January Grand Jury Indicts Four In Athens County
The January term grand jury returned indictments against four persons including a music teacher from Athens city. Thomas Harrison Stubbs faces two two count indictments for breaking and entering and petty larceny at Webb's Music Store on Oct 7 8 and Oct 1. Robert Leroy Johnson is charged with second degree manslaughter from an Oct 19 traffic death. James Weston is indicted for embezzlement and David Herron for non support. Common Pleas Judge John Bolin set arraignments for 9 am Monday.
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Athens City
Thomas Harrison Stubbs
Briarwood Dr
Webb’s
Court St
Robert Leroy Johnson
Albany
James Weston
Buchtel
David Herron
the Plains
Army Engineers Chief Addresses Athens Kiwanis
Brig. Gen. Walter P. Leber of the U S Army Corps of Engineers spoke on the corps duties before the Athens Kiwanis Club. He called the focus on people and water and outlined plans for flood control on the Athens flood project using dikes and levies in a $7 million effort awaiting Congressional action. He noted Ohio River basin work includes navigation improvements and water recreation, and shared his background from WWII to the Canal Zone and Panama Canal Co. He spoke to ROTC cadets and a hydraulics class with Myra Coakley of Coolville as Kiwanis meeting guest. Installation will be at the Ohio University Inn next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter P. Leber
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Athens Kiwanis Club
Athens
Leber
Army
Ohio River
General Leber
Ohio University
Army Rotc
Europe
Atomic Energy Project
Department of the Army General Staff
Eighth U. S. Army
Korea
Armed Forces Industrial College
Office
Chief of Engineers
ROTC
Canal Zone
Panama Canal
Kiwanis
Myra Coakley
Coolville
Ohio University Inn
Shoplifting Cases Heard In City Court
Two city court cases resulted in guilty and guilty-plea findings. Rosemary Cira 21 of 14 Kurtz Street was found guilty of taking items valued at 9 dollars from Belk-Simpson on December 16. Angus Dunn 24 of Cambridge admitted taking two meat packages valued at 4 dollars from Athens Food Giant on Monday. Each defendant received a 200 dollar fine with half suspended, a suspended 30 day jail sentence, and six months probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary Cira
Kurtz St
Belk-Simpson
N. Court St
Angus Howard Dunn
Cambridge
Athens Food Giant
E. State St
Beer Stolen From Tavern Reported Near Smith Street
John Snyder, owner of the Lounge Bar on W. Union St near Smith St, told police nine cases of beer were stolen from his tavern between 3 30 p m Sunday and 10 a m Monday. Police investigated but found no sign of forcible entry.
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John Snyder
W. Union St
Smith St
Municipal Employes Group To Meet In Athens
Local 1782 of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employes will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the Athens Grange Hall Speakers include Dr Gordon Ogram Athens State Hospital superintendent and William Lynn director of Public Employes Counsel Columbus The city fire department responded to a gasoline leak at 10 54 p m Monday near 23 W Washington St flushing gasoline from the street in a 1958 car owned by Donald Curry Trimble
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American Federation of State
Athens
Washington St
Donald Curry
Trimble
West Green Threat As Hocking River Recedes
The Hocking River crest reached 15.7 feet late Tuesday night, staying under flood stage at 17 feet. Observers noted a slow decline after a second rise. Ohio University officials watched West Green dormitory area as water fell to 15.02 feet by 7 am. Temperatures dropped below freezing with a low of 18. Highs earlier reached 48.
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Hocking
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Ohio University
West Green
County Rehires All County Employes In 1966 Budget Plan
County commissioners have rehired all county employees as they finalize the 1966 appropriation resolution. The general fund is expected to bring in 668000 for 1966, plus a 12044.46 balance from last year, aiming to exceed the 648190 appropriation of the previous year. Rehired staff include dog catcher Charles Warren and deputy Lester Locke, clerk Helen Robinette, county home superintendent and matron Mr. and Mrs. Charles McDonald, TB nurse Dorothy Johnson, maintenance worker Clarence Carsey, courthouse matron Georgia Bolin, janitor Richard Perry, welfare director Phyllis Ross, and child welfare executive secretary Rowena Sprout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Whaley
Charles Warren
Lester Locke
Helen Robinette
Charles McDonald
Dorothy Johnson
Clarence Carsey
Georgia Bolin
Court House
Richard Perry
Phyllis Ross
Rowena Sprout
State Patrol Recruiting Struggles Highlight Rotary Talk
Lt. Roger Wilson of the Ohio State Highway Patrol told the Athens Rotary Club that patrol recruitment is tight with only 50 new men funded. He cited forces drawing applicants, pay, standards, and training demands as key hurdles.
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Roger Wilson
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Athens
Rotary Club
Wilson
Rotary
Ohio
Academy
Study Ordered On Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity Annex
The state will study the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity house annex after excavation caused the adjoining lot to sink. The wing was vacated last Friday by a state building inspector for safety. Officials from General Telephone Co and Karr Construction, plus the insurers, review the site. Amer Flay, 61, and Alice Day, 40, are named in the article.
