Merrymaking Brings Christmas Jail Stay
Three Mason County men Gibbs Letart Simpkins Point Pleasant and Green Point Pleasant were arrested on intoxication charges and jailed. They pulled a commode from the wall flooding the area and setting a blanket on fire then pleaded guilty to destruction of property and were ordered to pay repair costs and serve 10 days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Jeff Gibbs
Letart
Edward Simpkins
Charles Green
Mason County Sheriff's Department
Troy Huffman
Husbands Entertained At Dinner In New Haven
Members of the Cherokee Homemakers Club hosted their husbands at a Christmas dinner in Roush's Cafeteria. New president Mrs. Ann Bird was introduced. Devotions by Mrs. Kate Roush and a program of readings and songs followed. A gift exchange closed the event. In Point Pleasant a 44 year old Vernie Lee Road man was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Cherokee Homemakers Club
Roush
Ann Bird
Kate Roush
Ollie Browning
Nellie Casto
Willa Scites
Velma Luckeyedoo
Juanita Clark
Sally Smith
David Dewhurst
Shelley Casto
Santa Claus
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Vernie Lee
Docks Accord Likely As Talks Resume In San Francisco
Government and union sources say a West Coast dock accord is likely with no new walkout by 13,000 longshore workers across 24 ports. Negotiators extend the old contract to Jan. 10 avoiding a Christmas strike tied to Taft-Hartley limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific
Washington
J. Curtis Counts
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Taft-Hartley
Nixon
United Bank of California
California
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
ILWU
Harry Bridges
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Pacific Maritime Association
PMA
Area Obituaries highlight Minear Garland Kitchen Whittington
Obituary notices for Ernest C. Minear of New Marshfield Clara E. Garland of Minersville Della Craig Kitchen of Grimms Landing and Charles William Whittington of Rutland detail ages family survivors and funeral arrangements. Services set at Hughes Crow Hassell and Rawlings Coates Funeral Homes with burial in local cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ernest C. Minear
New Marshfield
Jarvis
Dora Minear
New Marshfield High School
Minear
The
Nazarene Church
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Jennie
Genelle Smith
Battle Creek
Mich
Mary Hart
West Milton
George Sealock
Tipp City
Murray
Orlando
Fila
Helen
Stella Judy
Hughes Funeral
Ed Rilea
New Marshfield Cemetery
Point Pleasant
Della Craig Kitchen
Columbus
Grimms Landing
Grant Hospital
Alvin Edward Craig
Cecil G. Craig
William Burgess
Washington, D.C
Crow- Hassell
Garry Roach
Craig
Charles Whittington Rutland
Charles William Whittington
Rutland
Holzer Medical Center
Meigs County
Theodore Whittington
Cheshire
Dorothy Bartram Whittington
U.S. Air Force
Marine Corps
Jennie M. Noble Whittington
Lynetta Jo Whittington
Charles Raymond
William Dean
James Allen
Charles W. Jr
Middleport
Leslie
Clifford
Harrisonville
Lewis
Brunswick
Erma Mulford
Kananga
Fred
Marie) Buck
Zanesville
Wilma Whittington
Gallipolis
Rawlings- Coates
Lloyd D. Grimm
Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery
Julie Felix Reveals First Baby Without Naming Father
Julie Felix, 30, and her husband David Evans separated years ago, unveiled their first child in a North London nursing home. The daughter weighs 6 pounds 2 ounces and remains unnamed as Felix intends to know her better before choosing a name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Julie Felix
Miss Felix
David Evans
Julie
Candlelight Services Planned at Local Churches
