Taft speaks at Athens fundraising dinner
Robert A. Taft Jr. told about 230 supporters at a five dollar a plate Republican dinner in the First Methodist Church Fellowship Hall that the Democratic program aims to extend government controls. He warned federal aid to education and Medicare threaten local autonomy and criticized Kennedy era policies and press coverage.
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Robert A. Taft Jr
Taft
Congress
First Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
Board of Education
Taft Defends Republican Legislation Amid Campaign Push
Robert A. Taft Jr. defends the Republican majority in Ohio on taxes education and state university funding while predicting a strong party slate in the fall. He cites a $20 million university appropriation increase and higher mental hygiene spending, and asserts unity within the party at state and national levels. The interview notes Taft’s ties to his father and his goal of a balanced budget with citizen initiative.
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Robert A. Taft, Jr
Ohio
Lowell Burnelle
Athens County
Republican Executive Committee
Athens
Messenger Newsphoto
Robert A. Taft Jr
Robert A. Taft
Ohio House of Representatives
Taft
Michael DiSalle
Ohio Republican Party
GOP
Eisenhower
Lebanon
Guatemala
House of Representatives
C. Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Elmer Jones
Congress
Fred Rice
Homer E. Abele
Court of Appeals
William D. Radcliff
Marshall M. Carlisle
Richard Rypma
Earl Hilleary
John Cline
E. R. Jacoby
Chriss Wolfe
Charles Bolin
J. W. Whaley
Raymond Shepard
Helen Jackson
William Rowland
Defendant Is Favored By Jury In Civil Suit
A jury in Common Pleas Court found for the defendant Charles V. Hines a truck driver, on a $52 025 verdict. The four day trial involved claim that a bicycle accident near Central and Clark on July 12 1960 caused skull injuries to a girl identified as Cleadith Jane Marks. The defense argued the girl rode too fast and ignored a stop sign while the plaintiff said Hines drove too fast. The jury consisted of twelve members listed with their hometowns.
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Common Pleas Court
Charles V. Hines
Cleadith Jane Marks
Mary Davis
Central
Clark
Hines
Rowland
Ruth D. Blair
Margaret B. Ong
Leslie Bryson
Tom Pritchard
W. R. Dixon
Nelsonville
E. Ruth Jones
S. L. Johnson
Kathryn O’brien
Athens
Ruth Arbaugh
Hazel Zimmerman
Albany
Robert Dishong
Amesville
Fire squad transports woman after bakery shop injury
Emergency squad from the fire department carried Mrs. Helen Stotts, 29, of Athens Route 3 from the Campus Coffee Shop on E Mulberry Street to Sheltering Arms Hospital at 9 11 p m Thursday. She suffered a laceration to the left ankle from a broken pop bottle and received first aid at the scene.
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Fire Department
Helen Stotts
Athens
E. Mulberry St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mercury Reaches 90 Degrees in Athens Weather
A rising thermometer hit 90 degrees in Athens on Thursday as U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer recorded the high. After a low of 55, the day warmed, with an 11 a.m. reading of 79 degrees noted Friday.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Colmer
Jail Visitor Improvised Lodging After Check In Athens
Florence Christina Burchfield and Blaine Burdette Evener were taken into custody after a car matching a burglary description was found. They admitted selling a log chain for six dollars to an Albany man and face breaking and entering charges pending Municipal Court arraignment. County school districts collected 313.35 in supplies for surplus property to aid local schools. Real estate transfer records show Richard Carter selling land to Frank Murphy in Troy Township.
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Athens
Plains
Trimble
Ames-Bern
Albany
George Christman
Christman
Richard Carter
Frank Murphy
Coolville
Troy Township
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C. M. Gill
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