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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1973
Page
2
Local law officials counted just two accidents on county and city roads since early today as snow and rain glazed streets. State routes were partially snow covered and icy in spots with crews salt and clear roads around Athens.
Athens County Municipal Court faced a heavy docket with more than two dozen cases this morning before Judge Franklin J. Sheeter. Six defendants forfeited bonds, and multiple defendants pleaded guilty to charges ranging from speeding and driving while intoxicated to shoplifting and disturbing the peace.
Athens County Commissioners hear three candidates Dr. Robert Currie Sara Dean and Pat Torres for one open seat on the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board. They aim to appoint a woman to balance a board of five men and two women. The panel also delayed a $574 000 HEW grant for The Plains water sewer project to allow review by consultant George Mara and to address a road petition issue. Sheriff Brown seeks funds for an extra dispatcher and notes a Nelsonville police cruiser may be sold.
Washington AP reports it could take many years to determine the fate of more than 1,300 American servicemen listed as missing in Southeast Asia. U S representatives will name missing men to discuss with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong authorities. The Paris peace accord calls for cooperation but provides vague mechanisms for locating missing personnel and graves. Pentagon officials doubt Hanoi will permit extensive on soil searches and note hopes of enemy prisoner discoveries faded after the weekend.
Yesterday high 45 and low today 20. One year ago high 30 and low 14. Humidity at 4 p.m. yesterday 85 percent. at 9 a.m. today 73 percent. Sunset 5:46 p.m. Tonight sunrise 7:38 a.m. Barometric pressure adjusted to sea level at 9 a.m. 29.99 rising. Meteorological data from Ohio University geography department and observer Colmer.
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital reports new births for Albert Mattox and Jayle Johnson and Ray Pickett families with daughters and sons. Admitted patients include names from Athens and surrounding towns. Discharged include Richard McFarland Clyde Singer Thelma Ice and others from Athens and nearby communities.
Deputies in Athens County linked a Coolville breaking and entering to a juvenile from Cincinnati who had run away from Fairfield School for Boys. The incident at Hilltop Restaurant and Service Station yielded missing cigarettes cookies lunch meat bread and the car was found and returned. The youth was turned over to juvenile authorities for disciplinary action.
Mrs. Michael Ohlinger returned to her Albany home from O'Bleness Memorial Hospital after surgery. Her mother Mrs. Jesse Lake and aunt Mrs. Leo Kennedy Sr. assisted with her children Michael Angie and Julia. Michael nine observed his birthday on Jan nine and received a card from President Nixon bearing the presidential seal. Michael, a fourth grader in Albany, also sent the President a card.
A Monday Athens police briefing detailed several incidents including a driver spitting on Garry Goolsby after stopping for directions on Stimson Avenue. A purse theft at Magoo’s on Court Street affected Janice Caltagirone and Gail Manning. Vandalism at A&P on Stimson involved broken plate glass and missing items. Police cited other minor crashes with no injuries.
Clyde Gibson former Athens County auditor and longtime bank official now resides at the Ohio Masonic Home in Springfield. At 86 he was a star athlete at Ohio University and continues to attend OU athletic events. He previously lived in Amesville and then in Athens with his sister Katherine Hartley at 1 N. Shannon Ave. His wife died years ago.
Two OU students were taken to Hudson Health Center by the city fire department emergency squad on Sunday. Laurie Vella, 20, of Athens, suffered a toothache while Meredith Brause, 22, of 132 West Washington Street, endured severe abdominal pains.
Four Athens High School seniors Jane Tribe Fran Lavelle Barbara Stanley and Grant McQuate travel to Parkersburg Tuesday to appear on WTAPs Honor Society of the Air. They will compete against a St Marys High School team in West Virginia. The program airs at 7 p m.
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