NTSB Likely Blames Pilot Error in 1970 Marshall Crash
Huntington newspaper cites NTSB sources saying probable cause was a night visual approach without proper altimeter cross references amid deteriorating weather. The Southern Airways jet carrying Marshall University personnel killed 75. Report release expected by April 15 pending final printing.
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Huntington
W. Va
Marshall University
National Transportation Safety Board
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
NTSB
Marshall
Footall
Southern Airways
Edward Slattery
James Kee
D-W. Va
Tax Filing Help Available In Athens Ohio
John R Abel of the Athens IRS office reminds taxpayers of Friday and April 17 help sessions from 9 am to noon and 1 to 4 pm at the Matters Building 24 E State Street. Call 592-1188 on Fridays and April 17 for assistance. OCSEA Education Meeting set for 7 30 pm Saturday at Grange Hall Athens County Fairgrounds to discuss the new state pay raise bill.
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John R. Abel
Athens Internal Revenue Service Office
Matters
E. State Street
Ohio University
Ohio Civil Service Employes Association
Grange
Athens County Fairgrounds
Irene Coe
OCSEA
Miller weighs more area offices for Southeastern Ohio
Congressman Clarence E. Miller says he is studying adding offices in the Tenth District with GSA help to locate sites serving citizens. The House administration committee authorized up to three offices per district. Miller already has a Lancaster office and cites population centers and accessibility as key factors.
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Washington
Clarence E. Miller
Tenth Congressional District
General Services Administration
Ohio
Miller
House Administration Committee
Lancaster
Southeastern
Rural Home Entered on Route 4 Near Athens
Athens County deputies said a Route 4 home belonging to Mr and Mrs Richard Bradley was found pried open while the owners were away on vacation. Their son Omar Bradley, from West Virginia, inspected the vacant house and noted several rooms had been rummaged but nothing reported missing.
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Athens
Youth Gets Sentence For Marijuana Possession
Michael Taylor an 18 year old from Pomeroy was sentenced to one year in the Cincinnati workhouse after pleading guilty to two counts of marijuana possession. The case followed a raid on an apartment in Middleport led by Chief J J Cremeans with Sheriff Robert Hartenbach assisting. Frank Shea 61 was ill and transported to O Bleness Memorial Hospital by the Athens Fire Department Emergency Squad.
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Pomeroy
Michael Taylor
Cincinnati
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
John Bacon
Taylor
Chris Dinguss
Roger Pickens
Middleport
J. J. Cremeans
Robert Hartenbach
Bernard Fultz
Gordon Bolon
Columbus
Athens Fire Department
Foster Pl
Frank Shea
Shea
O’bleness
China to gain first UN undersecretary post
Diplomatic sources report that China will obtain the UNs first undersecretary general from Peking to head the expanded trustee ship and colonialism department. Waldheim plans to announce the cabinet next Tuesday with name choices tied to regional representation among the permanent five.
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United Nations
N.Y
China
Kurt Waldheim
Peking
U.N. Secretariat
Rhodesia
South Africa
United States
Security Council
Soviet Union
France
Britain
Waldheim An
Firemen Respond Twice To Camper Accident Damages
Fire crews answered two calls in the east side of town Thursday night after a camper backed into an electric service line at 29 Grand Park Blvd. No damage noted at first call. A second call at 20 Dalton Ave. involved a ground wire to the water line causing a fire. Repairs by Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. Damage estimated at 25 dollars. Veterans Meet Set At American Legion Home Friday evening.
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Athens
J. A. Brown
Grand Park Blvd
Harland Harris
Brown
David Gierhart
Dalton Ave
Harris
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Homes Sought For Teachers
Athens area families are asked to host English-speaking European teachers for one or two weeks this summer under the American Host Program now in its tenth year. Christine Busemeyer of Edgecliff College will visit Athens High School Tuesday to discuss participation. Interested hosts should write Tom Murphy, American Host Program, Hotel Commodore, Suite 2100, New York.
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Athens Area
United States
Christine Busemeyer
Edgecliff College
Athens High School
Cincinnati
Tom Murphy
Commodore
Park Avenue
42Nd Street
New York
N.Y
Insurance Firm Wins Recognition in 1971 Merit Award
Earl F. Mathews Inc of Athens, an independent insurer, was named a Time Insurance Co merit award winner for 1971. Time's W. E. Jordens noted 200 of 3200 agencies earned the honor for service to clients product knowledge and sales activity during 1971.
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Earl F. Mathews, Inc
Board of
Time Insurance Co
W. E. Jordens
Time
Jordens
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