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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1976

Page

12

Victory Trip Ends in Death in Missouri Plane Crash

Rep. Jerry Litton his wife and two children and four others died when a small plane crashed near Chillicothe Missouri as they headed to celebrate his Democratic senatorial primary victory. Autopsy planned for pilot Paul Rupp Jr. and litton’s party awaited replacement nominee.

Chillicothe Jerry Litton Missouri Livingston County Kelsey Reeter Kansas City U.S. 36 Litton Sharon Scott Linda Paul Rupp Jr Paul Rupp III Stuart Symington Warren Hearnes James Symington Reeter Rupp Missouri Democratic State Committee Hearnes Symington Lock Springs Congress

Death (Continued From Page 1) Nixon era politics loom large

In Michigan's Democratic primary Riegle tops Austin who aimed to be the first black Democrat elected to the U S Senate. Esch wins the GOP nod. Missouri votes show Litton leading Hearnes with Symington and Wheeler far behind. Symington's seat to succeed Len Symington is to be filled by six candidates as John Danforth looms for the Republicans.

Riegle Richard Austin Austin Senate Marvin Esch Missouri Litton Warren Hearnes James Symington Kansas City Charles Wheeler Len Stuart Symington John Danforth

Weather Outlook and Regional Forecast for August 4 1976

Partly cloudy southeast Ohio forecast with highs in the mid to upper 80s and lows around 60 to 65. Rain chances 10 to 30 percent across regions including Northwest Inland West Lake Shore and East Lake Shore. Lake Erie winds southerly to southwest at 10 to 20 knots, waves 2 to 3 feet.

Ohio Northwest West Lake Shore West Central East Lake Shore East Central Lake Erie

Inez Betz 68 Gallipolis Area Death Notice

Mrs. Inez Mae Betz, 68, of Gallipolis Route 1, died Tuesday at Holzer Medical Center after years of failing health. Survived by two sons Jack Betz and Robert S. Betz and daughter-in-law Kay Betz, a daughter Mary Delilli, sister Elizabeth Barker, seven grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and preceded by husband May Betz and a son. Services Thursday 1 30 p.m. at Waugh Halley Wood Funeral Home with Rev Tim Heaton. Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery. Visitation today 2 4 p.m. and 7 9 p.m.

Inez Betz Gallipolis Inez Mae Betz Holzer Medical Center Grace United Methodist Church Gallia County Reuben and Ina Foglesong Betz Jack Betz Robert S. Betz Kay Betz Mary Delilli Columbus Elizabeth Barker Dayton May Betz Waugh- Halley-Wood Tim Heaton Mound Hill Cemetery

Athens Stamp Club Meeting Notice

What's going on in Athens includes the stamp club meeting at 7.30 p.m. along with events by the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company. Women of the Moose gather at 7.30 p.m. at Glouster Moose Hall and Trimble Township VFW 9866 hosts a meeting at 8 p.m. in Jacksonville.

Athens Stamp Club Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company

Local Club Meetings and Community Gatherings In Athens Area

Community groups meet across Athens with times and venues including Athens Mental Health Inc at 730 p.m. at the Transitional Center 7 N Congress St and Jaycees at 830 p.m. Eagles Hall. Beta Sigma Phi 730 p.m. with Paula Bragga. Ruth Circle 11 30 a.m. Lake Snowden cookout and games. Albany CES 7 30 p.m. Masonic Temple initiation Shade UMW 9 a.m. church cleanup and lunch. Glouster United Methodist Women 7 30 p.m with Mrs Ansel Gamwell. American Legion Auxiliary Glouster picnic 6 p.m. rain location Post Home.

Athens Mental Health Inc New Transitional Center Congress St Athens Jaycees Eagles Hall North Court Carpenter Streets Zeta Alpha Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Paula Bragga Chase Circle of Ruth Lake Snowden Albany Ces Masonic Temple Glouster United Methodist Ansel Gamwell Harold Vaughn American Legion Auxiliary Glouster Glouster Park

Glouster Village Council Holds Emergency Session 7 30 P M

Athens area notices report emergency runs and a rummage sale at First Christian Church Fellowship Hall. Council chambers will host a 7 30 p m emergency meeting while ambulance and transfer details appear for local hospitals.

Glouster First Christian Church Fellowship Hall West State Congress Streets

McArthur Council Discusses Library Expansion and Town Hall Plan

McArthur village leaders tabled options for expanding the Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library in Village Hall. A government grant for a new library or restoring the hall would place the library on the ground floor and offices on the second floor. The council will study a grant for a combined town hall and library. The Vinton County Historical Society sought space for meetings and storage. approval was not granted, but use of Teen Town’s former room was allowed. Police duties were reviewed. Carl Caudill and Delno McClure Jr. became special officers.

