Chowchilla bus driver honored after dramatic escape
Ed Ray and 24 of 26 children he helped escape from a Chowchilla kidnaping were honored in a town parade. President Ford praised Ray in a letter read by the mayor as a monument and barbecue drew about 5500 attendees. Three suspects from the Bay Area faced pending charges and a preliminary hearing was set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chowchilla
Calif
Ed Ray
Main Street
Ray
All America
Ford
Jim Dumas Ray
Jennifer Brown
San Francisco Bay Area
Frederick Woods
James Schoenfeld
Richard Schoenfeld
Divorces and separations listed from New Lexington area court
A compilation of divorce petitions, separations, and custody suits in Ohio cases. It names spouses such as Isabelle Johnson and Thomas L Johnson, Sharon Smith and Gerald Smith, Ruby Rowe and Raymond Rowe, Thelma Lacey and Lyle Lacey, Sandra McCoy and Carl McCoy, Thelma Snow and James Snow, Donna Borland and Donna Bucy, Betty Packer and Dino Thorpe, Mona Friel and Michael Friel, Nancy Hurley and Edward Hurley, Rose Klingler and Loren Klingler, Mary Randolph and Clarence Randolph, Donna Mohler and Don Mohler, plus numerous child custody, support, and name restoration actions and various property and separation deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle Johnson
Thomas L. Johnson
New Lexington
Greenup
Sharon Smith
Shawnee
Gerald Smith
Tatwell
Tenn
Pataskala
Ruby J. Rowe
Raymond Rowe
Somerset
Thelma Kay Lacey
Rushville
Lyle Edward Lacey
FPO
San Francisco
Calif
Havelock
N.C
Sandra McCoy
Crooksville
Carl McCoy
Zanesville
Thomas Dennis
Betty Packer
Cinda Thorpe
Dino Thorpe
Armed Services
Michael Friel
Mona Friel
Mona Romine
Nancy Lou Hurley
Eurl Edward Hurley
Rose M. Klingler
Loren W Klingler
Mary Randolph
Clarence Randolph
Donna Dolores Mohler
Don Franklin Mohler
Loren D. Klingler
Mary K. Erwin
James R. Smith
Mika J. Schooley
Jack W. Harris
Karen Jean Harris
Gary W. Tivner
Corning
Sharon K. James
Shawnee Douglas
Sandra Ann Lemay
Jeffrey A. McHenry
Joan Fesler
Mark A. Rutter
Diane L McCune
Richard E. Cady
Naomi E. Hetrick
Perry County fines and bonds listed in local court roundup
The court records show multiple fines and jail terms including Perry County residents Jerrold Cummings Paul Middleton and Mary Barr for speeding driving violations cruelty to animals and related offenses In addition several defendants faced fines for DWI reckless operation lack of license or helmet and marijuana possession Bonds posted cover unrelated cases and a civil suit filed by Mary and Margaret Haines against Larry Cohen over a property sale alleging defects in the house septic and sewer issues with damages sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerrold W. Cummings
Newark
Paul R. Middleton
Adamsville
Robert G. McGee
Philo
Mary and Harry Barr
Hopewell Township
Thomas Yearger
Bernard E. Jones
Junction City
Jon S. Wright
Jimmy R. Holmes
Corning Route 2
Tony W. Vance
Rushvylvania
James M. Harrison
Columbus
Clifford Sayer
New Lexington
Wessey Tharp
Shawnee
Sayer
Tharp
Lawrence G. Scott
Toledo
Randy Preece
Jimmy Moore
Somerset Route 1
Mary and Margaret Haines
Orchard Hill Road
Larry Cohen
Tucson
Ariz
Cohen
New Lexington Mayor Fines Issued For Traffic Violations
Craig B. Scholl of Lancaster Route 5 fined 100 dollars for shoplifting. Charlotte M. Hicks, 33, of New Lexington fined 25 dollars for failing to stop for a stopped school bus. Dan R. Abram, 19, of Corning Route 1 fined 50 dollars for running a red light and driving on the left side of the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman R. Poarch
Millersport
Larry Dean Brown
Rushville
Bryan D. Mason
Zanesville
Everett D. Brown
Mount Perry
Phillip M. Cocke
Elyria
Mark R. Caulk
New Lexington
David L. Conkle
Evelyn V. Sharkey
Crooksville
Michael P. Clouse Jr
Somerset
May L. Metzger
Junction City
Donald R. Finck
Larry A. Wentz
Craig B. Scholl
Lancaster
Charlotte M. Hicks
Dan R. Abram
Corning
Weather Summary for Southeast Ohio and Regions
Monday's high reached 87 with 57 low after a 90 percent humidity reading at 9 am. No rain yesterday, 1.13 inches this month, 26.03 inches year to date, 2.34 inches below normal. Tonight clear with lows in the 60s, Tuesday warm and sunny, near zero precipitation. Extended outlook fair midweek with highs upper 70s to mid 80s and occasional showers. Winds northeast to east 10 to 20 knots over Lake Erie, waves about 3 feet tonight.
