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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1968

Page

3

17 B&O Cars Derailed At Mineral Crossing

A Mineral crossing derailment derailed 17 B and O cars tearing up 100 feet of track. No injuries reported. Rail traffic rerouted via C and O tracks in Logan. highway delays on Front Street. Train to Parkersburg from Chillicothe. engineer Charles W. Imboden, 55, Chillicothe.

Mineral Baltimore and Ohio Logan Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Front Street St. Louis Parkersburg Chillicothe Charles W. Imboden

Davis Files Appeal On Weapon Conviction

William Lavelle filed an appeal for Wayne Allen Davis a 27 year old Cleveland man in the Fourth District Court of Appeals seeking reversal of a concealed weapon conviction. Davis was sentenced to four months in jail and fined $500 with costs but two and a half months and $250 of the fine were suspended by Judge Franklin Sheeter.

Cleveland Fourth District Court of Appeals William Lavelle Wayne Allen Davis Davis Franklin Sheeter Athens County Common Pleas Court Sheeter Common Pleas Court William A. Haydon Albany Daniel Lee Nogrady Millfield 1

Second Half OU Classes Begin Today

Ohio University resumes the summer quarter with registration completed yesterday in Grover Center. Second session runs through Aug 31 with a fall start Sept 25. Dorm allocations mirror the first session with Brown Hall housing most male undergraduates and MacKinnon and Crawford Halls housing women undergraduates. Graduate and older students are housed in Washington Hall and Gamertsfelder Hall, all on East Green.

Ohio University Grover Center Brown Hall MacKinnon and Crawford Halls South Green F Washington Hall Gamertsfelder Hall East Green

Warm and Humid Day With River Rise Report

A muggy morning with a low of 71 and a high of 73 followed by a humid 93 later in the day. Rainfall in the past 24 hours totaled .43 inches as the Hocking River rose to 2.92 feet. Weather observations credited to U S observer C L Colmer.

U. S C. L. Colmer Hocking

Barger Pleads Guilty in Ohio University Gun Theft

Scott Barger 18 of Washington Court House pleaded guilty to burglary and grand larceny in Common Pleas Court Judge John W. Bolin sentenced him to an indeterminate term in Mansfield Reformatory. Under a new Ohio law his attorney may seek probation after 30 days. The cases involved two break ins at Peden Stadium ROTC room and Mathews Shoe Store yielding two pistols and seven .22 rifles.

Ohio University Scott Barger Washington Court House Common Pleas Court John W. Bolin Mansfield Reformatory Ohio Barger Joseph Vanity Peden Stadium Mathews N. Court Street University of Cincinnati

Thieves Hit Canaan Store In Route 50 Break-In

Athens County sheriff's deputies investigate a breaking and entering at Cole's service station and store in Canaanville on Route 50. Thieves entered through a back window last night and took three cartons of 22 rifle shells plus cigarette lighters and wrist watches.

Athens County Sheriff's Cole’s Route 50 Canaanville Sheriff's Office

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