Positive response to Athens center push for legal aid on blocked releases
Athens Mental Health Center officials won support from State Assistant Commissioner Gordon Ogram for expanding legal help to hospitals. Clinical Director David Caul urged an attorney general opinion and possible full-time or contracted legal aid, citing 20 patients blocked from release and broader needs.
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Athens Mental Health Center
Gordon F. Ogram
David Caul
Ogram
J. Wylie McGough
Caul
McGough
Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
James T. Welsh
Charles Chaney
Attorney General’s Office
Chaney
Center
Department
Attorney General
The
Messenger
Rtt
William J. Brown
Athens
Petitions Due August 4 For Athens County Races
The rush is on for petitions to run in Athens County village township and school board elections. Aug 4 is the deadline for seven villages 14 townships and six school boards. Three petitions already filed include Lee Two trustee Dover Two trustee and Troy Two trustee.
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Athens County
William Henry Swart
Albany
Lee
Robert Weekley
Millfield
Dover Two
Clay K. Rowley
Coolville
Troy Two
Amesville
Chauncey
Jacksonville
Trimble
Buchtel
Athens City
Education Exhibit Planned at Ohio University
Ohio University's College of Education will sponsor an exhibit of educational materials by the Ohio Bookmen's Club in Jefferson Hall on July 15 and 16. The display, open to the public from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 15 and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on July 16, features material on programmed learning audio visual aids teaching machines and textbooks.
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Ohio University
College of Education
Ohio Bookmen’s Club
Jefferson Hall
E. Union Street
Athens resident named distinguished student at Purdue University
Elizabeth Gene Wheaton of 77 Elmwood Place is named a distinguished student at Purdue University. She ranks in the top 15 percent of Purdue's 19,967 students with a home economics major. Sales of British electronic components in 1970 totaled 792 million dollars.
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Lafayette
Ind
Athens
Purdue University
Purdue
Elizabeth Gene Wheaton
Elmwood Pl
Missing Nelsonville man is centerpiece of photo clue
Relatives of Clayton Murphy report he has been missing six months and fear foul play. A Messenger photo published June 30 surfaced as a possible lead with a friend claiming to have seen Murphy in Nelsonville three weeks ago. Murphy was last reported missing January 16 or 17 to the Athens County sheriff.
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Clayton Murphy
Nelsonville
the Messenger
Murphy
Sheriff's Department
Athens County
James Taylor
Martin Read
Three Area Agencies Direct NYC Programs
Three area community action agencies direct Neighborhood Youth Corps programs in NYC this summer as part of 45 NYC projects. Grants total 297,510 funding 707 jobs in Athens Hocking Perry Gallia Meigs and Jackson Vinton counties. Youths earn 1.60 dollars an hour for about 26 hours weekly for nine weeks with remedial education counseling and career guidance.
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U.S. Department of Labor
Nyc
Ohio
Tri-County
National Forecast Shows Showers and Warmer Conditions
Scattered showers and thundershowers are forecast for various parts of the country Friday. It will be warm in the lower Mississippi valley and cool in the Pacific Northwest. Yesterday’s high 89 and low 71, with a humidity reading of 79 percent at 9 a.m. today. Precipitation yesterday was zero. total this month 0.15 inches. year total 16.60 inches, 5.80 inches below normal. Barometric pressure steady at 30.15 inches. Sunset 8:58 p.m. tonight. sunrise 6:11 a.m. tomorrow. River readings supplied by Ohio University Department of Geography.
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Mississippi Valley
Pacific Northwest
Ohio University Department of Geography
C. L. Colmer
U.S
Local births and admits listed with Athens and area names
A regional birth and admission notice lists several families from Amesville Albany New Marshfield and Glouster with daughters and a son. It also notes admissions including Darryl Maddox Mary Osborne Dan nette Russell Fred Adams Oakey Myers and others. Athens Station No 2 fire crew responded to a Parkette Drive In blaze at 315 am Friday caused by a faulty gas range valve. damage was slight.
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Darryl Maddox
Athens
Mary Osborne
New Marshfield
Dannette Russell
Glouster
Fred Adams
Nelsonville
Oakey Myers
Trimble
Picnic To Honor Howards At Strouds Run Road
Wesleyan Church of Athens holds a farewell picnic dinner for Rev and Mrs Donald Howard at 6:30 p.m. at the Kiwanis shelter near Dow Lake. A farewell gift and mortgage burning ceremony are planned as Rev Howard concludes a two year pastorate Sunday before Rev Holdren becomes pastor July 18 after graduating From Asbury Seminary.
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Kenney Memorial Wesleyan Church of Athens
Donald Howard
Kiwanis
Stroud’s Run Road
Dow Lake
Howards
Howard
David Holdren
Mr. Holdren
Asbury Seminary
Wilmore
Reedsville Girl Scouts Camp At Meigs Park
Reedsville Troop 67 held a three day day camp with one overnight at Forked Run State Park. Activities included outdoor cooking hiking and knots. First aid and rescue techniques were taught by Elizabeth Smith R N with nursing student Pat Smith assisting.
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Reedsville
Girl Scouts
Meigs Park
Forked Run State Park
Elizabeth Smith
R.N
Pat Smith
Ohio State University
Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes
Master Cullen Lee Rutter along with several residents of Logan Route 3 and nearby towns are listed with Mrs. Maggie Christian of Carbon Hill Mrs. Myrtle Reno of Peebles and Mrs. Lendel Wade of Gloucester. Also mentioned are Master James Dowler Belford Rosser Otis Triplett and Robert Rutter.
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Cullen Lee Rutter
Logan
Maggie Christian
Carbon Hill
Myrtle Reno
Peebles
Lendel Wade
Glouster
James Dowler
Belford Rosser
Otis Triplett
Robert Rutter
Wadley Family Visits Air Force Museum in Dayton
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wadley and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wadley and children of Buckeye Lake visited the Air Force Museum in Dayton. The Wadleys’ grandchildren Randy, Charles and Joan have spent the past week with their Chauncey grandparents.
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Charles Wadley
Lexington Avenue
Harold Wadley
Buckeye Lake
Air Force Museum
Dayton
Wadley
Randy
Charles
Joan
Chauncey
Vienna Ill Penitentiary Library Houses 18000 Books
The state penitentiary at Vienna Illinois maintains a staffed library with about 18 000 volumes.
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State
Vienna
Ill
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