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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1970

Page

2

Apollo 12 crew greeted by crowd in Lima motorcade

In Lima, astronauts Charles Conrad Richard Gordon Jr and Alan Bean rode through jammed streets in a motorcade after arriving from Caracas Venezuela as part of a 40 day globe girdling goodwill mission. About 5000 greeted them at Jorge Chavez International Airport.

Lima Peru Charles Conrad Richard E. Gordon Jr Alan L. Bean US Air Force Caracas Vene Jorge Chavez International Airport

Steiger to London for Waterloo role amid Napoleonic doubts

In London to finish water of Napoleon in Waterloo Rod Steiger says he studied battle books but doubts truth of sources and portrays a sick minded Napole on. He plans to settle in London despite high taxes. In Princeton Svetlana Alliluyeva cites a semi official visitor urging her to keep Soviet citizenship and not to write more. She calls returning unthinkable after defection in 1967.

London Rod Steiger Napoleon Steiger Princeton Joseph Stalin Svetlana Alliluyeva Soviet Union Evening Times Trenton United States

Prince Charles joins Cambridge revue as commentator and expert

Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, will play multiple roles in Cambridge University’s annual satire “Quiet Flows the Don.” He has appeared in 14 sketches previously, including a segment in a garbage can.

Prince Charles Cambridge England Cambridge University

Weather forecast and regional sitrep

Mostly cloudy tonight with a chance of showers and upper 30s to low 40s. Thursday will be colder with a chance of showers or snow flurries and highs in the low to mid 40s. National outlook calls for snow in the northern Plains Midwest and Northeast with rain in the Midwest and showers in the Southwest.

Plains States Midwest Northeast

Japanese Expert Seidensticker to Visit Athens for Lecture

Dr. Edward G. Seidensticker, renowned scholar of Japanese literature and politics, will lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday in Ellis Hall Room 111 at Ohio University. He is a Michigan professor and translator noted for translating Kawabata's works and serving as interpreter for the Nobel laureate. He will meet with student groups during his campus visit today and tomorrow.

Edward G. Seidensticker Ohio University Ellis Hall Seidensticker University of Michigan Ann Arbor Yasunoo Kawabata Kawabata Stockholm Dr. Seidensticker Pan

Miller Opens Door for Local Open Sessions in 10th District

Congressman Clarence E. Miller plans open-door visits across Southeastern Ohio on Friday with sessions in several counties. On Saturday he will hold office at Logan from 10 to 11 a.m. and Athens from 2 to 3 p.m., with additional stops in Muskingum Fairfield Morgan Perry and Washington counties.

Washington, D. C Clarence E. Miller Ohio Logan Athens Muskingum Fairfield Morgan Perry Washington Counties

Kiwanis Sell 5 600 Pancakes

Ohio University freshman Terry Logsdon enjoyed a large pancake portion at Kiwanis Pancake Day. About 1 400 attendees produced over 5 600 pancakes from 50 batter batches. Proceeds support the youth activities committee sponsoring local youth groups.

Ohio University Terry Logsdon Arthur Kasler Youth Activities Committee

Glouster Personal News From Mt. Carmel Hospital Visit

Mrs. Helen Stephenson visited her mother Mrs. Elizabeth Guinther in Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Guinther and daughter Jane also visited. Mrs. Faye Campbell mourns sister Mrs. Clare Beatty who died Feb 16 in Bonham Heights North Carolina. Mrs. Beatty buried in North Carolina. Gertrude Conrath, another Campbell sister, died Dec 2 in Marietta.

Helen Stephenson Elizabeth Guinther Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus Richard Guinther Jane Faye Campbell Clare Beatty Bonham Heights N.C Robb Beatty Beatty Evan Beatty North Carolina Gertrude Conrath Marietta

Valentine party hosts twenty in Glouster church hall

The Methodist Youth Fellowship Valentine party drew twenty attendees. Mary Beth Wilson won a prize Valentine box. Refreshments matched the holiday, served by Mrs. Helen Stephenson with help from Mrs. Verna Leroy and Mrs. Jon Stanley. The Orphan Class will not meet until March. The Glouster Masonic Lodge will hold its Father and Son Banquet Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Glouster Methodist Youth Fellowship Valentine Mary Beth Wilson Helen Stephenson Verna Leroy Jon Stanley M. EF. Church Glouster Masonic Lodge No. 607 Masonic Temple

Fire Course Set by Jacksonville Fire Department

The Jacksonville Fire Department will sponsor a basic fire fighting course for volunteers. A meeting is planned Thursday at 7 p.m. in the town hall to gauge interest and confirm enrollment. The note also mentions the defense industry employing about four million people nationally.

Glouster Jacksonville Fire Department

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