Red Cross Bloodmobile in Athens Sets Record
The Red Cross Bloodmobile visit in Athens set a summer record with 186 pints collected, surpassing the 150 pint goal and last month’s shortfall. About 220 people registered to donate, many without appointments, causing waits despite extra volunteers. The event marked the largest donor turnout since 1965 for a summer visit and the second largest off campus in eight years.
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Red Cross
Athens
Lloyd Dillinger
Shade
Otto H. Webb
Paul Maccombs
the Plains
William Diles
Allan L. Leonard
Mile L'Heureux
Thomas Hart
Pomeroy
Geraldine Nicholson
Barbara Taylor
James Balding Jr
James Butcher
Michael Bolin
Carlos B Nicholson
Jeff Slattery
Robert L. Williams
Liberty Torch Runner Arrives in Athens for City Hall Ceremony
A Liberty Torch runner reaches Athens with local athletes as escorts for a 4:15 p.m. City Hall ceremony. 27 runners carry a flaming torch on an 8 800 mile journey from June 28 to the White House, ending after a 46 day trek.
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Athens
City Hall
Statue of Liberty
White House
Donald Barrett
Ellsworth Holden
Holden
John Fulton
Robert High
Ohio University
David Gershon
Gershon
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Messenger Sued for 400 000 Defamatory Publication
Augustus Ervin of Cleveland Heights filed a 400000 defamation suit against The Athens Messenger in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. He alleges stories about a late July 1975 kidnapping falsely named him, forcing him to leave Athens, abandoning undergraduate plans and law school aims, and causing job resignation at Paper Mate Co. He seeks 200000 compensatory and 200000 punitive damages plus attorney fees, and a jury trial.
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Cleveland Heights
Athens Messenger
Augustus Ervin
Monticello Village
Messenger
Cuyahoga County
Athens
Paper
Mate Co
Ervin
Marines Reported Twice as Many Recruit Abuses as Other Services
Pentagon findings show 234 confirmed abuse incidents in fiscal 1975 and 1976 by the Marine Corps versus 96 across the Army Navy and Air Force. The report to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld calls for protected channels for recruits to report abuses and stronger officer supervision of drill sergeants.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Pentagon
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Wife Testifies of Walker Slaying and Gun Threats
Sandra Walker told an Athens County jury that she heard husband Jesse and Thomas Lowery arguing before gunfire erupted on January 26 at the Vore Ridge trailer. She described seeing Walker with a rifle, being forced to say she shot Lowery, and later memory gaps after sheriff’s arrival.
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Robert Ekey
Sandra Walker
Athens County
Joseph Vanity
Walker
Sheriff's Department
Lowery
Williams Named President of Northeastern Illinois University
Ronald Williams 49, former acting executive dean of Afro American Affairs at Ohio University, was chosen by the Illinois Board of Governors to head Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. He has held multiple posts including provost at Federal City College and dean at Western Washington State College.
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Ohio University
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago
Ronald Williams
Illinois Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities
The
Illinois University
Williams
Federal City College
Washington, D. C
Department of Communication Sciences
College of Ethnic Studies
Western Washington State College
Oberlin College
Oberlin Summer Theatre
Western Reserve University
Ohio State University
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Education
Graduate College
Fire Probed in Basement of Retardation Center Admin Building
Officials probe a basement fire at the Retardation Center admin building after a maintenance worker found it at 7 27 p m. The blaze damaged laundry bags and caused 200 dollars in damage. Center staff and Athens firefighters responded. Earlier, firefighters handled a non residential fire near the Convocation Center caused by wiring in an auto short circuit. The car owned by Ralph Clifton of Cleveland sustained 200 dollars damage.
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Athens Mental Health and Retardation Center
Athens
Ohio University
Convocation Center
Ralph Clifton
Cleveland
Buckeye Division veterans plan Youngstown reunion
World War I II and Korean War veterans of the 37th Buckeye Division will meet September 3 to 5 at the Holiday Inn in Youngstown near I 80 and Route 193. Information from the 37th Division Veterans Association, 65 S Front St Room 707 Columbus 43215. Auto stolen in McArthur. Black and white 1968 Chevrolet seen north on Route 93.
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37Th Buckeye Division
Ohio
Youngstown
Holiday Inn
Interstate 80
Route 193
37Th Division Veterans Association
S. Front St
Columbus
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Bloodmobile
Dee Finlay
Sue Ellis
Barbara Hire
Joan McFarland
Doris Burson
Betty Cunningham
Maybelle Bartlett
Pauline Franks
Mary Lee Gillam
Marian Keller
Joan Vaughan
Anna Sevigny
Evelyn Romine
Joyce Rose
Helen Ervin
Kathleen Campbell
Mary Margaret Fulton
Margaret Carney
Barbara Nicholson
Ann Ellis
Motor Corps
Ginny McNabb
Pauline Buck
Virgene Bolin
Carolyn Reed
Mae Herron
Adrienne Davies
Columbia Gas
Abex
the Post Office
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Beverly Schumacher
Torch Runner
D.C
Pvt
Lynn McClure
Lufkin
Tex
San Diego
Calif
Parris Island
Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District
Putnam St
Marietta
Regional Development Administration
Mobile Resource Unit
Young
Vore Ridge Road
Donna Malone
Malta Route 1
York Two
Py Petty
Savings Good Thru
Ivory
Cereal
ICE Cream Glacier Club
Kodacolor
Coeaa
Lanse
Were’s
Elmer's School
Solas
Pei
Tee Salid
ROYAL
Kodar
Plaza Shopping Center
E. State ST
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