OU To Begin Training For 56 Peace Corpsmen
Ohio University will host an eight week program for 56 prospective Peace Corps volunteers starting July 7. Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver calls it a new program phase with negotiations with other universities to follow. The contract to train volunteers for West Cameroon in Africa was signed in Washington by President Vernon R. Alden. Rep. Walter H. Moeller praised the university for its service program. Roy P. Fairfield will supervise the project with a campus coordinator to join the group overseas. Participants will gain regular academic credit and a 60 hour week study schedule ends August 31 before departure September 10.
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U.S. Peace Corps
Ohio University
Peace Corps
Sargent Shriver
Africa
West Cameroon
Washington, D. C
Vernon R. Alden
Walter H. Moeller
Alden
Roy P. Fairfield
Univer
Ity
Cameroon
Puerto Rico
Pre-School Clinic Plans Completed at West Elementary
Annual pre-school roundup for kindergartners and first graders runs 8 a m to noon Wednesday at West Elementary School. Parents should register all eligible children and bring birth certificates. Physicians will perform physicals for those not previously examined. immunizations not provided by the clinic.
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West
Athens City-County
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Baby and adult admissions
The list records admissions and discharges at Sheltering Arms Hospital. New arrivals include a son for Bla succi Athens and a daughter for Ma gee Athens. Discharges include Smiley Athens and son, Parker Athens, and others.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Arthur Smiley
Athens
Guild Foundation
Ohio Univ students fined for painting street light
Two Ohio University students, residents of 30 Poplar Street, were fined in Municipal Court for painting a street light at Poplar and Pearl last week. Arrested by city police, David Carter, 21, and Steve were each fined $25 and costs.
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Ohio University
Poplar St
Poplar and Pearl
David Carter
Steve
Local Officials See Guilty Plea And Fines In City Case
Joseph J. Jordan pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to driving a tractor without lights and was fined 10 dollars plus costs. In a State Highway Patrol case David G. Hooper’s 11 dollar bond was forfeited after he failed to appear for a stop sign citation. Fire squad responded to 88 Sunnyside Drive where Nancy Bolin, 70, suffered a heart condition and a physician was summoned.
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Joseph J. Jordan
Shade
David G. Hooper
Bexley
Fire Department
Sunnyside Dr
Nancy Bolin
Athens Band and Chorus Reach State Finals in Lima
About 110 Athens High School students traveled to Lima for the state music finals. The 92 member band in B-1 Class earned excellent and the 18 member chorus was rated good after qualifying with superior ratings at districts.
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Athens High School
Lima
Walter Suchanek
Sue Sheeder
Holiday Inn
Athens Band
Three Deny Entries In Arraignment
Three persons charged with breaking and entering by sheriff deputies were arraigned in Municipal Court Monday and bound over to the grand jury. Florence Christina Burchfield, 39, and Blaine Burdette Evener, 43, both of Athens Route 3, pleaded innocent to the charges. Mary Conway, 60, of Athens Route 2, also pleaded innocent for helping a Athens man in the entry of a New Marshfield home. Bond for each was set at $500.
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George Grim
Athens
Florence Christina Burchfield
Blaine Burdette Evener
Mary Conway
Monday Cloudy and Cooler in Athens Weather Card
Partially cloudy and slightly cooler weather prevailed in Athens Monday with a trace of rain reported in the morning by U S Observer C L Colmer. The day opened at 58 and rose to 72 by 10 30 a m. Sunday’s high was 80. Rural Hamley Run logged a low of 48 after yesterday’s high of 79.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Hamley Run
Fire Devours Historic Christ Episcopal Church
Flames and smoke engulfed the English Gothic Christ Episcopal Church as mournful congregation members watched the 40 year old building burn. Cornerstone laid in 1922, the school and altar memorial to Walter A. Windsor. architect Ralph Adams Cram noted for St. John’s Cathedral. Sheriff Phillip R. Sheridan and Emma J. Rogaski are named among observers.
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Walter A. Windsor
Ralph Adams Cram
Christ Episcopal
Sam Spencer
Cram
St. John’s Cathedral
New York
Athens Man Sentenced In Home Entry Case
Ronald Roy Russell 27 of 105 N Lancaster St Athens admitted breaking into the home of Mrs. James Stedman New Marshfield on April 20 and was sentenced by Common Pleas Judge John Bolin to one to 15 years. He also received two one to three year terms for probation violations. The sentences run concurrently. Russell had been on five years probation since August 1961 for non support and issuing a check without a credit charge. The sheriff expects to take him to the penitentiary Wednesday.
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Athens
James Stedman
New Marshfield
Common Pleas
John Bolin
Ronald Roy Russell
N. Lancaster St
Russell
Marshfield
Sheriff's Department
Not Having Licenses Costs 2 Motorists
Two Marshfield youths pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to traffic charges. George E. Cooper aged 18 was fined 50 dollars and costs for permitting an unlicensed driver David Wesley Denney aged 19 to drive his car. Cooper did not have a license either. Half of Cooper's fine was suspended and he was placed on three months probation and told not to drive until obtaining a license. Denney was fined 10 dollars and costs.
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George E. Cooper
David Wesley Denney
Cooper
Denney
Athens County Democrats Endorse State Candidates
The Athens County Democratic executive committee endorsed several state office candidates and state central committee members while abstaining on U S Senate and county commissioner races. The panel polled about 100 members, 63 favored endorsements, 17 opposed, with emphasis on geographic balance and notable figures such as John J Gilligan James A Lantz Frank J Lausche and Michael DiSalle among others.
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William Lavelle
Athens County
Democratic Executive Committee
State Central Committee
U. S. Senate
Lavelle
Beacon School
Mili Levy
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
John D. Law
Alton Hanning
Leo S. Sheridan
Athens
John J. Gilli
Thomas E. Ferguson
Carl V. Weygandt
Supreme Court
James J. Mayer
Richard T. Cole
R. Kenneth Kerr
Mary C. Gallagher
H. Kent Bumpass
Man Denies Tearing Lavatory From Wall
Gary Johnson of The Plains pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to destruction of property. Bond set at 100 dollars, case continued to May 7. Police say he tore a lavatory from a rest room wall at Johnson's Inn on West State Street, an February incident not reported until Saturday.
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Gary Johnson
the Plains
Johnson's Inn
W. State St
Belt Fire at Residence on Congress Street
City firemen responded to Albert Linscott at 27 North Congress Street at 6 53 am Monday. A belt burned on a washing machine but a family member removed it. Firemen then removed the rest of the belt.
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Albert Linscott
Congress St
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Albany
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H. C. Musser
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