Tidal Waves Blamed for Deaths in Philippine Quake
In the southern Philippines the earthquake killed about 3,131 people with 3,117 missing and 89,274 homeless. Officials say 80 to 90 percent of deaths came from 30 foot tsunami waves from Moro Gulf sweeping Mindanao and Zamboanga. Rescue efforts under Brig. Gen. Villanova continued as President Marcos pledged nearly 3.5 million for relief and mobilized military and aid aircraft.
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Manila
Philippines
Moro Gulf
Mindanao Island
Zamboanga Peninsula
Antonio Villanova
1976 Deadliest Year for Earthquakes Since 1970
AP report notes 1976 with ten major quakes and multiple great quakes worldwide. USGS data show rising seismic activity and early death tolls surpassing 1973 1975 averages. Major impacts cited include Guatemala Italy Bali Philippines Tangshan China and other regions.
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Warren E. Leary
Washington
U.S
U.S. Geological Survey
Usgs National
Golden
Colo
Peru
Turkey
Guatemala
Italy
Bali
Philippines
USGS
China
Tangshan
Peking
Tientsin
Southeast Ohio forecast and regional conditions for Thursday
Weather summary shows clear tonight with lows in the upper 50s to 60s and sunny Friday with highs in the upper 80s. Extended outlook calls for fair, warm weekend with upper 80s to low 90s and mild nights. Regional zones report mostly zero to near zero rain chances through Friday.
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Ohio
West Lake Shore
Lake Shore
Cain
Northwest
East Central Northeast
West Central Central Southwest
Hospital notes list newborns and admissions in Athens Ohio area
The record lists numerous names and places including Mr and Mrs Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Athens with a son, Mr and Mrs Ralph Lott Athens with a son, Linda Clowes Glouster with a daughter, and several others admitted or dismissed across Athens Glouster Albany Nelsonville Millfield Chauncey Pataskala and surrounding areas. Fields include adoptions and family notices as well as multiple patient notes and addresses.
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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Athens
Ralph Lott
Linda Clowes
Glouster
Thomas William
Albany
Dana Channel
the Plains
Natalie Hopkins
Adiprono Tirtronegoro
Sharon Cullison
Raymond McGee
Millfield
Gertrude Douglas
Chauncey
Mae Streets
Pataskala
Ohio
Madge Cole
Earl Edwards
Tara Wilson
Julie Littler
Robert Lent
Nelsonville
Herbert McKee
Kellie Garept
Guysville
Shawnee United Methodist Homecoming Schedule
Shawnee The Shawnee United Methodist Church homecoming will be Aug. 29 with church school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. followed by a noon basket dinner on the church lawn. The Royal Aires of Columbus will give a concert from 2 to 4 p.m. In Hospital C. H. Bartlett is recovering after surgery in St. John's Hospital Joplin Mo. Mail to Bartlett at Neosho Mo.
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Shawnee United Methodist Church
Royal Aires of Columbus
C. H. Bartlett
Messenger
Nelsonville
St. John's Hospital
Joplin
States distributes 6.5 million in gasoline tax funds to towns
The state auditor released a 6.5 million dollar gasoline tax distribution to municipalities using updated 1974 motor vehicle figures replacing the 1973 data. Cities listed include Athens 8804 and Nelsonville 3201 among others such as Albany Amesville Glouster Logan Middleport Pomeroy Racine Rutland Syracuse McArthur and Zaleski with varied grants.
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Thomas Ferguson
Athens City
Nelsonville
Albany
Amesville
Buchtel
Chauncey
Coolville
Glouster
Jacksonville
Trimble
Murray City
Logan
Middleport
Pomeroy
Racine
Rutland
Syracuse
Hamden
McArthur
Wilkesville
Zaleski
Cheshire
Emergency Runs by New Haven Squad
A New Haven emergency squad runs on Tuesday at 6 p.m. with Julia Boston, 80, from Letart to Pleasant Valley Hospital after a fracture.
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New Haven
Julia Boston
Letart
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Athens Municipal Court Traffic and Bond Forfeiture Docket
Court listings show multiple defendants from Athens Nelsonville and surrounding areas. Fines range from 9 to 200 dollars with costs, plus jail and license suspensions in drunken driving and driving while intoxicated charges. Bond forfeitures include speeds, criminal damages, and failure to appear with amounts from 17 to 50 dollars.
