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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1967
Page
8
Sen. J. W. Fulbright of Arkansas pushes a joint congressional presidential declaration to bind national commitments abroad. The move, aimed at sharpening Senate influence, follows debates over Vietnam policy and constitutional doubts about presidential control.
Lawrence J. Coleman 67 of Point Pleasant West Columbia area died suddenly of a heart attack after going up a hill. Survived by Verna Hudson Coleman widow Sylvia Coleman sister Bessie Pickens sister Jack Cartwright brother. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. Point Pleasant Church of Christian Union. Burial Suncrest Cemetery. Sylvia Cable former Deanville resident died in Columbus nursing home. Funeral arrangements by Johnson Funeral Home Nelsonville. Nellie Williams 74 of Gallipolis died of a heart attack at Holzer Hospital after four hours in failing health. Survived by Knox husband Harold Dailey son James sisters Daisy Drummond Ethel Pope Shirley Neal Lottie Henry four grandchildren five great grandchildren and five siblings. Funeral Thursday 2:30 p.m. Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. Burial Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday.
James Henry McDade aged 82 of Point Pleasant Route 2 died Monday evening at home after a short illness. Born in Jackson County he is survived by a half-brother McKinley McDade and nieces and nephews. Burial in Suncrest Cemetery with Chapman Wilcoxen Funeral Home officiating.
Forest City Publishing Co sues Local 53 of the International Typographical Union for 195,634 alleging a chapel meeting disrupted July 22 editions and the following day. The publisher says union meetings during work hours require foreman approval and limited duration. Locurto’s firing triggered the dispute. reinstatement on July 22 resolved it.
James J. Cunningham, 19, of Mansfield, charged with improper starting after a two car crash on W Union Street. He forfeited a $21 bond for failing to appear in Municipal Court. Emerson H. Wise, 58, Perry Street, involved. Ernest John Karhu, 29, 125 W State St, suffered minor injuries when his car hit a telephone pole near 45 Grosvenor St. Monday. Police also investigated a minor two car accident on Stimson Avenue Monday afternoon.
At the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plant in Apple Grove, Catalyst Construction Co. workers walked off the job this morning. Only the company office staff reported for work as the strike began, cause not learned. In Pomeroy, Guy L. Cowan announced Pomeroy Lodge 164 F and AM will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Temple with second degree work and refreshments.
Ohio Dept. of Agricash grain prices show No 2 red wheat down to 1.34-1.40 per bushel, mostly 1.34-1.35. No 2 yellow corn steady at 1.13-1.19, mostly 1.14-1.47. No 2 oats unchanged 65-72, mostly 68-72. No 1 soybeans steady to 2 lower 2.59-2.68, mostly 2.60-2.61.
At least two Ohioans were killed two were missing and one was seriously injured in the explosion and fire aboard the aircraft carrier Forrestal on Saturday, the Navy said. Dead: James Lawrence Blaskis Euclid Ronald Roy Ogring Chesterland. Missing: Ralph Wayne Jacobs Columbus Harold David Watkins Cleveland. Seriously injured: Paul Andrew Brueger Cincinnati.
Ohio educational television will deploy the WOUB-TV mobile unit at the Ohio State Fair with joint coverage by ETV stations across the state. The plan includes half hour programs on the All-Ohio Boys Band All-Ohio String Orchestra and Youth Choir plus Queen of Queens. Coverage will span live setup preparations through the fair and may be rebroadcast the following day.
State auditors begin a long county books examination in Athens County, opening offices late to count cash on hand. Deputy Inspector Glenn C. Buller says the audit, overdue, will run months with three examiners initially and two aides pending more staff. The review aims to advise officials and ensure proper conduct across townships cities and university offices.
POMEROY Meigs County survey crews from the Leading Creek Conservancy District begin three day ground surveys in Five Mile Creek Son Run and Lima West to assist flood control plans. Attorney Frank W Porter Jr asked landowners to permit entry and provide flood stage data. Questions to 992 5132.
Richard H. McFarland associate professor of electrical engineering at Ohio University explained the Radar Hill work to the Athens Rotary Club at the Ohio University Inn. The department collaborates with North American Aviation to develop a radar system using millimeter wavelengths instead of microwaves. The effort targets research and tech problems from industry to help keep the installation self supporting.
Detroit News reports a witness, Robert L. Greene, says a National Guardsman killed two of the three Black men shot at a midtown Detroit motel during rioting. Police, FBI, state and local authorities launch joint probes into the killings. autopsies indicate shots at close range.
County commissioners began work on the 1968 budget as all departments submitted requests for higher salaries and supplies. A state safety inspection found few hazards, and a Beacon School levy report is expected next week. Auditor Whaley will prepare the anticipated income statement for 1968, while the general fund appropriation stands at 683000. George Mara pressed for a HUD grant to cover half of Plains area water and sewer projects, urging a meeting with HUD officials.
Ohio University's Center for International Studies will add two African fine arts courses for 1967 68 and continues African studies across anthropology economics geography government history and linguistics. A 31000 grant funds the African Language and Area Center, hosting guest scholars and publishing papers through the center.
Several public notices announce appointments as estate administrators Homer B Gall Jr Chauncey Ohio for Ida Bolin and Kossuth Dowler for Eugene Dowler both in Athens County with claims deadlines in mid to late July 1967. A separate notice states that current year tax returns have been revised and valuations will be open for inspection August 1 1967 with hearing August 15 1947 at the County Auditor Office Athens Ohio.
A notice states Gerald Leon Rupe with last address at RA 15697675 Receiving Processing Detachment U S Army Personnel Center Travis Air Force Base Fairfield California will answer a divorce petition filed July 5 1967 by Sandra D Rupe in Athens County Court. The notice also covers an Athens zoning ordinance emergency measure changing Lots 631 and 632 on Stimson Avenue from B-2 to B-3 in Athens Ohio and directs the Planning Director to update the zoning map.
An ordinance of the City of Athens Ohio authorizes the director of public service to advertise receive and open bids for demolishing buildings as part of the South Green Urban Renewal Project R63 with contracts awarded to the lowest and best bidder. The measure declares an emergency and becomes effective immediately upon passage.
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