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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1964

Page

2

Sales Tax Increase Explained For Educational Progress

A briefing outlines a proposal by the Ohio Council for Education to raise the sales tax by one percent, funding the Plan for Educational Progress to boost public school spending and teacher pay. If not approved by the General Assembly, the measure would go to voters in November 1965 with required signatures.

Ohio Council For Education Baker Center Ohio The Education Council General Assembly Robert Miner Ohio Education Association Tom O’keefe OEA Athens County George Banks Miner PEP

Rome Plans Fall Festival at B and O Park

The Rome Volunteer Fire Department and auxiliary will sponsor a Fall Festival at the B and O Park starting at 4 p.m. Saturday. Proceeds fund equipment for the new fire department. rain plan shifts to Rome Canaan School. Also notes a Thursday deadline for Ohio University Purdue game luncheon reservations. Fred Keirons pleads innocent to cattle at large charge. case continued.

Rome B&o Park Rome-Canaan Ohio University-Purdue University

Water Line Projects Are Completed

Dwight Robinson said one of four water line projects approved in August by council has been finished. The Longview Heights line replacement is done and the remaining three jobs should finish before winter. Bids open Sept 29 with about 17 000 dollars for 1755 feet on Longview Heights plus 630 feet on Hickory Street 1400 feet in the Hooper Street area and 1574 feet in Roosevelt Drive.

Dwight Robinson Longview Heights Hickory St Hooper St Roosevelt Dr

Traffic Fines in Municipal Court Failures

Robert Alexander Martin Ill 23 of New Concord found guilty of speeding with $10 and costs assessed. Marlene B. Phillips 26 of Athens Route 4 found guilty of passing a school bus with $10 and costs.

Robert Alexander Martin Ill New Concord Marlene B. Phillips Athens

Laundromat Fire At Abrahams Brothers Facility

City firefighters responded to a blaze at 10 12 p m Tuesday at Abco Laundromat 122 West Union Street where an overheated washing machine sparked a minor fire. Fire crews shut off the motor and protected surrounding contents. The laundromat is owned by the Abraham brothers.

Abco W. Union St The Abraham Brothers

Stees Case Before Appeals Court at Fourth District

The Fourth District Court of Appeals met Wednesday at the courthouse to hear seven civil and one criminal case. Gene Isaac Stees appealing a life sentence for his wife’s murder seeks a new trial while civil actions include Conant vs Johnson and others, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad vs Merchants Delivery, Black Diamond Coal Co. vs Watkins and others.

Fourth District Court of Appeals Court House Gene Isaac Stees Athens County E. M. Conant Richard S. Johnson Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Merchants Delivery Black Diamond Coal Co

Noble A partnership to link Ohio and Parana Brazil

Ohio University Dean Paul Noble will outline a people to people partnership between Ohio and Parana at a Cleveland meeting. The Alliance for Progress program seeks grass roots Latin American relations with about 25 states already in similar efforts. The plan calls for Ohioans to select delegates to visit Parana and for Brazilian leaders to visit Ohio to decide joint projects.

Ohio Parana Brazil Cleveland Ohio University Paul R. Noble Alliance For Progress Cleveland-Sheraton Hotel Alliance Dean Noble Agency For International Development

Driving Count Denied In Municipal Court

Homer Wilson Kittle of Athens Route 4 pleaded to a driving while intoxicated charge in Municipal Court. He was released on a $300 bond and the case was continued.

Homer Wilson Kittle Athens

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Republican Rally Louis J. Schneider, Jr Supreme Court Glouster, Ohio Moose Hall Athens County Republican Executive Committee William Rowland Glouster Fred Keirons Millfield Carl Markle Clyde M. Baxter Hazel M. Martin Albany David A. Sprochi Euclid Penelope Ann Tinker Phillip Edward Willeke Marinel Weymiller Nelsonville He Waluim E. State Street Gary Richard Hoback Louis Marie Hoback N. Lancaster St Navy CSI W. P. Bressler Baker Ridg Hoback Athens High School Great Lakes Ill Ll W. Union Big Boy Double Deck Hamburger Stees Appeals W. S. Watkins Bernard and Athelene Plummer Carol Love John F Joyce A. Milar Mary Rood Harold Rowan BWC ICO Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co James E Violet Householder Cecil Hopkins Noble
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