Police Learn Bombing Investigation Techniques in Training Session
Athens Police Department officers participated in a demolition training at an abandoned northern Meigs County strip mine led by Ohio University security personnel Charles Butcher and Gary Withrow. Explosives were used to destroy cars while investigators learned to recover bomb pieces and timing devices to trace origins.
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Robert Ekey
Meigs County
Athens Police Department
Ohio University
Charles Butcher
Gary Withrow
Butcher
Withrow
Rickenbacker Air Force Base
Messenger
Athens
Ex-Manager Recalls Kroger Store Fire Anniversary
The 18th anniversary of the Kroger fire on East Carpenter Street is recalled by former manager William Poling. The 1956 blaze caused about 100000 dollars in loss, with rear roof collapse and entry blocked by a chained door. The store relocated to Palmer Street before the East State Street site opened.
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Kroger
East Carpenter Street
National Guard Armory
William Poling
Madison Avenue
Athens
Charles Dalton
Harland Harris
Kroger’s
Palmer Street
East State Street
The
Messenger
Two Riders Injured When Motorcycle Crashes Into Fence
In Waterloo Township on Route 56 near Route 356 at 3 15 p m Tuesday a motorcycle driven by Dupuy H Anderson Jr 24 of New Marshfield veered off the road struck a fence and injured him and passenger Diane K Smith 23 of Dayton. Both were taken to O Bleness Memorial Hospital by Athens SEOEMS.
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Waterloo
State Highway Patrol
Dupuy H. Anderson Jr
New Marshfield
Diane K. Smith
Dayton
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Athens Seoems
Athens County Young Republican candidate for Ohio League treasurer
Pete Couladis of the Athens County Young Republican Club seeks the treasurer post as new officers for 1974 75 are to be elected at the state convention in Columbus this weekend.
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Pete Couladis
Athens County
Young Republican Club
Ohio League of Young Republican Clubs
Columbus
Athens County Court Docket Includes Drunk Driving and Theft Charges
Court records from Athens County Municipal Court show Wilbur Kempton facing menacing threats with case dismissed for insufficient evidence. Harold Kasler bound over on receiving stolen property with $1,000 bond. Keith Whitney and Lynne Stankey face petty larceny and obstructing traffic respectively, both dismissed or bound over as noted. Jesse Mash and Steven Barker charged with driving while intoxicated with jail terms and license suspensions. additional counts include open container and contempt. Ronald Harbour also listed with DWI and related penalties.
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Wilbur Kempton
Jacksonville
Marion Zarley
Harold Eugene Kasler
the Plains
Keith Whitney
Glouster
Nelsonville
Linda MacPherson
Chauncey
Irelynne
Jesse Frank Mash
Athens
Steven Ray Barker
Ronald L. Harbour
Pomeroy
Firemen Free Seven Locked-In Men at Sargent Hall
Athens Fire Chief Harland Harris reports seven men were locked inside a second floor room at Sargent Hall. Firemen rescued them at 11:39 p.m. Tuesday by lowering them down a ladder after discovering the door was locked from the inside.
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Athens
Harland Harris
Sargent Hall
Harris
Motorcycle Rider Injured In Athens Crash At West Union
Athens police investigate an auto motorcycle collision at 2 14 p m Tuesday injuring 18 year old David Bridge of Route 1 Athens and a 16 year old driver James Turner of Albany Route 1 at West Union and Smith Streets. Bridge was taken to Ogleness Memorial Hospital with back and shoulder pains.
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Athens
Athens Route 1
David Bridge
James Turner
Albany
West Union
Smith Streets
Bridge
Ogleness Memorial Hospital
Testing Scheduled At Albany
The U S Postal Service will conduct a three hour written exam for clerk and carrier positions at the Albany office. Applicants must be 18 or older, U S citizens, pass eye tests and be physically able to perform duties. Closing date is August 16 at 4 p m.
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Albany
U.S. Postal Service
Albany Post Office
Darrell L. West
U.S
Second Appalachian Child Development Symposium Attended
Tri- County Community Action Agency Day Care and Head Start staff joined the Second Annual Appalachian Child Development Symposium at Muskingum College New Concord. Forty five Day Care and eighteen Head Start staff attended workshops on administration health nutrition curriculum and parent involvement sponsored by Buckeye Hills Hocking Valley Regional Development District Ohio departments and regional commissions.
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Tri- County Community Action Agency
Appalachian
Muskingum College
New Concord
Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley
Safe Cracked At Logan Dairy
Logan police investigate a break in at McClellan's All Star Dairy 801 E Main St where an undetermined amount of cash was stolen from the safe. An electric drill and screwdriver were used to access the safe between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. today.
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Logan
McClellan's
All Star Dairy
Main St
Police Testimony Probe Sparks Mayor's Plan Change
Mayor Donald Barrett said Athens administration seeks to resolve whether police must testify before the administrative review board though the panel cannot subpoena. The board investigates a November incident in which Karl Landis says a police officer broke his jaw.
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Donald Barrett
Administrative Review Board
Karl Landis
Second St
Ted Jones
Barrett
Review Board
Police
Landis
Commission Urged To Help Children at Muskingum College
Richard F. Celeste Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor urged creating a statewide commission for children. The Ohio House majority whip spoke at the Second Development Symposium at Muskingum College outlining a governor appointed body of citizens and professionals to address family needs. Attendees from Appalachian Child Development Districts in Ohio Maryland and West Virginia attended workshops on infants toddlers and preschoolers with sessions on parent involvement nutrition health children's rights mental health and family day care.
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New Concord
Richard F. Celeste
Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio
Celeste
Muskingum College
Maryland
West Virginia
Ning
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AHAM
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Athens County Municipal Court
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Logan Dairy
the Messenger
Commission
Ohio Department of Economic and Community Development
Buckeye Hills- Hocking Valley
Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission
Tuscarawas Valley
Parkersburg
Market Street
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