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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1969
Page
2
Athens newspaper page from December 31, 1969 highlights local notices and brief items. Includes community updates, small events, and public notices with readers urged to note dates and happenings.
Louis Henry Jourdan, 18, son of actor Louis Jourdan, is due for arraignment in Beverly Hills Municipal Court on January 7 on marijuana possession charges. He was freed on bond of 1500 after sheriff’s deputies stopped his car Monday night and reportedly saw him discard a plastic bag containing marijuana.
Indiana University student Tetsuo Amagai from Japan visited the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during Christmas vacation and bought souvenirs. He later found the items labeled Made in Japan. Sofia Loren and Carlo Ponti face Rome city taxes. their 1969 wealth is about 1.01 million dollars with a 147000 dollar bill. Gina Lollobrigida’s 1969 tax is about 24000 on 94000 wealth.
The national forecast calls for snow and rain in the Midwest and Northwest while showers are expected in Florida. Local humidity readings and temperature trends are noted, with a look at high and low temperatures across various cities and regions.
Four persons were injured and three cars damaged at the intersection of Routes 33 and IS north of Logan Tuesday at 2 40 pm. Hocking County sheriff deputies report Raymond Russell Hoy 7 of New Straits involved.
A $10,000 suit filed in Common Pleas Court by guardian David F. Conrad for Della Conrad alleges negligence from Dec 29 1967 crash on Main Street. The accident involved Novestone Bowles TSO Road intersection and multiple vehicles, injuring Della and others, with hospital care and county court citation for failure to yield. A separate Glouster family gathering details Christmas visits and relatives from Urbana Pickerington Columbus and Pickerington.
Mount St Mary Hospital thanked the Hospi Guild for a Christmas donation of 900. The group raised funds through twig activities and from a October gift of 1700 after a summer project including the Parade of the Hills booth. Gifts go to equipment replacement fund for hospital use.
Glouster households entertain visiting relatives over Christmas. Athens residents Kenneth and Eberts family join Ovid Eberts. Bob Eberts from Columbus. John Stupski visits Wemmer home. Merle Danford returns from Trimble to Dayton with Berna Burkam and Charles. Danford, Burkams join post Christmas dinner with Chauncey Danford. Troy guests Tamara Kevin Mark and Debbie Milhoan visit Nelsonville and Norman Myers in Trimble.
Logan City firemen were summoned twice Monday morning for small fires. At 1:50 a.m. they assisted Richard Lanning of New Straitsville Route 1 in extinguishing a pump house fire caused by wiring insulation straw. At 9:52 a.m. they answered a kitchen fire at Mr. and Mrs. Charles Linton of Logan Route 3 from a defective stove, burning paneling and studs. fire was out on arrival.
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