Demolition Derby Highlight At Hocking County Fair Opening
The a three heat car and horse racing program with a $300 purse is planned for the Hocking County Fair opening Sept 10. New admissions policy sets general $1 Gale passes and $2.50 season memberships. Junior exhibitors may buy 50 cent or $1 exhibitors tickets. A free three clowns show precedes harness racing and a Buckeye Trail Horse Show is slated for Sunday. Sam Terrell resigns as grounds caretaker after 14 years. replacement to be named.
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Logan
Hocking County Fair
Fair Board
Gale
Sam Terrell
Terrell
Clerk To Fill Election Post In Murray City
Eleanor Ayers to assist in the Board of Elections office as interim clerk while Edna Anthony is hospitalized at Mount St. Mary. Ayers previously helped during the last election and will accept filings for the upcoming election in Murray City.
Browning Remanded on Felony Charges After Grand Jury
Logan Boyd G. Browning, 28, held for grand jury on several felonies, remanded to County Court on two misdemeanors. Judge James Stillwell sentenced Browning to 30 days in jail and $100 plus costs for resisting arrest, and $50 plus costs for concealed identity.
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Logan
Boyd G. Browning
James Stillwell
Browning
Hocking Valley Hospital Birth and Transfers
Mr and Mrs Paul Warren of Logan Route 3 announce the birth of a son. Admitted: Mrs Virgil Emirk and Miss Sherry Geil of Logan, Mrs How erd Notestone of Laurelville. Transferred to Lang Lancaster Fairfield. Dismissed: Mrs Sinkler Morrison.
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Paul Warren
Logan
Route 3
Virgil Emirk
Sherry Geil
How Erd Notestone
Laurelville
Lang Caster
Fairfield
Trashmen’s Guarantee Promises Satisfaction Or Double Your Garbage
A suburban Miami garbage company runs trucks with a large sign promising satisfaction guaranteed or double your garbage back. The bold pledge aims to reassure customers about service quality.
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Miami
Suburban cookie box cash grab ends with refunds
A 2 year old tossed a cookie box containing 2645 dollars from a passing car in a Baltimore suburb. Residents raced to collect cash as cars ran over the box. $2197 was returned to the Browns. investigators believe an unidentified motorist kept about 448.
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Baltimore
Richard Brown
Dr. Langevin Named New President of Capital University
Dr. Thomas H. Langevin, 47, academic vice president of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash., was named Tuesday as the new president of Capital University in Columbus Ohio, to succeed Dr Harold L Yoch um who retires August 31 after years in the post.
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Columbus, Ohio
Thomas H. Langevin
Tacoma
Wash
Capital University
Langevin
Pacific Lutheran University
Harold L. Yoch
Polish refugee finds $1.80 painting worth $20000
Wilhelm Weiner, a Polish refugee in London, bought a mother and baby painting for $1.80 in an English market. After three years, experts declare it a 200 year old Goya likely painted in Rome about 1770. He guards the artwork in a bank vault saying he will not risk loss.
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London
Wilhelm Weiner
Rome
Weiner
Computer Age Reaches Almanac Weather Conjecture
The Hagerstown Town and Country Almanac, 172 years old, adopts computer help for weather conjecture with Mount St. Mary’s College professor William E. O Toole III directing. He says computers cut calculation time but won’t replace traditional moon phase factors. Starting 1969-70 season, mixed leagues get one set of materials with ABC and WIBC IDs.
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Hagerstown, Md
Hagerstown Town and Country
William E. O'Toole III
Mount St. Mary's College
Errenitsburg
O'Toole
ABC
WIBC
Jaycees Aid Veterans in Logan Under Assistance Program
Eight veterans have been contacted by the Jaycees since the Veterans Assistance program started in February. Jaycee volunteers visit returned servicemen offering help finding work or pursuing education, invite attendance at meetings, and leave referral cards for future aid. Contact Tom Shurtz at 385 6061 if you are a veteran not yet reached.
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Logan
Jaycees
Tom Shurtz
Mission Day set at Trinity Methodist in Logan
Logan residents are invited to a Mission Day at Trinity United Methodist Church corner of Spring and Hunter Street. Rev and Mrs Byron Clark and family, on furlough from the Philippines, will lead services and share experiences from Baguio City Manila and the Northwest Philippines Conference. The program includes speeches sermons slides and a community carry in dinner.
