Shaking Snake Freed From Typewriter Trap at Ohio University
A garter snake nicknamed Harry, dubbed the Albert Einstein of reptiles, hid inside a typewriter at Ohio University's Copeland Hall for three days. School officials and a repairman freed him after a comical, perilous adventure that included a trash can stay and a brief stint in Putnam School’s boiler room.
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Harry Snake
Harry
Albert Einstein
Ohio University
Copeland Hall
Garter Snake
East End
Woods
Ohio U
Putnam School
Popeye Cartoonist Slated At Workshop
Bud Sagendorf, Popeye artist for daily and Sunday papers worldwide, will demonstrate cartooning at Ohio University High School Publications Workshop on June 25. About 1,600 high school editors and staff attend through June 28, with 435 schools in 17 states represented last year. Sagendorf, former assistant art director at King Features, wrote and drew the Popeye comic book and later returned to the daily and Sunday strip. He teaches at the Famous Artists School in Westport and lives in Westport. King Features provides a cartoonist for Ohio University's workshop annually. Sagendorf will also meet with small groups during the day.
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Bud Lagendorf
Ohio University
Ning
Westport
King Features
Sagendorf
Five More Land Suits Filed For Route 33 Bypass
Ohio Department of Highways filed five land appropriation suits in Athens County for the Route 33 bypass after owners refused offers. The Valley Drive-In Theater is offered $58,000, A. C. LaFoliette $4,550, Clifford Enterprises $32,776, Ruth Cone Dorman $10,050, and Elain Hawk $225. Bids open June 17 as earthwork begins on the north end this summer.
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Marjore Mitchell
Athens County Common Pleas
Ohio Department of Highways
Valley Drive-In
Athens Auto Corp
A. C. LaFoliette
Clifford
New Bridge on Richland Discussed by County Officials
Athens County officials and State Engineer John Dowler met to discuss relocating Richland Avenue over the new Hocking River channel. County Commissioners John Cline Jack White and James Edwards and County Engineer Gerald Hann said the commission must approve city service lines and power connections over the bridge as piling and materials move to the site.
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Athens County
Division 10
John Dowler
Richland Avenue
Hocking River
John Cline
Jack White
James Edwards
Gerald Hann
Dowler Cline
Multiple residents listed in Athens area and a hospital transfer
A long list of residents from Athens and nearby townships is noted, followed by a report that Nye Escue of Albany Route 1 was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital at 2 08 p.m. after a possible heart attack at the county engineer depot. The morning in Athens saw a cool 60 degrees with a 52 overnight low and 78 high on Monday, and Albany Lodge 723 F and AM will meet at 7 30 p.m. Thursday.
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Albany
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fire Department
State St
Athens
USA
C. L. Colmer
Albany Lodge
F&am
Hairy Seniors Cleared To Graduate At Athens High
Five Athens High seniors had refused haircuts while ten cut theirs ahead of commencement. Principal Richard Stacy said the holdouts would likely conform and participate in tonight's ceremony. Officials stressed the hair rule as school dress code enforcement, not diploma eligibility.
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Athens High School
Richard Stacy
Stacy
Belpre Firm Wins Pact To Extend Sewage Line To Bottler
The Memo Construction Co of Belpre signed a contract Monday to extend Belpre’s sewage lines to the Athens Bottling Co plant on Route WE. Mayor Raymond Shepard announced the project, with operation expected within months, and noted potential hookups for nearby homes. The plant, owned by Joyce Products of Columbus, bottles seven nationally known products. Equipment moves were completed Monday, and the project will convert the McBee plant to a lift station. Patricia Hinkle of Crooksville will lead a nationwide Census Bureau employment survey next week.
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Athens Bottling Co
Route WE
Raymond Shepard
Memo Construction Co
McBee
Two Years Probation For Possession Of Marijuana
A 20 year old Ohio University student Paul Guinther SI Pittsburgh Pa was placed on two years probation by Athens County Common Pleas Court Judge John Bolin after pleading guilty to marijuana possession on March 4 following his March 3 arrest. Police reported Guinther's belongings revealed marijuana after an earlier petit larceny arrest for allegedly stealing a two by four board from a city parking garage construction site.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
John Bolin
Paul Guinther SI
Pittsburgh
Guinther
Charles Cochran
Cochran
Prison Term Given Man In VEW Break In
A Columbus man Hershal Smith was sentenced to 115 years in the Ohio Penitentiary after pleading guilty to breaking and entering the Nelsonville VFW hall on January 12 and stealing beer. Three other breaking and entering charges dated 1964 were dismissed by Athens Judge John Bolin.
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Ohio Penitentiary
Nelsonville Vfw Hall
Hershal Smith
Athens County Common Pleas Court
John Bolin
Smith
Guilty Lodge
Constitution Lodge
New Marshfield
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