Lodge Is Nominated In Mock Convention By Jim Sykes
Ohio University Mock Republican Convention named Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge as presidential nominee after a six ballot finale. Michigan and farm bloc votes swung the final tally to Lodge, with Scranton runner-up and Pete Lalich named outstanding delegate to attend the national convention in San Francisco.
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Jim Sykes
Henry Cabot Lodge
Ohio University
Veronica George Romeny
Grover Center
Barry Goldwater
Michigan
Farm
Lodge
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
William Scranton
Margaret Chase Smith
Scranton
Pete Lalich
Bridgeport
Lalich
Massachusetts
San Francisco
Calif
Evans Leads GOP Rally at The Plains High School
About 80 guests and candidates for the May primary heard duties of voters and office holders. Rev J Lloyd Evans urged responsibility while Erle H Bridgewater Jr served as emcee and introduced Republican nominees for clerk of courts etc including W H Wakefield Earl F Lowry and Gordon Gray.
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the Plains High School
J. Lloyd Evans
Nelsonville
Erle H. Bridgewater, Jr
Margaret (Peg) Barber
Virginia Riley Romine
W. H. Wakefield
Earl F. Lowry
Chriss Wolfe
John Robinson
B. T. (Butch) Grover
Richard Rypma
Elmer Jones
Roy Walsh
Vaughn Fearich
Gordon Gray
Court of
Rain Returns to Athens After Fair Weekend
Rain returned to Athens on Monday with 0.21 inches by 9:30 a.m. Observer C. L. Colmer noted the Hocking River at 6.21 feet and falling. Temperature rose slightly from a 53-degree morning. Sunday's high reached 72 degrees.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Hocking
Colmer
Three Are Aided By City Squad
A man needing help breathing received oxygen for three minutes at 2:20 a.m. Monday from the city fire department emergency squad. Terry Little, 63, sought aid at 20314 W. Washington St. Edward Hopsteter, 31, fainting spells, was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital at 9:40 a.m. Sunday. Daniel Horrigan, 19, with a laceration, went to the fire department at 9 a.m. Sunday. he was treated and jailed.
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Terry Little
W. Washington St
Edward Hopsteter
Brown Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Daniel Horrigan
W. Mulberry St
Athens Realty opens third Ohio branch in Athens
C. V. Perry & Co. announces the opening of its third southeastern Ohio branch at 2 Spring St Athens with Ray Douglas as manager. Douglas, a Meigs County native, also links with Barstow Insurance Agency and has 17 years in the automobile trade.
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C. V. Perry & Co
Ohio Realtors
Logan
Lancaster
Athens
Spring St
Ray Douglas
Douglas
Meigs County
Barstow Insurance Agency
Births And Local Hospital Notices
Births Mr and Mrs Joe C Triti pp The Plains a son Mr and Mrs C E Bixler Massilon a son Mr and Mrs Dewey King Shade a son Admitted Mrs Max Cone Athens Route 3 Dismissed Mrs Ronald Childs Athens and son Mrs Emmett Tabler Stewart Route 1 Sheila Houdasheldt Albany Mrs Harley Parker Athens Mrs Samuel Jones Jacksonville Mrs Joe Pedigo Shade Route 1 and daughter Cathy Seel Albany Mrs H J Strauss Athens Larry Bainter Athens David Bolin Athens Route 1 Marriage License Robert D Tolliver 26 factory worker Nelsonville Patricia J Mesaros 18 at home Glouster
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the Plains
C. E. Bixler
Massilon
Dewey King
Shade
Max Cone
Athens
Ronald Childs
Son
Emmett Tabler
Stewart
Sheila Houdasheldt
Albany
Harley Parker
Samuel Jones
Jacksonville
Joe Pedigo
Cathy Seel
H. J. Strauss
Larry Bainter
David Bolin
Robert D. Tolliver
Nelsonville
Patricia J. Mesaros
Glouster
Crisis Opens Opportunity says President Alden at Athens breakfast
President Alden told governors aides that crisis brings great opportunity as Ohio University plans to enroll 12 500 students next year and expand in business administration and regional development. He cited highways and an industrial park as attracting firms to the area and noted jobs corps role in poverty drive. He spoke at a breakfast with Athens Business Association president George Drach, son in law of Senate Majority Leader C Stanley Mechem.
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Athens Business Association
Drach
Senate
C. Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Alden
Ohio University
Johnson
Jobs Corps
National Administration
College of Business Administration
Ohio
Rhodes
Appalachia
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Commission Hearing Set for Downtown Zoning Expansion
The planning commission will hold a 3 p.m. Friday hearing on May 8 to consider expanding B-2 zoning to an entire block bounded by Court Street W Washington Street Congress Street and W State Street. General Telephone Co. seeks the change amid mixed B-2 and R-2 zoning.
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W. Washington St
Congress St
W. State St
General Telephone Co
OCSEA Chapter To Nominate Officers At Athens Meeting
Officers of the Athens County Ohio Civil Service Employes Association will nominate officers at 7 30 p m Thursday. Don Campbell Athens State Hospital administrator will be speaker. Refreshments will be served.
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Ohio Civil Service Employes Association
Don Campbell
Athens State Hospital
Pomeroy
Athens
Ohio
Meigs County
Athens County Bar backs Gordon Gray for Fourth District judge
The Athens County Bar Association endorsed Gordon Gray for the Fourth District Court of Appeals seat. Gray, a former Athens prosecutor, seeks the Republican nomination in the May primary. Gasoline flushed from a leaking 1962 auto on N Court St near Belk Simpson, owned by Lois Wood.
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Gordon Gray
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Gray
Athens
Belk- Simpson
N. Court St
Lois Wood
Elliott St
Athens High Girls Chorus Tops State Rating in Contest
Athens High School chorus earned a top state rating of 1 at the Ohio Music Education Association finals in Mansfield, earning a bronze plaque. The band placed 2nd with medals for its uniforms, as director Sue Sheeder and Music Director Walter Suchanek announced.
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Athens High Girls Chorus
Athens High School
Ohio Music Education Association
Mansfield
Sue Sheeder
Walter Suchanek
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