Dam Construction Halts as Court Opens Sluice Gates
Common Pleas Court injunction leads to opening sluice gates at Dow Lake dam to empty about 16 feet of water. Burch Construction cites plan to extend 10 days for outlet work and concrete setting while avoiding flooding roads through the lake area. Officials foresee next steps with state and Athens University plans for park project and conservation lab.
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Common Pleas Court
Dow Lake
Burch Construction Co
Francis D. White
Athens County Board of Commissioners
Canaan Township
Burch Concern
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Division of Parks
Burch
Athens
Strouds Run
Department of Natural Resources In
Ohio University
Chauncey Man Injured In Route 13 Crash
Chauncey resident Marie Pincelli, 40, was treated for chest contusions and possible rib fractures after her car struck Virgil Carr’s vehicle and went over an embankment on Route 13. Pincelli was fined $10 and costs for failure to stop within the assured clear distance.
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Chauncey
Marie Pincelli
Charles Wadley
Pincelli
Virgil Carr
Millfield
Route 13
Judge Radcliff Files Petitions for Fourth District Appeal Seat
Judge William D. Radcliff of Circleville has filed petitions to run for the Fourth District Court of Appeals seat. Appointed last May to replace Judge Russell McCurdy of Ironton, he seeks election next November to the unexpired portion of McCurdy’s term. The court covers 15 counties including Athens and held a one day local session last September.
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William D. Radcliff
Circleville
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Radcliff
Russell McCurdy
Ironton
Post Office to Open Saturday and Sunday Hours
Postmaster Arthur Cornwell announced weekend hours for stamp and parcel post windows. Saturday hours extend to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Money order and registry windows remain closed. Residents urged to use the weekend times if possible.
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Arthur Cornwell
India Asia Disagree With U S Feeling
Dr. John F. Cady of Ohio University urged at a press conference that communism poses no real threat to far eastern countries and that U S talk should focus on Soviet imperialism to gain Asian support. He said Soviet propaganda exploits anti imperialism and racial discrimination to discredit the United States.
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India
Southeast Asia
America
John F. Cady
Ohio University Department of History
Cady
United States
State Department
Atlas of Ohio History Released by Ohio University Expert
O D Morrison an Ohio University history professor published the two volume Atlas of Ohio History containing 400 maps tracing the state from Moundbuilders to television stations. Morrison noted the mimeograph printed atlas is his third published atlas.
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Ohio
O. D. Morrison
Ohio University
Morrison
Mimeograph
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mace Mineral welcome a daughter. Admitted: Dickie Lynn Rosser Athens Route 3, Chester Brown Athens Route 3. Dismissed: Ermil Haning Athens Route 5, Clair Van Ness Sharpsburg, Michael Falkner Athens, Mrs Harold Shields Athens, Mrs Eber Samples Harrisonville Route 1.
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Leo Mace
Mineral
Dickie Lynn Rosser
Athens
Chester Brown
Ermil Haning
Clair van Ness
Sharpsburg
Michael Falkner
Harold Shields
Eber Samples
Harrisonville
Hearing Set on Driving While Intoxicated Charge
Philip M. Stauffer of Athens Route 2 faced a driving while intoxicated charge in Municipal Court. He pled innocent, posted $200 bond, and a Friday hearing was set. A jury trial motion was withdrawn as he requested a continuance for witness availability.
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Philip M. Stauffer
Athens
Stauffer
Athens Pastors Plan Series of Sunday Programs
The Athens City Ministerial Association with Ohio Universitys WOUB radio will sponsor a series of religious messages each Sunday at 1 30 p m Rev Carl L Wooten president of the association said the program will include music Speaking Sunday will be Rev Joe B Maffett.
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Athens City Ministerial Association
Ohio University
WOUB
Carl L. Wooten
Joe B. Maffett
Legionnaires To Man Kettles Saturday in Athens
Members of Athens American Legion post will man Salvation Army Christmas kettles on Court Street Saturday to aid the agency’s program. Legionnaires, who erected the courthouse Christmas tree this week, will be present from 9 a.m. to about 8 30 p.m., according to Salvation Army Captain Betty Jacobs.
