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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1972
Page
5
Athens Common Pleas Judge Lowell Howard orders damages totaling 98 000 dollars in a two car crash on Vore Ridge Road dated August 30 1969. Theodore West of Athens Route 2 faces payments of 95 309 dollars to Richmond Six and 3 020 dollars to Luella West for injuries claimed after West allegedly drove left of center into their vehicle.
A loaded .22 revolver hidden under a towel was found during a jail shakedown at Athens County Jail. Sheriff Shields suspended inmate visits indefinitely as he investigates how the weapon entered the facility. Four inmates were isolated after a disturbance in the prisoners’ wing. The gun had seven rounds in a nine shot cylinder and its owner remains unknown.
General Telephone Co. announced two completed cable expansion projects. The Athens east side project costing 74,200 adds capacity for growth and upgrades serving Routes 50 and 690, with Athens exchange covering 106 square miles and 18,374 telephones. The Plains project costing 27,600 extends facilities from the urban area to Valley Acre Mobile Home Park, with The Plains exchange spanning 10 square miles and 947 telephones.
Kent State University students Bruce King and Wayne Fisher reacted to the Supreme Court’s refusal to review a court gag on grand jury witnesses in the Kent State shootings case. The high court effectively dismissed the case as moot and dissolved the gag order, freeing witnesses to speak.
A record 35 awards were presented by Boy Scout Troop 71 during a Court of Honor at West Elementary School this week. Awards included Tenderfoot Second Class First Class Star and Life ranks with merit badges in music leathercraft swimming first aid camping athletics and personal fitness.
John J. DeGaetano, 20, Athens, was sentenced to 90 days in jail by Athens Municipal Judge Franklin Sheeter for possessing marijuana. Thirty days were suspended on good behavior for one year and a $300 fine. Other cases: William Curtis fined $10 and costs for littering. Vincent O Leary fined $200 and seven days in jail with 60 day license suspension for DUI. Robert Bullock fined $25 and costs for speeding. Franklin Cossa fined $35 and costs for driving left of center and conditional speed.
McGovern supporters in Athens County will meet Saturday at 10 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church. Campaign manager Jerry Adams says delegates from the Tenth District and statewide will speak on McGovern's views, with local candidates including Robert Whealey expected to attend.
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