Chess Contest Draws 2000 Players Amid Heat in Chicago
In Civic Center Plaza Chicago more than 2000 people braved near 90 degree heat to face masters from the Chicago Chess Club. Tim Redman 22 faced about 50 opponents and one of three amateurs won a McGovern Nixon chess set. Organizers expected about 2000 games with as many as 3000 by day’s end as spectators waited hours for turns.
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Civic Center Plaza
Chicago Chess Club
Richard Verber
Tim Redman
Redman
Chess Club
Alexander Silveri
Werber
Verber
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Russia
Boris Spassky
Theft Charges Are Dismissed in Athens County Court
Two men from Trimble and Glouster faced theft related charges but their cases were dismissed by Athens County Municipal Court with the state to cover costs. Other proceedings saw Christine Thompson plead guilty to shoplifting and other defendants enter pleas or await hearings on charges including disturbing the peace and driving while intoxicated.
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Athens County
Ernest Stover
Trimble
Eagle Construction Co
John Casto
Gary Drake
Glouster Route 3
Christine Thompson
Carriage Hill
Bill Gail
Krogers
Jeffrey Garnett
Chester Buck Jr
Ring St
Perry County Divorce for Heckman couple and licenses
Janet Kay Heckman of Thornville seeks a divorce from Thomas E. Heckman of Heath on gross neglect and extreme cruelty charges. They married in 1966. custody and alimony requests are included. Also noted: Bernadette Collins granted divorce from Alva Collins Jr. with child custody and support. Marriage licenses listed for Sears Griffin and Hanning Rhodeback.
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Janet Kay Heckman
Thornville
Thomas E. Heckman
Heath
Hemora
Mneiller
Frean Mow
Bernadette M. Collins
Alva Collins Jr
Robert Eugene Sears
New Lexington
Debra Ann Griffin
Logan Lawrence M. Hanning
Gloria D. Rhodeback
New Straitsville
Local and National Weather Forecast Details
Fair tonight with lows in the low to mid 60s and a warm Friday with highs in the upper 80s. Sunny nationwide with cooler central and western states and warmer eastern regions. showers possible in the upper Great Lakes and parts of the Midwest. Yesterday’s high 82 low 58. year ago high 84 low 58. Humidity readings show 30 percent yesterday at 4 pm and 56 percent today at 9 am. Month precipitation 4.61 inches versus 3.73 normal. year-to-date 37.21 inches, 1.12 inches above normal. Sunset 8:02 pm, sunrise 6:57 am. Barometric pressure 30.21 inches. Data from Ohio University Geography Department and Hocking River observers.
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Upper Great Lakes
Midwest
Ohio University
Hocking
Ex-Student Bound To Grand Jury On Drug Charges
A former Ohio University student was bound over to the Athens County grand jury on two drug charges with a third dropped. Alan Benezra, held on 10,000 dollars bail, faces conspiracy to possess heroin and possession of heroin. A possession for sale charge was dismissed for lack of probable cause.
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Ohio University
Athens County
Alan Benezra
Athens
Michael Nolan
Benezta
Franklin Sheeter
Sheeter
Charles Cochran
Cochran
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Columbus
A. B. Cochran
Colum
Columbus Road
Don Atwell
Ted Hutchins
Benezra
Tom Tyack
Births and dismissals at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Birth announcements record a son for Siegfried Hausladen of Athens and a son for William Herbst of Buchtel, with several other Athens and Plains residents listed. Dismissals note Jan Six and her son Harold Dodd, Jessie Mineard, Kathy Boyle, Willard Hall, and others leaving the facility.
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Siegfried Hausladen
Athens
William Herbst
Buchtel
Jan Six
Harold Dodd
Jessie Mineard
Kathy Boyle
Willard Hall
Max Dishong
Donald Newman
Walter Daniel
James Hall
Terrina Hamilton
Richard Damman
Gertrude Bolus
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