Miss Leona Pickard, OU professor, dead at 54
ATHENS Miss Leona M. Pickard 54 of 167 Longview Heights assistant professor of English at Ohio University died Tuesday night at O Bleness Memorial Hospital She was a Glouster High School teacher and joined OU 25 years ago A OU graduate she held BA MA and PhD coursework at Ohio State She was Phi Beta Kappa Nabby Lee Ames DAR member Surviving uncles and aunts Funeral Friday at 1 p m in Scottsdale PA with calling hours at Jagers and Sons Funeral Home Wednesday 5 to 9 p m
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Phi Beta Kappa
Nabby Lee Ames
DAR
James Martin
Aiken
S. C
John Merritt
Scottdale
Gertrude M. Smith
Smithfield
Virginia M. Weiland
Morgantown
W. Va
Marguerite Conn
Pittsburgh
Scottsdale
Jagers and Sons
Seven Mason County men arrested on intoxication charges
Seven Mason County men were arrested Tuesday by local officers. Six faced intoxication charges and one man, William Bonecutter, 38, Point Pleasant, was charged with driving while intoxicated. Names include David Ray Blankenship 22, James C. Roberts 30, Willard Henry 43, Atha Guy Rayburn 56, Lewis Michael Oliver 20, Kenny Birchfield 31, all of Gallipolis Ferry or Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
David Ray Blankenship
Gallipolis Ferry
James C. Roberts
Willard Henry
Atha Guy Rayburn
Lewis Michael Oliver
Kenny Birchfield
Henderson
William Bonecutter
Parish Plans Eve Services for Christmas Eve
The Hocking Valley Parish schedules two Christmas Eve services. At 8 p.m. at Trimble Christian Church the Trimble Adult and Youth Choirs sing with Art Leading providing music and Rev. Paul A. Johnson delivering a Christmas Meditation. At 9:45 p.m. Chauncey Christian Church offers a cantata The Miracle of Bethlehem with solos and choir, led by Mrs Judy Adkins at the organ. Pastors include Rev. Johnson, Rev. Kozma, and Rev. J A Long. Charles McCaffree serves as assistant manager of the U S men Olympic swimming team for Munich 1972.
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Hocking Valley
Trimble Christian Church
Trimble
Art Leading
Paul A. Johnson
Chauncey Christian Church
Judy Adkins
Therr
Mr. Johnson
Ron Kozma
J. A. Long
Army Recruits Complete Training Milestones
Army Pvt. Charles T. Riley 17 son of Mr and Mrs Paul A Wise of Gallipolis completed a five week light vehicle driver course and three weeks on the job at Ft Polk Louisiana. Pvt Rodney A Cline 21 son of Mr and Mrs Balta Cline of Chauncey finished eight weeks basic training at Ft Knox Kentucky and is a 1968 Athens High School graduate. Pvt William J Davis Jr 18 son of Mrs Anna L Davis of Kananga completed a 13 week field artillery repairman course at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland and did basic training at Ft Jackson South Carolina. His father resides in Gallipolis with his wife Susan at 460 First Ave. in Gallipolis. Davis is a 1969 Gallia Academy High School graduate and was employed at the Gallipolis State Institute before enlistment. Pvt Jackie D Harrison 17 son of Mr and Mrs Robey F Harrison of Crown City Route 1 completed the eight week Honest John Rocket crewman course at Ft Sill Oklahoma after enlisting last August and basic training at Ft Dix New Jersey.
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Army
Charles T. Riley
Paul A. Wise
Jackson Pike
Gallipolis
Ft. Polk
Rodney A. Cline
Balta Cline
Mill St
Chauncey
Army Training Center
Armor
Ft. Knox
Cline
Athens High School
Army Pvt
William J. Davis
Anna L., Davis
Flamingo Dr
Kananga
Army Ordnance Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Davis
Ft. Jackson
S. C
First Avenue
Susan
First Ave
Gallia Academy High School
Jackie D. Harrison
Robey F. Harrison
Crown City
Army Field Artillery Center
Ft. Sill
Oklo
Ft. Dix
N. J
Vietnam to Free 689 Phoenix Prisoners on Christmas Day
Saigon officials announced the release of 689 political prisoners detained under the CIA Phoenix program. Spokesman Vu Khanh said they would be freed on Christmas Day at various locations, with none brought to trial and the longest detention about six months. Officials had hinted at broader releases of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong prisoners around year end and February.
