Crack Halts Banquet Foods Plant Work in Wellston
Production at Banquet Foods Corp in Wellston paused after a ceiling crack appeared in a processing room. About 634 workers were sent home after the Tuesday discovery. no injuries were reported as police and sheriff deputies were kept at the gate by security.
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Wellston
Banquet Foods Corp
South Edge
Ralston-Purina Co
Banquet
Wellston Police
Jackson County Sheriff's Department
Ohio Tourism Promotion Bill Advances From House
State Rep. Claire Ball backs legislation letting counties townships and municipalities use local funds for tourism promotion. Ball notes current AG interpretation blocks such use and says the bill would boost Southeastern Ohio tourism and revenue. The measure heads to the Senate after House passage for governor approval.
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Claire ‘‘Buz” Ball
Ohio
Attorney General
House
Ohio Senate
Governor's Office
Ball
Community Activities and Meetings in Athens County
A compact listing of events across Athens County including First Christian Church CWF Group VI and Higley Study Group meetings, Masonic and R A M chapters, women organizations, United Mine Workers Auxiliary, VFW posts, and service clubs. Highlights include installation of officers at Moose Lodge, Karen Firestone talk, prayer vigil for unborn children, and craft sessions such as copper enameling at OU Women's Hobby Club.
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First Christian Church
CWF
Higley
Ray Knudson
Grand Park Bivd
Athens Chapter
R.A.M
Albany Masonic Temple
Athens Council
R&sm
Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge
Moose Lodge
Women In Communications Inc
Lasher Hall
Karen Firestone
Ohio Energy and Conservation Agency
the Plains United Methodist
Women of the Moose
Masonic Temple
United Mine Workers Auxiliary
Jacksonville
Eagles Hall
Trimble Township
VFW
Ira Burnfield
H. H Rowland
Amere Club
Earl Ae
Morris Ave
Women's Hobby Club
Barbara Lacy
State St
Athens County
Galbreath Chapel
International Wives Club
Catholic Student Center
Mill
Attempted Theft Crash Reported in Hocking County
A two car crash on State Route 278 near Logan involved Charles G. Lehman and Ruby L. Johnson with injuries claimed by both drivers. Johnson cited for driving left of center. Nearby at Bailey Sohio in Rockbridge deputies investigated a glass break and footprints leading to a wooded area. no arrest made.
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LOGAN
Hocking County
Rolland Bailey
Bailey Sohio
Rockbridge
Fairfield County Sheriff's Department
Weather Summary and Forecast For Ohio and Regions
The bulletin reports yesterday high 38 and today low 19 with humidity at 89 percent at 9 a.m. Snow flurries likely tonight in southeastern Ohio with lows in the upper teens and a 70 percent snow chance tonight, 50 percent Thursday. Extended outlook notes snow in the north and rain in the south Friday with winds and warmer weekend highs in the 30s to 40s. Regional notes cover Lake Shore Northwest Inland Northeast Inland East Central and West Central Central Southwest with cold conditions and varying snow chances. West Virginia expects light snow through Thursday with one to two inches totals except eastern panhandle.
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Wedensday
Ohio
Lake Shore
East Central
West Central Central Southwest
West Virginia
Panhandle
Area death notices for Cullison of Athens Route 2
Roy Cullison 1 died Tuesday in O'Bleness Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Athens County and worked for Ohio Ferro-Alloy Co and as a coal miner. Survived by four children, 22 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren. preceded in death by two wives and several siblings. Services Thursday at 1 p.m. Johnson Funeral Home Nelsonville. burial Salem Cemetery.
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Cullison
Roy Cullison
Athens
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Athens County
John
Matilda Six Cullison
Ohio Ferro-Alloy Co
Philo
Richard
Thelma) McKibben
Andrew
Elma) Rupp
Roseville
Herbert
Charles
Glouster
Elza
Nelsonville
Ethel McDonald Cullison
Gladys Hancock Cullison
Mary
Betty
Henry
Tom
Jane Lightfritz
Ethel Carsey
Lila Crum
Iva Hunt
Clara Bailey
Michael
Gary Cullison
Rick McKibben
Johnson
Paul Cook
Salem Cemetery
Putnam
White Funeral
Donald Marken
Chesterhill
Rhoda Mary Harris
Ira Harris
Michael and
Sarah Harris Tabler
Cleveland
Mount Pleasant
Arthur Harris
Stone- Matheney
John Montgomery
Harris Cemetery
Cutler
Blanche T. Randall
Wyandotte
Mich
Wyandotte General Hospital
Frost
Hiram
Martha Richardson Thomas
Christian Church of
McArthur
Willard A. Wine
South Bloomingville
Vinton County
Jackson Twp
G. P
Rachel Jane Woodard Wine
Arthur
Carroll
Vinnie Thompson
Geneva Morrison
Chestnut Grove
James N. Blower
Ray Brandenburg
Lexington
M. Ray Brandenburg
Fox Road
Mansfield General Hospital
Sylvester and
Mabel Rorick Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Army
Ohio Association of Public School
Lexington Church of the Nazarene
Dorothy
David R
Mansfield
Brenda
Kankankee
Ill
David
Carol) Myers
Fostoria
R. Earl
Neta Horn
Titusville
Fla
Fay Saylor
Van
Fern Hill
the Plains
Church of the Nazarene
Eugene Whitmer
Colonial Memorial Gardens
Snyder Funeral Home
Lexington Ave
O.B. Hatcher
Fairview Cemetery
Letart
FH Student 15 Drowns After Ice Rescue Attempt
A 15 year old Federal Hocking Middle School student John Kennedy Putnam drowned in the Hocking River after falling through ice while trying to save a deer near Coolville. His sister Rebecca also broke through. father David helped her to safety. Services will be Friday at White Funeral Home.
