Moon Walk Sparks World Wide Jubilation and Risky Landing
Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin reach the moon aboard Eagle. After a tense descent with manual dodging of craters, the craft lands at 4:18 p.m. with only 49 seconds of fuel left, marking a historic achievement watched by millions.
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Moon
Earth
Aldrin
Armstrong
London
Trafalgar Square
Paul VI
Nixon
Mission Control
Aldrin Ud
Eagle
Services delayed for Claude Cheesbrew in Point Pleasant
Area services for Claude Chees brew will be held Tuesday at 2 P M instead of Monday at that time as previously stated. Funeral notices from Shawnee Nelsonville Cutler list John Carney Powell Roanie Stover and others with ages and burial plans included.
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Point Pleasant
Claude Cheesbrew
Cutler
Roanie Stover
West Virginia
Athens County
Reva Welch
Geraldine Mitchell
Athens
Gladys Kittle
Denver Stover
Sarasota
Fla
Murch Harmon
Marianna
Rush Mathewson
Warren Funeral Home
Nelsonville
J. Lloyd Evans
Green Lawn Cemetery
Martin Funeral Home
Rutland
Robert Musse
Robinson Cemetery
Immanuel Methodist Church of
Logan
American Legion Auxiliary
40 And 8
Leonard Funeral Home
Hugh Robinson
Oak Grove
Heart Fund
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Baltimore
Ernest E. Daft
E. Kanawha Ave
Columbus
Cabin Creek
W. Va
John Calvin
Nellie Jane Shafer Daft
Masonic Lodge No. 475
Church of Christ
Ruth Fox
Mary Lohr
George
Olney
Ada
John
Onaway
Mich
A. E. Johnson
Nick Joseph
Maple Grove Cemetery
Shade
LaVerne Chesser
Jagers Funeral Home
Herbert Harris
Athens Memory Gardens
Death Notices Bring Obits From Several Ohio Towns
Multiple notices report deaths across Logan Nelsonville Baltimore Shade Langsville and Pomeroy with obituaries for Grace Holl 77 and others. Rites set in several churches with burial in local cemeteries. family lists include spouses children and grandchildren and survivors.
Vietnam death toll grows in Vinton County
McArthur, Ohio native Leslie Reynolds Jr. is killed in action in Vietnam, the 10th from Vinton County. A Allesville High School graduate, he had worked in Chillicothe before joining the Army and had served one month two days in Vietnam. Survivors include his parents, siblings, and numerous relatives. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Mcarthur
Leslie Reynolds Jr
Leslie Reynolds Sr
Locker Plant Road
Vietnam
Vinton County
Allesville High School
Chillicothe
Leslie
Ada Young Reynolds Sr
Paul
Roger
Charlotte
Delores
Marietta
Carol Thacker
Londonderry
Mary Townsend
Peace Warrant Arrest in Point Pleasant
Otis Hall, 25, of Chicago, Illinois, was taken into custody by the sheriff s department on a peace warrant at 8 30 a m Friday.
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Point Pleasant
Otis Hall
Chicago
Ill
Sheriff’s Department
Levy Passes Or Schools May Close
The school board discussed district restructuring with a plan to relocate the superintendent’s office from Alexander High School. A full study from March 18 to July 1 reviewed all operations and proposed moves including a full-time clerk and ability to hold executive sessions. Parents must submit entrance requests by July 31 for scheduling testing. Beulah Crossen’s remedial reading assistant application was misreported as hired.
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Alexander High School
Lohr
Mishap Kills Employee At Foote Plant
Terry Javins of New Haven, an electrical maintenance man at Foote Mineral Plant in Graham Station, was fatally injured at 1 a.m. Monday while repairing a device in a passageway. His body was pinned by a mold car and he died en route to Veterans Memorial Hospital Pomeroy. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Graham Station
Terry Javins
New Haven
Foote Mineral Plant
Javins
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Pomeroy
Foglesong Ambulance
Leonard Johnson
New Haven native Clayton Athey dies in Florida
Clayton Athey formerly of New Haven died recently in Bardenton Florida. He was a retired employee of the Philip Sporn Plant in New Haven. The body will be brought back to Foglesong Funeral Home with arrangements to be announced.
