Athens mayor studies Newark bus line for Athens proposal
Mayor Raymond Shepard, returning from illness, travels to Newark to study James Morton Co. bus operations. Morton officials prepare a report on Athens service with three proposed routes, four buses for 30 seats plus 32 standing, costing about 25 to 30 cents per one way trip and a planned break-even of 1,000 riders daily.
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Athens
Raymond Shepard
Newark
Shepard
James Morton Co
Bucyrus
Morton Company
Bus Line
Morton
Bus Company
Athens Community Improvement Corp
Crowded Democratic Race Forms in 10th District
On the last filing day for the 10th District seat Democratic hopefuls surged. Walter Moeller from Lancaster and Samuel Sharpe former director of the Institute for Regional Development circulated petitions in Athens and Fairfield County, while Dr. Harry Crewson filed earlier. Incumbent Clarence E. Miller appears unopposed on the Republican side after filing in Lancaster. Filing closed at 4 30 p m following redistricting changes approved by the Legislature.
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U. S
10Th
Walter Moeller
10Th District
Lancaster
Athens
Samuel Sharpe
Institute For Regional Development
Harry Crewson
Ohio University Economics Department
Fairfield County Board of Elections
Clarence E. Miller
Ohio
Two Testify During Trial In Ohio Telephone Suit
Two witnesses testified for Phi Kappa Sigma in Athens County Common Pleas Court as a $130,000 damages suit against General Telephone Co of Ohio proceeded. Lavern Lausche an Ohio University architect and Cecil Neff of Columbus took the stand as jurors may hear the case by midweek.
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Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Athens County
Fake Hippie Will Discuss Drugs At Athens High
John Huddy Columbus Dispatch columnist posed as a hippie for 12 weeks in a narcotics probe. He will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Athens High School auditorium for parents and students about marijuana and hallucinogens. Huddy helped police seize marijuana and other drugs, testifying before a grand jury and the Ohio Legislature. He was invited back after speaking to two Athens High assemblies recently.
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Richard Stacy
John Huddy
Columbus Dispatch
Columbus
Huddy
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Ing. Columbus
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Franklin County Grand Jury
Ohio Legislature
Athens
Student's Cleaning Thorough Theft Reported at Campus Laundry
An Ohio University student told police he was robbed while his clothes were being cleaned. Craig Rader of Sargent Hall reported $50 worth of clothing taken from a Richland Avenue automatic laundry, including four pairs of trousers two bath towels and 10 pairs of socks. Vandalism damaged three windows at the Athens Salvation Army Citadel on West Union Street over the weekend.
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Ohio University
Craig Rader
Sargent Hall
Richland Avenue
Athens
Patrol Reports Accident Free Weekend In Athens
Athens police logged two minor mishaps while highway patrol reported an accident free weekend. Leonard Kopowski twenty of Bay Village cited for unsafe operation after a Saturday Stewart Street crash. A Sunday 1:10 a.m. two car crash at Richland Avenue and Route 682 involved Albert Shuster fifty of Briarwood Drive and William Braham of Crab Orchard West Virginia with Shuster charged for failing to stop within an assured clear distance.
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Bay Village
Stewart Street
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Route 682
Albert Shuster
Briarwood Dr
William Braham
Crab Orchard
W. Va
Shuster
Miller Home Hit and Theft Reported in Athens Suburb
Athens police responded to a weekend breaking and entering at Mrs. Wilma Miller’s home 34 Canterbury Drive. A forced rear door allowed $18 and a cigarette lighter to be stolen. the house was ransacked. This marks the fourth entry in four days, with three others investigated Friday. Firefighters also dealt with a grass fire at David Keller’s Long Run Road home, started by burning refuse and extinguished on arrival.
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Athens
Wilma Miller
Canterbury
Richland Area
Ex-Student's Wife Believed Killed in Train Collision
Mrs Gail Sharpe of Cleveland is believed to be the wife of Stu Sharpe former WOUB radio announcer and current Cleveland State University instructor. She was a passenger on a train hit by a truck north of Delaware Ohio while en route to Dayton.
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Cleveland
Delaware
Stu Sharpe
WOUB
Cleveland State University
Sharpe
Dayton
McCarthy Delegate Prospects Halted in Ohio District
About 20 delegate candidates backing Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy will file in Ohio. In the 10th District a McCarthy for President committee formed, but efforts to nominate a pledged delegate were suspended by the national organization. Ohio University professor Dr. Carl Shermer said McCarthy’s office persuaded a local group to suspend work to avoid overtaxing his workload. McCarthy has entered primaries in six states. The 10th District group had chosen Charles Holzer of Gallipolis as its delegate to seek a convention nomination pledged to McCarthy.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Ohio
McCarthy
National Organization
Carl Shermer
Ohio University
Shermer
Charles Holzer
Gallipolis
Gun and Coins Stolen From Albany Home
A 12 gauge shotgun and $32.50 in coins were stolen from the home of W. W. Baughman in Albany. Deputies said the intruder pried open a door and entered Saturday night. The loot included 175 dimes 20 rolls of pennies and 10 half dollars from the collection. A camping trailer parked nearby also had its door pried open.
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W. W. Baughman
Albany
Baughman
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Admits Five Patients
Five patients admitted to Sheltering Arms Hospital including Birgie Six of Athens Route 2, William Bolin of Albany, Mrs Asa Pickett of Nelsonville, Ker mit Swartz of Athens, and Roy Potter of Pickerington. Dismissals include Mrs Myrtle Figley, Mrs Roy Vermaten, and Fred Dixon.