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John Kennedy Putnam
Hocking River
Federal Hocking Middle School
Athens County
Rebecca
David Putnam
Church official denounces mixing church with government affairs
In Washington DC a Seventh-day Adventist leader says religion should not involve itself in politics. He condemns reports of missionaries linked to the CIA and reiterates church policy of remaining apolitical and loyal to national duties. Also in Logan, a furnace control malfunction caused a mobile home fire in Enterprise with minor damage.
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Washington, D.C
CIA
G. Ralph Thompson
General Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists
United States
Logan
Ron Huffer
Enterprise
Local hospital notes list numerous patients and families
Hospital notes document multiple patients and accompanying relatives across Nelsonville, Glouster, Logan, Minersville, Pomeroy, Syracuse, and surrounding areas. Names include Roy Snackenberg, Mrs Sarah Somers, George Townsend, Miss Stella Krotche, Mrs Ada Wright, and many others with listed residences and familial ties.
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Roy Snackenberg
Sarah Somers
George Townsend
Hattie Hickman
Nelsonville
David Sayre
Willard Wright
Robert Gaddis
Glouster
Harry Alan Nixon
Gerald Kennard
Stella Krotche
Buchtel
Shirley Patel
Lancaster
Pomeroy Woman Faces Coronary Surgery in Columbus
Delores Ricker is at University Hospital Columbus awaiting heart surgery Tuesday. She is in Room 561 Means Hall.
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Delores Ricker
Pomeroy
University Hospital, Columbus
Hall
Athens Fire Squad and Illness Report
Two individuals became ill while traveling to O'Bleness Hospital. Miss Mary Brooks, 26, of Route 50 East, and Elmer Pickens, 49, of Racine Route 2, were noted with illness on separate rides from nearby locations. Case in Pomeroy continued by Judge Buck with jurors deferred until Thursday at 9 a.m.
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Mary Brooks
Courthouse Restroom
O’bleness
Ill
Elmer Pickens
Racine
Pomeroy Road
O'Bleness
Pomeroy
Robert Buck
Athens Soil and Water District Earns Superior Rating
The Athens Soil and Water Conservation District received a superior rating from the Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts for the first time since 1965 at the federation’s 33rd annual meeting. District director Cleo Gold accepted the award, noting 1975 goals and achievements in Arbor Day wildlife information and hay day.
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Athens
Northwest Territory land office becomes museum in Steubenville
The first federal land office of the Northwest Territory built in 1800 is now a museum. It sits in Steubenville Ohio just south of Fort Steuben Bridge at the U S 22 and Ohio 7 junction.
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Federal Land Office
Northwest Territory
Steubenville
Ohio
Fort Steuben Bridge
U.S. 22
Ohio 7
County Court Dockets Include Resisting Arrest Open Containers and Drunk Driving
Multiple defendants face charges in Hocking County with names such as Roger D Mayle Donald Whan Dennis Rogers and Kermit Clark. Cases include assault shoplifting resisting arrest open container disorderly conduct and driving while intoxicated with fines costs and jail terms noted. Some actions are dismissed or reduced including non support and contempt of court.
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Roger D. Mayle
Sheriff's Department
Rick Phillips
Donald Whan
Athens
Bob Sanders
Randall L. Wilson
Albany
Betty Wilson
Kermit Clark
Guysville
Buckeye Mart
David L. McCoy
Canterbury Drive
Craig K. Greenoff
Wray House
Stephen Kirkendall
S. High St
Mark R. Jones
Norwalk
Washington Bowers Jr
Logan
POMEROY FAMILY MOURNS GEORGE YOUNG 52
George Joe Young 52 of Pomeroy Route 3 died Tuesday at Holzer Medical Center. Survived by Ellen Cunningham Young his mother Alma Young of Pomeroy a son George two daughters Dottie Nelson and Patty Doerfer ten grandchildren and several nieces plus his father John James Doris Jean and a sister Imogene Cunningham. Funeral Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Ewing Funeral Home with Rev Floyd Shook officiating. Burial at Rock Springs funeral home.
