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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1970
Page
5
Judge John Bolin announces a new jury system in Athens County replacing the poll-book method. Six hundred names will enter a jury wheel drawn from the board of elections certified voters list, every 27th name among 16 815 voters. The grand jury date shifts to on or about January 26.
Leon Henson of Columbus pled guilty in Common Pleas Court to breaking into the Nelsonville Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in January. He faced charges of intent to steal $73.30 in supplies, with missing items including beer and snacks. Sentencing was delayed for further investigation. Henson is free on a $1,500 bond.
A large group of praying mantis babies hatched indoors from a Christmas tree in the Title Office, violating conservation laws by being sprayed with insecticide. Deputy clerk Bette Storer laments the outbreak as insects covered walls and ceiling.
In a rare public appearance Ethel Kennedy visited and taped an appearance on Sesame Street produced by the Children's Television Workshop. She read a book titled Sam about a misunderstood boy to preschoolers in a five to six minute segment likely to air in February. A tobacconist in Sydney urged customers to quit smoking in a brief local notice.
J L McNealey of Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. outlines $239 million spent on new facilities in the last decade and $220 million proposed for the next three years. Generating capacity rose from 764,000 kW in 1960 to 1,113,000 kW in 1969, while summer peak load climbed from 537,000 to 1,144,000 kW. New units include Beckford station, Aberdeen units, Conesville plant, a Moscow nuclear unit, and a $75 million transmission system to interconnect firms. Projected system sales reach 7 billion kWh by 1972. electric heating installations rise in the service area.
Athens Chamber of Commerce and city administration plan an updated street map reflecting the Hocking River relocation Route 33 Bypass new highways interchanges and residential suburbs. The map will appear in a brochure featuring Ohio University campus and life in the area with 125 photos and will be used by the city with zoning overlays for planning.
Athens firemen responded Wednesday afternoon to two calls as cars were damaged by backfires through carburetors. Richard Whitemore of 173 N Lancaster St suffered minor damage in a 4 11 p m incident with $50 estimated damage to Ted Smart’s car on Albany Route 1 near Carpenter and E State streets.
Admitted are Mrs. Donald Brown Albany Route 1 Mrs. Ernest Carter Athens Jose Rodriguez Athens. Dismissed are James DeWeese Mrs Harry M Liggett Mrs Dorothy Cunningham Mrs Margaret Hyde Mrs William Gould Mrs Richard Barr and son William Swartz Joseph B Roberts Pamela Milhoan Mrs John Donaldson. Fire department squad called to BEF on West Union Street at 1 40 p m Wednesday when Bud Biffle 27 Chauncey ill he declined aid.
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