Athens School Board approves 1969 tax rate and raises
The Athens city school board approved the auditor's 1969 tax rate with total millage at 23.30 outside the 10 mill limit, plus a 3.50 bond retirement rate down from 4.90. General fund millage is 19.80, and total funds derived total $1,539,692. The board cut $428.12 from a prior bill, discussed senior citizen free admission to district events, and hired new teachers while listing resignations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens City School Board
Robert J. L. Lee
Marion Fugate
Fugate
S. T. Henderson
Tin purity standard set at 99.8 percent
A standard grade of tin is guaranteed to contain a minimum of 99.8 percent tin, with purity strictly controlled at tin smelters.
Gladys Geh Ring arraigned on no operator's license charge
Gladys Geh Ring of Bidwell Route 1 paid a fine and costs after arraignment in Municipal Court Monday on a charge of no operator's license. Ronald Dillon and Michael A. Ball both of Proctorville forfeited $24.70 bonds for parking on the highway.
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Gallipolis
Gladys Gehring
Bidwell
Ronald Dillon
Michael A. Ball
Proctorville
OU Researchers Report On THEMIS Progress At Dayton
Ohio University THEMIS research team, led by Dr. Richard H. McFarland, visited Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton to discuss progress and gather data. The three year project, funded by a 414000 Army contract, focuses on low level aircraft navigation, surveillance and control.
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Ohio University
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Richard H. McFarland
Themis
Theodore C. Rynda
Chers
U. S. Army Electronics Command
Fort Monmouth
N. J
University
McFarland
Mohammad Abbas
Howard Dick
Robert Redlich
Samuel Jasper
Gustavus E. Smith
Roger Quisenberry
Harold Klack
Wright Patterson
Ralph Burhans
George Hissong
David Pidwell
Emma M. Cade
Bids Readvertised for Athens Parking Garage Project
Athens officials prepared to readvertise for bids on the College and Washington street parking garage after Knowlton Construction cut costs by revising plans and reducing the total by about 249 000 dollars. Demolition bids for the Warren Building must also be readvertised as none offered earlier. Estimated cost now exceeds 1 million dollars with a 383 unit multilevel plan.
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Athens
College and
Washington Streets
Knowlton Construction Co
Knowlton
Warren
Athens Teen Center Opens with Strong Early Attendance
The new Athens Teen Center reported solid early success after its opening Saturday night. Eugene Brundige said 377 middle and high school students attended, with nearly 500 membership cards issued. The event featured pocket billiards and a rock and roll band from Pomeroy, Three Men and a Tub.
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Athens
Eugene Brundige
Pomeroy
the Royal Colony
Teen Center
Brundige
Three New Policemen Are On Job
Three new members of the Athens City Police Dept were on the job Monday Assigned as patrolmen were Edward Foster 21 The Plains and David W Cunningham 23 Chauncey John Goodin 21 Albany has been placed on provisional duty as a patrolman POMEROY Four Meigs County men have been sent to Fort Hayes in Columbus for induction They are Larry D Ramsey Martin L Woodard James E Carleton and David A Reed Eleven men were forwarded for pre induction physical examination from Meigs County on the same date.
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Fugate
Dr. Fugate
Lawrence Electric Co
Zanesville
Alice Elliott
Janet Leigh Gibson
the Plains
Ramsey Najm
Nelsonville
Richard Mullenix
Athens
James Kent von Bargen
Charlotte Agnone
Chauncey
Francoise Barnes
Camilla Weisenbaugh
East Side
Terry Donaldson
Carol Ann MacFeeters
West Side
Nancy Ludewig
Dale Richards
Sharleen Rositano
Fontelle Russell
Mary Andrews
Martha Barker
Norma Cain
Paul Foreman
Patricia Horn
Betty Koebel
Loretta Lyons
Byron Sams
Athens City
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Larry D. Ramsey
Martin L. Woodard
James E. Carleton
David A. Reed
Bond Forfeitures in Municipal Court
Patrick W. Baughman 20 Greensburg PA traffic signal fined $14. Charles W. Dixon Sr. 52 Glouster fail ure to transfer registration fined $5 and costs. Harry William Gordon 48 Columbus speeding fined $58. Woodrow Witham 55 intoxication fined $33. John Prouch 27 Athens property destruction fined 5. Ralph Sabo 24 Glouster Route 3 litter ing fined $33.
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Patrick W. Baughman
Greensburg
Charles W. Dixon Sr
Glouster
Harry William Gordon
Columbus
Woodrow Witham
John Prouch
Athens
Ralph Sabo
Athens council reviews housing permits and urban renewal actions
Monday night amendments set rooming house permit rules with fees from five to twenty five dollars and a one year term, while two urban renewal resolutions seek HUD loan and grant increases and plan review. The capital fund was raised to 384000. safety work on slips and street repaving progress, with a public hearing on the city plan scheduled for Sept 30.
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Athens
Capital Improvement Fund
Ohio University Library
College Street
Shepard
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Edgar Tuckerman
Council
Ladies Auxiliary of
Penelope
Greece
Ohio
Tuckerman
Harry Crewson
10Th District
Tad Grover
Brad Davis
Levy decision delayed until election ballot in Alexander
Alexander School District residents will get a third chance to accept or reject a five mill operating levy. The school board plans to place the levy on the November ballot pending County Board of Elections approval tomorrow morning. A public meeting at Alexander High School will explain state education recommendations.
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Alexander
County Board of Elections
Marcus D. Lohr
State Office of Education
Lohr
Alexander High School
State Office
Former Athens Resident Featured In Navy Publication
LCDR Richard Barker, a former Athens resident and Athens High School graduate, is profiled in The Shield the Navy publication of USS Ranger. He piloted and served as landing signal officer aboard Ranger before Naval War College duty and later as fighter pilot on Ranger and USS Coral Sea. Barker and his wife Anne Goddard now live in Newport with three children after moving from San Diego to Rhode Island last month. The article notes his combat citations and RK role in Ranger air raids on Vietnam. American Junior Bowling Congress members have bowled 11 perfect games.
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Richard Barker
Athens
Shield
Navy
Ranger
Barker
Naval War College
Newport
R. L
Anne Goddard
Willard Barker
Coral Sea
Vietnam
Athens High School
Ohio University
San Diego
Calif
Rhode Island
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Ted Cadwallader
Kentucky Christian College
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Huntington
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Cleveland
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William Hoffman
Howe
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Vernon Hysell
William Bryant
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