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Syracuse
David H. Mills
Holzer Medical Center
Disabled American Veterans
Pomeroy
First United Presbyterian c Church of
Rachel McBride
Delbert S. Mills
Buckeye Lake
Ewing
Dwight Za
George Young
George Joe Young
Pomeroy Route 3
Ellen Cunningham Young
Alma Young
George
Dottie Nelson
Patty Doerfer
Frank Young
Minersville
Harry Young
Alfred Young
Rutland
Roger Young
Chester
W. Va
Imogene Cunningham
John Young
James
Doris Jean
Ewing Funeral Home
Floyd Shook
Rock Springs
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Tourism
Senate
Athens City
Albany Fair Board
Albany Grange Halls
Lake Hope Drive
Rothwell Club
Lake Burr Oak Lodge
J. E. Williams
Ross County
James Ross
Pennsylvania
Plains
Ohio University Geography Department
C. L. Colmer
U.S
David Mills
Dan Dry
Mason, W. Va
Grace Brethren Church
Coolville
Decatur Chapel
Mrs
Rebecca Robinson
Parkersburg, W. Va
Dora
Dorsey Roush
Mason
Dorsey Lee Roush
New Haven
Good Year Tire and Rubber Co
Ernest and
Eva Quillin Roush
Masonic Lodge
F&am
United Methodist Church
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Huntington
Graham Baptist Church
Fathers House
Hartford
Mildred E. Roush
Daniel
Carolyn) Lawrence
Gallipolis
Burrell
Sara) Dawson
Orris
Anna) Harris
Lewis E. Roush
Foglesong Funeral Home
George Hoschar
William
Bud) Hatfield
Kirkland Memorial Gardens
Point Pleasant
Rhoda Harris
Blanche Randall
Willard Wine
Lewis Boggess
Henderson
Stevens
Tommy) Kinnaird
Calhoun Cemetery
Gallipolis Ferry
Leslie Meadows
Leslie G
Jack) Meadows
Appie Grove
Ashton
Galliton A
Hattie Wheaton Meadows
International Nickel Plant
Church of Christ
Western Star
Guyandotte
Clara Jordon Meadows
James A
Carolyn) Barbour
Forest Meadows
Detroit
Carl Meadows
Barboursville
O.L
Ruby) Fisher
Harold Jordon
Church of Christ In
Ron Adams
Beal Chapel
Apple Grove
William Welch
Mount St. Mary
Mary Reinshell
Kathy Zarley
Ada Wright
Donna Kahle
Hocking Valley Birth
Charles Donaldson, Logan
Michael Lanning
Ronnie Kuhn
Charles Rutter
Sandra Shultz
Rose Downs
Kevin Muncy
Spencer Adams
John McCormick
Dorothea Pickett
Pauline Jones
Fred Anderson
Joseph Hallett
William Reeves
Helen Inboden
Dennis Smalley
Veterans Memorial Admitted
Vena Marcinko
Wanda Imboden
Ada Harper
Myrtle Wolford
Vinton
Mary Roberts
Middleport
Wilbur Leifheit
Crystal Counts
Lura Counts
Victor Counts
Kathleen Counts
Bennett Roush
Clarence Baker
Margaret Allen
Gary Ginther
O’ Bleness
Everett Holcomb
Gene Warner
Dave Richert
Edna Moore
Dean Scott
Kenneth Williams
Wendy Sanders
Esta Dickson
Gerald Stephenson
Murray City
Darrell Hillen
New Marshfield
Christina Southworth
Beaver
Robert Cain
Chauncey
Jack Thannum
D. Patrick McDaniel
Larry McCoy
Jimmy Bond
Tammy Brown
Ella Windland
William Lydick
Lottie Bartlett
David Castor
Beth Riley
Athens Fire Squad
Court News
Athens Municipal Court
Athens County Probate
Gregory A. Koegler
Beth I. Pascarella
Dana Channell
Deanna Hutchins
Paul D. McCabe
Cincinnati
Brenda J. Underwood
Glen Murphy
Nelsonvil
Roger T Lockwood
Gardner Mass
Nelsonville Agor
Michael Crumbacky
Haydenville
Edward R. Cunningham
Don G. Smith
Franklin Sr
Ted Holcomb
William O. Hopkins
Waivers
Willard Reeves
Loretta Cunningham
Hester Scarberry
High St
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