Area Traffic Victims Are Robbery Suspects
Two Baltimore youths, David Delph and Archie Lee Miracle, are wanted by Virginia police for armed robbery and attempted murder after allegedly kidnapping and wounding sailor Frank Damron near Route 50. Investigators found stolen money orders worth 8000 dollars and a pistol in the suspects’ stolen car. Damron, a 23 year old seaman from Quonset Point, survived with a neck wound.
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Baltimore, Md
Torch
Coolville
State Highway Patrol
David Delph
Archie Lee Miracle
Baltimore
Frederick County
Frank Damron
Naval Air Station, Quonset
Winchester
Damion
Damron
Ben
Virginia
West Virginia
Damien
Miracle
County Rd
Ronald Edward Donahue
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Delph
Donahue
Traffic Court Guilty Pleas Listed in Municipal and County Courts
Area Traffic Courts report multiple convictions and fines. Joseph Russell Hull Jr. of 9 Franklin Ave. earns $5 and costs for stop sight violations. Sarah Bolin of Athens Route 1 faces $10 and costs for crossing fresh paint. Gene F. Perry of Chauncey pays $15 and costs for license issues. Gene A. Westenbarger of Athens Route 1 fined $10 and costs for improper passing. Robert B. Brady of Cincinnati fined $10 and costs for passing at intersection. Raymond W. Hill of Sharpsburg $10 and costs for parking on highway. Leon N. Simonton of Nelsonville guilty on stop sign offense with $10 and costs, fine suspended.
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Joseph Russell Hull, Jr
Franklin Ave
Sarah Bolin
Athens
Gene F. Perry
Chauncey
Gene A. Westenbarger
Robert B. Brady
Cincinnati
Raymond W. Hill
Sharpsburg
Leon N. Simonton
Nelsonville
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Admission and discharge records list patients and relatives across Athens and nearby routes. Entries include Mr and Mrs Jerry Smathers with a newborn son on Athens Route 5 and multiple named patients admitted or dismissed from Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Jerry Smathers
Athens Route 5
Three New Members Inducted By Athens Jaycees
Three new members were inducted Thursday night into the Athens Jaycees. The district vice president officiated for Scott Lawson Thomas R Antoinette and Gaylord Ray. A report on the county fair trailer progress was given and dues were raised to 15 dollars. Dick Beagle and Ray were named to the mayor's advisory committee.
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Athens Jaycees
Scott Lawson
Thomas R. Antoinette
Gaylord Ray
Jaycees
Dick Beagle
Ray
Speeding and Vehicle Violations Reported in Ohio Patrol Stops
Charles David Forest 38 of Houston Texas fined 27 dollars for speeding. Karen Ann Walker 18 of Toledo fined 22 dollars for speeding. Forest Totman 19 of Bartlett fined 22 dollars for left of center. James Powell 18 of Gloucester Route 3 fined 22 dollars for speeding. Gerald Calvin 30 of Columbus fined 26 dollars for changing vehicle course. Carl Quick 18 of Gamerts Felder Hall fined 12 dollars for improper muffler.
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Charles David Forest
Houston
Tex
Karen Ann Walker
Toledo
Forest Michael Totman
Bartlett
James Powell
Glouster
Gerald E. Calvin
Columbus
Carl M. Quick
Gamertsfelder Hall
County Health Clinics Announce Fall Immunization Schedule
County health commissioner Dr. H. M. Boocks announces fall immunization clinics start Saturday Sept 11 from 9 to 11 am offering diphtheria tetanus whooping cough smallpox and polio vaccines plus tuberculin testing. A special tuberculin clinic at Nelsonville city building is set for Monday Aug 9 from 2 to 4 pm with results read Wednesday Aug 11 2 to 4 pm. clinic closes Friday Aug 13.
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H. M. Boocks
Health Department
Nelsonville
Boocks
United Appeal Delays Campaign Decision in Athens
Athens United Appeal board postpones vote on whether to run a fund drive this year. Last night at the Red Cross chapter house the group weighed progress toward naming a drive chairman amid earlier doubts and an appeal for community help. E F Rothel noted the business association is assisting in finding a leader and a selection may be announced soon.
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Athens’ United Appeal Board of Directors
Red Cross
E. F. Rothel
Athens Business Association
Midwestern universities form Central States Universities Inc
A new organization named Central States Universities Inc was chartered to promote graduate education in science and engineering among 12 member schools. Ohio institutions including Miami University Bowling Green Kent Toledo Ohio University and John Carroll join with Western Northern Michigan and others to collaborate with Argonne National Laboratory. An honors program for seniors and a semester in residence at Argonne are proposed with home universities granting credit.
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Charles A. Randall, Jr
Ohio University
George G. Mallinson
Western Michigan University
Central States Universities, Inc
State of Illinois
Randall
Mallinson
Miami
Bowling Green
Kent
Toledo
John Carroll
Western
Argonne
Three Hurt in Dover Two Road Crash
Three persons sustained minor injuries in a car truck collision on Dover Two Road north of Route 50A. Stanley Smathers, 35, suffered a nose laceration and forehead bump. Wallace Gilkey, 31, had a bruised left leg. John Ervin Keirns, 19, driver of the other vehicle, had chin abrasions. Both cars were reportedly left of center on the narrow roadway.
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Dover Two
State Highway Patrol
Stanley Smathers
Athens
Wallace Gilkey
John Ervin Keirns
Millfield
Texas Driver Fined and Jailed for DWI
Joseph Robert Varner, 69, of Crystal City, Texas, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined 150 dollars plus costs and sentenced to three days in jail. His son Robert Dale Varner, 50, Crystal City, Texas, was fined 15 dollars plus costs on a patrol intoxication charge.
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Texas
Joseph Robert Varner
Crystal City
Tex
Robert Dale Varner
Christ the King University Parish Formed at Ohio University
Athens Catholic community establishes Christ the King University Catholic Church as a personal parish with Father Frank C. Cronin named administrator-pastor. Masses set in the Student Center chapel and membership includes all Ohio University students and staff. Confessions and weekly schedules outlined alongside parish staff details.
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Athens
Christ the King University Catholic Church
Frank C. Cronin
Steubenville
University Catholic
Ohio University
St. Paul’s
Weather Returns Hot and Humid in Athens
U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer reports a high of 92 in Athens on Thursday, with Wednesday at 80. Friday is expected hotter after a 9 am reading of 81 and an early low of 67.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Colmer
Alexander High School Bids Studied by Board
The board of education deferred awarding contracts for the new Alexander High School near Albany. Davis Green, board president, said bids and alternates from about 40 contractors are under study and another special meeting will be scheduled to finalize the $1.3 million project.
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Alexander High School
Board of Education
Davis Green
Albany
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