Kidnap Case in Chowchilla Prompts Flood of Tips
Investigators say tips are pouring in after 26 school children and a bus driver were kidnapped in Chowchilla. Authorities report progress, with leads checked by computers and phones as they pursue three masked abductors and possible vehicle descriptions.
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Ed Volpe
Alameda County
Calif
Sheriff's Department
Chowchilla
Alameda
Tom Houchins
Madera
Ed Bates
Saratoga
Livermore
Hocking County Arraignment Plea Deals and Fines
Russell O Connors 42 Columbus pleaded innocent to driving while intoxicated with bond set at 250 dollars. Ricky A Fain 20 Logan Route 4 fined 50 dollars for fleeing a police officer and unsafe operation with six month license suspension. Harold Philbarger 26 Lancaster fined 50 dollars for resisting arrest. Charles Livesay Columbus fined 50 dollars for disorderly conduct with Deputy Don Skinner. Rozella Schwalbaugh acquitted of criminal trespass. Ray Schwalbaugh and Virgil Karl Charles facing assault charges. LeMasters Columbus charged with disorderly conduct. Clem and Rozella Schwalbaugh fined 25 dollars with 10 days jail suspended. David Shepherd referenced. Common Pleas Dissolution Petition filed by Garen K Eggleston and Karen R Eggleston of Logan Route 5 Wellston. Mayor Ronald Hamilton McArthur Route 1 fined 15 dollars for passing on double yellow line.
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Hocking County
Russell O'Conners
Columbus
Ricky A. Fain
Logan Route 4
Harold Philbarger
Lancaster
Charles Livesay
Don Skinner
Rozella Schwalbaugh
Ray Schwalbaugh
Virgil Karl
Charles LeMasters
Clem
David Sherpherd
Southeast Ohio Weather Outlook and Regional Forecast
Partly cloudy tonight with a chance of thundershowers and lows in the mid to upper 60s. Wednesday mostly cloudy and cooler with showers and thundershowers highs in the low to mid 80s and a 40 to 50 percent rain chance.
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Ohio
West Lake Shore
Fast Lake Shore
West Central Central East Central
Eastern Adopts Budget for 1977 and Hires Staff
The Reedsville Eastern Local School Board approved a 1977 deficit budget filed with Meigs County Auditor Howard Frank. James L. Wilhelm Jr. was hired as instrumental director. Coaching assignments named Alan Holter and Robert Wilson as assistant football coaches with Ed Wilson and Larry Heines on track and baseball. Resignations included Charles Wills music director, Duane Wolfe assistant football coach, Kay Bailey Chester secretary, and Mayme Headley cook at Tuppers Plains. Wolfe remains head teacher at Chester Elementary.
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Reedsville
Chester Elementary
Kay Bailey
Chester
Mayme Headley
Tuppers Plains
Two Drivers Hurt In Separate One Car Crashes
State Highway Patrol investigated two single car accidents this week. James Biffle 23 of Zaleski suffered lacerations and scrapes when his car hit a pole on Route 681 north of Albany at 9 30 p.m. He was treated at O Bleness Memorial Hospital. Dennis Swope 18 of Toledo lost control on Route 664 in Hocking County and hit a ditch. He was treated at Hocking Valley Hospital for a right shoulder injury and cuts and bruises.
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State Highway Patrol
James Biffle
Zaleski
Albany
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Toledo
Dennis Swope
Community Notices and Story Hour Schedule in Athens County
Local groups announce meetings this week including Al-Anon open 8 p.m. at Church of the Good Shepherd 64 University Terrace and Athens Bulldog Boosters 7:30 p.m. at Athens High School. Story hours are planned at Athens Albany Chauncey Nelsonville libraries with a children’s picnic following sessions.
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University Terrace
Athens Bulldog Boosters Club
Athens High School
Athens County
Athens
Chauncey
Linda Stow
Albany
Nelsonville
Lancaster Man Identified as Murder Victim in Good Hope Two Barn
Roger Chilcote 38 of Lancaster identified by a brother as the man found Sunday in a Good Hope Two barn. Sheriff says he was beaten about the head. autopsy pending. Chilcote worked at Anchor Hocking Co and is survived by wife and children. A second decomposed body was found nearby with no indicated connection.
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Judy Sinnot
Messenger
Logan
A Good Hope
Lancaster
Hocking County
Paul Hartman
Roger Chilcote
S. Zane Ave
Chilcote
Robert Wise
Columbus
Wise
Robert Bailey
Owen Yaw
Anchor Hocking Co
Mary
Tom
Hocking
Salt Creek
South Bloomingville
Laurelville
Yaw
Cincinnati
Nolan outlines grand jury duties and safeguards in Athens County
Athens County Prosecutor Michael Nolan defended the grand jury as a check on police and prosecutors. He argued indictments require proof beyond a reasonable doubt, not mere probability, and urged jurors to consider all relevant facts including weaknesses, while rejecting hearsay and rushed indictments.
