Ohio University Honorary Mother victim in Wellington killing
Edward J. O Rourke is held for questioning after the death of his wife, a 1969 Ohio University Honorary Mother. The shooting during a kitchen argument at their Wellington Township home left Mrs. O Rourke dead from a neck wound. The couple owned Westlake Country Club. Authorities note I-90 right of way expansion nearby.
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Elyria
Ohio University
Wother
Associated Press
Edward J. O’rourke
Westlake Country Club
Lorain County
Wellington
Zieba
O'Rourke
Vernon M. Smith
O’rourke
Southern
Lorain County Hospital
Sowle Voices Support for ARC at OU Meeting
Ohio University President Claude R. Sowle voiced support for the Appalachian Regional Commission at a Friday Athens gathering. He noted ARC’s help to Southeastern Ohio and nearby counties while addressing marijuana concerns at a rock concert and campus union dues challenges.
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Appalachian Regional Commission
Ohio University
Claude R. Sowle
Ohio
John Gilligan
Baker Center
Athens
Gilligan
White Sulpher Springs
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
Nixon
New York
Mississippi
Sowle
University Union
ROTC
Columbus
Convocation Center
Memorial Auditorium
Athens City Council OKs parking garage financing and protests
The council unanimously approves a $1 155 000 parking garage financing package from McDonald Co. of Cleveland with a 4.72 percent rate and a $3 962 premium. It also authorizes the solicitor to draft legislation to join protests against General Telephone Co rate hikes. Edgar Tuckerman abstains. A second reading considers dedicating a street off Stimson Avenue over Standard Oil property in right of way acquisitions.
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S Messenger
Athens
General Telephone Co
Council
Tad Grover
McDonald Co
Cleveland
General Telphone Co
Shepard
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Edgar Tuckerman
Stimson Avenue
Standard Oil
Memorial Hospital Births and Discharges Noted
O Bleness Memorial Hospital notes list a birth for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart Albany Route 1. admissions include Mrs. Maxine Mixon Glenn L. Atkinson and others from Athens and Chauncey. Dismissals feature several patients and families. Ohio University Local 1699 AFSCME will meet 7 30 p m Saturday Grange Hall county fairgrounds. Oscar McGee president. executive committee to meet Thursday at Beulah Carpenter’s home.
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Maxine Mixon
Glenn L. Atkinson
Harriette Kovachan
Ruth Bobo
Athens
Mark South
David Uldrich
Carroll Thomas
Leslie Mash
Matthew Hawk
Max Drake
Chauncey
William Redpath
Glouster
Ohio University
Afscme
Afl-Cio
Grange
Oscar McGee
Beulah Carpenter
Wilkesville Notes Mrs. James Jackson Travels for Flower Programs
Mrs. James Jackson of Wilkesville plans flower arranging programs for women's clubs in Detroit Michigan and Birmingham Michigan. The report also notes Rev James Cummings of Flatwood Kentucky visiting aunt Mrs Blanche Steele. Sandy White, employed in Columbus, spent a weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Ralph White. George Ragan returns home after hospitalization at Holzer Medical Center Gallipolis.
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Gladys Pierce Wilkesville
James Jackson
Detroit
Mich
Birmingham
James Cummings
Flatwood
Blanche Steele
Sandy White
Columbus
Ralph White
George Ragan
Holzer Medical
Special Session Set For Alexander Board
The Alexander Local School Board will meet in special session at 7 p.m. Thursday to discuss a proposed contract with the districts non certified employees. Board President Tom Hutchinson said County School Supt. Robert L. Weinfurther will attend with an Ohio School Boards Association adviser. The Athens Middle School winter band concert is Friday at 7 30 p.m. featuring a string ensemble sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council. Donations are 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
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Alexander Local
Tom Hutchinson
Robert L. Weinfurther
Ohio School Boards Association
Athens Middle School
Ohio Arts Council
Wilbur Lanning
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Java
Messenger City Editor
Ohio Civil Service Employes Association
State Attorney General's Office
Newsmen
Attorney General
American Federation of State County
OCSEA
House-Senate
Brenda Helen Campbell
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Harold Shields
Air Force
Army
Moneytree
F.D
THE
Athens National Bank
Charles Stewart
Albany Route 1
Rockford Crislip
Wesley Cook
David Moreland
Richard Thornton
Wayne Roof
Robert L. Wolfe
Kenneth Turrill
James A. Hutchison
Joe Pierce
Fredrick Craig
Kenneth A. Morris
Lawrence Burley
Wilkesville
Alexander
A.F. Lees
COLO
Ben Martin
U. S. Air Force Academy
Service School
R.C
R. C
Athens County
J. W. Whaley
Athens County Auditor
Igan
Russell Stover Candies
Bankamericard
Marting’s
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