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Ohio
West Lake Shore
Central Beast Central
West
Lake Shore
East Lake Shore
Lake Kurie
Lake Erie
Couples Named in Local Court Release
A list of individuals including Charles Kevin Harper and Debra Anne Stump from South Bloomingville, and Robert Eugene Michel and Jean Ann Richards from Logan Route 5, along with several others from Union Furnace, Rockbridge, Guysville, and nearby towns, appear in a court notice. Names paired with ages and addresses indicate proceedings or filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kevin Harper
Debra Anne Stump
Police fire on Soweto workers in three day protest strike
Police opened fire on blacks enforcing a three day work boycott in Soweto killing one and wounding several others as thousands stayed home. Pamphlets blamed the banned African National Congress and moderate leaders urged Prime Minister Vorster to meet and end apartheid. Commuter trains were disrupted with tear gas in use and buses and taxis pulled from service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian Jeffries
Associated Press
Johannesburg
South Africa
Soweto
D.J. Kriel
Orlando
The
South African Press Association
African National Congress
John Vorster
Brig
S. LeRoux
Music Potpourri and Community Meetings Gather in Glouster
Alexander Presbyterian Women Circle 2 meets at 8 p.m. with Carolyn Clutter presenting Music Potpourri. Glouster Kiwanis Club at 6 p.m. Hotel Gordon. Priscilla Class at Glouster United Methodist Church 7:30 p.m. Pomeroy Lodge 164 F&AM holds a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. Al-Anon meets 8 p.m. at Church of the Good Shepherd lounge. Canaan Grange 2437 8 p.m. Grange Hall with committee refreshments. Glouster Boy Scouts 6 p.m. Scout Building. Lois Circle at First Presbyterian Church 7:30 p.m. with lunch reminder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Al-Anon
Church of the Good Shepherd
University Terrace
Call
Tuesday Athens City Bowling League Meeting
An organizational meeting for the Tuesday bowling league is set for 7 p.m. at Rollerbowl with all teams urged to have representation as rules will be discussed. The Athens Emblem Club will hold a business meeting at 8 p.m. in the Elks Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Emblem Club
Elks Lodge
Public Events Nelsonville Board Meeting Schedule
The Tri-County District Joint Vocational School Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Vocational School board room. The Board of Trustees session at Hocking Technical College is also slated for 7:30 p.m. in the college board room on Robbins Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-County
Joint Vocational School Board
Vocational School Board of Trustees
Hocking
Multiple births and names listed in hospital notes
A long list of patients and family names from Athens Murray City Stewart Glouster Nelsonville and surrounding areas appears in hospital notes including Mr and Mrs Harley Riley a son and numerous other individuals with residences in Millfield The Plains Nelsonville and nearby towns along with several married couples and children mentioned by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Riley
Athens
James Banik
Murray City
Dixon Richard Smith
Stewart
Jeff Cole
Eva Coon
William Phillips
Pauline Blach
James Gillespie
Millfield
Henry Gabriel
New Marshfield
David Smith
Trimble
Vern Scott
Israel Inscott
John Simons
Billy Joe Spears
Effie Harris
Glouster
Pearl McDaniel
Martha Rollins
Albany
Marie Mills
Buchtel
Otto Tharp
Margaret Hanson
Ellen Locke
Nelsonville
Vertha Joseph
Tony Kirby
the Plains
