Murder Charge Among 20 Cases For Athens County Grand Jury
The May term grand jury will review 20 cases including a first degree murder charge against Donald J. Miller accused of fatally slaying his uncle Eddie Bobo in a Bean Hollow Road barn. Other defendants face breaking and entering, forgery, and check fraud charges as part of a light docket shaped by plea bargains and quick justice laws.
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Athens County
Donald J. Miller
Athens Route 3
Eddie Bobo
Bean Hollow Rd
Miller
Common Pleas
John W. Bolin
Ohio State Penitentiary
John William Anderson
Nelsonville
Charles A. Nutt
Marian Pickett
UN Facing Most Serious Crisis Says Baker at Athens Workshop
Dr. John C. Baker warned the United Nations faces its gravest crisis and depends on free world member stability. He urged qualified personnel for U S foreign policy, stressed actions over propaganda, and noted UN’s aim for world peace not war.
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Baker
United Nations
John C. Baker
Athens
Free World
U. S
Distributing Firm Office Entered in Theft Inquiry
Police investigated a break in at Keck Distributing Co where $10 was stolen from a drawer. Capt. J W McBride said a tool forced the door and the intruder ransacked the office before fleeing as a driver arrived to load a truck. Authorities sought any additional missing items.
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Keck Distributing Co
J. W. McBride
Two Drivers Fined After Patrol Arrests
Two drivers were each fined 5 dollars and costs in Municipal Court after pleading guilty to charges filed by the State Highway Patrol. Clara M. Robinson aged 41 from Athens was cited for driving an unsafe vehicle and William Kirkpatrick aged 22 from Millfield was cited for failing to obey a stop sign.
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State Highway Patrol
Clara M. Robinson
Athens
William Kirkpatrick
Millfield
Banquet Slated by Constitution Lodge 426 F and AM
Constitution Lodge 426 F and AM plans a father and son banquet at 7 p.m. Saturday in New Marshfield. Masons and their sons are invited, said Luster Cooper, the lodge master.
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New Marshfield
Constitution Lodge 426
F&am
Luster Cooper
Body Found In Car At Area Church
Sheriff's deputies investigated after a man’s body was found in a car parked at Graham Chapel churchyard on Coolville Ridge. The car had an out-of-county plate and was registered to Otto C. Millar of Columbus. A suicide note and revolver were reported at the scene. identity of the deceased was not confirmed.
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Graham Chapel
Coolville Ridge
Otto C. Millar
Williams Rd
Columbus
Miller
Morning shower in Athens as river recedes
A light morning shower dropped about one tenth of an inch in Athens on Friday. The 11 a.m. temperature reached 53 degrees, up six degrees from the morning low. The Hocking River stood at 12.13 feet and was falling after a Thursday high of 70.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Colmer
Hocking
Births and Admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
A birth is recorded for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ney of Albany Route 1. The hospital lists admissions including Mrs. Charles Beverage and several patients: Charles Bretz, Mrs. Nina L. Harris, Christy Buck, Kevin Wend, Mrs. William Rife, Mrs. Dallas Smith, James Legg, Mrs. John Pierce, Mrs. Ernest G. Barrows, Mrs. Della Mace, Mrs. Ralph Smeck, and Mrs. Clyde Brown, with locations Athens Guysville and New Marshfield.
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Charles Beverage
Athens
Charles Bretz
Albany
Nina L. Harris
Christy Buck
Kevin Wend
New Marshfield
William Rife
Guysville
Dallas Smith
James Legg
John Pierce
Chauncey, and Son
Ernest G. Barrows
Della Mace
Ralph Smeck
Clyde Brown
Salvation Army Plans Two Events in Athens Unit
The Flowers Brothers Quartet will sing at two Salvation Army services Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The Athens unit also joins Prison Sunday activities to counsel and share War Cry magazines with inmates in jails nationwide.
