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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1969
Page
5
Athens County grand jury begins May term with 26 defendants facing 16 charges including narcotics cases and harboring a felon. Prosecutor Claire Ball Jr. expects secret work to finish by Tuesday noon. Several suspects linked to a March 15 Hastings Road narcotics sweep appear in the report with varied bond statuses.
A motorcycle struck two young pedestrians, Linda Hight and cyclist Robert Henderson, Thursday afternoon on Richland Avenue near Grover Center. Hight remained hospitalized Friday with facial abrasions. Henderson was treated and released. A witness said Hight stepped from the curb toward West Green dorms and Henderson did not brake. Charles Osuch pleaded no contest to blowing a bugle on Congress Street and posted a $58 bond for a May 13 court appearance.
Sherman Hopkins of Ohio University College of Business Administration was chosen president of the Athens Jaycees at the bi-monthly meeting at Columbia Gas. New officers include Edward Sarno, Anse Cates, Bud Ford, William Muse, Edmund Williams, and Dwight West with roles spanning administrative vice president to recording secretary. The group endorsed the Athens City School Levy during a brief pre election session.
An emergency squad answered at 12:49 p.m. for Miss Clare Webb 19 of 22 N College St who was taken to Hudson Health Center after a fire alarm. Earlier at 10:04 p.m. firefighters dealt with a trash container fire in an alley beside Bentley Hall off President Street, causing fire damage and a broken window.
A car driven north on Route 33 a mile north of Route 682 by Pa trick Brooks Speaken 23 Nelsonville was damaged Thursday afternoon when fire broke out under the dashboard after a wiring short circuit. The fire was put out and the vehicle towed from the scene, per the State Highway Patrol.
Ohio Department of Liquor Control processes an application filed April 21 to transfer D1 D2 and D3 liquor permits from Downtowner Inc. Wade Tom trustee in bankruptcy to Tom Crow Enterprises Inc doing business as Ginos Pizza Spaghetti House at 19 S Court St Columbus.
The NFO announced an eight o clock Monday meeting at the Junior Fair Building on the fairgrounds with Tom Conrad as speaker. A question and answer period will follow the address.
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