Emergency runs Athens youth after bicycle crash
Sunday at 12 52 p m Paul Linkous 11 of 76 Mary Street was taken to O Bleness Hospital after a bicycle accident with lacerations to the forehead and finger. Fire and emergency responders reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Linkous
Mary St
O'Bleness
Athens High School Opens September 8 With Intro Meetings
First day of classes at Athens High School is September 8 with homeroom at 8 10 a m. Students may pick up schedules during pre meeting sessions in the auditorium. Senior, junior, sophomore, and freshman/new student group meetings are scheduled on specific dates in late August and early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
Millfield-Harley Lan Ning Remains in Columbus Hospital
Harley Lan Ning known as Toots is confined to Grant Hospital Columbus room 807 and would appreciate cards or notes from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millfield
Harley (Toots) Lanning
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Salary figure corrected for bookkeeper at Tri-County agency
The starting salary for the bookkeeper position at the Tri-County Community Action Agency is $500 per month, not $50. Applicants must be able to use the double entry system and have at least two years of accounting experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri- County Community Action Agency
Southern School Board approves lunch program purchase
In recessed sessions the Southern School Board authorized buying lunchroom food from Standard Food Inc and hired Polly Stout as French and biology teacher. They set a two week payroll for non certified staff and scheduled a Sept 2 special meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Southern School Board
Standard Food, Inc
Polly Stout
Jack Bostick
Denny Evans
Roger Adams
Dallas Hill
Robbie Ord
Jane Waggner
Plea Guilty in Perry County Theft Case
James E. Watkins pleaded guilty to theft and was sentenced by Judge Robert G. Tague in Perry County Court to six months to five years in the Ohio State Reformatory at Mansfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
James E. Watkins
Robert G. Tague
Perry County
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Logans King Lumber Co. Office Reported Burglarized
Police report a burglary at King Lumber Co. 67 E. Front St through basement and trap door. A small amount of cash was taken from the office and an inventory will determine if other items are missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
King Lumber Co
Front St
Murder Trial Opens for Hendricks Victim Husband in Meigs
Jurors seated in the Meigs County case of Mary Virginia Hendricks 50 Minersville charged with the June 1 shotgun death of her husband Floyd Buddy Hendricks 50. Prosecutor Brenard Fultz and attorney James Bennett named. Judge John C. Bacon presiding. Jurors to tour the Hendricks home this morning with testimony set to begin this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Mary Virginia Hendricks
Minersville
Floyd
Buddy) Hendricks
Meigs County
Brenard Fultz
James Bennett
Gallipolis
Death notices from Gallia and nearby towns
Dale Hurlow 34 Addison was found dead at home from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Gallia County investigators probe the shooting as Merle E Norris 74 Albany Route 2 dies, services set at Bigony-Jordan Funeral Home. Ollie H Wilt 81 Vinton dies. Clyde L Vernon 76 Malta dies of apparent heart attack. William H Randolph 92 Coolville dies in Pomeroy hospital. Herbert F Wymer 86 Stockport Route 2 dies at home. services set at Stone-Matheney Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Dale Hurlow
