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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1971

Page

6

Court to rule on U S wiretapping legality

The Supreme Court agreed to hear the government’s appeal on whether federal authorities must obtain judicial approval before wiretapping domestic groups. The case, tied to the White Panther surveillance and a Cincinnati circuit ruling, tests Fourth Amendment limits and national security powers.

Washington Supreme Court Justice Department Atty John N. Mitchell Cial Federal Appeals Court Cincinnati White Panther Party Mitchell U.S. Circuit Court Lawrence Plamundon Center Inteligence Agency Ann Arbor Mich

Area Death Notices from Point Pleasant and Surrounding

Area death notices report the deaths of Mrs. Naoni E. Wolfe in Point Pleasant and multiple regional figures including Walter E. Lenigar in Canal Winchester and Calvin Lanning in The Plains. Surviving relatives span children grandchildren and siblings, with services and burial plans listed for each.

Costly plan to reverse air pollution questioned

Brooklyn based report says curing air pollution would cost about $20 billion yearly to begin reversing the trend. Robert J. Day, chairman of Northeast Pollution Control Corp, cites incinerator emissions from apartments, schools, hospitals, and industry as the hardest to control.

Brooklyn N.Y Robert J. Day Northeast Pollution Control Corp Day

Pranksters Return Lion Statues At Mission

Two 400 pound bronze lions stolen from San Xavier Mission near Tucson have been returned after a two day hunt. The statues had stood undisturbed for 63 years before youths used a tow truck to remove them. They contacted Brother Kiedran Bridenthall and agreed to return the figures with assurances that no charges would be filed and identities remain secret.

Tucson Ariz San Xavier Mission Here Brother Kiedran Bridenthall

Pacemaker aids heart rhythm through lifesaving research

A pacemaker is described as an electronic device to maintain heart rhythm and keep a person alive. The text highlights heart saving research advances funded by gifts to the Heart Association.

Heart Association Heart Fund Your Heart Association Your Heart Fund

Glen H. Lones 70 Millersport resident dies after heart attack

Glen H. Lones 70 of Millersport and former Athens area resident died in Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital Saturday following a heart attack. Survived by Margaret as a step-wife, a stepson Joseph H. Lones Jr Marysville, a step daughter Betty Lones Moore Millersport, two grandchildren, one great grandchild, and several nieces and nephews. Services Tuesday at 10 a.m. Weaver Funeral Home Baltimore with Rev Harold Jeffers officiating. Burial in Millersport Cemetery.

Point Pleasant Naoni E. Wolfe Justice Clifton Wolfe Parkersburg J. D Martha Mayo Zirkle United Methodist Church Hemlock W. Va Charles Sylvia) Frum Ronald Wolfe Fredrick H. B. Wolfe Coalton Dulcie Fencil Maryland Prentice Poling Buckhannon Gertrude Reger Roxie Andrick Erwin Ruth Maley Aliquippa Winifred Abran Quincey Pa Tomblyn Funeral Home Mt. Olive Wilcoxen Funeral Canal Winchester Walter E. Lenigar Grant Hospital Columbus Glouster Pearl Lenigar Church of Christ Mildred Mae Erwin Obett Pearl Canton Walter Jr Delmar Richmond Ind Athens Grace Wilson Jettie Kelly Hillcrest Ritchie County Blackburn Nancy Nutter Hayhurst Hardman Smithville Kelly Edgar Wilson S. F. Wilson O. B. Hatcher Raiguel Harrisville Lenna Tom University Terrace Hillcrest Nursing Home Marion Thomas Eva Bean Ward Athens High School Ohio University Kings Switch Tom First United Methodist Church Maecenas Literary Club Jessie Johnson Herald Janice) Ogg Wade James Harry Jessie) Smith William Tom Elaine Burdett Julie Ann Rusk Fred Switchback Della Wright Daisy Shelor Frances Holiway Bluefield Anna Martin Beckley Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church Rufus A. Cromartie Suncrest Cemetery Chapman Funeral Home L. G. Mohr Syracuse Margaret Holmes Veterans Memorial Hospital Pomeroy Morgan Miriam Dean First United Presbyterian Church Star Class Emily Missionary Circle DAV Drew Webster Post 39 American Legion Auxiliary Robert Katie) Crow Helen Wetzel Roy Presbyterian Church Linson Stebbins Russell Lester Baltimore Glen H. Lones Millersport Athens Area Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital Margaret Joseph H. Lones Jr Marysville Betty Lones Moore Weaver Funeral Home Harold Jeffers

