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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1958
Page
8
Detroit police questioned James Butler after he said hunger made his car zigzag while he ate a car ton of chop suey at the wheel. A judge fined him twenty five dollars plus costs.
A late model car stolen Monday in Huntington was wrecked Wednesday night one mile west of Bidwell on Route 554. Driver Robert M. Halley, 25, Gallipolis, faces drunken driving charges. passenger Harvey Leslie Cox, 29, Huntington, admits stealing the car and is jailed for Huntington police. Both men suffered minor injuries.
The report lists river traffic gauges and dam statuses on the Kanawha and Ohio rivers. It records boat movements at multiple locks, with numerous vessels showing up or down tonnage at specific times, alongside dam statuses indicating which are up or sil. It notes Kanawha River dams all on the sil and general upward movement of movable Ohio River dams.
Gallia Municipal Court Judge William H. Jones bound Cecil Oiler of Bidwell over to the grand jury on auto theft charges with a $1000 bond after he pleaded guilty and signed a confession. Oiler was arrested with Clell Bland Wood, who pleaded innocent to related charges and was also bound over with a $1000 bond.
A birth is recorded for Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Casto of Cheshire. The list shows numerous admissions for medical and surgical care including Virginia Lee Browning Jackson medical and Connie Sue Meek Gallipolis Ferry medical. Several patients are discharged, and a long roster of names is listed as discharged or inpatients across Gallipolis Jackson Wellston and surrounding areas.
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