Nine Grand Jury Cases Set for Monday Session
Nine May grand jury cases are ready for Monday with eight defendants. Prosecution will call 15 witnesses at 9 a.m. at the courthouse. Defendants include Willie Twyman charged with shooting at a neighbor with intent to kill and confined for examination. Raymond Moody accused of cutting with intent to wound. Charles Blackford for conversion of property. Other charges cover breaking and entering, forgery, issuing a bad check, and non support.
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Homer B. Gall Jr
Court House
William
Willie
Daniel Twyman
Glouster
Lima State Hospital
Raymond Moody
Millfield
Luella
Charles Blackford
Union To Publicly Report Bridgwater Strike To Members
United Auto Workers Local 324 to present a detailed three week strike report to members during a 1 p.m. meeting at the Athens County fairgrounds. William Perry notes the briefing covers the April 11 start and three and a half months of bargaining. Police Chief J B Grogan and Athens media will attend the session.
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Bridgwater
William Perry
United Auto Workers Local 324
Aflcio
Perry
Athens County Fairgrounds
Bridgwater Machine Division
American Brake Shoe Corp
Shade School Audit Report Released
State auditor Irene Devlin released the Shade Local School District audit covering July 14 1962 to February 5 1964. It reported no findings, noted record preparation comments, cited legible board minutes, and found a missing January 1963 appropriation entry with a lunchroom fund deficit. Teachers and bus drivers were certified.
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Shade
Irene Devlin
May Brings Bright Start to Athens Weather
The first of May opened with fair skies and rising temperatures in Athens. At 9:30 a.m. the mercury reached 68 after an early low of 43, with a 64 degree high and the Hocking River falling to 6.4 ft. April rainfall totaled 7.33 inches, more than triple last year’s 1.52 inches.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Hocking River
Colmer
Burglary at Athens Credit Bureau Office
Burglary reported at the Credit Bureau Office of Athens located at 2 S Congress St. An employee said an unknown amount of money and stamps were taken from a locked desk drawer while other drawers were ransacked. Entry method under investigation. Named individuals include Peter Morris Cherrington, 21, assistant grower, Circleville, and Sheran Kaye Lewis, 18, secretary, Nelsonville.
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Credit Bureau of
Athens
S. Congress St
Peter Morris Cherrington
Circleville
Sheran Kaye Lewis
Nelsonville
Births and hospital admissions at Sheltering Arms
Births reported for Mr and Mrs Eddie Nott and Mr and Mrs Greg Sanders in Glouster and Athens. Admissions include W F Jeffries Athens Mrs George Bryson Albany Jerry Moody Millfield Ann Arbach Athens Mrs Jesse Lee Athens Frederick Gruttemeyer Chauncey Mrs William Frick Athens Benton Miller Athens Route 1. Dismissals list Emma Sherwood Athens Albert Ogunsola and daughter Athens Daniel E Young New Marshfield Route 1 Mrs Leland Southerton Athens Mrs Chris Bixler Missillon.
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Eddie Nott
Glouster
Greg Sanders
Athens
W. F. Jeffries
George Bryson
Albany
Jerry Moody
Millfield
Ann Arbach
Jesse Lee
Frederick Gruttemeyer
Chauncey
William Frick
Benton Miller
Emma _ Sherwood
Albert Ogunsola
Daniel E. Young
New Marshfield
Leland Southerton
Chris Bixler
Missillon
Rome Canaan class selects valedictorian and salutatorian
Cheryl Dorr of Athens Route 4 is valedictorian and Greg ory Wright of Athens Route 4 is salutatorian for the Rome Canaan class of 1964. The commencement program includes Dr. Gilbert A. Stephenson as speaker at 8 p.m. May 24 and Rev. James William Brown at 10 a.m. baccalaureate. Dorr carries a 3.6 average and Wright a 3.4. Both are active in student government and activities and plan college enrollment at Ohio University.
