C of C Task Force Seeks New Members in Athens Drive
A 25 man task force of Athens businessmen launches a campaign to add members to the Athens Chamber of Commerce. Kickoff lunch at the Sportsman with James Anastas coordinating the effort. members will contact businesses and report back next week. The chamber enters its eighth year with nearly 300 memberships and features a new brochure and plaques for members.
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Athens
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Sportsman
James Anastas
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Athens Business Association
Homer Baird
John Clark
Les Cornwell
Brad Davis
George Drach
Dale _ Goldsberry
Charles Hayes
Orland Houck
Lyndon Johnson
John Jones
Robert Keatley
Joe Kelly
Kenny Kerr
Harold Laughlin
Dave Lundberg
Earl Mathews
Gordon Page
Jess Perry
H. C. Rutter
Marion Schroeder
Raymond Shepard
Howard Stout
Bill Whaley
Fritz Wheaton
Ann Algeo
Miller Bill Seeks Higher Interest on Savings Bonds
Rep Clarence E Miller introduces a bill to raise Series E and H bond interest to 6 percent, arguing current limits harm savers while Treasury yields favor wealthy bondholders. He also backs coinage of Eisenhower silver dollars using new alloy for half dollars.
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Washington, D.C
Gressman
Clarence E. Une
Miller
Treasury
Two Men Plead Guilty in Municipal Court
Two men pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to public intoxication charges filed by the State Highway Patrol. Ekson R. Hardy, 49, of Nelsonville Route 1, and Clarence W. Brooks, 59, Stewart Route 1, were each fined $25 and costs.
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State Highway Patrol
Ekson R. Hardy
Nelsonville
Clarence W. Brooks
Stewart
Hardy
Carr’s Tavern
Brooks
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Admits list includes Harry Mansfield Rosalie Ter re Merrill Riggie John Donaldison Ira Gilkey 7 Adams and others from Athens Amesville and Cutler. Discharges include Vern Riley Charles Phillips Mary Ann James and several others.
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Harry Mansfield
Rosalie Terre
Merrill Riggie
John Donalidson
Ira Gilkey
Adams
John Jeffers
Athens
Martha Powell
Luella Parsons
Amesville
Homer Howell
Cutler
Vern Riley
Charles Phillips
Mary Ann James
Craig Hissong
George Cain
Myrtle Figley
Elza Chalfant
Richard Pendergast
Mark Stauffer
Ralph Kliesch
Charles Perrine
Robert Sheldon
Mae Guess
Stan Sanders
Ethel Shirkey
Athens Man Stricken at Water Ski Tournament
Merrill Riggle of Rolling Hills was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital by the Coolville emergency squad after becoming ill during a water ski tournament in Hockingport. Squadmen said he appeared to have suffered a heart attack and was given oxygen en route to the hospital. The tournament was sponsored by the Athens Boat and Ski Club.
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Merrill Riggle
Rolling Hills
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Coolville
Hockingport
Riggle
Athens Boat and Ski Club
Eblen Sent To Japan After Vietnam Injuries
Samuel A. Eblen Jr., who was injured in Vietnam on June 30, has been transferred to a U. S. Armed Forces base in Japan. The 20 mm machine gunner suffered skull facial and pelvic fractures when his jeep overturned. He may be addressed at the 249th General Hospital Camp Drake Japan APO San Francisco California.
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Samuel A
Butch) Eblen Jr
Vietnam
U. S
Japan
Eblen
Sam Eblen
Lakeview Apts
249Th General Hospital
Camp Drake
APO
San Francisco
Calif
District Insurance Meeting Sets Attendance Record
Leonard Dempsey of Glouster attended a Burr Oak Lodge meeting as part of six sessions across Ohio for agency reps of the Western Reserve Group. District manager Dempsey reported a record attendance near 1,006 people. T. M. Lintala directed the sessions.