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Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Dwight Robinson
General Telephone Co
Karr Construction
Chester
W. Washington St
Zoning Board Post Is Filled
Howard Bobo assistant manager of the Athens division of Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co appointed as alternate member of the city zoning board of appeals. He replaces Lowell Howard who resigned. J. Howard professor at Ohio University will be on leave second semester and summer session studying at Duke University Law School on Baker grant.
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Howard Bobo
Athens
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
City
Court Levies Fine After Restaurant Fight
Thomas E. Mills aged 21 of 28 Montrose Ave pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to assault and battery and intoxication. Police said Mills was held by six men after a fight at 19 S Court St. Patrick J. McInerney filed the assault charge. Mills fined 35 dollars and costs for fighting and 25 dollars plus costs for intoxication.
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Thomas E. Mills
Montrose Ave
Mills
S. Court St
Patrick J. McInerney
Glouster City Council Reorganizes and Names Committees
Glouster Mayor Thomas Williams Jr. led a reorganization in the council chambers oathing in newly elected councilmen Charles Beshara Frank Darling Robert Messbarger and Robert Skinner and new clerk Gladys Richards. Wilbur Balderson named president as councils approved multiple standing committees across planning finance ordinance building and land street fire health police cemetery relief pension park recreation and more. A city solicitor and police staffing decisions were not resolved with votes split among members.
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Glouster
Thomas Williams Jr
Charles Beshara
Frank Darling
Robert Messbarger
Robert Skinner
Board of Public Affirs
Rolland Hoffman
Arthur Moore
William Stephenson
Gladys Richards
Williams
Wilbur Balderson
Balderson
Messbarger
Lawrence Colbert
Terry Holbert
Bal
Derson
Darling
Joe Roback
Skinner
Beshara
Roback
Byron Conway
Ira Stansberry
William McClelland
Police Relief
James Schall
McClelland
Rolland Swart
James Gyure
Robert Funk
Richard McElhiney
Ray Holcomb
Park Recreation
Holbert
Frank Grubbs
Charles Patton Jr
Paul F. McAllister
Gyure
Francis White
William LaVelle
Chet Thompson
James A. Russell
City School Board Elects Officers and Shifts Meeting
The city school board re elected president Sol Rosenberg and named Homer B. Gall Sr. as vice president. Rosenberg has led the board since 1961. The monthly meeting date moved to the third Monday to give more time for financial materials. New members Walter Ervin and Dr. Marion Fugate took their oaths of office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Rosenberg
Homer B. Gall Sr
Rosenberg
Gall
Walter Ervin
Marion Fugate
How 88 648 Heavy Smokers Stopped Smoking
The Anti Tobacco Center of America publishes a booklet detailing how 88 648 heavy smokers including many physicians quit without will power strain. Free to smokers. send name and address to Theatre Tobacco Center of America Dept 525 0 1 366 Fifth Avenue New York NY. Offer valid while supplies last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anti-Tobacco Center of America
Theatre Tobacco Center of America
Fifth Avenue
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Willard Bratton
Columbus
Clifford Lamborn
First St
Fred Burton
John Lewis Crow
Nelsonville
Common Pleas
John Bolin
Edith Herron
H. H. Parrish
DeWitt Walker
Chester Burlenski, Jr
Robert Butts
James Miller
James H. Webb Jr
Ronald McBride
Terry Kirk Bumpass
Dempsey Allen
Robert Basil
Nora Reeves
James A. Brooks
Foreman
John Milton Myers
Ralph W. Clark
Carlvyle Mender
James W. Cope
Genevieve Starkey
Beulah Johnson
J. C. Armstrong
Sharpsburg
Harley Merritt
Guysville
Carl Whitlatch
Paul A. Kinnen
William Cartwright
Millfield
Katherine Gillett
Jacksonville
Eleanor Hiles
Dennis Childress
Chauncey
Army Engineers
Ohio River Basin
Lewis Pallo
Helen Pedigo
Logan Federal
Market St
Legen
Watchmaker — Jeweler
Wilson Baker
Berry Hall
N. Court
Tom Hendershot
Cols
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington, Milne
State Farm
Neip
Mpimivimn Tvuagovilo i
Economy Savings & Loan CO
Tel
Pomeroy
Logan
Thomas H. Romine
Howard Romine
Franklin Ave
Norfolk, Va
U.S. Army Band
Ft. Meade
Athens High School
Romine
Ft. Knox
Municipal Employes
State Patrol
Amer Flay
Alice Day
Zoning Board
the Security Bank
F.d.1.c
City School Board
MLL
Hayden, Stone
NEW York Stock Exchange
D. H. Genesy
Sams Cline Bldg
Athens, Ohio
Eee
Richard M. Phillips
Lynnwood
Mathews Agency
Earl Mathews, Inc. Insurance
Earl F. Mathe C. M. Gill Security Bank
Earl A. Hooper
D. M. Goddard
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