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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1969
Page
2
Duke Ellington and his 17 man band returned from a goodwill tour of 12 European nations. In Prague he recalled young fans gifting enameled animals and other items, all without words, revealing they were Russian musicians.
Pasadena officials announce Apollo 12 crew Charles Conrad Jr Alan Bean and Richard Gordon Jr will serve as grand marshals for the 81st Tournament of Roses Parade on New York's Day. The honor comes ahead of the Rose Bowl game.
Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital successfully performed open heart surgery on Ann Mary Flanders a month old and weighing five pounds two ounces the smallest patient ever to have a cardiac operation using the heart lung machine. She now weighs over 14 pounds and moves about in her playpen. Ann Mary is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Flanders of Waltham Massachusetts.
Adam Clayton Powell III, son of the Harlem congressman, is listed in the 1970 New York Social Register under his wife’s maiden name. He appears as the husband of Beryl G. Slocum, a Newport debutante, who married earlier this year.
The report notes yesterday high 40 and low 13 today with 39 percent humidity yesterday at 4 pm and 86 percent at 9 am today. Precipitation none yesterday and this month, year-to-date 26.45 inches, 11.19 inches below normal. sun sets 5 07 pm and rises 7 32 am. Barometric pressure 30.13 inches, steady. packing stage 2.40 feet. C L Colmer, U S Weather Observer, Ohio Univ Dept of Geography.
Winter City council acted on seven ordinances Monday night and heard requests for new street lights in Avon Place Blackburn Heights West Washington Street Congress Street High Streets Mill Street near the new married student apartments. An annexation plan for 42 acres north of the Lake Motel was introduced with no eligible residents.
The Fraternal Order of Police Southern Ohio Lodge 55 discussed a police review board with the mayor and city council in executive session. City officials said a citizen complaints board will hear all department concerns, not only police, and four members were named to the unnamed board.
Cleveland City Schools and Ohio University collaborate to ready teachers for inner-city education. Fifty Cleveland teachers and Dr. George Theobald visited the Athens campus after a Cleveland seminar with 76 College of Education faculty.
The planning commission approved a comprehensive sign regulation revision to limit sign size, placement, quantity and type by zone. Provisions ban most residential signs and require bonds for temporary postings with deadlines for removal. The draft also tightens billboard rules and bans flashing signs. Downtown groups and the University are subject to the new rules. The ordinance is sent to the Downtown Architectural Committee and City Solicitor for comment before next meeting.
Community items from Carpenter include WSCS members meeting in Baker Center Athens, visiting the Oriental Fair and a list of attendees. Busy Bees group met at Mrs Ronald Whittington’s home with a talk What Are You Living For. Also noted are social calls, illnesses, hospital stays, and custody cases in the Athens area. Half the world's supply of fresh water is found in Canada.
Views on advertising for bids for a road from West Union Street to the new hospital were tabled to the next meeting. The service director may amend Urban Renewal contracts for new federal rules. The Highways Dept presented two ordinances with one adopted and one pending.
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