Mcarthur Herbert Wescoat Robert Will Jr Vinton County Historical Society Council Teen Town Carl Caudill Delno McClure Jr

Band Boosters Award $25 Prizes At Trimble Meeting

At the Trimble Local Band Boosters meeting the 100 Club drawing named Ellen Jones Judy Pugh John Bail and Rita King as $25 prize winners. The next drawing is set for the last Wednesday in August. New band members began practice at 8 30 a.m. Monday and regular members will practice again on Wednesday at 8 30 a.m.

Glouster Trimble Ellen Jones Judy Pugh John Bail Rita King

Coal Miners Nationwide Extend West Virginia Strike

Ninety thousand miners stay off jobs, forming picket lines in Boone County and spreading to Logan County and beyond. The walkout expands into neighboring states, with miners pledging determined support and industry officials warning of legal action while vowing to return to work only when executives meet with union leaders.

Boone County Logan County Logan West Virginia Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio Kentucky Indiana Illinois West Frankfurt Norman Beattie UMW Duquoin Ill Knapp Holstein

Meigs Miners Return to Work Amid Welfare Stamp Pickets

Meigs County miners from Mine Number 2 resumed the 4 PM shift Tuesday and also worked the 12 and 8 shifts today restoring operation at all three Meigs mines. Miner wives picket the Middleport welfare office seeking food stamps while officials cite current not on strike and incomplete five day work week as reasons for ineligibility.

Pomeroy Meigs Meigs County Middleport Welfare Department

Lord Thomson of Fleet Dies in London at 82

Lord Thomson of Fleet, Canadian born owner of the Thomson newspaper empire, died in a London hospital at 82 after a month of chest infection follow­ing a cold and stroke. His holdings included about 180 newspapers and over 100 magazines with global reach.

London Lord Thomson of Fleet Thomson Britain Ireland United States Canada Africa Asia West Indies the Times The Sunday Times Scotsman Edinburgh

Hospital Notes List Local Residents and Births

A long hospital notes list records numerous residents from Athens Glouster Albany Pomeroy and surrounding towns including Mr and Mrs Palmer Mr and Mrs Vincent Mr and Mrs Owsley Mrs Reynolds and many others with newborns and transfers. AK McClung of New Haven is a patient at Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus being treated for heart trouble.

David Palmer Athens Larry Vincent New Marshfield Gerald Owsley McArthur James Kibbe Albany AK McClung New Haven Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus

Ohio Valley Steam Threshing Exhibit Scheduled

Chillicothe Ohio Valley steam threshing show for Jackson and Ross counties runs Friday to Sunday at Ray Meacham farm on Low Tickridge Road no 224. Features steam threshing steam sawing baling and other exhibits plus flea markets and an old fashioned bean dinner. Music and a fiddlers contest are planned for Friday and Saturday nights.

Chillicothe Ohio Valley Jackson Ross Counties Ray Meacham Low-Tickridge Road No. 224

Court fines and charges listed for multiple defendants

A parade of traffic and criminal citations names Roger Gabriel and others from Amesville Malta McConnelsville Athens Wellston and Nelsonville. Offenses include failure to heed traffic lights drunken driving reckless operation disorderly conduct petty theft and assault with fines costs and bonds noted.

Roger A. Gabriel Amesville Monte G. Cook Malta Steven R. Grubb McConnelsville Rosemary Burydell Charles W. Burkheimer Dennis L Satterthwaite Athens Frank Zibert Rocky River Michael Eugene Taylor Donald L. Mash Elm St the Plains Robert T. Martin Nelsonville Orval L. Lyons, Jr Danny R. Baker Millfield John S. Wollett John Ray Welsh Kroger

The Franklin Typographical Society Organized in Cincinnati

The Franklin Typographical Society, Ohio’s first labor union, formed in Cincinnati in 1831 to unite printers and gain working rights. The group marks an early step in organized labor within the state.

The Franklin Typographical Society Ohio Cincinnati

Death of Lord Thomson Ties 10 Ohio Papers to Chain

The 82 year old chairman of the Thomson newspaper chain dies affecting about 180 papers nationwide including Canton Repository Coshocton Tribune East Liverpool Evening Review Greenville Advocate Lancaster Eagle Gazette Marion Star Portsmouth Times Salem News Steubenville Herald Star and Zanesville Times Recorder.

