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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1966
Page
3
Snow briefly coated the Athens area with light accumulation before noon. Officials reported passable highways, salt and cinder crews deployed, and one minor crash on Route 33 near Nelsonville involving 52 year old Joseph W. Gura of Fairborn.
Federal mediators in Cleveland seek to restart stalled contract talks to prevent a strike set for 12:01 a.m. Thursday against Greyhound’s eastern division. The action would halt several daily routes, mainly affecting Athens and Ohio University students returning after the holidays.
Wayne A Stotts 28 of Nelsonville named sixth deputy in Sheriff Shields department. He leaves Bob Hess Chevrolet where he was parts and service manager to join the deputy ranks Sunday. The addition comes as court work and a growing Athens County Ohio University population increase duties. Stotts, Amesville native, Chauncey Dover graduate, veteran, and former Johnson Funeral Home employee, is married to Judy Rowe with one daughter.
A summarized timeline of Athens area news from April and May 1966 covers traffic deaths including William Hart near The Plains and an Ohio University student killed near Athens, campus grants and lawsuits, city council actions on water rates and parking, hospital funding pledges, construction bids for a new library, and the new Athens High School ground breaking. It notes continuations from earlier months and county court fines for several motorists.
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