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Glouster
Leonard Dempsey
Burr Oak Lodge
Ohio
Western Reserve Group of Wooster
Western Reserve Mutual Casualty
Lightning Rod Mutual
Farmers Mutual Home Insurance
Dempsey
T. M. Lintala
Auto Blaze Brought To Fire Station
Firefighters received a blaze at the station on Columbus Road at 9 45 a m Sunday when Homer Bolin Jr of Jacksonville drove into the headquarters with a discarded cigarette starting a fire on the back seat of his car. Damage was slight.
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Homer Bolin Jr
Jacksonville
Columbus Road
Cigarett
Ohio House aid bill called inadequate by Athens Supt
Athens County schools face recruitment disadvantages as superintendent Robert L. Weinfurther criticizes the recently passed Ohio House education bill for not closing the gap with Western Virginia pay scales. He urges Senate changes while four county staff are hired for Title I and special education projects and institute leadership is appointed.
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Athens County
Robert L. Weinfurther
County Board of Education
Weinfurther
Senate
West Virginia
William O. Elmore
Pauline van Pelt
Hocking-Athens-Perry
Ronald Williams
Ohio University
Patricia McHugh
Elmore
Fireman Suspended for Two Day Period
Fireman Mark L. Douglas received a two day suspension for violation of fire department regulations. Chief Charles Dal to said Monday that Douglas, assigned to headquarters station, has the matter referred to the service safety director for a final decision. The nature of the violation was not disclosed.
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Mark L. Douglas
Charles Dal
Douglas
Service Safety
Traffic Fines From Municipal Court Notes
James T. Stanley age 20 from The Plains fined 10 dollars and costs for driving without a valid motorcycle license. Richard A. Bainey age 22 from Athens Route 4 cited in patrol and costs. R. Mack age 20 of 43 N. Congress cited for speeding with patrol and costs. David M. Lynas age 24 from Albany Route 3 fined 10 dollars and costs for driving without an Ohio license. John M. Thompson age 24 from Rutland Route fined 2 dollars for auto registration issues and patrol. Giles age 28 from Columbus cited for speeding with patrol and 20 dollars and costs.
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James T. Stanley
the Plains
Pprichard A. Bainey
Athens
R. Mack
N. Congress
David M. Lynas
Albany
Ohio
Ohn
Aslle P. Giles
Columbus
Guard To Weed Out Weak Senior Officers
The Army National Guard will use three member state selection boards starting next year to review records of officers with 20 years or more of service. About 4 000 to 5 000 lieutenant colonels and colonels will be scrutinized annually, with regular Army and Guard officers on the boards. Warrant officers will also be reviewed. generals remain exempt.
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Washington
Army National Guard
National Guard Bureau
Guard
Army Guard
Detroit
Regular Army
National Guard
Servicemen honors and assignments across Vietnam and home zones
Pfe George R. Tinkham of The Plains earned the Combat Action Ribbon for Vietnam service with the First Marine Division. Dennis A. Brozak of Stewart Route 1 serves aboard USS Hepburn, commissioned July 3 in Long Beach. Mark W. Reininga of Athens graduated Field Medical Service School at Camp Lejeune. G Edward Tanner Jr. of Guysville graduated basic electricity and electronics at San Diego and will attend advanced schooling. Marion J. Bartlett of Athens received the Army Commendation Medal near Vicenza, Italy, and J. C. Bartlett earned the same award at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Benjamin C. Randolph of Hockingport participates in an Air Force ROTC encampment at Plattsburgh with Ohio University unit. Harry J. Carry, 32, of Gallipolis Route 1, assigned to the First Signal Brigade in Vietnam.
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Pfe
George R. Tinkham
Clarence E. Tinkham
the Plains
Vietnam
First Marine Division
Dennis A. Brozak
Mike Brozak
Stewart
Navy
Hepburn
Long Beach
Calif
Mark W. Reininga
W. H. Reininga
Mohler Lane
Athens
Field Medical Service School
Marine Base Camp Lejeune
N.C
G. Edward Tanner Jr
Phyllis Tanner
Guysville
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Marion J. Bartlett
C. Pyam A. Bartlett
45Th Field
Vicenza
Italy
J. C. Bartlett
U. S. Army Hospital
Fort Campbell
Benjamin C. Randolph
June V. Randolph
Pavilion St
Hockingport
Plattsburgh
N.Y
Randolph
Carthage-Troy High School
Ohio University
Hugh Asby
McKeesport
Army
Harry J. Carry
Eva Jane
Gallipolis
Health Plan Change Ruled Unlawful By NLRB
The NLRB ruled that Pittsburgh Plate and Glass Co. Chemical Division changed a health plan for retired employees without bargaining with the Allied Chemical and Alkali Workers Union. The board ordered rescission of the changes and bargaining with the union.
