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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1963
Page
2
City officials estimate a one percent income tax would yield about 300000 extra dollars annually. The proposed ordinance allows up to one percent by council action, higher rates need state approval. Ear binding details on spending TBD, with some cities earmarking funds for specific expenditures while others keep general terms. The final allocation rests with city council.
An Athens city council informal session to discuss a proposed 1 percent income tax was postponed due to the lack of a municipal league tax expert. A new date will be announced after confirmation. The council also planned a special 7:30 p m session to consider State Street traffic changes near Kroger and funding allocations for streets, capital improvements, public safety, and storm sewers.
S. Sgt. William Tucker becomes the Air Force recruiter for Athens and Meigs counties, relieving T. Sgt. James King who transfers to Chanute AFB. Tucker, a Cincinnati native with 11 years service including overseas tours in Japan and Germany, resides with his wife and child at 145 W. Washington St.
County Court Monday fined Everett Virgil Lott 36 of Columbus 50 dollars plus costs for leaving the scene of an accident and 125 dollars plus costs for driving while intoxicated. He was sentenced to three days in jail and a 180 day license suspension. A State Highway Patrol report said Lott’s car left the road through a hedge and hit a gas meter on Oakdale Road north of Gloucester Saturday.
Athens remained fair and cool on Tuesday with an early low of 38 degrees, one degree above Monday. By 9:30 a.m. the temperature had climbed about 20 degrees under a bright sun, and yesterday’s high reached 71.
Dr G P H van Heusden of Amsterdam municipal water works visited Athens Ohio on a study tour connected to the Taft Sanitary Engineering Center in Cincinnati. He toured the Athens plant, praised its modern facilities and cleanliness, and compared Amsterdam’s issues such as iron content and salt intrusion to Athens water problems. He noted Amsterdam operates three plants and draws water from the Rhine and dune aquifers, with past dike breaks requiring evacuations. He will return to Holland after two months.
Gallipolis police fined George Jefferson Swango 35 of Waterloo ten dollars and costs for parking on the roadway and intoxication. He faces a non-support warrant and was arrested after a Route 141 stop where 70 sticks of dynamite and fuses were found in a wagon with his brother Courtney Swango. The pair claimed they were bound for Charleston to return the wagon and dynamite to its owner.
Three men pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to intoxication charges. Joseph Martin of Athens Route 1 and Carl Peck BoBo of Shade were each fined 25 dollars plus costs and given 30 days in jail. Ralph E. Van Camp, a native of Reedsville just back from Montana, was fined 25 dollars plus costs.
John Arnold Epling filed petitions for the November 5 general election to join Atty. Robert S. Betz and Atty. William H. Sowers in a three man race for Gallipolis Municipal Judge. Epling, 32, a Navy veteran and Ohio State Law graduate, resides at 456 Second Ave and is active in Rotary, the Propeller Club, and local bar associations.
Gallia County deputies investigated a break in at the home of the late Roy Mathias on Tick Ridge. David Elias reported the entry occurred between Monday and Thursday last week, with two eight day clocks an aluminum cooker an Electrolux sweeper and an electric iron taken. Elias a nephew of Mathias found the front screen slashed and the door unlocked on his return.
Marie Frock of Athens Route 3 pleaded innocent in Municipal Court Monday to a $14 check dispute filed by Betty Crow for insufficient funds at Mode-O Day on North Court Street. The case was continued to Wednesday with a $50 bond set. A $250 bond was also set on a capias from Akron Municipal Court alleging driving while intoxicated.
Live cattle prices hold steady for slaughter steers and heifers with choice 840 to 1100 lb at 23.75 to 24.25 per cwt. Cows and bulls mostly steady. Calves steady to firm with dealers paying 30 to 33 dollars. Hogs steady with barrows and gilts 1600 to 1610 for 200 to 240 lb. Sheep about steady with spring slaughter at 18 to 20 dollars per head.
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