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Saigon
CIA
Vu Khanh
South Vietnam
Khanh
Kapp to Lead Mason County Democrats in Point Pleasant
J Gary Kapp 55 lifelong Mason County resident and son of John A Kapp of Union District was elected chairman of the Mason County Democratic Executive Committee. He previously served as deputy sheriff in 1953 54 and works for Point Express Co. He outlined a platform to boost youth involvement, party unity, elder member participation, teamwork, service to committee members and supporters of Democratic ideas.
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Point Pleasant
J. Gary Kapp
Lincoln Ave
Mason County
Kapp
John A. Kapp
Union District
Evelyn Moore
Point Pleasant High School
Point Express Co
Democratic Party
Homer Smith
Live Nativity Scene Planned by Bradbury Church Youth
The Bradbury Church of Christ youth will present a live nativity in front of the parsonage with shows Wednesday and Thursday 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday 7 to 8 p.m. A prayer service and hymn sing conclude Friday evening. Participants include Cathy King Sherry King Kevin King Brett Carter Rick Carter Jerry Davis Joyce Davis Beverly Wilson and Brian Wilson. Connie Arnott of Racine visited Debbie Harden for a weekend.
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Middleport
Bradbury Church of Christ
Cathy King
Sherry King
Kevin King
Brett Carter
Rick Carter
Jerry Davis
Joyce Davis
Beverly Wilson
Brian Wilson
Families Share Visits Across Towns in Fairview Note
Edward Foreman Grove City visits his mother Mrs. John Foreman while Delbert Powell New Martinsville and Emmett Wall Grove City stay with Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Lance. Many others drop in for social visits including relative birthday dinner for Joyce Foreman.
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Ray Heiney
Fairview
Edward Foreman
Grove City
John Foreman
Delbert Powell
New Martinsville
Emmett Wall
Vernon Lance
Bill Shumway
Parkersburg
W. Va
Floyd Farra
Racine
Gilbert Spencer
Amesville
Bob Rhodes
Wilma Sayre
Columbus
Gordon Wolfe
Ward Hayman
Pomeroy
Lewis Ours
Joe Foreman
Joyce
Bertha Proffitt
Gene Lemley
Jimmy
David Foreman
Gaye Young
Bashan
Harold Bird
Francis Poling
Marysville
Wiley Ours
Nancy
Naomi Neville
Dorsey Parsons
Chester Durst
Niles
Pete Durst
Ravenswood
Durst
Jackson General Hospital
Ripley
Bhutto Lets Mujibur Rahman Go Home Under House Arrest
President Bhutto says East Pakistani leader Sheik Mujibur Rahman will be released from prison but kept under house arrest as part of a political settlement after East Pakistan became the country Bangla Desh. Bhutto names Nurul Amin vice president and delays National Assembly until talks with India proceed.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Bhutto
Bangla Desh
India
Mujib
Nurul Amin
Peking
China
National Assembly
Sheik Mujib
Awami League
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
East
League
Pakistan People’s Party
West Pakistan
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Nottingham
England
Alta M. Booth
Coolville
Alta Merle Booth
Woodvue Lane
Wintersville
Belpre
Riverview
Steubenville
Athens County
Charles
Mary Rankin Castle
Booth
Orange Christian Church
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Rebekah Lodge
Harry
Medina
Harold
Mary Catherine) Wilcoxen
Jollet
Ill
Pearl Castle
Fort Myers
Francis H. Booth
White Funeral
Roy W. Rose
Rockland Cemetery
Charles McCaffree
Michigan State
United States
Bernard T. Walsh
Lancaster
Rome-Canaan High School
Ohio University
Pipelines and Gas Measurement Department
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp
Walsh
Mary A. Walsh
Poston Rd
the Plains
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
U.S. Command
J. G. Kapp
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Syracuse
Connie Arnott
Debbie Harden
Guy A. Guinther
Ellen Newland
Athens
WASH
Philco
Sunshine Center
Negura
Athens, Ohio
E. Pakistan
Nelsonville
Ohio
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Eve
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