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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1970
Page
2
Princess Anne accompanied by an unidentified man in his mid-20s returns to see the American folk musical Hair. The royal pair sit in the front row near the nude scene, drawing attention as the performance continues.
Willie The Actor Sutton, a 68 year old bank robber previously estimating his take at 2 million dollars, applied for welfare assistance at a Brooklyn center. He was promised 78 dollars a month plus half his rent and said he was staying with Brooklyn relatives after being released from prison last Christmas Eve following a 17 year sentence.
Tuesday Weld files for divorce from writer Claude Hartz in Superior Court citing irreconcilable differences. The couple, married four years, have one child Natasha, age three.
Former United States treasurer Ivy Baker Priest announced she will seek re-election as California state treasurer. Priest, who served as state treasurer since 1966, was national treasurer for eight years under President Eisenhower.
Local forecast calls for fair and colder tonight with teens lows. Saturday will be fair and slightly warmer with 30s highs, while Sunday trends warmer with a chance of rain. National outlook shows snow flurries in the eastern and northwestern Great Lakes and parts of North Dakota and New Mexico, with rain in parts of New Mexico. Relative humidity and precipitation data provided, with sun set and rise times listed.
County Road 23 in Athens County gains approval for inclusion in the federal secondary road system. County Engineer Gerald Hann says unofficial notice from Ohio’s 10th Division HQ in Marietta promises early financing, with $250000 more in federal aid over five years. Construction could start after surveying and contract letting, with completion about two years later and a projected cost of $1800000 for a 3.35 mile stretch from Route 682 to U.S. Route 33. The project aims to relieve traffic bottlenecks through The Plains and west Athens.
Glouster residents may process relief orders locally and earn 1.50 per hour, versus Athens workers paid 1 to 1.25 depending on duties. Five men can begin village projects such as cleaning Sunday Creek debris and tidying streets and alleys, with more names hoped to be added.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Reynolds of Athens Route 2 welcome a daughter. Edith Jordan Richard Gaughan Mrs. Floyd Ballinger and Athens residents Mrs. Earl Linton Route 3 Mrs. Gary McCathren Albany Route 3 Mrs. Allen Wallace Amesville admitted. Dismissals include Mrs. Walter Cunningham Rosetella Holland Mrs. Walter Keirns Sr. Harry Holdcroft.
Dr. Fred E. Luchs former minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Athens will speak there Sunday March 1 He led the local church from 1937 to 1951 and has been in interim ministry at Marietta this year.
Athens officials learned the 15th district funding totals only 230000, leaving Athens with less than the 100000 needed to match its capital improvement allotment. Prosecutor Ball said options include applying for federal DOJ Law Enforcement Assistance funds, with a Marietta meeting to set priorities before OLEPA applications.
An 18 year old Chauncey youth indicted in February on two counts of breaking and entering pleaded guilty and received three years probation from Common Pleas Court Judge John Bolin. Prosecutor Claire M Ball Jr. said Waldo Mizner was placed on probation after deputies arrested him for breaking into Galloway Equipment Co Route 50 East and Kittle Lumber Co Glouster. Ball noted Mizner had been jailed in lieu of a $5,000 bond.
Athens County transfers list multiple deeds from Sickles and Glen to George and Mona New Marshfield and Pearl A Clark to Michael and Edith Eads. Other transfers include Bert and Elizabeth Kuhns to Allen and Donna Jago and Furst to Harold DC. Also Chauncey Chi Rho hosts a parish party and Millfield Church offers a bean dinner with prices. Chauncey CYF sponsors Sunday worship.
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