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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1967

Page

8

Phone Company Plans Expansion At Chauncey

The Chauncey exchange will gain a new building and equipment on The Plains to enable direct distance dialing by 2 01 a.m. Feb 18 1968. The project costs exceed 175000 and will expand line capacity from 200 to 410, reducing party lines. Chauncey numbers change but toll removal between The Plains and Chauncey is not adopted.

Chauncey Robert Keatley Athens District Poston Road the Plains Athens General Telephone Office General Tween Chauncey and Keatley Exchange Plains General Telephone Athens

Educators Invited to Appalachia Meeting in Charleston

Two area educators will attend the first annual membership meeting of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory Inc in Charleston West Virginia July 30 and 31. Robert Weinfurtner Athens County schools and Dr Robert Frum Ohio University College of Education are invited to participate with attendees from six states. Principal speaker will Dr Nat Winston Jr Tennessee mental health commissioner and famed Will Rogers of the music industry combining lectures with banjo and folk singing.

Appalachia Educational Laboratory, Inc Charleston W. Va Robert Weinfurtner Athens County Robert Frum Ohio University College of Education AEL Nat Winston Jr Tennessee Will Rogers

Postage Rate Hike Studied

Washington AP The House Post Office Committee will consider next week legislation to raise first class letters and post cards to six cents per ounce and air mail letters and cards to ten cents Present rates are five and four cents for first class items and eight and six cents for air mail items The Athens forecast notes a cool change with rain and a low of 67 after a 31 inch rain tally early Friday morning.

Washington House Post Office Committee House Post Office Air Mail Athens C. L. Colmer

Servicemen News From Vietnam to Ohio And England

Army specialist four Terry M. Clark, 21, son of James L. Clark of Mineral Route 1, served in Operation Diamond Head in Vietnam to sweep Viet Cong from an area northwest of Tay Ninh in War Zone C. He is a grenadier in Company A, 3rd Battalion of the brigade's 22nd Infantry. his wife Carol lives at 16 Campbell St., Athens. Pvt Melvin C. Pyle, 24, son of Walter L. Pyle of Athens, completed an eight week general supply course at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on July 21. Trained in stock records typing admin procedures and storing Army supplies. his wife Ora lives in Miamisburg, Ohio. Sgt. David L. Repella, son of Mr and Mrs John Repella of Amsterdam Route 1, a member of the C-130 Hercules Aircrews from Dyess AFB Texas, has been temporarily deployed to Mildenhall RAF Station England on 90 days rotational duty to support USAFE airlift. his wife Jean is daughter of Mr and Mrs Jess Hager of Albany. Jessie W. Ley, Athens representative of St Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co of St Paul Minnesota, reported the company has purchased 250000 dollars of the 345000 dollar bond issue for the Middleport sewage system improvement.

Terry M. Clark James L. Clark Vietnam Tay Ninh Clark Carol Campbell St Athens Melvin C. Pyle Walter L. Pyle Ft. Leonard Wood Pyle Ora Miamisburg Ohio David L. Repella John Repella Amsterdam Dyess Afb Tex Mildenhall England Repella U. S Europe Jean Jess Hager Albany

Television Guide Notes from Marshall Dillon Listing

A fragmented TV guide fragment lists programs and times including Merv Griffin, CBS News with Walter Cronkite, What's New, Monkies, Tarzan, Time Tunnel, Wild Wild West, Hogan's Heroes, and various Festival or Movie slots. The snippet preserves channel markers and sequence without clear dates beyond March.

Merv Griffin CBS News Walter Cronkite

Saturday TV Listings Almanac Segment Courtesy Hooper

A dense schedule of children cartoons, variety shows, and sports events across channels. Notable items include Popeye, Space Ghost, Reds Baseball broadcasts, Mighty Mouse, Captain Kangaroo, The Flintstones, and NBC Baseball with multiple game times.