Associated Press Lord Thomson Thomson Ohio Canton Repository Coshocton Tribune East Liverpool Evening Review Greenville Advocate Lancaster Eagle-Gazette Marion Star Portsmouth Times Salem News Steubenville Herald-Star Zanesville Times-Recorder

Newsman Murray Stewart Found Dead at Beachwood Motel

Police found 53 year old television newscaster Murray Stewart dead in a Beachwood motel room with two empty sleeping pill vials nearby. The WJW Channel 8 noon anchor had recently left work and then returned in January 1975 after health issues. His four year old son Christopher died in 1960 from anemia, a tragedy friends say haunted him.

Cleveland Murray Stewart Beachwood Stewart Channel 8 Wjw-Tv Friends Christopher

Jewish Author To Speak At Full Gospel Dinner

Sid Roth an officer in the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America will address the Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International dinner this Saturday at 7 pm at Rio Grande College Cafeteria. Roth wrote Something for Nothing about his conversion to Jesus after leaving occult practices and mind control. He has appeared on television and moderates The Messianic Jewish Hour radio program in Washington DC. For dinner reservations call 551 or 446-3073.

Sid Roth Messianic Jewish Alliance of America Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International Rio Grande College Roth Jesus Kathryn Kuhlman Washington, D. C

College Registration Starts Friday at Parkersburg PCC

Registration opens Friday for the final term of the summer session at Parkersburg Community College. The August interim term runs through August 27 with courses in football officiating, mathematics, mechanical design drafting technology and sociology. Contact Office of Admissions and Records at 424-8220 for details.

Parkersburg Community College Office of Admissions and Records

Couple Sues For Damages

David and Doris Nolan of Gallipolis sue Carl Smith McFell of Point Pleasant in Meigs County Common Pleas for damages and injuries from a rock throw. They seek 6718 dollars. The Racine Home National Bank sues George and Rita Sue Cundiff of Racine and county treasurer George Collins for 1316.66 on a promissory note.

Pomeroy David and Doris Nolan Gallipolis Meigs County Racine Home National Bank George Rita Sue Cundiff Racine George Collins

Also Mentioned on This Page

U.S Marvin L. Esch Olga Leo Emily Ann Arbor Michigan U.S. Senate Nation Plains Midwest Great Lakes Florida Gulf Carolinas Ohio University Geography Department L. Colmer US Weather Observer Athens City Athens County Women of the Moose Glouster Moose Trimble Township VFW Jacksonville United Mine Workers Auxiliary of Nannie Aliom Rebekah Lodge 2Nd St. the Plains Ladies Auxiliary Post Home Pomeroy Lodge F&am Athens Fire Squad Timothy Wilson Carriage Hill O'Bleness Margaret Power S Court St Mason Squad Patrick Kearns Mason Harold Norton Clifton Pleasant Valley Hospital Dustry Joseph Brennan Bituminous Coal Operators Association Arnold Miller Cabin Creek Dry Branch Appalachian Arch A. Moore Jr West Moore Thomson Organization, Ltd Fleet Street Thomson Organization News Herbert Thomson Alice Maud Coombs Roy Herbert Thomson Roy Thomson Baron Thomson Pravda Communist Party Moscow Nikitai Khrushchev Edna Alice Irvine Drayton Ontario Kenneth Roy Thomson Phyllis Audrey Lord Thompson O’bleness Stella Cooper Richard King Herbert Harris Ethel McKnabb Barbara Holdcroft Kathy Kropf Adalee Cole Denver Peck Cheryl Evener Chauncey Linda Smith Mina Vore Pleasant Valley Carroll Whittington Marion Reynolds John Melton Ronald Barr John Lambert Franklin Blankenship Clara Kincaid Robert Sheridan Frances Hawk Gertrude Kyle Raymond Daft Stacey Berry Nicholas King Yo Bong Susan South John Hall William Beal Nannie Sorrell Steven Mace Jr Veterans Memorial Admitted Robert Knapp Syracuse Juanita Wamsley Eloise Drenner Ruby Sexson Ronnie Anderson Pearl Koehler Reedsville Patrick Wolfe Portland Lena Lenz Coolville Drenda Cunningham Cora Lee Phyllis Davis Sarah Dunn Donald Hupp Emmett Smailey Mount St. Mary Francine Byers Ola Phillips Phyllis LaFollette Mary Sheline Doctors Hospital North Columbus Frances Kesterson Melvin Morris Augusta Forbes Hocking Valley Raymond Canter Mabel Patton Debby Miller James Taylor Dorothy North Violet Simon Alva App James McBroom Charles Poling Lawrence Hart Clinton Queen Court News Robert S. McClelland Common Pleas Birdie Fields Lawrence Fields Donna Guinther Malcolm Guinther Catherine Young Gaylord Young Wayton Wellston Harold Hagerty Christi King Pennsylvania Ave Waivers Kereth E. Smart Charlotte Smart David Barber Richard E Clemons Oral R. Pickett Janet
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