Addison
Donald Warehime
Gallia County
Merle Norris
Albany
Merle E. Norris
O'’Bleness Memorial Hospital
Charles R
Coralee Barnhill
Harold
Walter
Bigony-Jordan Funeral
Darrell Porter
Elkemetery
McArthur
Vinton
Ollie H. Wilt
Holzer Medical Center
Morgan Township
Ohio
William
Clarissa Eblin Russell
Clark Chapel
Viola George
John
McCoy-Moore
James Patterson
Vinton Memorial Park Cemetery
Clyde Vernon
Nelsonville
Clyde L. Vernon
Malta
Murray City
New Straitsville
Pete
Tillie Vernon
Lazarus Co
Columbus
Gladys Bateman Vernon
Kenneth
Betty) Jacobi
Detroit
Mich
Ruth Glenn
Louisiana
Johnson Funeral
William A. Mechem
Green Lawn Cemetery
Illiam Randolph
Coolville
William H. Randolph
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Major
Maggie Blake Randolph
Bear Wallow Ridge
Cherry Ridge
Herbert F. Wymer Chesterhill
Herbert F. Wymer
Stockport
Washington County
Robert
Ida Yarnell Wymer
Tabor
Sylvia Burt Wymer
Stone-Matheney
Herbert Laxman
Chesterhill
Pianist Gina Bachauer Dies at 63 in Athens
Gina Bachauer collapsed from a heart attack before a scheduled appearance with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington at the Athens Festival. She was 63 and had been slated to perform in Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Gina Bachauer
National Symphony Orchestra of Washington
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Court News
Joyce Dennis
Cathryn Ann Snow
James Robert Snow
Thornville
David Charles Borland
Donna Kay Borland
Donna Kya Bucy
Roland A. Curl
Norma Curl
Martha Juanita Neff
Port Clinton
Arthur G. Jr
Arlene Penrod
Bearfield Township
Clarence E
George W
Pauline L. Vigus
Monday Creek
Larry
Betty Baxter
Edward H Sr
Barbara Boerner
Thorn Township
Arthur Jones
June Huston
Saltlick Township
Harry H. Matthews
Joseph and
Myra Pacino
Clayton Township
Ralph Henning
Donald
Norma Henning
Roseville
Harrison Township
National Weather Service
NOAA
US Dept of Commerce
Plains
New England
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Ohio University Geography Department
C. L. Colmer
U.S
Jamee Michael Bain
Dayton
Connie Sue Stone
E. Front St
Athens County
Alexander Presbyterian
Carolyn Clutter
Potpouri
Pomeroy Lodge
F&am
Canaan
Glouster Boy Scouts
Lois Circle
First Presbyterian Church
J.L. Evans
Athens City
O’bleness
Mount St. Mary
Julie Littier
Patricia Young
John Thomas
Madge Coe
Donna Fulden
Paula Miller
Terrance Tignor
Mildred James
William Bolin
Jennie Tom
Nellie Bean
John Hook
Andreprono Tirtonegoro
Freta Handell
Oliver Walls
Kellie Garrett
Edna Culwell
Rita Taylor
Steve Smeltzer
I*ort Wayne
Ind
Fern Martin
Nancy Williams
Robert Hushower
Martin Xander
Judith Martin
Carbon Hill
Betty Brown
Carbondale
Louis Sabo
Henry Spencer
Jerry McKnight
Leslie Mansfield
Robert North
Barbara Newman
Lynne Jacobs
Dena Butcher
Parlee Carder
Adrienne Hook
Carolyn, North
Madge Newton
Hazel Hartman
Charlotte Seals
Jimme Hook
Harry E. Andrews
Alice Ballard
Hazel Williams
Ashley Stufflebean
Bessie Sherman
Beverly Holcomb
Mabel Davis
Hocking Valley
James Miller
Gerald Adkins
Delmar Minton
Allensville
Kassandra Anderson
New Plymouth
Stephen Kelly
Ryan Good
Nellie Blackstone
Robert Sigler
Dannie Perine
Stacie Perrine
Ronald Gillespie
Thomas O'Harra
Joseph Link
Delbert Morris
George Cooper
Pam Deible
Phyllis Spencer
Helen Riddlebarger
Robert Smitley
Ambrose Primmer
Pauline Larimer
Florence Carpenter
Walter Frasure
Logan Firm
Ollie Wilt
Juscelino Kubitschek
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
Sao Paulo
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