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Cheryl Dorr
Donald Dorr
Gregory Wright
O. D. Wright
Athens
Gilbert A. Stephenson
Ohio University
James William Brown
Guysville
Freedom Movement Described by Gregory and Singers
Gregory and the Freedom Singers performed at a 600 attendee benefit in a Memorial Auditorium as part of a 30 day SNCC fundraiser. The act framed nonviolent struggle for equality amid remarks on North South disparities and police scrutiny, featuring songs like Freedom Is Coming and We Shall Overcome.
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Patholecek
South
Memorial Auditorium
Dick Gregory
Gregory
Freedom Singers
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Cleveland
SNCC
Fredom
Atlanta
Absentee Vote Totals for May Primary Reported
About 261 absentee ballots have been cast for the May primary per the county election board. The civilian absentee deadline was Thursday. military ballots may arrive until Tuesday noon. Of the total, roughly 30 are military votes. In 1962 the board recorded 101 civilian and 13 military absentee votes.
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County Election Board
Judgment Against Athens Apartments Filed in Common Pleas
Sea Gull Manufacturing Co. filed suit against Athens Apartments. The court in Cuya hoga Common Pleas transferred the entry to a local Common Pleas Court. Harold Mandel of Euclid and Carl Hudous of University Heights represent the apartments.
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Athens Apartments
Cuyahoga
Nine Athens juniors vie for state scholarship on campus
Eleven ninth graders from Athens Junior High School prepare for final district competition at Ohio University campus. Contestants include Joy Bratton Eric Noble Peggy Urbach in algebra David Summers Mike Watson Jean Wisterdahl in biology Helen Eschenbacher Kirsty Kendall Debbie Leach in English Jeff Rutter Lana Weber in Latin. Dorothy V Lasure 39 Armstrong Rd cited by city police for failure to stop within assured clear distance after a traffic accident near Richland Ave Friday morning.
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Athens Junior High School
Ohio University
Joy Bratton
Eric Noble
Peggy Urbach
David Summers
Mike Watson
Jean Wisterdahl
Helen Eschenbacher
Kirsty Kendall
Debbie Leach
Jeff Rutter
Lana Weber
Dorothy V. Lasure
Armstrong Rd
Richland Ave
Three New Officers Join City Police, 24-Hour Desk Manned
Police Chief J B Grogan announces 24 hour city hall desk coverage for the first time as three rookie patrolmen join the staff. The officers, all probationary for a year, were hired after an April 20 city council ordinance and will handle radio reports and highway patrol defen ds while training under veterans. The department now numbers 13 including the chief, capt, two sergeants and nine patrolmen.
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Paul Efa
City Hall
J. B. Grogan
Grogan
Fire Department
H. Bateman Blair
N. McKinley Ave
Cincinnati Withrow High School
Ohio University
Wayne F. Perry
the Plains
York High School
Carlos Bailey
Athens Route 3
Chauncey - Dover
OU Airport Open to Public Over Weekend
Ohio University air port will be open to the public this weekend for tours of facilities and flights over Athens. The Flying Bobcats student group will host penny a pound airplane rides to fund a trip to the NIFA Airmeet in Montana on May 16.
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Ohio University
Athens
Ohio University Flying Bobcats
Flying Organization
National Intercollegiate Flying Association
Airmeet
Montana
Lamborn Studio Burglary Value Reaches Two Thousand
City police report the theft at Lamborn Studio on S Court Street now totals $2000 after a full inventory. Missing items include cameras films and lenses.
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Lamborn Studio
S. Court St
Jury Trial Opens In Municipal Court
Ossie Akers, 35, of Pedro, faced a driving while intoxicated charge in municipal court with Judge John Newcomb presiding. Akers denied the charge, bonded at $500, as four prosecution witnesses and three defense witnesses testified. A separate incident had 19 year old Nancy Bracey suffer breathing trouble and be given oxygen by the city emergency squad en route to Hudson Health Center at 1 06 p m Thursday.
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Ossie Akers
Pedro
John Newcomb
Akers
State Highway Patrol
Nancy Bracey
Scott Quad
Hudson Health Center
City Fire Department
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