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Athens
Michael Nolan
Nolan
Ted Jones
Grand Jury
Common Pleas
Wellston man John Ward dies after illness
John R. Ward 50 of 48 W 10th St Wellston dies at home after an extended illness. A WWII veteran and former Austin Powder Co. employee, he is survived by his wife Virginia Gilliland Ward two stepchildren a son in the Navy and three daughters. Funeral services are Wednesday at Jenkins Funeral Home with burial at Ridgewood Cemetery and FOE services tonight at 7:30.
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John R. Ward
10Th St
Vinton County
John and
Norman McManus Ward
Austin Powder Co
American Legion Post
Order of Eagles
Virginia Gilliland Ward
Roger Gilliland
McArth
Wellston
Jenkins Funeral Home
Alice Skaggs
Ridgewood Cemetery
Man Pleads Guilty to Theft in Common Pleas Court
Oakey M. Mayles age 18 of North Lancaster Street pleaded guilty to grand theft for stealing a purse containing about $190 from Econ-O-Wash on East State Street in May. Sentencing deferred for a presentence report. Mark Williams age 18 of Nelsonville also pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property worth more than $150 from the James F. Shumaker family. A presentence report was ordered.
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North
Lancaster Street
Common Pleas
County Prosecutor's Office
Mayles
Econ-O-Wash
East State Street
Mark Williams
Nelsonville
James F. Shumaker
Michael Ward
Florida radio pioneer Frederick W. Borton dies at 86
Frederick W. Borton, who built Florida’s first radio transmitter and long operated station WQAM, died Sunday at his home. He was 86.
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Miami
Florida
WQAM
Frances Boston 81 of New Haven dies after illness
Frances Boston 81 of New Haven died Monday at Pleasant Valley Hospital Born in Letart she was the daughter of Ephriam Benson and Hannah Sayre Shirley Her husband John Boston died in 1959 She leaves five daughters and four sons including Lynn Chillicothe William New Haven James Limestone Me Joseph Letart a brother Ott Shirley Point Pleasant and 21 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren Funeral at Letart Guiding Star Advent Church with Rev Wilbur Baxter Burial Evergreen Cemetery Friends may call Foglesong Funeral Home and at the church before services
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Milton
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Ripley
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Chillicothe
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Point Pleasant
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Foglesong Funeral Home
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Second St
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Zanesville
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Phillips
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Immanuel United Methodist Church
Mingo Masonic Lodge
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Hock-Hocking
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The
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Frank
Dorothy) Ricketts Jr
Anne) Graham
Tucson
Ariz
Obituary notices for McArthur and Chauncey residents
Benjamin Gray McArthur Bud Gray age 67 of McArthur Route 1 died Monday at Mount Carmel East Hospital Columbus. Survived by son Robert J. daughter Mildred Gray Cadle and three grandchildren. Burial at James N. Blower Funeral Home with Fr Charles Griffin officiating. Elmer Ogan 81 died early this morning at Mount St. Mary Hospital. Arrangements by Johnson Funeral Home Nelsonville.
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Bud) Gray
McArthur
Mount Carmel East Hospital
Columbus
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Ft. Myers
Fla
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Robert J
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Mildred Gray Caudle
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Elk Cemetery
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Chauncey
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Johnson Funeral Home
Nelsonville
Hospital Notes Chronicle Local Births and Admits
A list of births and hospital movements from Athens, Glouster, Nelsonville, The Plains, Logan, and surrounding areas. Entries include multiple newborns and discharges, admissions of named individuals, and transfers to Huston Nursing Home and Riverside Hospital in Columbus. Names include Flora Koker, Ivan Martin, Laverna Winne, Arden Adams, James Brookhart, and many more.
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Ivan Martin
Laverna Winne
Foster Sayre
Athens
Arden Adams
the Plains
William Gallagher
Albany
Lucille LeMay
McArthur
Russell Johnson
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Otto Thorpe
Virginia
James Brookhart
Waley Coleman
Kenneth Richards
Thomas Brynal
Myrtle Thomas
Huston Nursing Home
Riverside Hospital
Columbus
Sandra Cullison
Athens boy hurt as skateboard fall prompts fire crew run
Emergency runs reported in Athens as 12 year old Steve Cokonougher from 180 W Washington St fell from a skateboard near Walker Street en route to O Bleness. Fire squad responded at 7 09 p m.
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Athens
Steve Cokonougher
Washington St
Walker Street
O'Bleness
Portable brain monitor enables daylong EEG on the move
University Hospitals doctors unveil a belt worn four channel brain recorder storing data on cassette for later playback. The device captures brain activity during daily activity to detect brief disturbances and may link fainting and psychiatric behavior. cost may limit use.
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Cleveland
University Hospitals
John H Ferguson
Ferguson
Case Western Reserve University
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