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Athens
Walter A. King
Alban
Stephen A. Giglio
Independence
Larry Gene Nelson
Nelsonville
Charles E. Perkins
Robert M. Wakefield
Mulligan Road
James Barnett
Lancaster
Larry L. Allberry
Union Furnace
Dana A. Bookman
Logan
Jerry L. Burkhart
MacConnellsville
Phillip A Freeman
Eatonton
Brian Eugene Getz
Bremen
Anderson R. Graham
Wellston
Jerry T Lamb
Ligonier
Ind
Larry Goff Lee
Clarksburg
W.va
Bruce K. Wentworth
Ernest O Perkins
Robb Lyons
Gilbert Davis
Two Suits Filed In Meigs County Court
Two suits have been filed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court to recover money. Motorists Insurance Co of Columbus seeks $625 from William Edward Eakens of Racine. William Green and Paul Green of Stonecrest South apartments Jackson seek $5,770 from James and Donna Kunath of Langsville.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Motorists Insurance Co
Columbus
William Edward Eakens
Racine
William Green
Paul Green
Stonecrest South Apartments
Jackson
James
Donna Kunath
Langsville
Meigs County youths killed in Route 338 wreck
Two 17 year old Meigs County residents, Timothy Wickersham of Racine Route 2 and Ricky K. Rowe of Lincoln Heights Pomeroy, died when their eastbound car collided with a loaded gravel truck crossing Route 338 near Letart Falls. The crash occurred about 6:15 p.m. and the car skidded 262 feet before impact. The truck driver, James Kiser of Racine, was uninjured. Funeral details: Rowe Saturday at 3 p.m. in Letart Falls Cemetery. Wickersham Saturday at 1 p.m. in Letart Falls Cemetery. Surviving family listed include parents, siblings, and other relatives. Bodies taken to Ewing Funeral Home.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Letart Falls
Richardson Gravel Co
Timothy Wickersham
Racine
Ricky K. Rowe
Lincoln Heights
James Kiser
Wickersham Auto
R.R. Pickens
Robert Hartenbach
Bernard Fultz
Ewing Funeral Home
Jerry Neal Willl
John
Virginia Snyder Rowe
Lebanon
Marvin Wickersham
Jeff
Jim
Columbus
Woman Driver Is Race Victor at Rock Springs Twilight Meet
Sherry Indestad, one of the nation’s few female harness drivers, won first place in both the third and eighth races driving a horse owned by Roger Spencer of Pomeroy. The event opened Meigs County fans’ twilight racing, with 10 races on the first evening.
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Rock Springs
Sherry Indestad
Meigs County
Roger Spencer
Pomeroy
Miss Indestad
Wmpo Radio
Marken Money
Jeremy Owen
Marietta
Morgan's Pride
Richard Morgan
Belpre
River Remains Focus of Ohio Transportation
The Ohio River has long shaped Ohio's transport network and history. From Marietta shipyards and the brig St Clair to steamboat adoption after 1807 embargoes, river trade spurred growth, with the New Orleans steamboat reaching Cincinnati in 1811 marking a shift from flatboats to faster, safer travel.
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Associated Press
Ohio River
Ohio
Lake Erie
Marietta
St. Clair
Cincinnati
Cuba
Muskingum Valley
Mississippi
Louisiana Territory
Great Britain
Robert Fulton
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Community lodge events and hospital update in Ohio counties
Amesville and Albany lodges host meetings and a pot luck at local halls and temples. In Athens County Charles Thomas Lodge meets in Glouster. Vinton County groups hold a senior citizens lunch and blood pressure clinic. a bake sale is planned in New Marshfield. Charles Blackford III is hospitalized in Columbus after an arm injury and expected to stay about three weeks.
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Charles Thomas Lodge
Glouster
IOOF
Temple
Vinton County
Mount Pleasant Senior Citizens Club
Charles Blackford III
Charles
Tank) Blackford
Riverside Hospital
Columbus
Glouster Community Notes and Memorial Services
Glouster residents attend alumni picnic in Westerville and visit Cardington. Memorial services for Mrs. Lloyd Sayre held in Ironton with relatives from multiple areas. Local families host birthday party for Kari Lynn Bycofski at Glouster Park. attending relatives listed.
