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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1976

Page

3

Nickel carbonyl linked to Legion disease declares CTU team leader

Dr F William Sunderman Jr and a University of Connecticut team report nickel concentrations five to eight times higher in tissues of Legion disease victims. Officials, including CDC, analyze exposure routes as cases rise to 176 with 26 deaths from the Philadelphia convention.

F. William Sunderman Jr University of Connecticut Sunderman American Legion Philadelphia The Legion Convention Sylvania Federal Center For Disease Control CDC Atlanta Rosen Pennsylvania F. William Sunderman

Athens County Grand Jury Indicts Six in Various Cases

The Athens County grand jury returned six indictments after deliberation on Wednesday per assistant prosecutor Michael Ward. Indictments include Reid for felonious assault tied to a June shooting involving Nelsonville Officer Ray Kendall. Riley for grand theft of railroad equipment. Nicholson for grand theft over charges of false account billing. McKnabb for aiding or abetting grand theft in a cash theft at The Athens Messenger office. Brown and Driskill for assault connected to a midyear kidnapping. and Brewer of Athens previously charged.

Athens County Grand Jury Michael Ward William Wicks Nelsonville Ray Kendall Ward Craig Randall Riley Vore Ridge Road Chessie Thomas Nicholson Electronic Material Supply Co West Union Street Charles McKnabb Chauncey

UAW Demands Ford Benefit Changes in Layoff Fund

DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers urged Ford Motor Co to strengthen layoff benefits while Ford held the only Big Three SUB fund intact last year The union, naming Ford as a 1976 contract target, says reforms to SUB must come at Ford as GM and Chrysler funds collapsed.

Detroit United Auto Workers Ford Motor Co Ford General Motors Chrysler UAW Leonard Woodcock Woodcock

Scenic Railway Adds Gondola Car For Autumn Leaf Season

The Hocking Valley Scenic Railway will open a new gondola car service with a 80 passenger open air car. Dedication sets for Sept 3 at 1 pm. full service starts Sept 4. Guests include state Rep. Buzz Ball and Athens civic leaders as the autumn leaf season approaches.

Nelsonville Hocking Shirley Hultgren Athens Ohio Claire M Buzz

Production Yields for Wells Reported in Rutland Township

POMEROY reports daily production figures from four new wells in Rutland Township per the Ohio Oil and Gas Association scout. Adams Drilling Co. on Googlein-Canaday lease yields five barrels of oil and 50 000 cubic feet of gas, and a similar well on Robert Canaday lease. Cameron Brothers on Glen Vance lease completed two wells, one with two barrels of oil and 36 000 cubic feet of gas, the other with 32 000 cubic feet of gas.

Pomeroy Rutland Ohio Oil and Gas Association Adams Drilling Co Googlein-Canaday Robert Canaday Cameron Brothers Glen Vance

Snake Bites Dust as 40-Inch Copperheads Invade

Floyd Wemner of Millfield Route 1 killed a large copperhead on County Road 27 while driving home Wednesday afternoon. Armed with only a lug wrench he fought the reptile and won, following Babe Lemay of Albany Route 1 who did the same earlier.

Babe Lemay Albany Floyd Wemner Millfield Wemer County Road Lemay

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