Fiddler Crab Desperate Gestures in Passion Play
In a short coastal scene a fiddler crab frustrated in love repeats claw gestures as part of its mating display. The behavior showcases nonlethal, ritualistic action in crustacean courtship.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1962
Page
7
In a short coastal scene a fiddler crab frustrated in love repeats claw gestures as part of its mating display. The behavior showcases nonlethal, ritualistic action in crustacean courtship.
McARTHUR The Vinton County Commissioners review a request from Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library trustees to place a 3.10 mill levy on the November 1962 ballot to fund operations and preserve bookmobile service for county patrons. The board also renews surplus commodity distribution for 875 clients and approves two fund transfers to cover Workmen's Compensation and county insurance premiums.
McArthur reports gasoline sparked two fires this week. At 101 High St. Clarence Ward home a lawn mower refueling ignited near a hot water heater. the mower was a total loss and the house suffered smoke damage insured. At Creola Chester Collins farm a tractor spill on an incline caused a fire. the tractor was heavily damaged and uninsured.
Vinton Township Grange completed a rural box project painting over 60 mailboxes with silver coats and repainting signal flags red. Chairman Marvin J. Huston credited cooperation from the Post Office Department and box patrons for the effort.
Clyde M. Morris of Vinton Furnace Experimental Forest reported the loss of an official thermometer last week. The instrument has been replaced with another one and the weekly weather picture for Vinton County resumes.
McArthur Development Association members at the June meeting approved a federal grant request by Ohio University for 77000 to catalog regional resources in Southeastern Ohio. The group also endorsed cleanup plans while the Democrat Enquirer office assists property owners in hiring workers for temporary cleanup.
A fragmented OCR listing daily program slots across NBC News Weather sports films and specials with numerous times and show titles. It reads like a TV guide page patchwork with scattered program labels and host names.
TV listings for WCHS ABC Channel 8 and other stations show daily programs including news weather sports movies Westerns cartoons and late night features. Entries list time slots and programs such as The Flintstones Gunsmoke Perry Mason and The Wizard of Oz style lineups across Friday and weekend schedules.
TV listings show 7:30 p m International Showtime Circus from Holland hosted by Don Ameche followed by 8:30 p m Robert Taylor Detectives One Lucky Break with Nelson suspended for burglary victim shooting and suspect escape. 9:30 p m Breakthrough Mental Health hosts discuss hopeful new treatments. 8 p m Hathaways Norvel Ill. 9 p m 77 Sunset Strip Nightmare with Jeff Spencer. 10 p m Target The Corruptors The Invisible Government Marino investigates a lobbying operation. 7:30 p m Rawhide Afraid old hands can’t endure the trail. 9:50 p m Father of the Bride ring mishap. 10 p m Twilight Zone King Nine Will not Return starring Bob Cummings.
Robert W. McClelland becomes chief engineer at the Ohio Fuel Gas underground storage compressor station near McArthur, succeeding James T. Caldwell who retired for health reasons on June 1. The $2.7 million plant, opened in 1958, stores natural gas across several Vinton County wells with a capacity of 1014 billion cubic feet. McClelland, from Mt. Sterling and previously at the Meigs and pro pane plants, has moved to 106 Sohio Drive with his wife and three daughters. He began with the company in 1946 and is a Laurelville native. The McClellands attend the local Methodist church.
An affidavit filed in Vinton County Court accuses 20 year old Frank R. Carbone of stealing a car leased by Curtis Circulation Co from Hertz Car Leasing. The vehicle was allegedly taken from a Curtis agent in a McArthur motel and later wrecked in Perry County. Charges by W D Mayberry. A separate note records approval of quiet title in Emery Killen et al vs Clyde Eagle et al by Judge C W Smith.
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