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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1969

Page

34

Area Death Notices Bring Mixed Passages and Names

Multiple obituaries from Middleport Logan and surrounding areas detail Clara Louise Cooper and Mae Kennedy, with former Athens and Nelsonville ties. Survivors include family across Columbus and Atlanta, with funeral arrangements in Brecksville and Nelsonville. Other notices list Ernest I. Scott, Nellie Reed, Sylvia Connolly, Mary Cole Grubb and Bris Mary Cole Grubb life events, marriages, residences, and service times across Ohio towns.

Middleport Clara Louise Cooper Cragg Lant Brecksville Athens Ray Smith Manetta May Smith Smiths Grosvenor Street Cooper Madeleport Thzh Lam -G Cooper Wal Ham Rooper Columbus Aid Michael Looper Bryan Coyper Columbu Joe Fallon Atlanta Tra Cassidy+ Ditlow-Wood

New Food Stamp Program Benefits Mason County Families

Mason County will gain from a federal food stamp program now in its third year. Since January 1967 local families have paid about 380000 for stamps valued at 700000, with 1600 participants monthly and planned gains boosting county merchants through increased food purchases.

Mason County Point Pleasant Washington West Virginia Kentucky Clifford M. Hardin Alason County U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service

Pacifist Airman Honoredly Discharged at Wright-Patterson

Airman Larry N. Friedberg 18 of Lynn Mass is honorably discharged two and a half years early from Wright Patterson AFB after a brief psychiatric evaluation. Base officials gave him 72 hours to move out following a prior reprimand for distributing leaflets. Friedberg plans a national speaking tour for GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee.

Larry N. Friedberg Lynn Mass Earier Bhase Friedberg Young Socialist Mlance Air Force Dayton GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee Detroit

Senate approves poverty bill to fund anti poverty program

The Senate passed a two year continuation of the anti poverty program with a 54 to 10 vote and sent it to the House. The measure would allow 322 billion in the current year starting July 1 and 2.8 billion in the next fiscal year. The chamber rejected an attempt by Senator Dominick to send the bill to a conference committee with three provisions to strike.

Washington Senate House Peter Romnick Colw Senate House Conference Committee OEO Dominick Appropriations Wyoming Gale McGee Nixon Departments of Labor and Welfare Congress Formosa Silvio Conte R-Mass Senate House Otto E. Passroan D-La

Senate Derails Foreign Aid Bill

The Senate rejected the 1.3 billion foreign aid money bill, voting 39 to 29, objecting to jet fighter aid for Nationalist China and extra Korea aid while keeping the program alive through January under continuing resolutions. Debate centered on the authorization versus appropriation process and the two contested items.

Washington Senate House China Mike Mansfield W Fulbright D-Ark Foreign Relations Committee

Unhurt In Plains Wrecks Four Persons Escape

Four persons escaped unhurt in two related auto accidents on Route 682 near The Plains Saturday afternoon. A car driven by James L. Hicks swerved, hit a metal cable fence, and overturned after 75 feet of railing were torn away. Moments later another crash involving Ronald Gene Poches and James M. Evans occurred. Evans cited for failure to stop with assured clear distance. A passenger, William Durfee, was uninjured.

The Plains James L. Hicks Marietta Contro Mus Auto Ronald Gene Poches Jacksonville James M. Evans Athens Ralph Knight Pavel Poches Hicks Evans Knight William Durfee

Neighbors Visit Relatives and Carols Shared

Mr and Mrs Dwaine Jordan visit their nephew Steve Rice at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus where he is recovering from a weekend car crash. Temple Church and Albany UMYF together caroled with 41 youths. Mr and Mrs Victor Perry with niece Ricki Pickett visit Dayton relatives.

Nter Dwaine Jordan Steve Rice Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus Temple Church Albany Umyf Victor Perry Ricki Pickett Dayton

Police Ordered Answer on Firing Eight Officers

Columbus Ohio police chief Robert Baus was advised to fire eight officers acquitted of federal gambling conspiracy charges if they refuse to answer questions about trial revelations. City Attorney John C Young urged waiting for the official transcript before deciding charges of misfeasance or malfeasance. Jurors indicated state law violations were shown but did not find a federal conspiracy proven. The officers were returned to non sensitive assignments.

Columbus Ohio Robert Baus Gaus John C. Young Young Balls

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