Hocking Falls Back From Floods In Athens Area
Bright sun and rising temperatures eased flood fears as the Hocking River dropped to 15.10 feet in Athens at 7 a.m. down over two feet from yesterday’s crest. Three state roads remained closed in Athens County Route 329 Route 144 and Route 124 Rome Canaan schools stayed closed while others opened. The river stood nearly two feet under flood stage with a 32 degree morning low and 49 degree high yesterday.
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Athens
Hocking
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Ohio University
West Green
State Highway Department
Athens County
Stewart
Hockingport
Meigs County
Rome-Canaan
Colmer
Mercury
Radar Hill Expansion Set For New Project
Ohio University and North American Aviation plan a joint missile electronics project at Radar Hill. The expanded facility will double space with a 75 foot tower for sensor resolution tests and a 1 500 square foot lab plus roads and parking. The four year project begins with construction aimed to finish in May.
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Ohio University
Radar Hill
Department of Electrical Engineering
North American Aviation Corp
Vernon R. Alden
Richard H. McFarland
Ohio University and
North American Engineers
Three Promotions at Athens State Hospital Named
Three employees at Athens State Hospital received promotions to new posts. Charles H. Gall, 38, becomes farm manager after 16 years as dairy herdsman. Richard H. Hayes, 57, named assistant farm manager with greenhouse duties. John J. Downs, 12‑year dairy veteran, will replace Gall as herdsman. Both Gall and Downs earned superior production awards from the Central Ohio Breeding Association.
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Athens State Hospital
Charles H. Gall
Hospital
Athens High School
Gall
Ohio University
Graham Scientific Breeding
Surge Technical Institute
Betty
Dairy Ave
Richard H. Hayes
Athens
Hayes
Rome-Canaan High School
Guysville
Lodi Grange
Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio State Dairyman Association
American Jersey Cattle Club
Athens County Fair Board
John J. Downs
New Straitsville High School
Dairy
Downs
Vera
Glouster
Central Ohio Breeding Association
Baby Hurt In Falling From Car On Route 50
A four month old girl named Dee Ann Delong received head abrasions but no hospital admission after being thrown from a westbound car driven by her mother Mary Delong on Route 50 near Route 329. The vehicle drifted into the opposite lane, flipped onto its side, then righted itself. the mother, also ejected, was unhurt.
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State Highway Patrol
Dee Ann Delong
Athens
Newsweek editor praises Ohio University photographers
Thomas P. Orr, Newsweek photo editor, praised the university's photography program and three distinguished alumni. He honored Vytautas A. Valaitis, a 1959 graduate who died in 1965, Robert McElroy, a 1956 graduate with Newsweek, and James Pickerell, a freelance photographer in Vietnam. City firefighters also responded to Shively Hall for an oven fire caused by burning spilled chocolate.
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Thomas P. Orr
Newsweek Magazine
Ohio University
Vytautas A. Valaitis
Robert McElroy
Newsweek
James Pickerell
Vietnam
Civil Rights Panel Set in Athens Discrimination Discussion
The Athens Civil Rights Action Committee will host a panel on Discrimination In Athens at the Cellar Door 18 N College St at 8 p.m. Tuesday. A question and answer period follows with Herpes Saunders Leslie Sargent and others from ACRAC, League of Women Voters, IRD and related groups.
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Athens Civil Rights Action Committee
Athens
N. College St
Herpes Saunders
ACRAC
Robert Whealey
Maxwell Pullen
League of Women Voters
Leslie Sargent
Calvin Walton
IRD
Urban League
Minnesota Human Rights Commission
Ohio University Bids Summer Session Pause at Branch Campuses
Edward M. Penson says summer sessions will not be held this summer at the Chilli cothe Ironton Lancaster Ports mouth St. Clairsville and Zanes campuses and new campuses may offer sessions in 1968 if Athens and branch enrollments justify it. Veterans of World War I will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in the American Legion home.
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Ohio University
Chillicothe
Ironton
Lancaster
Portsmouth
St. Clairsville
Zanesville
Edward M. Penson
Athens
American Legion
Striking Jewelry and Glove Trends Define Spring Style
Athens Orto CTS highlights bold colors in jewelry for spring with radiant earrings neckpieces and bracelets. Gloves accompany every costume offering open wrist scrollwork and racing driver inspired fits while handbags showcase leather envelopes totes and pouches with brass hardware and heavy stitching.
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