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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1972
Page
9
Wellston city employees urged a 5 percent pay raise and two extra holidays including birthdays and Presidents Day. They seek biweekly pay, 120 days of sick leave, and time and a half overtime. The finance committee will study the requests before action.
Area obituaries report the deaths of SEBA L POST 77 of Glouster Route 2 and Jennie Larch Bobo 74 of Athens with services planned at Spencer Ridge Church and Jagers and Sons Funeral Home. Other notices include John F Johnson 40 Nelsonville, Royal Sprague widow dies in Wilmington, Estate Morehouse Bidwell 81, James M Potts 58 McArthur, Guy Bailey 72 Logan, Helen Shriver 48 Gallipolis, with survivors, funeral times, and burial sites listed.
In Saigon, 10 000 South Vietnamese forces backed by heavy U S B52 strikes launched a ground operation to counter a reported North Vietnamese buildup in the western central highlands. The U S Command said B52s flew over 30 missions since Monday and noted a reconnaissance plane shot down in Laos along with three more strikes in North Vietnam.
After rising to curb height in Rutland Thursday evening flood waters receded Friday without entering homes. Some Meigs County highways remained water covered Friday morning but traffic moved through most routes. Closed roads included Route 681 between Darwin and Tuppers Plains Route 7 bypass at Laurel Cliff and Route 143 near the Route 7 bypass.
Mason County Prosecuting Attorney Mike Shaw cautions high school seniors about advance training by correspondence programs. He notes many schools solicit students, impose costs, and may mislead buyers. Parents and counselors should review contracts before commitment. The piece also describes Vietnam war news and military moves in the highlands near Saigon.
A dense public notices page announces appointment in Athens Chauncey Ohio probate inventories hearings service by publication and a sheriff sale of real estate in York Township Athens County The notices reference Mable Verity Carl N Woodyard Wanda L Woodyard Harold J Hose Harold J Rose Marjorie Mitchell and Sheriff Harold E Stields and list dates February and March 1972 with court actions and sale details
Middleport Garden Club meets Monday at 7 30 p m at Mrs C M Hennesseys home with Mrs Crary Davis and Mrs B B Zeigler as co hosts Miss Lucille Smith presents Witchcraft in Your Garden Roll call asks favorite birds and why
Damage was estimated at 1000 dollars after a rear-end crash on snow covered Route 33 above Mason at 7 a.m. Friday. Lawrence B. Conley, 39, backed from a driveway into the highway and was struck in the rear by Roger L. Manley, 27. No injuries or citations reported.
Tu Endie Wei Lodge 102 Fraternal Order of Police met at Krodel Park with two film showings and a letter from associate member John E. Casto now at West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon. Horton Eckard presented the films and Mrs Lena Strow served refreshments. Orville Strow led devotions. Meigs County sheriff reports Charles Rhodes 30 Racine picked up on a warrant from Monroe County.
Gallia County Sheriff's Department investigates gasoline theft from a Han nan Trace School District school bus parked in front of driver Jake Halley’s home on Bladen Mercerville Road Thursday night.
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