Woman Shot While Talking To Sheriff and Husband Critical
A woman on a wall telephone was shot four times in the back and once in the arm while talking to a sheriff deputy. The shooter, identified as Keller, fled and was found later in a shed with a reloaded .22 pistol on the back seat. Keller is hospitalized under guard. his background includes residence changes and prior military service. Funeral arrangements are by Jagers and Sons Funeral Home.
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Keller
Shields
Meigs County
Robert Beegle
John Tullis
Pomeroy
Meigs
Albany
Letart Falls
Ball Run Road
William Reuter
Windsor Stivers
E. Main Street
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
Athens
Athens Education Association seeks recognition as teachers group
The Athens City District board will consider recognizing the Athens Education Association as the negotiation agent for teachers in a board meeting at 7 30 tonight. The issue was tabled last month after teachers backed the plan. The board will also weigh a bill to advertise bids for fixed equipment at the new Athens High School including science home economics and language laboratories, folding partitions and library equipment. A proposed 1967 68 school calendar will be reviewed. Dr Paul McClendon of Temple University will visit Athens Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss audio visual services for the new high school including closed circuit television and equipment for individual learning programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens City District Board of Education
Athens Education Association
Fred Chase
Athens High School
Chase
Paul McClendon
Temple University
Athens
Snow Disappears As River Levels Fall
A light snow cover melted with rising temperatures in Athens. U S Weather observer C L Colmer reported .15 inches of precipitation overnight. Sunday high reached 49 with a low of 32. At 11 a m the temperature was 35. The Hocking River stood at 6.10 feet and was falling.
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Athens
C. L. Colmer
U. S
Colmer
Hocking
Agent Warns Of Danger In Insecticides
County Extension Agent Kenneth Ackerman warned against the mistaken use of insecticides. He said products change their chemical content year to year and the public remains unaware of the change. He urged clearer naming and careful label reading to ensure safety.
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Kenneth Ackerman
Ackerman
CAP meeting set 7:30 PM Thursday at Glasgow High School
Athens County Community Action Program schedules a 7:30 p.m. Thursday meeting at Glasgow High School. Agenda items include reports on the dental program Neighborhood Youth Corps Head Start Nelson Amendment and family living projects.
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Athens County
Glouster High School
CAP
Conway divorce petition filed in Athens County Ohio
Laura Jean Conway sues Paul Allen Conway for divorce on grounds of gross neglect of duty in Athens County Court. hearing set on and after May 1 1967. Attorneys Lovelle and Vanity of The Security Building Athens Ohio represent the plaintiff.
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Court OF Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Laura Jean Conway
Paul Allen Conway
ASC
Brookly Afb
Alabama
Lovelle and Vanity
the Security
Athens
Jones Named As Sergeant Ted Jones Appointed
Ted Jones, a veteran of almost two years on the city police department, is appointed police sergeant after posting the highest exam score. A 27 year old Albany High School graduate, he served three years in the Army with the Army Security Agency. Mayor Raymond Shepard announced the appointment.
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Ted Jones
Raymond Shepard
Jones
Army
Army Security Agency
Albany High School
Shark Meat Explored As Fresh Fish Commodity
Florida fishing industry studies shark meat palatability, noting fresh handling may yield a marketable product. Shark meat has been smoked and salted sun dried as Baccalao. The Hocking Valley AFL-CIO council sponsors a two show country music event at York High School Auditorium on June 24 produced by Parathon Productions of Nashville.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Forida
Hocking Valley
Afl-Cio Central Labor Council
Hocking
Athens
Vinton
Perry
Meigs
York High School
Parathon Productions
Nashville
Tenn
Alfalfa Weevil Expected to Hit Ohio in April
Ohio extension officials warn the alfalfa weevil will strike early April across the state. About 85 percent of spring larvae hatch from eggs in alf alfa stems, with a 3 to 4 week larval period. All counties are infested and control is urged to prevent millions in losses.
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Ohio
Kenneth Ackerman
Athens County
Ackerman
B. D. Blair
Ohio State University Extension Service
Blair
Northwest
North Central
Lawrence Man Found Slain Suspect Held
A 56 year old Lawrence County Ohio man faced murder charges in the fatal shooting of 61 year old Bear Creek resident Friend R Cooper. Cooper died after surgery for head and abdomen wounds at Cabell Huntington Hospital. He was found on a road near his home Saturday evening. a .32 caliber revolver and the weapon were found in a barn. Funeral services are planned Tuesday at 3 p m Schneiders Funeral Home Chesapeake.
