Athens City Bus Trial Run Opens in Public Eyes
Mayor Raymond Shepard rode the first run for Athens Bus Lines Inc in a publicity spin from the county fairgrounds. Beginning Saturday five routes will operate with free rides that day and normal service starting Monday. Fares are 30 cents cash, 25 cents with tickets. students 12 and under pay 25 cents, or 20 with tickets, plus a 10-cent transfer fee.
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Raymond Shepard
Athens County Fairgrounds
The
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Cancer Crusade Week in Athens County Details
Cancer Week designated for April 15 to 19 in Athens County features a county-wide door-to-door campaign with 300 volunteers collecting contributions and distributing leaflets on seven cancer danger signals. A closing smorgasbord dinner April 25 at the Junior Fair Building proceeds to the Cancer Society.
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Athens County
Crusade
Edward van Dyke
Athens County Fairgrounds
Cancer Society
Engineering College Welcomes Freshmen at Baker Center
Ohio University's College of Engineering and Technology will welcome freshmen Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Baker Center ballroom. Dinner and entertainment are planned, according to Dr Menno DiLiberto chair of freshman orientation and assistant professor of engineering graphics.
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Ohio University
College of Engineering and Technology
Baker Center Ballroom
Menno DiLiberto
FASTEETH ad promises firmer dentures
An advertisement urges readers to sprinkle FASTEETH on dentures for a firmer, more secure fit. It claims easier eating without a pasty taste, helps control denture breath, and recommends regular dental visits, with availability at drug counters.
Bus Funds To Be Sought By Alexander Board
Alexander board members voted Monday night to apply for state funds to purchase four school buses for the district. Bids will be opened later. The meeting included acceptance of the resignation of Florence Reeder from Albany Elementary and the hiring of Thomas McConkey as teacher at Shade Elementary for the rest of the year.
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Alexander Board of Education
Florence Reeder
Albany
Thomas McConkey
Shade
African Day celebration planned at Ohio University campus
Ohio University plans an African Day event Friday and Saturday with 35 African students from Nigeria Rhodesia Uganda Tanzania Guinea The Congo Kenya Lesotho Egypt Liberia Cameroon and others hosting two open programs. Guest speaker Gary Gabriel Ijewere ambassadorial counselor to the Nigerian Embassy in Washington D C will discuss Current Political Trends in Africa Friday 8 p.m. in Baker Center Room 204 a film This is Nigeria will be shown. Saturday 6 30 p.m. Seigfred Auditorium features a variety show with African rhythms songs poetry readings Highlife and East African dances followed by the film Lagos Today. Ijewere has held high level roles including charge d affaires at the Nigerian permanent mission to the UN in Geneva 1966 67. The 35 students represent multiple African nations and the group has previously hosted Ugandan and Kenyan ambassadors during Ohio U observances.
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Gabriel 0. Ijewere
Washington, D. C
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Africa
Baker Center
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Lagos
Njewere
London School of Economics
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Harvard University
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Ethiopia
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Kenya
Rhodesia
Tanzania
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Lesotho
Egypt
Liberia
Cameroon
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