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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1969
Page
7
Multiple short obituaries from Athens area list Robert A Dotson of Covington Ky killed in an auto accident near Covington. Other notices include Herbert E Parsons 74 of Guysville Route 1. Herbert C Lentz 66 Barboursville. Lena Reed Ratcliff 94 Letart Falls. Lillian McCracken 88 Athens. Funeral details and survivors provided.
Freezing rain caused numerous slides and crashes across Meigs and Gallia Counties with 11 reported incidents. A Meigs Local school bus slid on an icy Lincoln Hill road and children were moved to another bus. Weather officials warned of slick highways and hazardous driving as temperatures rise later day.
Comedian Bob Hope, 65, will undergo photocoagulation today for a recurring eye hemorrhage first seen Sunday night. He rests comfortably at the University of California Medical Center and has canceled engagements for 10 days.
Sheriff Troy Hoffman announced 25 of 31 injunction notices were served on Mason County school bus drivers and union officials. Judge James Thompson will rule after all defendants receive notices. The injunction, filed by the Mason County school board, follows a protest work stoppage since January 21.
Nelsonville Emblem Club No. 97 will observe Past Presidents Night at the Elks Hall tonight at 8. Jackie Osborne, delegate to Buckeye Girls State 1968 in Columbus, will be guest speaker. Osborne attends as sponsored by the Emblem Club for an event run by the Ohio American Legion Auxiliary.
Ten miners were feared trapped after a fire at Humphrey No. 7 mine near the West Virginia line in Mt. Morris Pennsylvania. About 100 workers were in the shafts when the blaze started. two hours later all but seven or ten men were accounted for. Company officials declined to comment at Morgantown or the mine site. The incident follows a deadly 78 miner disaster at Mannington, WV, on Nov. 20.
Clifford V. Frazier 58 of Beech Street was found dead Monday in the Middleport jail from a heart attack Meigs County Coroner Henry Ewing and a physician responded after police reported an arrest for drunken driving following a Third Avenue accident Frazier born in Meigs County survived by his wife a step daughter brother and four sisters Funeral services set for Thursday 10 a.m. at Rawlings Coats Funeral Home with burial at Gravel Hill Cemetery
U S and South Vietnamese officials anticipate three outcomes from North Vietnam and the Viet Cong at the Paris peace talks. They foresee military pressure on the battlefield and in Paris, a possible North Vietnamese diplomatic retreat, and efforts to elevate the Viet Cong’s position during negotiations.
Two men hijacked a National Airlines jet over the Florida Everglades and forced the pilot to Havana. A separate Key West to New York flight was captured and sent to Havana by knife wielding assailant claiming Navy desertion. The NAS flight from New Orleans to Miami with 25 passengers and seven crew was hijacked southeast of Tampa.
Thelma Ritter, veteran character actress, suffered a heart attack at 5 15 p m Monday at her Forest Hills Gardens home in Queens. Police said the 68 year old Moran was taken to Queens General Hospital where she was reported in critical condition.
New York AP Buffalo Bills select O. J. Simpson from Southern Cal with the No 1 pick in the third annual pro draft. Simpson, Heisman winner, seeks a potential 600000 bonus. Atlanta picks George Kunz next. Leroy Keyes chosen by Philadelphia third.
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