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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1968
Page
10
A long list of visits and relatives across Ohio and Kentucky fills the Kyger News Notes. Families from Morehead Columbus Brighton Pickerington Cincinnati and Gallipolis, among others, share weekends, holidays, and dinners with kin in Gallia and nearby towns. The item closes noting large fuel and energy deposits in the Sahara. It also records Angola’s discovery by Diogo Cão in 1482 and early missionary arrival in the 1490s.
Albany NY reports four straight sub zero days with gas stations running dry as storage tanks froze and gauges failed. A attendant said dry gas available but antifreeze checks impossible due to frozen instruments while the low hit minus 25. The piece notes unrelated historical facts about Benjamin Thompson and railroad gauges.
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