Pre College Program at Ohio U Brings Freshmen Prep
Ohio University’s 1968 69 pre college sessions enroll about 200 freshmen daily with hundreds of parents on campus in Athens. The program now guarantees class placements on first quarter start, offers optional Saturday courses, new all freshmen dorms, and active upperclass mentor guidance.
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Ohio University
Ohio U
Gage Paulsen
University College
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Byers
Grosvenor
West Green
Bromiley Hall
Ken Steinhoff
Gabe Paulsen
The
Police Seek New Dispatcher and Fourth Sergeant
City police have not yet hired a new dispatcher or a fourth sergeant but remain in the hunt. Chief Fred James says current dispatchers work five days weekly and an additional staffer is needed for substitute, night, and weekend duty. A fourth sergeant would keep an operations supervisor on duty at all times. He adds the force does not expect specific trouble this year but is preparing for possible emergencies.
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Fred James
James
Mortgage Foreclosure Petition Sought In Athens Area
A petition in Common Pleas Court seeks payment of a 17000 balance on a 20000 promissory note by Emory W. and Frances M Allen of Athens Route 1 against James E. and Dorothy E. Allen. It requests foreclosure of a mortgage on 82 acres in Alexander Two. Police report a break in at Eagles Club in Carpenter and Court Streets, discovered by Paul Bartlett Guysville. Six fifths of whiskey and four cartons of cigarettes were stolen. Also reports boxing results from New York with Ismael Laguna defeating Lloyd Mishall and Berry Briscoe beating Jose Gonzalez while Antonio Amaya and Frankie Tarvoez won on points.
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Common Pleas Court
Emory W
Frances M Allen
Athens
James E
Dorothy E. Allen
Alexander Two
Eagles Club
Carpenter
Court Streets
Paul Bartlett
Guysville
New York
Ismael Laguna
Parama
Lloyd Mishall
Newark
Berry Briscoe
Philadelphia
Jose Gonzalez
Puerto Rico
Antonio Amaya
Paname
Frankie Tarvoez
Engineers Outline $14 Million Student Housing on Ohio University Green
Stakes mark site on South Green across from Fraternity Union Street for a $14 million housing project by Evans Mechwart Hambleton and Tilton engineers. Mosser Company of Fremont handles construction with a target completion by April 1970. Plans include 15 buildings and a dining room addition on the university golf course to house graduate and undergraduate students.
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Ohio University
South Green
Fk. Union Street
Evans, Mechwart, Hambleton
Tilton
Mosser Company
Fremont
Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia Reshapes Cold War
AP Special Correspondent reports Moscow’s invasion of Czechoslovakia signals hawks win over doves in the Politburo, warning Communist blocs to remain under Soviet control. The move shocks allies, jeopardizes East West détente, and may trigger internal Soviet changes including a potential return of Novotny.
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Moscow
Korea
Soviet Union
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Kremlin
France
Italy
Finland
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Prague
Antonin Novotny
Novotny
Brezhnev
Fore's Attorney Seeks Set Aside Plea for New Trial
Columbus attorney files appeal in Athens to set aside Frank Denver Fore's second degree murder plea and order a new trial. Weiner argues initial first degree charge and constitutional rights issues warrant relief after judgment. prior petition denied in Common Pleas Court.
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Fore
Columbus
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Athens
Guysville
Frank Denver Fore
Jerry Weiner
Weiner
Common Pleas Court
John Bolin
Motorcycle Crash Injures Rider at Mill and College
A motorcycle rider Joseph Sligo age 44 of 102 N Lancaster St sustained bruises and a contusion to the left leg after his bike collided with a car driven by Jeffrey Dixon 18 of Athens Route 1 on Mill Street near College. Dixon was charged with failing to yield the right of way.
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Mill and
College Streets
Joseph Sligo
Lancaster St
Athens
Jeffrey Dixon
Police Cite Two Drivers After Minor Accidents
City police cited two drivers after minor accidents on Tuesday. A Blankenship, 33, Athens, failed to stop in an assured clear distance behind Everett Williams, 22, New Marshfield, who turned into a parking lot off E State Street. Opal McKirgen, 39, Mason, backed into Robert McAfee’s mailbox while retrieving a coat. Billy Wilson, eight, The Plains, injured in a bicycle mishap near his home. taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital and then to Columbus hospital.
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A. Blankenship
Maplewood Dr
Athens
Everett KE. Williams
New Marshfield
E. State St
Grand Blvd. Park
Opal McKirgen
Mason
W. Va
Robert W. McAfee
Pomeroy Rd
Billy Wilson
William Wilson
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Plains
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Plains Fire Department
Columbus
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Ohio State Penitentiary
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