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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1971
Page
13
In Washington Sen. Humphrey denounces Nixon's move to close the Job Finding Council on Youth Opportunity as dangerous for millions of youths this summer. The agency headed by Vice President Agnew aimed to provide employment education and recreation for young people.
The Labor Department reports March unemployment at 6 percent with 5.2 million jobless. The rise followed a February dip, and teens along with 20 to 24 year olds accounted for most of the gain. Employment held near 78.5 million with seasonal adjustments.
Gallipolis police report no new developments in the abduction of 21 year old Rio Grande College student Michelle Price. She was treated for head injuries exposure bruises and scratches after being forced at knifepoint to Moore's mansion in West Virginia. She walked to the John Gill farmhouse for aid as FBI agents and deputies search the isolated area car tracks and other clues lacking.
Middleport Mayor C E Fisher presided as Clyde Taylor 27 Middleport was fined 100 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated and sentenced to three days in jail. Daniel Schmalenberger Columbus forfeited a 30 dollar bond for intoxication. Michael Caruthers 19 Cheshires was fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding. A separate report notes a deer struck and killed by a car near Rollinsville on Route 2 injuring Ja nise Adkins 22 Letart with about 50 dollars damage.
Governor John J. Gilligan urged ending U S involvement in Southeast Asia after Lt. William Calley Jr. was convicted and sentenced. He said guilt should be shared by superiors Congress and administration and called for bringing the troops home now.
Willow Run High School principal Wiley Brownlee was assaulted by a group of hooded men who forced his car off the road, tarred and feathered him, and fled. Brownlee linked the attack to prior racial tensions at the school and a recent temporary closure.
Logan police investigate a burglary at 187 South Spring Street where a battery was stolen from a car and a van containing a 19 inch portable TV a CB 5 watt charger and radio TV tubes was rifled between 9 15 p m Wednesday and 7 30 p m Thursday.
Mason County was one of 14 of West Virginia's 55 counties that grew in the 1960s to 1970s while the state's population declined 6.2 percent. Jackson County led with a 36.6 percent rise, Wood County up 30.5 percent, and Putnam County grew 31.4 percent by drawing residents from nearby Huntington and Charleston.
Shadle Bridge in Point Pleasant will keep one way traffic during six months of deck replacement. West Virginia State Road Commission placed lights at both ends. Friday workers moved a water line leading to a noon shutdown for Henderson residents from 9 am to noon.
Logan is now served by three state troopers with Ptl Chester Burlenski Jr transferred from Athens Post 5 to join Ptl Donald Dupler and Ptl Robert Hudwell. Burlenski, married to Edith with two children, has worked from June 1965 and lives at The Plains.
Obituaries and funeral notices from McArthur Lancaster Rio Grande Logan Nelsonville McArthur Point Pleasant list Charles D Cram Odessa Cellucci Walter Bun gard Eldridge Hanning Roy Nixon John G Hudson with service times, burial sites, survivors, and calling hours across several Ohio towns. Included are veterans of World War I and II, family relations, and familial ties to presidents.
Mr and Mrs Darrell Haw thorne Long Bottom announce a daughter. Admitted Walter Speer West Columbia John Woody Point Pleasant Discharged Charles Hesson David Flagg Paul Allinder Oris Hubbard.
Mr and Mrs Morris D Harr is Oak Hill welcome a son and Mr and Mrs James O Norton Pomeroy welcome a daughter at Holzer Medical Center.
An 18 member North Central Association evaluation team visited Point Pleasant High School for two days praising faculty and the new vocational facility. Principal Earl Sprouse expects improved school quality if recommendations are followed, with a May accreditation decision pending. A Red Cross Meigs County board meeting was rescheduled to April 15 at Veterans Memorial Hospital.
Sushia Bell of 21 South Lancaster Street Athens Ohio is appointed Executrix of the Estate of Cari F. Bell deceased. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated March 19 1971 Harold J. Rose Probate Judge Athens County Court of Common Pleas Probate Division.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company and Penn Central Transportation Company filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for authority to change Athens Ohio station from agency to nonagency. Hearing set for April 20 1971 at 10:00 a.m. in Columbus. Includes notices of related Athens County probate inventories and appraisements with hearings postponed to April 19 1971 at 9:00 a.m. for Estate of Bell Mulligan Nixon Oakley Wilson. filings by Harold J. Rose and Mary C. Mechem.
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