Seminars Set for 71 Planned Events at NC School of the Arts

Winston-Salem report notes cellist Janos Starker and violinist Josef Gingold will present monthly repertory seminars at the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1971 72. Starker is known for unaccompanied recitals. Gingold has taught master classes in Paris and at Toho Tokyo, and both teach at Indiana University. The piece also states six American League umpires hail from New York State with four born in New York City.

Winston-Salem N. C Janos Starker Josef Gingold North Carolina School of the Arts Starker Gingold National Conservatoire de Musique Paris Toho School of Music Tok New York State New York City

Pentagon official says Post articles rely on current war plans

Washington AP Dennis Doolin, deputy assistant secretary of defense, testified that the Post articles used documents containing current operational plans and troop movements in Vietnam. The judge ordered further testimony on top secret contents to await a closed session. The 47 volume study spans 1949-1967.

Washington Pentagon Washington Post Dennis Doolin Doolin U.S. District Court Gerhard A. Gesell New York New York Times

Gilligan Blamed For Budget Woe

Senate Majority Whip Michael J. Maloney of Cincinnati blamed Gov. Gilligan and his staff for Ohio budget woes. He said the Gilligan administration took five months to prepare its budget and tax requests and timed them to leave only 14 weeks for the legislature to act as the fiscal year ends June 30.

Columbus Ohio Senate Michael J. Maloney Cincinnati Gilligan Ohio House House Ways and Means John J. Gilligan Maloney James A. Rhodes Rhodes

Golfers To Take A Swing At Agnew Photo Fund Drive

In New York a charity event lets locals swing golf balls at a 10 foot high photo of Vice President Spiro Agnew. Players donate for each ball that lands in one of 25 baskets, with funds supporting a day care center in Astoria.

Agnew New York Spiro T. Agnew Queens Golf Range Astoria

Man Charged With Felling 140 Trees

Leslie Pochedly, 26, of Strongsville, Cleveland area accused of destroying 140 trees in Rocky River Reservation and planting about 6,000 marijuana plants. Judge John T. Patton gave five years shock probation after six weeks in Mansfield Reformatory.

Cleveland Ohio Rocky River Reservation Cleveland Metropolitan Park Leslie Pochedly Strongsville Cuyahoga

South Drops North In All Star Classic Showdown

Ohio South All-Star led by Kevin Grevey of Hamilton Taft with 30 points defeated the North 115 to 84. Grevey played 27 minutes and hit long shots and drives as the South earned its third straight win in the series, evening the series at 6 6. Steve Wenner of Findlay topped the North with 20 points. Area players Mike Rouse of Jackson and Roger Smith of Western Pike County also scored for the South.

Marion Kevin Grevey Hamilton Taft Grevey Steve Wenner Findlay Mike Rouse Jackson Roger Smith Pike County Rouse Smith

Juries Could Watch Civil Trials On TV

Erie County Common Pleas Court Judge McCrystal proposes televised civil trials to streamline proceedings. Testimony would be recorded and edited, with live jury selection openings and closings held during the trial, enabling one judge to oversee multiple cases and juries to review taped testimony.

Sandusky Ohio Erie County Common Pleas Court James L. McCrystal Ohio State Bar Association McCrystal

Ohio lawmakers hold hearings on subsidies and legal tweaks

Probers hold hearings on bills to subsidize parents who adopt special needs children and to ban non returnable beverage containers. Also discussed are repeal of abortion laws, lieutenant governor succession, university trespass tightenings, state wage basing for low paid jobs, and two year college associate degrees.

