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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1959
Page
7
Sixty seven officers from 11 departments attended the opening session of Athens police re training school in the city building Tuesday night. Special Agent Eugene Young of the FBI led the first class on interviews and interrogation, police safety, and entrapment.
The temperature jumped about 50 degrees yesterday from a low of 32 to a high of 81. U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer noted the shift, while a 57 degree low on Wednesday preceded a 76 degree 11 am reading amid cloudy skies and possible rain.
Athens County was certified brucellosis free by the U S Department of Agriculture. A certificate was presented to the county commissioners by Kenneth Ackerman. The 1960 61 certificate is valid through Sept 30 1961. 13 025 cattle on 1455 farms were tested with 24 herds showing positives. Brucellosis infection fell from 57 percent of herds in 1951 to 1.64 percent in 1959. Undulant fever is the human name for brucellosis.
Births announce a son for Mr and Mrs Samuel E Skinner The Plains a son for Mr and Mrs Ray Saylor Athens Route 4 and a son for Mr and Mrs Scott Erwin Athens Route 5 Admitted include Mrs Edwin Secoy Athens Route 2 Sharon Nicholson Athens Route John Earich Millfield Dismissals list Mrs Virginia Johnson Millfield Mrs T E Aswell Albany and Mrs Phillip Franks Athens and daughter Mrs Claude Kantner Athens and son
Emergency units were dispatched to 294 State Street at 7 30 a m on Wednesday after Mrs Rod Eisele fainted. She was reported awake and fine upon arrival of the squad.
Marshfield reports that the Fellow Craft degree will be conferred at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Masonic Temple by Constitution Lodge 426 F amp AM James Gilham master said.
Dr. Richard F. Pedersen, adviser to the U S delegation, spoke at an Ohio University forum noting Africa's emergence reshapes the UN structure. He argued Afro Asian influence has not harmed U S voting and highlighted the General Assembly's growing power and the Uniting For Peace program. The next major shift, he said, will be Africa's expanded role.
Police Chief Joseph Grogan says a State Liquor Department agent conducted a Saturday night tavern inspection without local officials arranging it. Local police assisted. two taverns and one at Circle Hill face hearings for sales to minors while about 300 patrons were questioned on ages. Grogan noted most conditions were satisfactory per agent J. G. Lehman.
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