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Ernest Bryson
Broad St
Carson Vernon
New Rome
Glouster Hollister
Jacksonville
Trimble
American Legion Park
Westerville
Walter Faine
Bryson and Vernons
Cardington
Friends Memorial Sevices
Lloyd Sayre
Hillips
Ironton
Woodland Cemetery
Maynard Sayre
Joen
Susan Williams
Victor Sayre
Barbara
Millfield
Edna Mohring
Orland Sayre
Athens
Jesse Sayre
Oxford
Michigan
Roberta Grienwell
Cadillac
Larry Bycofski
Richard Bentz
Davola
Byofski
Joey
Bentz
Douglas
Pirates
Kari Lynn
Helen McDonald
Sandy Dunkle
Linda Zwing
Phyllis
Tony
Janice Fischer
Camp Entry Is Discovered
Deputy Sheriff Frank Carrigat found a break in at Beckoning Hills Scout Camp on Golf Course Road during a routine patrol at 7 10 p m Tuesday. The lodge and two shells were entered but nothing definite missing. Frank Rinestell reported an M-80 firecracker placed in his mailbox by a passing motorist Tuesday at 10 p.m.
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Logan
Beckoning Hills
Golf Course
Frank Carrigat
Frank Rinestell
New Plymouth
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National Disaster Coordinating Center
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Ohio University Geography Department
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O’bleness
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Tony Cunningham
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Cecil King
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Darrell Figgins
Clarence Smith
Tigner
Ruth McDonald
Clarice McCall
James Lauderback
Rebecca Cook
Maggie Hogue
Ernest Glass
Lottie Essex
Pleasant Valley
Jacqueline Sayre
Immogene Moore
Jeffrey Hudson
Irma Casey
Audrey Swett
Charles Willet
Gay Meeks
Greg Casto
Ronald DeWeese
Alpha Woodall
Betty Angel
Barbara Robertson
Steven Nutter
Veterans Memorial
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Dexter
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Annette Lambert
Joseph Stewart
Rose McGhee
Doris Miller
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South Bloomingville
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Owen McNichols
Robert MecNichols
Laurelville
Vivian S. Watson
Chesterhill
Eugene Perkins
Bill Wicks
Jimmy L. Arnold
Church St
Ernest O. Perkins
Charles E Perkins
Nancy Perkins
Meigs County Common Pleas
Lena Evelyn Clark
Carmin Clark
Harold Wayne Burns
Ray Davis
Theodore M. Gutman
Tony M. Sprouse
Richard D. Wasmus
Grove City
Parks
John Davie, Jr
James A. Morgan
Groveport
Martin C Koneval
Middlebury Heights
Russell E. Seibert
Ft. Mitchell
Jerry E. Morgan
Rockbridge
Willard A. Ridgeway
Canal Winchester
George V. Inboden
Randy A. Abrams
Gary A. Hart
Adelphi
Mark A. Trowbridge
Mulberry St
George F. Teal
Mt. Vernon
Meigs
Roger (Marvene) Beegle
Jacklyn Hodge
Mary Lou Wickersham
Ferne Hayman
David Hogue
New Lexington
David Paul Hogue
Sidney
Junction City
Dayton Veterans Hospital
Perry County
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Eugene Halle
Copeland Manufacturing Co
Springfield Eagles Lodge
Caroline
David Paul Jr
Frederick Eugene
James F
Somerset
Bert Russell
Chicago, Ill
Gary L
Springfield
Larry Mitchell
Michael Andrew
Ronald
Rebecca) Orr
Bonnie Jean Hogue
Allie Smith
Corning
Chute-Wiley Funeral Home
Edward Chambers
Plains
Edward H. Chambers
Third St
Chillicothe Veterans Hospital
Athens County
William and
Ela Dailey Chambers
Plains United Methodist Church
Conrath Bean
Disabled American Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Elizabeth Cole Chambers
Hughes
Fred Shaw
Fairview Cemetery
Dougie J
R.G. Betts
Barnesville
Haskah
Ray Newhart
Special Flash
Glen Albaugh
Jewett
Ohio Harness Horseman's Association
Cocky Boy
Earl
Dan Ater
Ohio Transportation
Athe
Albany Lodge
Masonic Temple
Albany Grange Hall
Winifred Hooper
Ida Keirns
Dorothy Williams
New Marshfield
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