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Athens
Smoker Planned for Athens Knights of Columbus Event
A smoker will be presented at 7 30 p m Sunday for prospective members of the Athens Council Knights of Columbus Refreshments and entertainment will be included at the K of C Hall event.
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Athens Council
Knights of Columbus
K. of C. Hall
Friday Warmth Nips In With Early Frigid Notes
Fragments indicate Friday was slightly warmer with rural Hamley Run recording a low of 8. The day showed a narrow temperature range with extremes around 5 and higher than yesterday by about three degrees.
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Hamley Run
Servicemen News: Eddy Captures Pearl Harbor Role
Athens native Capt Thomas R Eddy serves on the Pearl Harbor staff of the Commander in Chief U S Pacific Fleet as plans division assistant chief. He earned the Bronze Star for actions near Wonsan during the Korean conflict and commanded the destroyer Stephen Potter. Eddy and family reside in Honolulu.
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Thomas R. Eddy
Athens
Ohio University
U. S. Naval Academy
West Virginia
Pearl Harbor
San Juan
Eddy
Stephen Potter
Wonsan Harbor
Helen Haver
Hollywood
Calif
Palmyra St
Honolulu
Thomas R., Jr
John
James
OU Professor Named Fellow of New York Academy of Sciences
Dr. Jesse H. Day of Ohio University, associate professor of chemistry, is named a Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences along with a limited number of other scientists for outstanding work toward advancing science. He is a national authority on fulvenes and edits The Society of Plastics Engineers Journal.
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Jesse H. Day
Ohio University
New York Academy of Sciences
Academy
E. T. Miner
Day
Society of Plastics Engineers
A L Snedden Rites Planned Sunday
Funeral services for A L Snedden 71 of Athens Route 1 are set for Sunday at 2 p m in Union Methodist Church with Rev Carroll Chesser officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Friends may call after 10 a m Saturday at Dowler-Ferguson Hughes funeral home.
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A. L. Snedden
Athens
Carroll Chesser
Union Methodist Church
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes Funeral
Waltonian Election Slated At Izaak Walton League Meeting
The Izaak Walton League will hold its monthly meeting Sunday at 2 p.m. to elect officers for the coming year. Ralph Kyle, president, announced the event. A film titled A Place to Hunt by the Ohio Division of Wildlife will be shown after the meeting.
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Izaak Walton League
Ralph Kyle
Ohio Division of Wildlife
OU Christmas Vacation Begins For 7000 Students
Ohio University's 7000 students begin Christmas break as classes end for the week. The OU Center and Edwin Watts Chubb Library follow holiday hours with limited operations. Housing and cafeterias close except Johnson Hall. Radio staff stay on campus. Classes resume Jan 2 with three weeks before finals. graduation ceremonies set for Feb 1 with Congresswoman Frances Bolton speaking.
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Ohio University
Edwin Watts
Walter Wright
Johnson Hall
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
District Officers Elected At Scout Leaders Meeting
Two area men Charles Randall and Wilbur Mender were elected to top scout posts in the Hock Hocking District at the annual district business meeting held Thursday night at the First Presbyterian Church. Randall will serve as district chairman overseeing six committees while Mender becomes district commissioner supervising all troops packs and posts. Vice chairmen named were William Mechem Robert Byers and Harry Lackey. Also announced were plans for the annual Boy Scout Week family potluck dinner in February and 17 Cub Scout basic training certificates awarded to leaders in Chauncey Glouster and The Plains.
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Charles Randall
Wilbur Mender
Hock-Hocking
First Presbyterian Church
Randall
Ohio University Physics Department
Mender
Nelsonville
William Mechem
Robert Byers
Glouster
Harry Lackey
Athens
Jack Thornton
Thornton
Chauncey, Glouster
the Plains
Fred Gaskins
District Health and Safety Committee
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