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Flowers Brothers
Salvation Army
Athens
OU Freshman Calmed After Shoulder Dislocation at Bryan Hall
Carolyn Bolen a 19 year old Ohio University freshman from Dayton was taken to OU Health Center by the fire department emergency squad Friday after her shoulder became dislocated at Bryan Hall at 9 44 a.m.
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Carolyn Bolen
Ohio University
Dayton
OU Health Center
Fire Department
Bryan Hall
Changes in Train Times Listed for Baltimore and Ohio Trains
Athens depot announced slight schedule changes effective 12:01 a m Sunday April 30 for four of six B and O trains. Eastbound Metropolitan 12 becomes 12 06 p m National Limited 9 29 p m. Westbound National Limited 4 08 a m Metropolitan 6 48 p m. Other trains 30 eastbound 1 51 a m and 23 westbound 10 02 a m remain unchanged.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Athens
Metropolitan
National Limited
Telephone recovered after laundry payphone theft
A pay telephone taken from Chapman's automatic laundry on Richland Ave this week was recovered along Route 50 near Guysville yesterday, according to city police.
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Chapman
Richland Ave
Guysville
Mental Health Campaign To Start Fund Drive In Athens County
A county wide fund drive for Athens County Mental Health Association membership starts Sunday. A mailed letter will explain the association’s work and invite membership. The group supports the Southeastern Ohio Guidance Clinic and aims to raise one third of its funding while promoting education on mental-health issues. William Herbein is treasurer at 206 W Union St.
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Southeastern Ohio
The
Valley Drive-In Theatre
Athens County Mental Health Association
Association
Bers
E. S. Sheron
Guidance Center
William Herbein
W. Union St
Junior High Students On Capital Trip
Athens Junior High School sends 108 ninth graders to Washington D C for a day of sightseeing replacing commencement. Students travel by bus to Parkersburg then train, arriving 7 a m Saturday, return early Sunday morning. Faculty: Principal Gardner, William Roston, Alice Schuler.
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Athens Junior High School
Washington, D. C
Parkersburg
Washington
Athens
Police Cite Drivers Into Municipal Court
Two drivers were fined in Municipal Court after pleading to city police charges. Robert P. Roseman 19 of Bush Hall paid $5 and costs for driving the wrong way on a one way street. Robert M. Som ers 19 of Gamertsfelder Hall paid $10 and costs for failing to yield the right of way.
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Robert P. Roseman
Bush Hall
Robert M. Somers
Gamertsfelder Hall
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Athens Messenger
Homer B. Gall, Jr
Pickett
Floyd A. Rogaski
Glouster
Kenneth Williams
Jerry Holcomb
Mary Jennings
Eugene Frederick Hamilton
William Pickett
Robert E. Foreman
Martin Brown
Lansing
Mich
Robert Ross Nicholson
Cincinnati
Guy Wolfe
Clarksburg
W. Va
Clifford L. Koon
Norman Losey
John Exline
the Martin
Martin
Middleport
Lished
Willard Elsbree
OU Government Department
Elsbree
Stanley Fisher
OU Geology Department
U. Ss
Coun
Fisher
Buckeye Cafeteria
N. Court St
Tel. LY
E. Washington St
City Hall
Athens, Ohio
Federal Home Loan Bank
Raymond Shepard
Pol. Adv
Paul Anka
Ruth Roman
Area
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Charles Ney
Keith L. Hunt
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship
First Wesleyan Methodist Church
Hunt
ICF
Michigan State University
Army Signal Corps
Annd
Gardner
William Roston
Alice Schuler
Carpenter Howe
Imperial Trailer
Chillicothe Sts
Portsmouth
Ohio
Earl F. Mathews, Inc. and
C. M. Gill & Company
Earl Mathews
Earl Hooper
C. M. Gill Security Bank Bldg
West Union Street
Union Street Ice Company
DuPont
Jaynes Furniture
E. State St
Keller & Weltner
Monument CO
Cras
John N. Eberst
Fairfield Counties
W. Hunter St
Logan
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