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Logan
Trinity United Methodist Church
Spring
Hunter Street
Byron Clark
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Clark
Northwest Philippines
Baguio City
Manila
Clarks
John
Ohio Wesleyan University
Jeffrey
Brent High School
James
Brent
Jean
Joan
Mildred
D. S. Dunkle
Commission On Missions
Expert Talks About Ponds at Farm Pond Clinic
Logan Granville Smith of the Soil Conservation Service will discuss aquatic weed control and fish pond stocking at the Farm Pond clinic set by the Hocking Soil and Water Conservation district on July 17 at 6 30 p m. The event at the Harry L Conrad farm on Township Road 70 includes farm pond safety and legal aspects of pond ownership.
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Logan
Granville Smith
Soil Conservation Service
Hocking Soil & Water Conservation District
Harry L. Conrad
Police Cite Youth After Collision
Logan Steven C. Leasure 17 was cited by city police for failure to maintain clear distance after his car rear ended Larry R. Tuller 18 on West Main Street. Leasure claimed brakes failed.
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Logan
Steven C. Leasure
W. Hunter St
Larry R. Tuller
Summit Station
W. Main Street
Leasure
Births at Mount St Mary Hospital Highlight Local Families
Mount St. Mary Hospital reports births to several area families including Cecil R. Neel and wife Nelsonville daughter. Derek Pettit and wife Glouster Route 3 daughter. Frank McGuire and Rose Gyurko Glouster Route 3. Ida Lanning Glouster Route 3. Gerald Dickerson Nelsonville. Hazel West McArthur. Sarah Liff Logan. Anita Ackerman Athens Route 5. Nancy Sanders Albany Route 1. Madonna Kelly Nelsonville and Stewart Hendrick Lincoln Park Michigan.
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Frank McGuire
Nelsonville
Rose Gyurko
Glouster
Ida Lanning
Gerald Dickerson
Hazel West
McArthur
Sarah Liff
Logan
Kenneth Cook
New Straitsville
Anita Ackerman
Athens
Nancy Sanders
David Sanders
Albany
Madonna Kelly
Stewart Hendrick
Lincoln Park
Mich
Jaycees Serve 1000 Cups Coffee on Route 33 West
Logan reports a community service by the Jaycees serving about 1000 cups of coffee 50 dozen donuts and 30 gallons of soft drinks to travelers in 600 cars Sunday. Ed Oswalt directed with John Gillogly assisting on Route 33 west. thanks go to the highway department WLGN Radio and local merchants for support.
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LOGAN
The
Jaycees
Ed Oswalt
John Gillogly
Highway Department
WLGN
Mary Jane Bakers
Schmitters Bakers
A&p
Kroger
Super Duper
Conleys
Nicks Wine Shop
Lamberts
Hughes Hotel Losses Heavy In Ist Week
LAS VEGAS Nevada AP Howard Hughes Landmark Hotel lost more than a half million dollars to gamblers in its first week. The 31 story property opened July 1 after construction starting in 1961 and is owned by Hughes who runs five other hotels. Local gamblers who own or run other strip hotels reportedly won most of the money. The casino notes odds favor the house and expects to recover losses.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Howard Hughes
Landmark Hotel
Hughes
Unemployment Claims Down In Two Counties
Logan and Athens each reported 12 initial claims for the week ending July 5 with 110 and 97 continued claims respectively. The 231 total is 17 lower than the prior week and 102 below the year-ago period, per Harold Zimmerman of the Ohio State Employment Service. Local job openings include a department store manager and four life insurance salesmen among others.
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Logan
Athens
Harold Zimmerman
Ohio State Employment Service
Nelson
MP to establish Shikar Hunting Corporation for foreign hunters
The Madhya Pradesh government will set up a Shikar Hunting Corporation to serve foreign big game hunters. The 171,000 square mile state aims to curb poaching in game preserves and curb steep charges by private agencies, with reports of a tourist paying 10,000 rupees to spot a tiger.
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Bhopal
India
Madhya Pradesh
Shikar Hunting Corporation
Computers To Control New Jets
Lockheed plans to have the L1011 airliner guided by onboard and ground computers most of the time starting in 1971 with takeoff and landing exceptions. The system, under two years of study, may be offered as an option around $250,000 for buyers.
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Los Angeles
Lockheed California Co
Lockheed
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Cheryl Mitchell
Hocking
John Charles Shonk
Lancaster
Kathleen Frances Schmeltzer
Womew
Hocking Hills Country Club
Women’s Golf Association
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