Basements Flooded and Trees Down in Wellston Storm
A severe thunderstorm hit Wellston Saturday evening causing flooding in basements and the police station, with about 2.2 inches of rain. Trees uprooted or split, vehicles damaged, and telephone and electric service interrupted as crews worked overnight to restore outages. No injuries reported.
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Wellston
City Hall
General Telephone Co
Jackson County
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Mishaps Reported in County Eight Injured in Wrecks
Eight people were injured in four Athens County accidents over the weekend. Nancy Landis and three others were hospitalized after a one car crash on Baker Road. A motorcycle collision on Route 50 left two youths hurt. Katherine Bente was treated after her Route 550 crash. Hiram Mace suffered injuries on County Road 10. A car fire on Kgger Road near Cheshire prompted Middleport fire crews.
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Athens County
Baker Rooad
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Nancy Jane Landis
William E. Landis
Edward Riley
Ronald L. Riley
Athens
Nancy Landis
Route 50
County Road 19
Michael D. Pratt
Beal Road
Anthony E. Stump
Buckhannon
W.va
Stump
Pratt
Mark A. South
Katherine Bente
Briarwood
Middleport
Kgger Road
Cheshire
Henry Cook
Mechanic Offers Alibi in Woods Kidnapping Case
Craig Hunt said Frederick N. Woods was at his Portola Valley home between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. the day 26 Chowchilla students were abducted, an assertion echoed as Woods faces $1 million bail. The report notes Woods, James and Richard Schoenfeld were charged, with the bus crew later entombed for 17 hours in a Livermore quarry.
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Chowchilla
Calif
Frederick N. Woods
San Francisco Examiner
Woods
Fred
Craig Hunt
The
Examiner
Hunt
Portola Valley
Vancouver
Canada
James Schoenfeld
Richard Schoenfeld
Livermore
Jury Begins Selection in Walker Murder Trial
The jury pool of 41 may yield 12 jurors and two alternates for Jesse Walker's murder case. Prosecutors and defense will depose pathologist Dr Emmerich von Haam in Columbus tonight, with trial to proceed Tuesday for an expected 10 to 15 witnesses.
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Jesse Walker
Walker
Thomas Lowery
Nelsonville
Vore Ridge Road
Common Pleas
Lowell Howard
Columbus
Emmerich von Haam
Haam
Lowery
Mount Carmel Hospital
Michael Ward
Marietta College Receives George Gund Grant for Letters Project
Marietta College secured a $1,000 grant from the George Gund Foundation to reproduce and distribute letters by famous Revolutionary figures to Ohio teachers. The project, part of the Ohio College Bicentennial Program, will select eight to 12 letters by Washington Jefferson Hancock Franklin and Hamilton for the fall completion.
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Marietta College
George Gund Foundation
Ohio
Ohio College
Lewis M. Yeager
Washington
Jefferson
Hancock
Franklin
Hamilton
Mars Life Hints From Viking 1 Data Stir Debate
Pasadena scientists report a surprising rise in oxygen in Viking 1 experiments and a labeled release result that could hint at Martian life. Others warn nonliving chemical processes and peroxide crystals may explain findings, as data continue to arrive for review this week.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Viking 1
Viking
Gerald Soffen
Harold Klein
Earth
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Fred Taylor
S. Pennsylvania
First Presbyterian Church
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Athens Messenger
Associated Press
D&s
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
the Messenger Publishing Co
Johnson Road
Marietta
Ohio Canal
Akron
Cleveland
Miami University
Kathleen E. Gallaway
Longview Heights
America
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Ronald F. Riviere
A. J. Staehli
Freeman Maltz
K. H. Chu
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