The annual candlelight communion service at First United Presbyterian Church will be Friday at 7 30 p m led by Rev Dwight Zavitz. Heath United Methodist Church will hold a Christmas Eve candlelight service at 7 30 p m led by Rev Robert Bumgarner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Presbyterian Church
Dwight Zavitz
Heath United Methodist Church
Robert Bumgarner
Woman Pleads Guilty To Welfare Fraud Involving Dog
Peggy McGinnis of El Monte California admitted welfare fraud for early year claiming a son for her dog Thomas on welfare forms. She falsified birth certificates and doctors signatures and faces a reduced misdemeanor with up to one year in county jail after a psychiatric exam and Feb. 1 sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Calif
Peggy McGinnis
Thomas
Superior Court
J. Steve Williams
Miss McGinnis
el Monte
Williams
Nine Black Panthers Convicted in LA Shootout Trial
In Los Angeles a jury convicts nine Panthers of conspiracy to possess weapons while eight are acquitted on the most serious charge of conspiracy to murder. Two defendants are acquitted on all counts and eight face mistrials on other counts after a seven month trial. The prosecution may pursue further action on undecided counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
The
Panthers
Green Beret
Elmer Pratt
Nelsonville Businesses Report Break-ins Investigated
Police investigated breakings at two Nelsonville sites the Backus Lumber Co. and the Pizza House. At Backus Lumber a rear door was forced and an office door jimmied though Roy Backus said little was missing. Pizza House entry occurred through a rear door with merchandise taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Backus Lumber Co
Poplar St
Pizza House
W. Columbus Street
Roy Backus
Tom Polly
Marietta Road
Marriage Licenses Granted in Athens Area
A list of couples receiving marriage licenses includes Jack D. Riley 18 of Athens and Debra K. Conner 16 of Millfield. Waldo Eden Misner 20 of Athens with Marjorie Faye Combs 19 of Athens. James Robert Hartley 20 of Athens with Jane Modell Van Meter 19 of Athens. Michael Clifford Koon 19 of The Plains with Teresa Kay McGraner 17 of Athens. James Stewart 32 of Athens with Margene Ann Scheetz 29 of Athens. William C. Dailey 20 of Athens with Brenda K. Goodwin 20 of Athens. Charles R. Winterbotham 23 of Dayton with Marina Lee Hitchings 19 of Nelsonville. Roger Lee Springer 21 of Athens. Donna Lee Ahle 20 of Nelsonville. Jimmy Lee Balch Brown 19 of Millfield with Linda Lou Young 16 of The Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack D. Riley
Athens
Debra K. Conner
Millfield
Waldo Eden Misner
Marjorie Faye Combs
James Robert Hartley
Jane Modell van Meter
Michael Clifford Koon
the Plains
Teresa Kay McGraner
James Stewart
Margene Ann Scheetz
William C. Dailey
Brenda K. Goodwin
Charles R. Winterbotham
Dayton
Marina Lee Hitchings
Nelsonville
Roger Lee Springer
Donna Lee Ahle
Jimmy Lee Balch Brown
Linda Lou Young
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E. Thompson
Ohio
Bruinicardi
Columbus RD
Perkins Pancake House
MSR Christmas
Dave-Warner Insurance Agency
Pomeroy, Ohio
Rawlings & Coats
Maxine
Charlie
Boo
Scottie
Bob
Middleport, Ohio
Clara E. Garland
Minersville
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Pomeroy
Joseph
Sarah Jones Garland
Minersville Methodist Church
WFCF
Cheshire Railroad Company
Ethel
Elizabeth Garland
Ewing Funeral Home
Forrest Donley
Minersville Hill Cemetery
Funeral
Della C. Kitchen
J. M. Sanner
Logan
Starr Twp
Hocking County
Edward
Isabel Lanner
Fred Kissel
Woodbine Place
Panther
Pan
Thers
Saundra Pratt
Pratt
Istmas
Elberfelds
Merry Christmas
William G. “Bill
Baronick
W.D. Edwards Insurance Agency
Ben
Doris
Beth
Beulah
Fritz
Mary
Debbie
Homer
Irene
Ann Marie
Lily
Gerald
Steve
Mila
Ekwing
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