House Environment and Natural Resources Committee House Judiciary Committee Ohio Senate Ways and Means Committee Senate Judiciary Committee Senate Finance Committee Senate Education and Health Committee

Landon Receives NCCJ Human Relations Award in Kansas

Alfred M. Landon former Kansas governor and 1936 presidential candidate is cited by the National Conference of Christians and Jews for distinguished service in human relations. The National Brotherhood Award will be presented at the NCCJ Kansas regional dinner in Wichita. Landon rose to prominence for advocating racial and religious tolerance when he teamed with editor William Allen White in 1924 to oppose the Ku Klux Klan in Kansas.

Wichita Kan Alfred M. Lamon Kansas National Conference of Christians and Jews NCCJ Landon William Allen White

Kyger Creek Building Entered In Gallia County

Gallia County sheriff investigates a weekend break in at the Kyger Creek Plant recreation building. Entry was through a forced south side window. two locks on a metal cabinet holding softball gear were broken but items left inside, and a pop dispenser was pried open.

Gallipolis Kyger Creek Plant Gallia County Sheriff’s Department Sheriff’s Office

Four Charges Faced By Gallia County Man

GALLIPOLIS The Gallia County Sheriff's Department arrested a Gallipolis Route 1 man on four charges over the weekend. Lorn Mullins 19 was booked on two charges of assault and two charges of destruction of property. Rookie outfielder Joe Lis of the Philadelphia Phillies hit 119 home runs in the minor leagues in the last five seasons.

Gallia County Gallipolis Lorn Mullins Joe Lis Philadelphia Phillies

Accident on Route 35 Investigated

The Mason County Sheriff’s Department investigated a one car accident Monday at 7 30 a m on Route 35 eleven miles south of Henderson. Karl Lester Kempel thirty five of New Falls Ohio drove north lost control and went through a fence into a cornfield at the John Kay Jr farm. His wife and three children were passengers but uninjured. A second mishap on Route 35 at Little 16 Mile Creek Saturday involved Deborah Ann Bush eighteen of Southside and William Ray Plants seventeen of Southside. Bush slowed then was rear ended. no injuries or citations reported.

Point Pleasant Mason County Karl Lester Kempel New Falls Ohio John Kay Jr Kempel Little 16 Mile Creek Deborah Ann Bush William Ray Plants Southside Bush

Minister Assigned To Middleport

The Rev. Robert Bumgarner is assigned to Heath United Methodist and Rutland United Methodist Churches during the Methodist Conference at Lakeside. He and his wife come from Toledo with four children and will move into the Middleport parsonage next week. Rev. Max Donahue moves to Coal Grove amid a farewell social. A reception for the Bumgarners is planned.

Beulah Jones Robert Bumgarner Toledo Heath United Rutland United Methodist Lakeside Middleport Heath Middleport Parsonage Max Donahue Coal Grove Ohio Donahues

Smoke Alarm Causes Fire Scare at 408 First St

Point Pleasant firefighters respond to an 8 20 p m alarm at the Wayne Kincaid apartment building 408 First Street where a short in electrical wiring in apartment 10 occupied by Charles Clayton produced smoke but no fire.

Point Pleasant Wayne Kincaid First St Charles Clayton

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U.S Walter Lenigar Lenna Hughes Funeral Home Clyde Pinnell West Union Street Calvin Lanning the Plains Calvin Happy) Lanning O’bleness Douglas Roush Douglas P. Roush Addison Point Pleasant High School Holzer Medical Center Mr. Roush Kgger Creek Welch Elkhorn, High School Concord College West Virginia University University of Tennessee Kennarrock Philip and Ida Henderson Roush Beech Grove Cemetery Ewing Funeral Home Katie William Athens Route 2 Elgin John Johnson Funeral Home Nelsonville Duraclean Paren Magaz Parents’ Magazine Americanesearch & Testing Laboratories Indiana University NEW Yorkers William R. Glendon Oper Reg North Stars Wilson Baker 'S Watchmaker ‘Jeweler WN. Court St. Athens Berry Hall AIP Landon Kyger Creek East State Street DuPont
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