Gasoline Leak Ignites Garage Fire Damages Cars
A gasoline leak from a car at Richard W. French Jr.’s residence on Canterberry Drive caused a fire Tuesday afternoon. The blaze damaged two foreign cars and the attached garage, with total losses estimated at 4500. Fire Chief Charles Dalton reported the alarm at 4 44 p m and two pumpers from Station No 2 contained the fire.
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Richard W. French Jr
Canterberry Drive
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Dalton
Road Open To Slow Traffic In Hastings
County Engineer Harold Hitchens announced Hastings Road will open at 4 p m today. The badly damaged bypass will allow slow traffic with emphasis on the slow as it ends a closure from recent floods.
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Hastings
Harold Hitchens
Hitchens
County Schools Calendar For Next Year Outlined
Athens County schools will open Sept. 4 and close June 5 under a 1968-69 calendar. An Aug. 29 orientation for new teachers at the Ohio University Inn runs 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The full 184 days include 180 instructional days and four in service. No classes Oct. 25, Nov. 28-29, Dec. 23-Jan. 3, Apr. 4, Apr. 7, May 30.
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Athens County
Robert Weinfurther
Ohio University Inn
Alexander Federal Hocking
Trimble
Alexander High School
Sesson
Southeastern Ohio Education Association
He was only 33 Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration
The note states that Thomas Jefferson was thirty three years old when he drafted the Declaration of Independence, highlighting the young age at which he contributed to the founding document.
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Thomas Jefferson
Dover Man Is Sentenced to Concurrent Terms
Rodney A. Cline, 19, of Chauncy, was sentenced to concurrent terms at Mansfield Reformatory after pleading guilty to breaking and entering and grand larceny in Common Pleas Court. He was indicted by the May grand jury for a theft and entry at E. E. Jacobs home in Chauncy.
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Rodney A. Cline
Chauncey
Mansfield Reformatory
John W. Bolin
Cline
Common Pleas Court
E. E. Jacobs
Flood Control Exceptions Hearing Set In Athens Project
Initial hearing on 46 exceptions to benefit assessments and land appraisals for the Hocking Conservancy District flood protection project is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday in Common Pleas Court. Athens and Hocking counties will preside. 15 assessment exceptions. 31 land appraisal challenges related to the Hocking River relocation and channel widening. The project, bid in late August, costs an estimated 9.7 million dollars with 3.2 million local share funded mostly by Ohio University. Local landowners contesting include Mitchells, Bratton, Rypma, Harmon, Huggins, and many others, with a lengthy list of names.
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Athens
Hocking
Ohio University
University
Charles and
Gertrude Mitchell
Caleb
Margaret Bratton
Richard B
Norma J. Rypma
William R. Boyd
Blanche Sherwood
Luella L. Cliffton
Margaret Creek Directors Move to Condemn Land for Flood Easement
Margaret Creek Conservancy District directors authorized filing of a condemnation suit against Aileen Perry for flood easements on two parcels totaling just over 11 acres after failed negotiations. One small easement on Vern Kelly’s property remains, with Albany Lions Club parcel also pending. Court case in Fourth District Court of Appeals. negotiations began February 1967. About 550 people have signed for water, with Albany residents to be served from village tap. Large dam planned to start this summer after loan clearances and final engineering.
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Margaret Creek Conservancy District
Albany
Aileen Perry
Conservancy
Perry
Vern Kelly
Floyd Williams
Albany Lions Club
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Williams
Lee, Alexander
Athens
Waterloo
Exterminating Firm Hired By City
Mayor Raymond Shepard said Orkin Exterminating Co Inc has been hired to spray all low lying areas to control insects, especially mosquitoes. The plan targets larvae, not existing adult mosquitoes, in a citywide anti insect program.
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Raymond Shepard
Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc
Shepard
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