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Chesapeake
Lawrence County
Ohio
R. Cooper
Bear Creek
Cooper
Cabell - Huntington Hospital
Gordon Bowen
Hunington Alloy Products Division
International Nickel Co
Cabell County
Anice Mounts Morrison
Point Pleasant
John Cooper
Lucy Cooper
Rudolph Ferris
Carl Cooper
Cheshire
Lucas Cooper
Fred Cooper
Huntington
Herbert
Lesage
John
Anna Henderson
Sarah L. Stevens
Schneider Funeral Home
W. E. Bowen
Arthur Creek
Panel To Air Problems At Ames Bern
The Ames Bern Parent Teachers Organization will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. A panel of educators will discuss Tri County Vocational School and issues facing the Federal Hocking School District with participants including Athens County Supt Robert Weinfurther Vocational School Supt Tom C Porter Ames Bern Local Supt Edgar L Koehler Ames Bern Principal Miss Nellie Woolley and board members Robert Dishong and George King.
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Ames-Bern
Tri-County
Hocking
Athens County
Robert Weinfurther
Tom C. Porter
Edgar L. Koehler
Nellie Woolley
Robert Dishong
George King
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Adds A Daughter
Admits include Rodney Cremeans Walter Dick en and Francis Gab riel many New Marshfield residents and Athens people. The section also lists several dismissals among patients and accompanying relatives from Athens Plains Albany and New Marshfield communities.
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Rodney Cremeans
Coolville
Glen Wood
New Marshfield
Walter Dicken
Francis Gabriel
Samuel H. Beckley
Albany
Siyvia Sher
Julie Phifer
Athens
Rebecca Jo Mansfield
the Plains
Milk Dumping Counts Send 2 Men To May Grand Jury
Albany area man Earl Francis Bailey and Leonard Lee Lucas face murder malicious destruction charges over draining 1000 gallons of Grade A milk valued at $500 from a truck. They plead innocent as municipal court bound them over to the Athens County grand jury.
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May
Albany
National Farmers Organization
Athens County
Earl Francis Bailey
NFC
Leonard Lee Lucas
Athens
Marietta-Athens Milk Producers Association, Inc
Bernard E. Eaton
Milk Producers Group
John Newcomb
Athens County Grand Jury
Hollister Water Plan Wins County Backing
County commissioners endorsed the Hollister water project and approved a new bridge on County Rd. 59 over Four Mile Creek in Troy Two. They also approved subdivision plans for a Ray Douglas project on Radford Road as part of the same agenda.
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Hollister
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Four Mile Creek
Troy
Ohio River
Ray Douglas
Radford Road
City-Church Land Trade Delayed After Sunday Meeting
The First Presbyterian Church and city administration debate a land swap on N College Street for the College Washington Street parking lot plus 75 000 dollars. A church committee chair Ramseth says questions require further city council review. A congregational vote is set for Sunday April 2 to decide on presenting the trade proposal.
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First Presbyterian Church
Charles Ramseth
Athens
Ramseth
N. College St
College - Washington Street
Maurice Casey Joins Ohio State Faculty as Choral Director
Maurice T. Casey, husband of Jane Barker of Athens, will join Ohio State University this spring as director of the symphonic choir and university chorus. He previously led choral activities at Baldwin Wallace College and resides at 199 Barberry Drive, Berea with his wife, daughter of a former Athens school superintendent.
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Maurice T. Casey
Jane Barker
Athens
Ohio State University
Baldwin-Wallace College
Willard Barker
Barker
Athens City
Cleveland Orchestra
Caseys
Barberry Dr
Berea
Lutheran Church Sets Religious Rites in Maundy Thursday Services
Christ Lutheran Church will hold two Maundy Thursday services with Communion at 4 and 7 30 p m The sermon topic is Making Good the Confession New officers of the Federal Hocking Community Center will meet at 7 30 p m Friday at the Broadwell EUB Church to discuss the Community Action Program
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Christ Lutheran Church
Walter F. Johnson
Broadwell
Federal Hocking Community Center
Broadwell Eub
Three Injury Free Crashes Investigated by Patrol
Athens Highway Patrol investigated three injury free traffic accidents over the weekend. Mrs. Garnett D. Watkins, 34, escaped injury on New England Road after her car crossed a narrow bridge and veered into a ditch. Paul R. Westfall, 40, hit an embankment on Route 33 after striking a deer. the deer was killed. Richard A. Anders, 22, lost control on Route 278 near Nelsonville, crashing into a tree after the driver fell asleep.
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Athens Highway Patrol
Garnett D. Watkins
Guysville
New England
Watkins Auto
Paul R. Westfall
Parkersburg
Athens-Hocking County
Westfall
Richard A. Anders
Nelsonville
Route 278
Anders
Court Case: Dwight Mace Fined for Assault and Battery
Dwight Mace of New Marshfield Route 1 was fined $25 plus costs on an assault and battery charge filed by his wife.
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Dwight Mace
New Marshfield Route 1
Fire crews quell grass fire near campus and plant
Grass burning between Ohio University barracks and the city sewage plant on East State Street prompted a city fire alarm at 5 10 pm Sunday. Firemen arrived to find the blaze already out.
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Ohio University
E. State Street
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