Satellite Antenna Installed on Ohio University's Radar Hill
A 28 foot parabolic dish and two east facing antennas were installed on Radar Hill to form Ohio University’s Sohio satellite tracking station. The $200000 system includes a 29 foot tower completed two weeks earlier and is expected to operate in March under Ohio Department of Extra-terrestrial Communications.
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Ohio
Ohio University
Ohio U
George Bush
Radar Hill
Coates Construction Co
Radar Hill Laboratory
County In Line For Food Stamp Coverage
Athens County is among 18 Ohio counties eyed for federal food stamp program inclusion early next year. Welfare director Denver L. White cites priority by welfare recipient counts and says the list was sent to the Chicago office of the USDA Midwest Consumer Marketing Service. County commissioners requested coverage. White calls the program a substitute for commodity distribution.
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Athens County
Ohio
Denver L. White
White
Associated Press
Chicago
US Agriculture Department
Midwest Consumer Marketing Service
Shelter Staff Admits and Discharges At Local Hospital
Sheltering Arms Hospital admitted Omah C Chapman and Debra Sue Handy both of Athens and Francis Erwin of Glouster. Discharges included Kenneth Bowers Amesville Route 1 Jack Anastas of Athens Glendyn Nickoson Hez Henson of Albany Route 1 Mrs Delores Perez of Athens and Nick Dandos of Athens. Mitch Prusett a Michigan State halfback was a member of Benson Harbor Highs 1964 state Class A basketball championship team.
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Omah C. Chapman
Athens
Debra Sue Handy
Francis Erwin
Glouster
Kenneth Bowers
Amesville
Jack Anastas
Glendyn Nickoson
Hez Henson
Albany
Delores Perez
Nick Dandos
Mitch Prusett
Benson Harbor High
Two Civil Suits Dropped by Common Pleas Court
Two civil suits were dismissed by the Common Pleas Court. In the case of Jessie Hall versus Athens State Hospital Industrial Commission and the Bureau of Workmen’s Compensation the plaintiff’s petition was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. The suit of Daniel Scott Lucas versus Paul Erwin was settled.
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Common Pleas Court
Jessie Hall
Athens State Hospital, Industrial Commission
Bureau of Workmen's Compensation
Daniel Scott Lucas
Paul Erwin
Weather Temperatures Retreat Then Rise Across the Week
The Wednesday high reached 52 degrees per observer C L Colmer, with a low of 29 that night. By Thursday morning the temperature stood at 45 degrees at 11 a.m.
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C. L. Colmer
U. S
Two Deer Killed In Auto Accidents On Route 50
Two deer died in separate incidents on Route 50 west of Coolville. An accident involving Andy Kosma of Oak Hill left him with pain and a citation for following too closely after his car struck a deer and hit a bridge rail. A second deer was killed when it struck Kenneth Karl Smith II’s Vienna West Virginia auto. A school bus backed into a parked car at Poston Elementary Street. no injuries.
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Coolville
State Highway Department
Andy Kosma
Oak Hill
Kosma
Kenneth Karl Smith
Bond Forfeitures list for multiple offenders
Carol June Douglas of Chauncey fined for failure to register. Argyle B. Smith of Sharpsburg Route 1 fined for stop sign offense. John H. Gilbert of Pendleton Ind fined for speeding. Floyd Olen Griffith of Galloway fined for speeding. Paul Edward Nease of Coolville fined for speeding. Patrol referenced in all cases with fines ranging from 12 to 32 dollars.
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Carol June Douglas
Chauncey
Argyle B. Smith
Sharpsburg
John H. Gilbert
Pendleton
Ind
Floyd Olen Griffith
Galloway
Paul Edward Nease
Coolville
Michigan State Star Busch Helps St. Louis Kulls Juniors Win National Title
Guy Busch, sophomore soccer standout at Michigan State, played for the St. Louis Kulls Juniors. The team captured the U S national title for the second straight year, asserting dominance in the competition.
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Guy Busch
Michigan State
St. Louis Kulls
U. S
Four Mishaps Investigated By Police
City police investigated four accidents Wednesday on E State Street and surrounding roads. Erma Jean Lawson 26 of Athens Route 2 was cited for failure to yield after driving from the C and E Market lot into an oncoming car. Charles Willard Dishong 16 of Nelsonville was charged with failure to stop within assured clear distance ahead after his vehicle struck a auto stopped to turn. Police also looked into two minor two car crashes on E State Street at Stimson Ave and near the county highway building.
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E. State St
Erma Jean Lawson
Athens
Richland Ave
C and E Market
Charles Willard Dishong
Nelsonville
E. State
Stimson Ave
County Highway
Service man Delbert R. Cline joins USS Canopus
Seaman Delbert R. Cline USN, son of Mr and Mrs D R Cline of Harper Street The Plains, reports for duty aboard the Navy Polaris submarine tender USS Canopus. The Canopus operates out of Charleston South Carolina to mobile support deployed fleet ballistic missile submarines reducing travel time to patrol stations.
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Delbert R. Cline
USN
D. R. Cline
Harper St., the Plains
Navy
Polaris
Charleston
S. C
Rhodes Unveils Ohio World Trade Program
Gov James A Rhodes announced a seven point world trade program for Ohio and created the Ohio World Trade Association. He appointed a 25 member executive council to oversee the effort, including industrialists educators and trade experts.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Ohio World Trade Association
Military Tanker Flew Low Over Athens After 4 P.M.
A four-jet military tanker aircraft flew low over Athens after 4 p.m. Wednesday, reports State Highway Patrol. Officials said the plane was not in trouble and could not land at the Ohio University airport, though it entered the local flight pattern.
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Athens
State Highway Patrol
Ohio University
General Telephone of Ohio Announces Major Expansion Plans
General Telephone of Ohio outlines a five year program including direct distance dialing for Athens and Logan with 400000 and 500000 dollar projects. The plan features party line reductions eliminating four and eight party lines, new zoned rate service, more microwave installations, extensive testing centers and centralized testing to preempt trouble.
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Athens
Logan
General Telephone
Ohio
Robert M. Wopat
Wopat
General
Man Hurt In Mishap On Route 50 West Of Route 7
A Coolville man, Dewitt Brown, 63, suffered a possible right wrist fracture after a car truck collision on Route 50 west of Route 7. John E. Cain, 19, Athens Route 5, pulled onto Route 50 and struck Brown’s car, charged with failing to yield the right of way. The Social Security office in Marietta Ohio will close Friday for Christmas.
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Coolville
Dewitt Brown
John E. Cain
Athens
Cain
Social Security District
Marietta
Ohio
Christmas Eve church services listed in Ohio towns
Christmas Eve schedule shows Episcopal services at Good Shepherd Athens 11 00 P M Church of the Epiphany 10 30 P M St Paul Logan and Pomeroy 9 00 P M.
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Episcopal Church
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