members.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Wayne Hays
House
House of Representatives
Common Cause
League of Women Voters
The
American Civil Liberties Union
National Women’s Political Caucus
Miriam Dorsey
Congress
Ball to Discuss Title XX Funds With Ohio Officials
State Rep. Claire Ball meets Monday in Columbus with Welfare Director Kwegyir Aggrey and Tri County Community Action Agency head Roger Patton to discuss Title XX funding for Hocking County Day Care. Ball urges more funds for Southeastern Ohio social services, criticizing allocation formulas as favoring populous counties with other programs.
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Claire “Buzz” Ball
Columbus
Kwegyir Aggrey
Roger Patton
Tri-County Community Action Agency
Hocking County
Ball
Ohio
Two Injured In Thursday Auto Accidents
Two people were injured in separate crashes investigated Thursday by the State Highway Patrol. Charlotte Rast, 60, of 20 S Shafer St, treated at Mount St Mary Hospital for facial abrasions after her car left Route 33 north of Nelsonville and rolled. Bonnie Hahn, 24, Logan, treated at Hocking Valley Community Hospital for contusions and cuts after her northbound car on Route 93 in Hocking County left the road.
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State Highway Patrol
Charlotte Rast
S. Shafer St
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Route 33
Nelsonville
Bonnie Hahn
Logan
Hocking County
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Miller Bill Blocks HEW Overreach In Schools
U S Representative Clarence Miller introduces legislation to bar the Department of Health Education and Welfare from forbidding social school events and all girl or all boy choirs. The bill has bipartisan backing with 32 House sponsors and argues federal intrusion into local school life is unjustified.
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U.S
Clarence Miller
Congress
Miller
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
House
Adult Classes At Alexander High School Resume
Alexander High School will resume adult basic education classes for the 1976 77 school year. Free materials available for all levels including prep for the high school equivalency test. Classes meet Tuesdays and Thursdays 6 to 9 p.m. Enrollment anytime while in session. Call the high school for information.
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Alexander High School
Elections Board Okays Levies in County Ballot
In a special meeting, the Athens County Board of Elections approved levies for the November ballot across multiple townships and districts. Levies include fire protection and cemetery upkeep renewals, a Tri County Vocational School operating levy, and a city income tax increase, with budget gaps noted for year end funding.
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Athens County Board of Elections
Ames
Canaan
Trimble
Bern
York
Tri-County Joint Vocational School District
Athens City
Athens County
Board of Elections
Bill Hoffman
Max Adkins
Elections Board
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Carol Forbes
Congressional Clearinghouse On
Women's Rights
Elizabeth Ray
Rep
Hays
Charles Rose
D-N.c
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Dcole
Alexander
Onng - Hocking Tech
Hocking Technical College
ST National Bank
FDIC
Nelsonville, Ohio
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
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