Population Drop at Athens State Hospital Despite Admissions Surge
The Athens State Hospital reduced its patient population by 7.7 percent from 1447 to 1336 in the 1960-61 year per superintendent Dr. Hubert H. Fockler. Admissions reached a record 454 with 175 voluntary, while many treated as outpatients rose. Discharges from regular in-patient rolls totaled 378, and 832 patients were on temporary absences at year end.
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Athens State Hospital
Hubert H. Fockler
Henry Luidens
Fockler
Final Day For City Voter Registration Sept 27
Ray Bobo, county elections clerk, warns city residents must register by September 27 for the November election. Voters who moved should update addresses at the county courthouse basement. Petitions are available for 1962 primaries. one county race remains and Rev. Tobe Mackey withdraws from The Plains school board race.
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Ray Bobo
County Board of Elections
Bobo
Tobe Mackey
Plains
Two Workers Injured in Explosive Release at F H Brewer Plant
Two men James Counts and Don Moore, both of Ironton, were injured when a discharge line between a tank truck and the line at the F H Brewer Hot Mix Plant on Route 50 A exploded around 2 17 this morning. Moore suffered burns to arms and face and chest abrasions. Counts had a cut above the left knee and burns to face and arms. They were taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital via fire department squad after initial care at the State Highway Patrol post.
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F. H. Brewer
Route 50 A
James Counts
Don Moore
Ironton
Moore
Counts
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fire Department
Engineer Research Promotion for Clyde S. Barnhart
Dr Clyde S Barnhart of Columbus wife Emma Mae Bainey is promoted to civil service grade GS 13 while at the U S Army Engineer research and development laboratories at Fort Belvoir Virginia He is an Ohio State graduate and recently elected to the Washington DC Academy of Science He resides at 4718 Kenmore Ave Alexandria VA with his wife and two children.
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Clyde S. Barnhart
Columbus
Emma Mae Bainey
Athens
U. S. Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratories
Ft. Belvoir
Ohio State University
Washington, D. C
Academy of Science
Kenmore Ave
Alexandria, Va
Ultra-rightist blocks Soviet premier motorcade in Tokyo
A member of a Japanese ultra-right party laid down before Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan’s motorcade in Tokyo causing a brief delay. No injuries reported. Police detained the man as Mikoyan continued on his official visit.
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Tokyo
Japan
Anastas Milkoyan
Mikoyan
Nine Drivers Fined in Athens County Court
State Highway Patrol arrests led to fines for nine drivers in Athens County Court. Francis Tabler 30 of Stewart received $125 plus jail time for DWI and $50 for no operator's license, Edwin Beckett 18 Parkersburg Raymond Six 31 Athens Leo Hayes 56 Newark Thomas Newman 54 Toledo and Robert Ator 18 Albany each paid $15 and costs for driving left of center. Donald Welch 21 Albany was fined $15 for speeding. George Collins 21 Tuppers Plains paid $10 for an insecure load. Lloyd Gates 39 Parkersburg forfeited a $15 bond on speeding. Three others were fined $25 for intoxication.
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Francis Tabler
Stewart
Edwin L. Beckett
Parkersburg
Raymond Six
Athens
Leo Hayes
Newark
Thomas Newman
Toledo
Robert Ator
Albany
Donald Welch
George Collins
Tuppers Plains
Lloyd Gates
Leonard Tabler
Oscar Connett
Clyde Stevens
Chesterhill
Labor Chief Goldberg to be briefed on Met season dispute
Denver report says Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg will receive a second briefing today from Anthony A. Bliss, president of the Metropolitan Opera Association, on the union dispute that caused the Met to cancel its 1961-62 season.
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Denver
Colo
Arthur J. Goldberg
Anthony A. Bliss
Metropolitan Opera Association
Met
Mikoyan Says USSR to Sign Separate Peace With East Germany
Anastas Mikoyan announced in Tokyo that the Soviet Union will sign a separate peace with East Germany by year end and warned Western powers they must seek a pass from East Germans to enter Berlin.
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Tokyo
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Soviet Union
East Germany
Berlin
Echo Passes Listed Over Columbus This Week
Washington notes visible passes for the Echo satellite over Columbus with varying times for Ohio cities. The schedule lists dates from Monday through Saturday with directions north or south and altitude angles from 49 to 88 degrees, all in SE orientation.
