Pinball Cracking Down Sparks Legal Clash in Athens
Athens Sheriff-elect Paul Brown plans a post‑inauguration crackdown on local pinball operators over free play devices he says violate state law. An Athens Diversified attorney argues pinball can be a game of skill, prompting a potential court fight to test revisions redefining gambling devices.
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the Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Abraham
Fred Whissel
Messenger
Athens County
Paul Brown
Brown
Angelo’s Pizza
Mitch Abraham
Athens Diversified
Bill Abraham
Columbus
John Gilligan
Air Force Scholarships Offer Tuition Stipend and Service
Air Force medical scholarship program details provided by M.Sgt. Gerald W. White at the Athens recruiting office. The package covers tuition books and equipment with a $400 monthly stipend and a 45 day summer service at a medical center or hospital. Successful students are commissioned as second lieutenants and must serve active duty equal to each academic year funded. Eligible fields include medical osteopathic dental veterinary and optometry schools and psychology PhD programs.
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Air Force
Gerald W. White
USAF
E. State St
Athens
U.S
Digest of Motor Laws distributed to Ohio agencies
The 40th edition of Digest of Motor Laws was sent to Ohio State Patrol, police and sheriff offices, city managers, mayors and Municipal Court judges in 10 counties served by the Automobile Club of Southern Ohio. Compiled by the AAA legal department, it covers registration and operation regulations for passenger cars in the United States, Canal Zone, Guam, Puerto Rico and Canadian provinces.
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Ohio State Patrol
Automobile Club of
Ohio
James H. Conroy
United States
Canal Zone
Guam
Puerto Rico
Canada
Legal Department
The
American Automobile Association
Wellston approves 1973 budget with ambulance and sewer notes
Wellston City Council adopted the 1973 operating budget totaling 1 323 728 75. The plan includes general fund allocations for mayor council solicitor and police plus division of water and bond retirement. Mayor Hayburn announced a Southeastern Ohio EMS program ambulance space rental and the Ecological Protection Agency ban on septic tanks in areas lacking sewer lines. Council expects federal revenue sharing guidelines in January with no funds distributed until review.
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Wellston
Edgar Hayburn
Southeastern Ohio Emergency Medical Services Program
Ecological Protection Agency
Lutherans Speaker Set at Christ Lutheran Church
The Rev. Ralph W. Doermann, Old Testament professor at Lutheran Theological Seminary Columbus, will preach Sunday at Christ Lutheran Church 69 Mill St. He earned a Duke PhD, previously pastored in Minnesota, and worked on archaeological dig staffs in Israel and Cyprus. Services are 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday plus 7:30 p.m. Christmas Eve vesper.
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Ralph W. Doermann
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Columbus
Christ Lutheran Church
Mill St
Duke University
Minnesota
Israel
Cyprus
Athens Visit Canceled by Social Security Officers
Social Security officers planned to visit Athens on Tuesday is canceled due to staff shortages from the holiday. The Marietta office will reschedule for January 9 from 10 30 a m to 3 p m at City Hall.
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Athens
Marietta Society Security Office
City Hall
Fire Department Responds to Two Calls in 24 Hours
Athens Fire Department answered two medical calls in the last 24 hours. At 6 a.m. Friday Shirley Dailey 21 was transported from Lakeview Manor Building 38 Room 302 to Hudson Health Center. At 5 06 p m Thursday Don Laughlin 60 of 18 W Carpenter St was taken to O Shelby Memorial Hospital for illness treatment.
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Athens
Admitted James Mount and John Brammer in Athens and Glouster
Dismissed list includes Hazel Kuhn Raymond Bardin Charles Llewellyn Mrs Sam Durst and daughter Mrs Phillip Colley and son Renee Wolodkiewicz Mary Bateman Robert Carbaugh Mrs Cecil McClain Mrs Ronald Hogue Mrs Pearl Radcliff Mrs Daniel McDonald Mary Sams Charles Dunlap Mrs Gary Hook and son Mrs Charles Frey and daughter Pearley McVey Myrta Ashworth transferred to Mt Carmel Hospital in Columbus Cynthia Kahler Maymie Gates Steven Li and Julia McCoppin
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Hazel Kuhn
Raymond Bardin
Charles Llewellyn
Sam Durst
Phillip Colley
Renee Wolodkiewicz
Mary Bateman
Robert Carbaugh
Cecil McClain
Ronald Hogue
Pearl Radcliff
Daniel McDonald
Mary Sams
Charles Dunlap
Gary Hook
Charles Frey
Pearley McVey
Myrta Ashworth
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Cynthia Kahler
Maymie Gates
Steven Li
Julia McCoppin
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Insurance Agents Association
Earl F. Mathews, Inc
Jessie W. Ley, Inc
Reed & Baur, Inc
Dwight H. Rutherford
Joseph Seipie
Nelsonville
Saltz Insur
Oakley Insurance Agency
Glouster
White
Court ST
Athens, Ohio
Marting
Zanine
N. Court St
Hifk
Gs Ruftrary
Koy
Ue 1
Loth
Leollles
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
James Mount
John Brammer
Merry Christiras
Mayiag
Asher
COIN
Stimson Avenue
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