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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1972
Page
11
Athens mayoral ad hoc committee on shoplifting urges updating the petty larceny ordinance to match Ohio law. The panel cites vague local wording, recommends jail time and fines for first and second offenses, and asks the university to orient freshmen on consequences.
The Athens Recycling Committee chaired by Pat Fitch urged a bigger testing zone to evaluate city involvement in recycling. The panel proposed professional help from a refuse sack maker and expanding to newspapers, corrugated paper, glass and aluminum. The mayor and Safety Director reviewed several city projects while a second urban renewal idea drew little initial attention.
Logan area mourns 64 year old Walter Mays who died at Hocking Valley Community Hospital. He leaves a wife Essie Louise Riggs Mays, children Walter Mary L Parker Sue Ella Chilton and ten grandchildren with services planned in Arkansas. Also noted is Helen G Baer 82 of Minersville who died at her daughter Mary Grueser's home. She leaves Christy Louise Gloeckner Grace Fisher and three grandchildren with funeral services set in Minersville and burial there.
Emma K Bovie 93 Gallipolis prominent resident dies at Holzer Medical Center survived by son Fred and daughter Kathryn Downing with 21 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services Saturday 2 p m McCoy Weatherhold Moore Funeral Home burial Mound Hill Cemetery. Clara Bateman 92 McConnelsville dies at Mark Convalescent Center arrangements by Johnson Funeral Home.
The Athens Fire Department emergency squad responded to a call at 11:57 a.m. Wednesday to the home of 85 year old Harry Mansfield at 20 E Stimson Ave. Mansfield was described as having difficulty breathing and was transported to O Bleness Memorial Hospital.
The Disabled American Veterans will meet Friday at 8 p.m. at the DAV home on the corner of E State and Home Streets in Athens. Refreshments will be served after the meeting per Commander Herb Hart.
Leon West Virginia Mrs Lawrence Ora Keefer aged 84 of Leon Route 1 died at home Wednesday evening Funeral arrangements are being completed by Raynes Funeral Home in Buffalo West Virginia
A minor two-vehicle crash a mile north of Glouster at 4 05 p m left two passengers with minor injuries. John Franklin Braglin 56 of Glouster Route 1 collided from behind with Forest C Meighen 71 also of Glouster Route 1. Gladys G Meighen 70 and Helen McNally 50 were injured but treated on scene. No citations issued.
Middleport Lodge No 363 F&AM will attend the First United Presbyterian Church in a body Sunday at 10 30 a m. Larry Well Shade was charged by police with reckless operation and will appear before Mayor Bill Baronick.
Mason County sheriff's deputies investigated a Route 62 road accident early Thursday morning with no immediate details. The incident was attributed to debris and high water on the roadway.
In Perry County near New Lexington the Sunnyhill Mine operated by Peabody Coal is shut down as about 470 deep miners strike. Union officials say contract violations occurred when workers were moved from a defunct surface miners union into Local 1340 while keeping seniority. The firm argues job bidding disputes and grievance procedure breaches drive the strike and will seek a U.S. District Court restraining order in Columbus. Union members seek resolution and say talks may take time.
Kenneth Mankin Pomeroy, age 4, escaped serious injury after falling 15 feet into an open sewer hole behind Shammys at the Pomeroy Mason Bridge underpass at 3 08 p m Wednesday. Rescued by emergency squadmen, he was treated for cuts at Veterans Memorial Hospital and released.
Heavy rains drenched the Hocking River valley causing the river to crest near flood level in several towns. Enterprise logged 10 feet at 9 am with rising levels as flood stage is 12 feet. Logan reports bankfull conditions while Nelsonville had 1.25 inches of rain and Lancaster saw 1.82 inches, signaling downstream rises later.
Heavy rains closed routes and highways in Meigs and Gallia Counties including 123 33 at Burlingham the Route 7 Bypass and 554 with water over Route 33 at Burlingham Route 7 Bypass remained open while Langsville area flood risks rose A doe strike on Route 7 killed by Dorsey Burkhammer 41 Coolville reported by Meigs Sheriff.
Danny Sexton, five, endured hours inside a cold locked refrigerator before his uncle Dave Chapman, 24, found him near the Leroy Tavern in Ohio. The boy, cyanosed and unresponsive, received oxygen at a hospital after Chapman pulled him to safety, believing he had been inside for about two hours.
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