Commonwealth Telephone Plan Invests 842000 for 1962 Upgrades
Commonwealth Telephone Co of Ohio announces a record 842000 capital program for 1962, a 61 percent rise from 1961. The project covers 31 expansion and improvement schemes across 13 dial exchanges in Athens Fairfield Hocking Meigs and Vinton counties, including Athens toll area, with detailed line and trunk additions per town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Telephone & Electronics Corp
Ohio
Athens
Fairfield
Hocking
Meigs
Vinton
Logan
Bremen
Grenade simulator blast rocks Ohio University fraternity house
An Ohio University student dropped a live grenade simulator into a trash can at the Sigma Chi house early Thursday. The blast shattered a hallway window and prompted a quick evacuation. William Lowery McClure admitted setting off the device, taken from a local Army Reserve unit. Campus police and fire crews investigated with potential future arrests.
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Sigma Chi
15 Park Pl
Joseph McBride
William Lowery McClure
Maumee
FE. State Ltd
McClure
McBade
Council Approves Zoning Change for C and SOE Site
In a brief special meeting on Wednesday night the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. zoning request was approved by council to move from R-2 and M classifications to B-1 for a Morris and May Avenues plot. A public hearing set for June 4 at 7 p.m. followed by the regular session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Raymond Shepard
City Planning Commission
C&soe
Electric Company
Edgar Tuckerman
Michael Molchan
William Weisenbach
Richard Rypma
John Alden
Fred Leach
S. May Ave
Council
Fred Weber
Theft Report In Albany Home Investigated
Deputies investigated a report of about $500 missing from the Albany residence of Mrs. Lucy Gaston on Railroad Street. Paul Gaston told the sheriff that the money was missing. deputies said there was no sign of forcible entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Sheriff's Department
Paul Gaston
Lucy Gaston
Railroad St
Sam Buffington
Ward Cunningham
Ex-Resident Dies In South
Mrs. Constance Roush Mc Laughlin, former Athens resident, died Wednesday in St. Petersburg Florida after living in Plainfield TH. Survived by husband Thomas N. McLaughlin and brother William Roush of Athens. Friends may call at Wylie S. Shroyer funeral home Columbus 7-9 p.m. Saturday and 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Sunday. Services time not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Roush McLaughlin
Athens
St. Petersburg
Fla
Plainfield
Thomas N. McLaughlin
William Roush
Wylie S. Shroyer
W. Broad St
Columbus
Local Incidents And Court Note Briefs From The Area
Loren Kuhne a 26 year old Jacksonville man suffered a right hand laceration while working on a mold at Bridgwater Machine Co. at 10 30 a m and was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital by the fire department. Mildred Calentine a 56 year old Amesville woman fainted at 44 percent W State Street with chest pains and was given oxygen then taken to the hospital. Herbert G Davis a 51 year old Columbus man was fined 100 dollars and costs in Common Pleas Court for driving while intoxicated after admitting the charge. Floyd Bolin Post Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet at 8 p m Friday per commander Charles H Evans.
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Loren Kuhne
Jacksonville
Bridgwater Machine Co
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fire Department
Mildred Calentine
Amesville
State St
Columbus
Herbert G. Davis
Common Pleas
State Highway Patrol
Floyd Bolin Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Charles H. Evans
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Commonwealth Telephone Co
Clare FE. Williams
Marion
Wil
Liams
Williams
Tween
Hideaway Hills
Chauncey
Guysville
McArthur
New Marshfield
Plains
Wilkesville
Fabric Casuals
Oxfords
Nelsonville
Paicen
Orion
Save Now
Jamaica
Ohio University
Dalton
The
Cam
Pus Police
Fraternity
Dalton, McBride
Ohio University Security
Robert Guinn
Theft Report
South
VFW
Athens, Ohio
South Court Street
Aero Shave
Murphy Oil
Glamorene
America
Ntex
Wrisley
Messenger Family Weekly
Playtex
Pangburns & Fanny Farmer
Pangburns and
Fanny Farmer
Scholls
Dr. Scholls
Izemo
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