Bloodmobile raises total to 283 pints at church drive
A Red Cross bloodmobile at Church of the Good Shepherd collected 168 pints Tuesday and 115 pints Monday, reaching a 283 pint total, 13 above the goal. ROTC units sponsored. Ray Skinner joined the two gallon donor club, with several others joining one gallon and volunteering staff and medical personnel assisting throughout the drive.
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American Red Cross
Church of the Good Shepherd
Ohio University Army and Air Force
Ray Skinner
Athens County
Red Cross
$8 Million Sought For Area Work
Ohio Valley Health Services Foundation Director Jack Farrington travels to Washington seeking $8 million in federal funds for area health programs. He aims to fund a 100 bed long-term care center at Sheltering Arms Hospital and four other projects in six counties including Holzer Medical Center at Gallipolis and a Rio Grande College science building. Farrington urged a decision by April 24 on whether an extra $3 million is available this year.
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Charles G. O’bleness
Health Services Foundation
Athens
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Vinton
Gallia
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Lawrence
Holzer Medical Center
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Bennett to Speak at Ohio University Kennedy Lecture
Ebony senior editor Lerone Bennett Jr. will address the campus at 8 30 p m Thursday in Memorial Auditorium. The free public Kennedy Lecture Series talk, titled Freedom in Black and White, covers race and society.
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Ohio University
Lerone Bennett Jr
Ebony Magazine
Memorial Auditorium
Bennett
Athens County Junior Fair Board Elects Officers
The Athens County Junior Fair Board met Tuesday at the county extension office to elect officers for the junior fair. Jeff Koehler of Guysville Route 2 was chosen president as FFA representative, Diana Bumgardner of Nelsonville Route 1 became vice president for FHA, and Lois Kane of Shade Route 1 was named secretary with Lawrence Bean serving as senior fair board member in charge.
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County Extension Office
Jeff Koehler
Guysville
FFA
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Nelsonville
FHA
Lois Kane
Shade
Girl Scouts
Lawrence Bean
Lions Elect Officers For New Year At Athens Club
Athens Lions Club elected officers for the new year during a Tuesday meeting at The Ohio University Inn. Officers named were Francis Pontious as president Franklin Sheeter as first vice president Kenneth Steward as second vice president Sam Alvarez as third vice president Kent Bumpass as secretary Robert Cooley as assistant secretary Charles Mullins as treasurer Dale Tittle as lion tamer S J Parkis as tail twister and David Riggs as assistant tail twister Tom Rose and Jerry Jagers were named directors. Sgt Dwight Robinson presented Viet Nam slides recounting Army service in the Chou Lai area including a captured VC operative and South Vietnamese Rangers beating suspected sympathizers.
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Franklin Sheeter
Kenneth Steward
Sam Alvarez
Kent Bumpass
Robert Cooley
Charles Mullins
Dale Tittle
S. J. Parkis
David Riggs
Tom Rose
Jerry Jagers
Sergeant Robinson
Athens
Chou Lai
Vietnam
Robinson
Gilligan to Speak on Friday in Buckeye Cafe
John J. Gilligan 47, Cincinnati city councilman and former congressman, seeks the Democratic US Senate nomination in the May 7 primary. He is opposed to Sen. Frank Lausche and has endorsements from the Ohio Democratic Party and Ohio AFL-CIO leadership. Public invited. Athens attorney William A. Lavelle organizes. Gilligan to hold a press conference after the noon meeting.
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United States
Will Sppak
Buckeye
Gilligan
Cincinnati
Frank Lausche
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Afl-Cio
William A. Lavelle
Athens
Jay Bratton Honors Set at Illinois ROTC Ceremony
Jay P. Bratton son of Dr and Mrs J V Bratton of 19 Pomeroy Road will receive the Chicago Tribune Silver Medal for military honors and general excellence at the May 3 ROTC awards ceremony at the University of Illinois. Fifty nine other cadets and midshipmen will also receive awards presented by military and patriotic society representatives and the university.
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J. V. Bratton
Pomeroy Road
Chicago Tribune
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
University of Illinois
Athens Temperature Reaches 66 Degrees On Tuesday
The Athens weather rose to 66 degrees Tuesday per U.S. Observer C. L. Colmer. Overnight low dropped to 38 with 8:15 a.m. reading at 49 degrees, shaping a mild day in the region.
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Athens
C. L. Colmer
U.S
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