Evening TV lineup chaos and scattered show listings

A scrambled broadcast schedule lists multiple 8:00 through 12:30 time slots with programs such as Newlywed Game, Get Smart, Mission Impossible, Piccadilly Palace, Gunsmoke, and ABC News. Frequent channel labels and mismatched entries create a fragmented viewing guide for the night.

TV schedule listing dense afternoon to late night programs

The page lists daily broadcast lineups with station tags for WSAZ, WLW, WIVN, WCHS, WBNS, WHTN, WIAP, WHIZ and WOUB. It includes cartoons, religious shows, news, sports, movies, and variety programs across channels 3,4,6,8,13,15,18,20 with color indicators and EDT timing, noting station call signs and affiliations.

Wbns-Iv CBS Columbus ABC Huntington Wiap-Tv NBC Parkersburg Whiziv Zanesville Woub-Tv Ohio University Athens

ABC Vice President Joins Ohio U Radio TV Staff

Robert L. Coe, an ABC vice president, will join Ohio University’s radio-television department as lecturer and special assistant to WOUB director Dr. Presley Holmes on Sept. 16. He will develop broadcasting history and programming courses and help manage station operations while maintaining industry relations.

Robert L. Coe American Broadcasting Co Ohio University Vernon R. Alden University Coe Abc-Tv Presley D. Holmes Woub-Am Holmes National Association of Educational Broadcasters National Educational Television Central Educational Network Public Broadcast Laboratory Ohio Educational Television Network

Movie Guide Friday and Weekend Screenings Summary

A dense schedule lists numerous films across Friday to Sunday evenings and days, with titles such as Helen of Troy, Jason and the Argonauts, Mutiny, The Undead, The Spider, Affair With a Stranger, The Ring, The Plain Man and the Lady, Tender Comrade, The Lion of Damascus, Across the Wide Missouri, The Mysterions, King of the Roaring Twenties, Gigantis the Fire Monster, The Moonraker, Last Posse, Read to Glory, The Forbidden Moon, Teron Triumphs, Top Secret Affair, Treasure of Ruby Hills, No Strings Attached, The Wonderful Country, Billy Rose's Jumboj, The Great Day in the Morning, and Sunsets at Dawn among others. The listings include start times and performing actors, with several foreign or genre titles noted and multiple showings across Friday through Sunday.

Monster Hiroshi Koizumi Setsuke Vanover Posse Broderick Crewford John Derek Frederick March Lionel Barrymore Bam Richard Crone Sally Mansfield Teron Johnny Weismuller Frances Gifford Susan Hayward Kirk Douglas Ae Gabel Me Eere Mon” Donald Albaiain Richard Quix Ruby Hills

Adventist Pastor Takes New Charge

Frank William Gifford, pastor of the Seven Day Adventist Church in Athens, accepts a new appointment to serve Hamilton and Middletown with duties starting in August. He led the Athens church since 1964 after moving from Australia and hosted The Adventist Hour on WATH Sundays. Assistant pastor Robert Dunham and his wife will depart for Toledo, as church members plan a farewell Sunday night and a conference will select a replacement soon.

Frank William Gifford Seven-Day Adventist Church Athens Middletown Hamilton Gifford Australia Adventist Hour Wath Robert Dunham Toledo

OU African Expert To Give Talk At Good Shepherd

Dr. Gilbert D. Schneider, African missionary and linguist, will present a talk titled Put It in Writing during the 10 am Sunday worship service at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. He has served in Cameroon 1947 to 1961 and is a research associate at Ohio University, also contributing to Cameroon Peace Corps training.

Gilbert D. Schneider Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd North American Baptist Board Cameroon West Africa Schneider Center For International Studies Ohio University Cameroon Peace Corps Oregon North American Baptist Theological Seminary Rochester N. Y Mt. Olivet Baptist Church University of Rochester Hartford Seminary Foundation Herbert D. White Ohio U. Fine Arts Department

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