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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1964
Page
12
Coroner records in Hocking County courthouse detail 62 deaths over 3 ½ years. Of these 22 natural, 11 self-inflicted, 14 auto accidents, 1 murder, 6 drownings, 8 other accidents. 1961 shows 11 natural, 2 personal crisis, 4 auto, 1 murder, 4 other. 1962 lists 7 natural, 3 suicides, 3 auto, 1 drowning. 1963 records include four natural deaths.
Logan Hocking County Dog Warden James Leonard logged the 31st dog bite case of the year. Pat Ayers, 14, was bitten near the Andy Verba home. Verba ordered to 14 day observation. Sheriff Hartman commented on death investigations and holiday safety reminders.
Logan City firemen answered two calls Friday night to small blazes. At 8:43 a fire started from clothing left on the floor at 450 E. Hunter Street owned by C. W. Christman, causing minor damage. The second fire at 9:16 involved a car owned by Douglas Sigler Jr. on West Street. the backfire ignited the air filter with minor damage.
Logan Robert J. Cain, 47, of Rockbridge Route 2, was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to three days in county jail with a six month license suspension after a drunk driving charge. He reportedly drove on Clapper Run off Route 180 at 11 15 p m Thursday, knocked down a fence on Glenn Wilson’s property, and left the scene before Sheriff Paul Hartman apprehended him nearby.
Local families share weekend visits across several towns. Benjamin Buchannan Jr. stationed at Fort Knox in basic training. Thelma Eagle and children traveled to Terra Alta West Virginia to visit her father. Numerous relatives from Stockport Fleming Rutland Athens Rio Grande Murray City Mansfield and Waldo visited over the period. A Logan resident Harley H Dobbs was fined for intoxication. Wilmington College closed admissions for resident students for the fall semester and returned all new applications.
A teenage burglar was apprehended by the sheriff on Friday for breaking into the Joe Taylor residence in Murray City. He is charged with stealing about $15 from the home on June 29, and the case is turned over to Murray City Marshal Floyd Keaton for disposition.
Paul W. Justice, 41, of Logan an Athens man, was arrested at 1:30 a.m. on W. Hunter Street for drunk driving. He is held in City Jail pending appearance before Mayor Jack Moorehead.
Logan City police responded to 246 Furnace St at 11 45 p m Thursday for a woman named Joan Morgan who became ill. Officers administered oxygen then transported her to Hocking Valley Hospital where she was treated and released.
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