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Birgie Six
Athens
William Bolin
Albany
Asa Pickett
Nelsonville
Kermit Swartz
Roy Potter
Pickerington
Myrtle Figley
Roy Vermaten
Fred Dixon
Special Lodge Meeting and Royal Arch Session Notice
A special meeting of Savannah Lodge 466 F and AM Guysville is set for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. with the Master Mason degree to be conferred and refreshments served. The Athens Chapter 39 Royal Arch Masons will confer the Most Excellent Master degree at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Athens Masonic Temple.
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F&am of
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Athens
Royal Arch Masons
Athens Masonic Temple
TV Ratings Talk at Ohio University by Dr Kenneth Baker
Ohio University hosts Dr Kenneth Baker executive director of the Broadcast Rating Council in New York City to discuss methods and accuracy in rating television and radio programs. He will speak at 8 p.m. in Bentley Hall room 140 addressing the radio television station management course in the School of Communication.
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Kenneth Baker
Broadcast Rating Council
New York City
Baker
Bentley Hall
National Association of Broadcasters
Market Research Corporation of America
Bid Opening Scheduled for County Projects
The Athens County commissioners will open bids for 1000 tons of slag screening stone and 160 feet of 48 inch 12 gauge corrugated pipe and 10 48 inch collars at 10 a.m. March 4. County engineer Harry Dust asked to consider contracts for repairs to four county bridges including Much Run Bridge in Ames Two, a bridge in Glouster behind the ice plant, and two bridges in Trimble near the church and near the junior high. Claire Ball, Ervin Rd submitted a complaint that a neighbor's dog injured a calf.
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Harry Dust
Much Run
Ames
Glouster
Trimble
Christian Church
Claire Ball
One New Ordinance Goes Before Council
Athens city council meets in regular session tonight at 7 30 p m with one new ordinance for consideration to advertise for bids for a water line from the Curtis Street reservoir to the Hastings Hooper roads intersection. U S observer C L Colmer reports temperatures: Monday low 7 11 30 a m 35 Sunday high 23.
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Curtis Street
Hastings-Hooper Roads
C. L. Colmer
U. S
Suspect Cuts Wrist in Jail Awaiting Hearing
Curtis Malone 26 of Currier Street in Athens is in the Athens County jail on a $5,000 bond awaiting a plea in a rape case. He reportedly cut his left wrist Sunday night and was taken to Athens State Hospital for examination and safekeeping. Prosecutors say Malone and Dwight Kelly 18 of Washington Hall attacked an Ohio University coed. Kelly has a Municipal Court date February 28 for a preliminary hearing.
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Athens County
Athens State Hospital
Curtis Malone
Currier Street
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Malone
Dwight Kelly
Washington Hall
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Kelly
Jones Named Delegate To GOP Session
Elmer F. Jones of 8 Terrace Drive was selected as one of two delegates from Ohio's 10th District for the 1968 Republican national convention. Also chosen were Mrs. Geneva F. Armstrong of Lancaster as delegate and E. E. Davis of Oak Hill and Curtis Clark of Beverly as alternates. Ballot placement and governor Rhodes as favorite son candidate were announced for the May 7 primary.
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Elmer F. Jones
8 Terrace Drive
Ohio
Three Filed For Offices In Local Precinct Races
Three names of persons who filed petitions to run for precinct committeeman were omitted earlier. A Dem state race emerged in Deanville with Garrett Warren vs Helen Robinson of Nelsonville Route 1. Dallas Christman filed on the Republican slate for committee man of Trimble North precinct. Athens Area Democratic Women's Club meeting postponed to Feb 27 at Mrs Lenora Sickles home in New Marshfield.
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Deanville
Garrett Warren
Helen Robinette
Nelsonville
Dallas Christman
Trimble North
Athens Area
Democratic Women’s Club
Lenora Sickles
New Marshfield
Draft Of Graduate Students Seen Serious For Ohio U
Ohio University Provost Thomas Smith warned the end of graduate student deferments could disrupt planning and undergraduate programs. Dean Taylor Culbert estimated about 700 new grads yearly, with 25 percent female and 40 percent of male grads failing the draft physical, leaving roughly 100 regularly drafted. The change abolishes most deferments and could trigger widespread immediate callups, with officials urging random selection to spread impact.
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Ohio University
Thomas
Smith
Johnson
Taylor Culbert
Graduate College
Culbert
Logan Wilson
American Council In Education
Congress
House
Hay Pasture Series Starts February At Vinton County Courthouse
A three part series on hay and pasture begins February 22 at 7 30 p m in the Vinton County courthouse McArthur sponsored by the Ohio Cooperative Extension Service Kenneth E Ackerman Athens County extension agent for agriculture said the sessions run two hours each The topics cover soil testing lime and fertilizer grasses legumes stockpiling grazing costs and hay harvest schedules with sessions on February 29 and March 7 detailing pasture management and silage considerations
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Vinton County
McArthur
Kenneth E. Ackerman
Athens County Extension
Ohio Cooperative Extension Service
Ohio State University
Ohio
Such Pile Relief She Cant Describe Says Mrs. Williams
Louisville reader Mrs Hugh Williams testifies to Preparation H as effective relief for hemorrhoids. Doctors note it shrinks inflamed hemorrhoids and provides prompt relief from pain burning and itching. The product lubricates bowel movements soothes irritated tissue and helps prevent infection in ointment or suppository form.
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Louisville
Hugh Williams
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