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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1967

Page

6

News Withholding Ban Banned From Military Papers

Washington AP A Defense Department ban bars withholding news from military publications and outlets Effects noted by House subcommittee chief Moss praising the move as protecting free flow of information The order allows exceptions only for national security and follows a prior Stars and Stripes incident involving a story about the arrest of the U S ambassador to West Germany son

Washington Defense Department Congress John E. Moss Dcalif House Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara McNamara Stars and Stripes Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Pentagon U.S West Germany

Nelsonville needs a long range development plan

Nelsonville lacks a formal plan for growth and zoning. Citizens and officials recognize the need for a studied approach to future development, with careful planning to decide residential, commercial, and industrial use. A regional plan may be prepared with available funds, potentially alongside a city plan.

Nelsonville Athens County

Logan Native Receives Vietnamese Gallantry Cross

Major Festus E. Wallace 37 formerly of Logan is awarded the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Silver Star in Ba Gi ceremony. He is a son of Charles and Mrs. Wallace of 973 Third St. Logan, a 1949 Logan High School graduate, a 196 graduate of the University of Omaha, and serves as an advisor to ARVN’s 22nd Infantry Division in Vietnam.

Logan Festus E. Wallace Ba Gi Wallace Is Charles Wallace Third St Logan High School University of Omaha Vietnam 22Nd Infantry Division Army of the Republic of Vietnam

Births and adoptions and local notices

Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Robert Heading Logan a son and Mr and Mrs Grover Smith McArthur Route 2 a son. Admitted include Mary Buza Jacksonville and Baby Tera Taggart Nelsonville among others. Nelsonville armorage sale by Rebecca Circle at First Presbyterian Church to be held Friday 8 a.m. Donations requested with pickup via phone.

Robert Heading Logan Grover Smith McArthur Mary Buza Jacksonville Tera Taggart Nelsonville Mary E. O'Connor Sylvia Walton Chauncey William Chutes Eileen Bryan Dorothy Vorkes Rose Harper Chillicothe Edward Whitehair Clifford Rizer Rebecca Circle First Presbyterian Church

Nelsonville Band Earns Excellent Ratings at State Final

Nelsonville High School band received two excellent ratings at the state Class C-1 finals held at Northland High School in Columbus. Nine teen bands competed as Mary Jane McKinley led the group through Charter Oak, March and Procession of Rachel and the Second American Folk Rhapsody. Overnight accommodations were at the Howard Johnson North Motel Inn with band members, instructors, and chaperones.

Nelsonville Northland High School Columbus Charter Oak Mary Jane McKinley Howard Johnson North Motel

Federation President to Attend Hyperion Club Tea

NELSONVILLE Mrs Benjamin F Roth president of the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs will be the honored guest at a Tea when the Hyperion Club meets Saturday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs W H Hyde on E Columbus Street Other guests will be members of the Cosmopolitan Pandorian and P rouette Clubs. NELSONVILLE The fire department answered an alarm to Smittys Gulf Station Fayette Street at 7 06 p m Monday An auto was on fire Paint on the hood of the car was damaged Firemen reported Car Brinker Toledo was car owner

Nelsonville Benjamin F. Roth Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs Hyperion Club W. H. Hyde E. Columbus Street Roth Cosmopolitan Club Pandorian Club Pirouette Club Smitty Gulf Station Fayette Street Car Brinker Toledo

Middleport Personal Notices Recap from Local Families

Mrs. Edward Haggerty returns from Chillicothe after a week with daughter and family. Miss Sue Rue enrolls at Ohio University for fall quarter. The Dallas and Matlack families visit Middleport. Mrs. Lillian McGhee visits relatives in Kentucky and West Virginia. OES members attend Morning Star Chapter inspection in Thurman. Marjorie Moore is seriously ill in Cincinnati. Lawrence Manley visits son Roger and nurse grandson Roger Jr, while on vacation from Middleport street work. Manley to discharge from Army in July. Cundiff family from Charleston visits Syracuse area, attending a family picnic with many relatives and friends in attendance.

Sue Rue Tom Rue Ohio University Miss Rue Middleport Lillian McGhee Flatwoods Belle and Point Pleasant Robert King W. M W. P Evangeline Chapter OES Marie Hawkins Allen Hughes Thurman Morning Star Marjorie Moore Heath Methodist Church Grant Hospital Cincinnati Lawrence Manley Roger Manley Roger Jr District Heights Manley Army Washington, D. C

Nelsonville church and civic group meetings listed

Nelsonville church and civic groups announce meetings tonight through Saturday. The Queen Esther Class and St. Andrew's Catholic Women's Club meet tonight at 7 30, with officers to be elected for Rainbow Girls and Knights of Pythias also meeting midweek. final rummage sale plans to be set for Saturday.

Queen Esther First Methodist Church Jane Heintzelman Ellen Davis Delores Howard Ruth Higgins Retta Howe Murray City Legion Building June Watkins Nelsonville Assembly Order of the Rainbow Masonic Temple Valley Lodge No. 169 Knights of Pythias Pythian Hall St. Andrew’s Catholic Women St. Andrew’s Parish Hall E. Washington Street

Times Salisbury Denied Pulitzer Prize Controversy Roils Awards

The 1967 international reporting Pulitzer went to P R Hughes of the Christian Science Monitor over Times journalist Harrison Salisbury after a 6-5 board ruling citing missing casualty sources in Salisbury dispatches. The jury backed Salisbury 4-1, while Columbia trustees affirmed the board.

New York P. R. John Hughes The Christian Science Monitor Harrison Salisbury New York Times Salisbury North Vietnam Pulitzer Prize Advisory Board Columbia University Hughes Indonesia Times Mississippi Edward Albee Bernard Malamud Russia

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