Perry GI in Korea In Truck-Car Crash With Seventh Division
Perry GI Pvt Clifford Murphy of Corning serving with the Seventh Infantry Division in Korea was not in the crash. The collision on Third and Pine damaged a rental car driven by Larry Swack of Gallipolis and a truck owned by OK Truck Co Cincinnati driven by Leo Roy Scarberry of Huntington. The Seventh Division is part of patrol action on the central front.
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Perry GI
Korea
Gallipolis
Monlay
Larry 5Wack
City
Third
Pine
O. K. Trucks Co
Cincinnati
Leo Roy Scarberry
Huntington
Pvt
Clifford Murphy
Barney Murphy
Corning
Seventh Infantry
Corning High School
Army
Thoughts of Politics Stirred By AEC Pike County Selection
Explanations for why the Point Pleasant site was passed up are debated as power politics, with figures like Nye and Lausche tied to the process. The piece weighs federal versus private actions, highway plans, land, housing, and regional impact of an atomic energy project in Pike County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AEC
Pike County
Gallipolis
Atomic Energy Commission
Point Pleasant
Ohio Valley
Charles E. Holzer
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Washington
Holzer
Nye
Michael di Salle
Toledo
John W. Bricker
United States
OPS
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Department of Highways
Portsmouth
Chillicothe
Scioto County
Vinton Atomic Plant
Congress
Pike
Scioto River
Wrestler Big Bill Miller Injured In Route 35 Crash
Columbus wrestler William M. Miller 25 was a hitchhiking passenger in a two-vehicle crash west of Gallipolis on Route 35. Miller received a lacerated chin and minor injuries and left Holzer Hospital to wrestle in Charleston. A child was thrown from a car and a Canadian hitchhiker also injured. Driver Bob R. Tuttle faces a charge for passing without proper distance. arraignment set for Tuesday.
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Gallipolis
William M
Big Bill) Miller
Columbus
State Highway Patrol
Miller
Holzer Hospital
Charleston
Bob R. Tuttle
Gallipolis Motor Co
Tuttle
Kathryn Sue
Harold Kennedy
London
Ontario
Canada
Fifth animal in zoo dies amid vandalism spree
Vi a female vicuna at the Dallas Zoo was killed Saturday night by a rifle shot. The 22 caliber bullet fragments were found in her liver. Dallas Park Board president Ray Hubbard offered a 250 dollar reward for the vandal. Previously a llama, zebra, and two deer had been shot in years past.
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Dallas
Tex
Ray Hubbard
Park Board
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital notes
Holzer Hospital reports births including a son born to Mrs James Arrowood of Gallipolis and sons for Mrs Lawrence Wright Point Pleasant Mrs Roscoe Fowler Gallipolis Mrs Al Smith Northup and others. Admitted are Elizabeth McGhee Jackson N G Somerville Huntington W Va Louis Mayse Hamilton Robert Swartz Columbus and several Gallipolis Wellston and Point Pleasant residents. Discharged list follows including multiple patients and babies.
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James Arrowood
Gallipolis
Lawrence Wright
Point Pleasant
Roscoe Fowler
al Smith
Northup
Joe Jeffers
Elizabeth McGhee
Jackson
N. G
River Traffic at Gallipolis and Kanawha Locks Report
Gal lipolis Locks show multiple down and up river movements including Ser net Ernestine Dauntless Tennessee gan Solvay Bruce Mantoutou and others with various times. Kanawha River reports include Shirley Merrill Winfield and Sohio State plus Diesel Pennsylvania Mike Creditor Indiana and others as gauges rise at Kanawha Falls and Point Pleasant.
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Gallipolis
Senet
Ernestine
Dauntless
Tennessee
Gan
Solvay
Bruce
Mani‘tou
Kanawha
Shir‘ley
Merrill
Winfield
Sohio State
Pennsylvania
Mike Creditor
Indiana
Criss Jr
Percheron
Kanawha Falls
Point Pleasant
Marriage Licenses Granted in Gallipolis Court
Three marriage applications were received Monday and two licenses issued in Probate Court. Licenses issued to Lawrence Stevens College 42 Mason and Mary Barbara Ord 21 Mason and to William R. Sprague 30 Bidwell and Emily M. Phillips 34 Porter. Applications received for Luther M. Beman 29 Thurman and Donna L. Denney 23 Rio Grande, Richard E. Roush 27 Letart and Peggy Sue Mahoney 21 Cheshire, and John E. Longwell 31 Oak Hill and Jo Ann Lott 22 Crown City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lawrence Stevens College
Mason
Mary Barbara Ord
William R. Sprague
Bidwell
Emily M. Phillips
Porter
Luther M. Beman
Thurman
Donna L. Denney
Rio Grande
Richard E. Roush
Letart
Peggy Sue Mahoney
Cheshire
John E. Longwell
Oak Hill
Jo Ann Lott
Crown City
Commissioners OK Purchase of Loader in Gallia County
Gallia County commissioners approved buying a front end loader from Bischoff Machinery Co. for 10500 dollars. An additional equipment trade-in yielded a 3500 dollar allowance. They also planned sealed bids for a metal silo on infirmary grounds and discussed White Oak Road grading and ditching if Cheshire Township supplied gravel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bischoff Machinery Co
City
Cheshire Township
White Oak Road
Probate Court Deputy Resigns to Join Husband in Harrisburg
Gallipolis Mrs Sylvia Cromartie deputy in the office of Probate Judge John W Howell has resigned after about two years of service. She will join her husband in Harrisburg Pennsylvania next week where he serves in the Army. Lucille Smith secretary in the office of Sheriff George Ehman returned to work Monday after a two week vacation.
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Gallipolis
Sylvia Cromartie
John W. Howell
Harrrisburg
Cromartie
Lucille Smith
George Ehman
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Athens County Fair
Athens
Beam
Lucky Teeter
Jack Perry
Beamy
D. C. Taber
Fality
Falls City Brewing Co, Inc
Louisville 11, KY
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Pt. Pleasant
Ralph Vernon Hudson
Hartford
James Myers
Allen Hampton
David Hughes
Laura Clarke
Virginia Thompson
Norman Chenault
William Lloyd
Pearl Davidson
Mary Rupe
Avery Roberts
Glenn Lawson
Richard Spencer
Harley Drummond
Jack Calloway
John Guthrie
Hildah Warnholt
Bernard Spaulding
Brian Donlevy
Ella Raines
Coastguard
Rosenbloom
Maxie Rosenbroom
Commissioners
Loader
Mangane
Mae West
Walter Winchell
NY Mirroc
Ano
Athens Messenger
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F.B.I
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Federal Bureau’ OF Investigation
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