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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1971
Page
6
Paris report notes that after more than a year a story involving ten year old Mary continues to unfold. Officials provide updates on the case with new details and public interest remains high.
The Paris warehouse cellar holds over 25 tons of letters and petitions to North Vietnamese and Viet Cong delegations at the Paris peace talks. From Concern for Prisoners of War and other groups, mail slowed after the Communists refused to accept appeals, leaving crates to decay and Christmas cards unsent.
Organized petitions fill boxes with shoes and books mailed to inmates. Christmas cards from Nellingen lie on the floor, addressed to prisoners not jailers. Mary Hendrix writes to an unknown North Vietnamese prison pen pal offering a photo in return. Gary Burger sends four poems and wishes a Merry Christmas, noting snow when it falls.
Irvin Wolfe announced the Athens County ASC Committee results. Merril Chase chairs the committee with Floyd Mathews as vice chair and Delmar Niggemeyer as member. John Sheridan and Franklin Washburn serve as alternates.
A water safety instructors course will be offered by the Red Cross in Columbus beginning Jan. 6 with classes weekly from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. for 10 weeks. Applicants must hold a senior life saving certificate be at least 17 and able to swim all standard strokes. Further information is available at the Athens County Red Cross office 132 N. Congress St. Athens.
Phillip M. Nye, son of E. L. Nye of Athens, is elected president of the Cleveland chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management. A 1954 Ohio University graduate and Air Force veteran, Nye is vice president of Frasier Management Co. in Cleveland, married to Ann, with four sons. Also listed are residents Mark Davis, Teresa Nicinsky, Chester Wigal, and Marjorie Grogan of Middleport.
The Athens Teenage Republican Club approved its constitution and formed three committees with chairs Scott Lee membership Mark Hunting publicity and Bob Gall finance who also serves as press secretary. They plan a TAR political school in Columbus January 17 and a quarterly convention July 21 22 with Roger Tracy as speaker.
DECS James R. Buck announces ten enlistment openings in the Naval Reserve with guaranteed Navy school attendance. Openings begin Jan 2 for FT HT ST RM TM and Jan 6 IM SM Jan 4 MM Jan 11 CS with two years active duty and first enlistment pay of 268.50 monthly, rising after Jan 1. Details via Athens telephone 592-2118 or Parkersburg Naval Reserve Center.
The Chester and Tuppers Plains Water System re elected two trustees Delmar Baun vice president and Harold Blackston district member at a recent meeting. Albert L. Martin supervisor has earned a class one water operator license from the Ohio Department of Health enabling operation without a technical supervisor. He plans to pursue a class two license in January.
State Highway Patrol cited Vincent K. O’Leary 22 of Zaleski for driving while intoxicated after his car left Route 56 near the Athens Vinton County line, injuring him with a jaw fracture. Stephen W. Graham 18 of The Plains was charged with failing to stop in the assured clear distance after his car rear ended truck driver Thomas D. Ziegler 24 of Athens turning into the post office parking lot at The Plains.
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