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Washington
Ohio
National Labor Relations Board
Pittsburgh Plate and Glass Co
S Chemical Division
Barberton
Allied Chemical and Alkali Workers
Denial in Alleged Abandonment Case in Municipal Court
Terry Bickley of Columbus faced a municipal court hearing after denying charges of abandoning and failing to support his pregnant wife. He remains free on a 500 dollar bond with another hearing scheduled for 9 am July 29. The case was filed by Alice Bickley of Glouster Route 1. In a separate note, William Murphy of Indianapolis set an all time Senior tournament handicap record of 1391 for six games in the 1969 Class C event, breaking Ches ter Harlan’s 1366 mark from 1968 in Class D.
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Terry Bickley
Columbus
Bickley
Alice Bickley
Glouster
William Murphy
Indianapolis
Chester Harlan
Peoria
Ill
Bad Turn Starts Car Theft Probe
State patrol investigators in Athens post probe possible car theft and stripping after a U turn pursuit ends with a 1968 auto wreck on Route 691 near Nelsonville. The abandoned car shows missing interior parts while a 1956 auto is later reported stolen by resident Frank Johnson.
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Athens Post
Guy Martin
Post
Nelsonville
Happy Hollow Road
Martin
Bob Miller
Buick
Cleveland
Sheriff’s Department
Frank Johnson
Johnson
Athens Student Under Test in Attack Probe
Athens police Capt. Charles Cochran took a local Ohio University student to the Ohio Bureau of Investigation for tests related to an early Saturday incident. Stan Sanders, 29, Ohio University assistant baseball coach, was beaten and treated for severe facial injuries after being attacked near his home. he was later discharged from Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Athens
Charles Cochran
Ohio University
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation
London
Cochran
Stan Sanders
May Ave
Sanders
Ohio U
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Man Denies Threats in Municipal Court
Paul Warner Martin, 38, Red town, pleaded innocent in Municipal Court Monday to threatening bodily harm and to assault and battery. He posted $116 bond with hearings set for 9 a.m. Thursday. Shirley Martin accused Martin of threatening to rig a back door pistol then striking her with fists on July 10.
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Paul Warner Martin
Redtown
Shirley Martin
Martin
Threat charge heard in Nelsonville Municipal Court
Lewis McDaniel of Nelsonville Route 1 pleaded innocent to a charge of threatening in a menacing manner in municipal court Monday. He posted a $100 bond and a hearing was set for 9 a.m. Thursday. The charge was filed by Maxine Dickens of Nelsonville Route 1.
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Danny J. Danlovick
Bethesda
Vernon Walls
Millfield
Danlovick
Walls
Lewis McDaniel
Nelsonville
Maxine Dickens
Nelsonville Driver Is Jailed After Two Crashes
Nelsonville man Daniel McKnight 27 pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated after two crashes in five minutes on Route 691 near Route 33 Saturday night. He received 7 days in jail, a $200 fine, and 60 day license suspension. Two other minor incidents occurred nearby injuring two people.
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Nelsonville
Daniel McKnight
McKnight
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Herbert Little
Rome
Clarence Caldwell
Guysville
Marvin Law
Cutler
Caldwell
Ideal Summer Day Basks Athens Residents
Athens residents enjoyed an ideal Sunday with a high of 85 and comfortable humidity. The trend continued Monday with a low of 59 and an 8 am reading of 65. Saturday reached a high of 89 and weekend rainfall totaled 0.39 inches.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Colmer
Colmen
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