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Washington
Columbus
Ohio
City
South
North
Births at Sheltering Arms Hospital List
A hospital notes column records multiple birth announcements and names residents of Athens and surrounding areas. Entries include Mr and Mrs Tom Smith of Athens with a daughter, and several other couples and individuals such as Mr and Mrs James McAfee, Albany Route 1 with a daughter, plus sons and newborns among residents of Ironton Amesville New Marshfield Chauncey and surrounding towns.
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Tom Smith
Athens
James McAfee
Albany
Joe Simms
Weather Outlook: Cool Monday in Athens and Rural Areas
Cloudy and cooler conditions spread across Athens with a 9:30 a.m. temperature of 68 after an early low of 63. Sunday peaked at 79 with a trace of rain. Rural Hamley Run logged a low of 60 after highs of 88, 87, and 81 over the prior days.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Hamley
64 Teachers Complete OU Institute
Sixty four senior and junior high school teachers returned home after six weeks at Ohio University for the 1961 summer institute. The program, funded by the National Science Foundation for the fifth year, covered projective geometry calculus set theory astronomy meteorology and related topics. Certificates were awarded at a closing banquet in Baker Center with remarks from acting director Dr William Gambill and Dean Donald Clippinger.
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Baker Center
William G. Gambill
Donald R. Clippinger
Graduate College
E. P. Eblin
A. H. Rhoads
Nigeria
Glouster Family Loses Home In Sunday Fire
A Glouster area family of seven, the John Clifford family, became homeless when their eight room Oakdale Road residence burned Sunday. Firefighters prevented spread to a nearby milk house. cause is undetermined. The family operates a dairy farm. Mrs Clifford and five children were at church when the fire was found.
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Glouster Area
Glouster
Oakdale Rd
John Clifford
Clifford
Oakdale
Lowery
R. H. Funk
Gale Martin
McLeish
OU Student Injured In Auto Crash
An Ohio University student from Cleveland, James Moll, 21, was injured with arm and leg wounds after a car on Route 33 went into a ditch near Nelsonville. Passenger Douglas Ryan, 24, also of Cleveland, lost control. the crash is under investigation.
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Ohio University
Cleveland
Nelsonville
James Moll
OU Health Center
Douglas Ryan
Edward Lynch
Belleville
Air Force Offers Navigator Program to High School Grads
Local recruiter T-Sgt James King says graduates of the Air Force Aviation Cadet Navigator program can become flying officers. To qualify applicants must be single and aged 19 to 21.
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Air Force
T-Sgt
James King
Air Force Aviation Cadet
Coat theft denied in isolated municipal court hearing
John Bolin aged 22 of Athens Route 3 denied taking a suit coat valued at 40 dollars from Kenneth Hartley in the Homestead Hotel on Court Street. The case was continued until Thursday with Bolin's bond set at an amount not disclosed in the report.
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John Bolin
Athens
Kenneth Hartley
Hartley
Bolin
Homestead
N. Court St
Wrong Plates Bring Fines For Drivers
Two drivers cited by city police for driving with wrong or fictitious plates faced Municipal Court. Joseph Fisher 24 of Logan Route 3 paid 50 dollars plus costs for improper plates and 125 dollars plus costs for driving while intoxicated with four months driving suspension and six days jail (three suspended) and four months probation. Desmond Ash 38 of The Plains pleaded guilty to fictitious plates with 50 dollars plus costs and was fined 100 dollars plus costs for driving while license suspended.
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Joseph Jacob Fisher
Logan
Fisher
Desmond Ash
the Plains
Ash
Fined for intoxication in Municipal Court
Gordon Yeater aged 65 of Coolville Route 1 received a $25 fine plus costs after pleading guilty to an intoxication charge in Municipal Court. The hearing occurred Monday following a State Highway Patrol charge.
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Gordon Yeater
Coolville
Millfield Driver Fined In Municipal Court
Millfield driver Charles Guy Rutter aged 25 pleaded guilty to running a stop sign and was fined $5 plus costs in Municipal Court. Roger Lee Harbison aged 31 of 97 South May Avenue pleaded no contest to a speeding citation. His bond was set at $21 and his case was continued until Friday.
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Charles Guy Rutter
Millfield
State Highway Patrol
Roger Lee Harbison
S. May Ave
Insurance policy overlap may waste owners money
Many property owners hold policies that redundantly overlap coverage and add unnecessary cost. We offer a no obligation review to ensure you are not overpaying for protection.
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Kelvinator
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