County Roads Repair Efforts Underway in the County
County Engineer Harry Dust reports about 40 percent of the summer repair program completed. Projects include large bridge work, ditching on multiple roads, widening concrete bridges, and sealing plans amid funding concerns for 10 miles of additional blacktop. A new low truss bridge on County Rd 85 is due by early August. A B&O warning alerts children to stay off the trestle in west Athens.
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Harry Dust
Ohio Bridge Corporation
Cambridge
County Rd
Big Run Rd
Rome Township
Federal Creek
Strouds Run
Dow Lake
Lee Township
Troy Township
Torch
Carthage Gap
Meigs County
Lodi Township
Hockingport
Orange Church
Canaan Township
Carthage Township
Lodi
Baltimore and Ohio
West
Athens
B&o
Airman Sanders Named Outstanding Airman in Japan Detachment
Athens native Ronald D. Sanders, son of Dale and Betty Sanders, serving in Japan with Detachment 1 6988th Radio Squadron Mobile at Fuchu Air Station, was selected as outstanding airman for the April June quarter. The communications specialist also earned April’s top airman honor and was named overall squadron leader for that month. Sanders has been in the detachment since February 1962 and was commended for leadership, duty performance, initiative, and extracurricular efforts.
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Athens
Japan
Ronald D. Sanders
Dale and
Betty Sanders
Mobile
Fuchu Air Station
Sanders
Meigs Man Injured in Route 7 Crash
Donald Headley of Tuppers Plains, age 24, sustained a forehead laceration when his car rear ended a slowing semi trailer on Route 7 south of Route 50 at 3:20 p.m. He was treated in Parkersburg, cited for failing to stop within assured clear distance, and set to appear in Athens County Court on July 27.
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State Highway Patrol
Donald Headley
Tuppers Plains
Parkersburg
W. Va
Athens County
Two Plead Innocent in Motel Trespass Case
In Municipal Court on Thursday two defendants pleaded innocent to trespass at the Gateway Motel filed by Monte V. Davis. Mabel Nickoson aged 49 of Athens and Herbert Perry Nelle aged 57 of Cincinnati posted $15 bond each and the cases were continued. Police said the pair were at the motel and not registered.
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Gateway Motel
Monte V. Davis
Mabel Nickoson
Athens
Herbert Perry Nelle
Cincinnati
Military training foils Glouster airspace with jamming claim
Jet planes reportedly dropped aluminum foil strips over Glouster this morning. State Patrol and sheriff's department had no reports, but officers note past military training used foil to jam communications.
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Glouster
State Patrol
Sheriff's Department
Auto crash injuries prompt $25,000 damage suit
Bennie L. Baughman of 231% Elliott Sr. filed in Common Pleas Court seeking $25,000 against Robley Blackford of Chauncey. He says Blackford pulled from a parking lot at the Midway Tavern on Route 33 north of Athens into the path of his northbound car, causing injuries, lost wages, and impaired vision in his left eye.
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Bennie L. Baughman
Elliott Sr
Common Pleas Court
Robley_ Blackford
Chauncey
Baughman
Midway Tavern
Route 33
Athens
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
A birth is recorded for Mr. and Mrs. Furnish a daughter at Athens Route 1. Admitted patients include Norman Gabriel New Marshfield Route 1 L Frank Nye Athens Mrs H E Tracey Everly Route 2 Herbert Evans Athens. Discharged Marilyn Johnson Athens Ruth Rowe Athens Mrs Donald Lawrence and son Millfield Route 1 Mrs Robert Drake and son Glouster Route 3.
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Norman Gabriel
New Marshfield
L. Frank Nye
Athens
H. E. Tracey
Everly
Herbert Evans
Marilyn Johnson
Ruth Rowe
Donald Lawrence
Millfield
Robert Drake
Glouster
Child Hurt By Fall Into Pool At Gateway Motel
Karen McGirr six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Wright Athens fell into the swimming pool at the Gateway Motel Albany Rd at 2 15 pm Wednesday according to the fire department emergency squad she suffered a cut on the back of the head no aid was given by the squad but it was advised she see the family physician
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Karen McGirr
Charles Wright
Athens
Gateway Motel
Albany Rd
Fire Department
Driver Fined Jailed and License Suspended for DWI
David Paul Parsley II aged 24 of 11 Hocking Street pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to driving while intoxicated. He was fined 125 dollars plus costs, received six days in jail with three suspended, placed on 120 days probation and had driving rights suspended for 120 days.
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David Paul Parsley II
Hocking St
Birth at Athens County fair ends in tragedy
Fire department and emergency squad responded at 10 30 a m Thursday to aid Mrs Walter Poston 26 Apt E B 5 Athens County fairgrounds after she gave birth to a child The newborn died later at Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Fire Department
Athens County Fairgrounds
Walter Poston
Poston
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Physical Education Workshop Set At OU
Ohio University hosts a week long physical education workshop for elementary classroom and PE teachers. Attendees can earn university credit and meet state certification requirements. Demonstrations include square dancing trampoline and playground activities with guest directors from Folkraft NBC OSU and Hamilton schools.
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Ohio University
John O'Neal
Frank Kaltman
The
Folkraft Record Co
Robert L. Holland
Ohio State
Physical Education, Recreation, and
James Grimm
Hamilton
Antoinette Lowry
Bexley
Charge Dropped Against Paul B Stout by County Judge
County Judge George Schoonover Thursday morning sustained a demurrer filed by Paul B Stout's attorney and dropped a State Highway Patrol charge of making a false report of a stolen auto. Stout, 48, Mineral, had been charged after an alleged Route 33N accident. Bond remains at $500 as he seeks a jury trial on a related driving with license revoked charge.
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George Schoonover
Paul B. Stout
Mineral
Stout
Route
Mercury Reaches 95 For Athens on Wednesday
The high reached 95 in Athens on Wednesday with temperatures rising from 65 at dawn to 80 by 9:30 a.m. per U S observer C L Colmer.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
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Athens Appliance & TV Co
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