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New Haven
Clayton Athey
Bardenton
Fla
Philip Sporn
Foglesong Funeral Home
Five Day Forecast Outlook Warm Start to Week
Temperatures will average near normal from Tuesday through Saturday with daily highs in the mid 80s to upper 80s and nighttime lows in the 60s. A warm start followed by cooler midweek and a warming trend into the weekend. Rainfall totals 0.15 to 1 inch with showers and thunderstorms around Wednesday and Thursday.
Athenians React To Moon Walk
Sheriff Harold Shields and local residents comment on the moon landing. Shields questions its immediate usefulness and world peace potential, while Raymond Cochran and Conrad Foss express cautious optimism about the achievement.
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Harold Shields
Driver Fined Jailed and License Suspended in DWI Case
Chauncey man Os car E. Cooley 64 pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in Municipal Court. He was fined 200 dollars and costs, sentenced to seven days in jail, and given a 60 day driving ban after arrest on Route 13 by highway patrol. Judge Franklin Sheeter presided.
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Chauncey
Oscar E. Cooley
Cooley
Franklin Sheeter
Notice of Probate and Divorce Actions in Athens County
Public records note Agnes Hicks seeks to purchase estate lots 242 and 243 in Albany after filing July 7 1969 in Athens County Probate Court case 27258. Defendants include Eugene Nichols Bruce Hicks Chories Hicks and Opal Hicks residents in FL MI PA. Also notices administrator Lowell Cole of Everett W Cole estate and Karen Gerlach seeks divorce from Robert Leman Gerlach filed June 30 1969 in Athens County Court of Common Pleas case 25083 with hearing after September 4 1969.
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Athens County
Ohio
Agnes Hicks
Andrew J. Hicks, Jr
Et A
Eugene Hicks
Miami
Florida
Beothe Nichols
Mosherville
Michigan
Bruce Hicks
Cornwell Heights
Pennsylvania
Chories Hicks
Opal Hicks
Bruce
State of Ohio
Holmes
Albany County
Athens
Lowell Cole
Fort Street
Nelsonville
Everett W Cole
EW. Cole
Lote
John W. Bolin
Court OF Common Pleas
Karen Ann Gerlach Hock
Robert Leman Gerlach
Main Street
Clovis New Mexico
Karen Ann Gerlach
Rowland
Bridgeworter & Robe
Notice to Contractors Ohio Department of Highways
Sealed proposals for contract 69-605 unit price APL 8500(5) will be received in Columbus until 0:00 AM DST Tuesday August 12 1969 for paving and grading on county roads 107 and 63 in Athens Morgan and Perry counties. Plans on file with the Department. Bid requires 5 percent certified check or 10 percent bond. Minimum wage rates apply. Director rights reserved. P E Mashter, Director. Also notice of revised taxes with inspection July 21 1969 and hearing July 28 1969 in Athens County Courthouse Office of the County Auditor J W Whaley Athens County Auditor.
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State OF Ohio Department OF Highways
Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Director of
Athens
Morgan
Perry
Burr Oak
Trimble Township
Athens County
Monroe Township
Perry County
Homer Township
Morgan Mgone
Department of Highways
J. W. Whaley
Ames
Canaan
Washington County
Belpre Township
P. E. Masheter
Ohio bids invited for bituminous surface treatments
Columbus Ohio July 1969 notices invite sealed proposals for three contract parts on state routes in Athens Meigs and Washington counties. Parts include cold mix and surface treatment works with variable pavement widths and specific project lengths. Bids due by 10:00 A M EDT Tuesday with completion date as in proposal. director reserves right to reject all bids.
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Port New Meigs County
Ohio
Orange Township
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