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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1969

Page

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Tear Gas Breaks Up Disorders at Indiana Campus

About 1,000 dormitory residents faced tear gas as 100 marshals with helmets and nightsticks entered the campus at 3:30 a.m. to clear six buildings after a brief resistance. One marshal suffered a deep leg gash as debris showered the officers. Sources note later student action and board remarks about authority and meetings.

Eee Jerry Wilson Ndiana Vais AL City College Board of High Education

Obituaries from Millfield to Columbus area faced deaths

Area obituaries note Donald Buss Powell 52 of Columbus formerly Millfield died at St Anthony’s Hospital after two weeks in hospital. Dallas Gibbs 51 of Letart Route 2 died in Hoag Medical Center with wife, son and two daughters among survivors. Mary Jena Shumaker 74 of Middleport died of apparent heart attack at daughter’s home with four daughters, two sons and nine grandchildren listed. Jack Osil Chappelear 71 of Hartford W Va a former coal miner died at Pleasant Valley Hospital with son and daughters surviving. Jessie Alice Thomas 66 of Columbus a World War II navy lieutenant survived by three sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements listed for multiple area churches and cemeteries.

Millfield Donald (Buss) Powell H. Livingston Ave Columbus Mall- Ifield St. Anthony’s Hospital Velma Werner Frances Wallace Willa Pughine Richard Lancaster Philip James Glouster Ruth Johnson Funeral Home Nelsonvile Paul . Johnson Green Lawn Letart Dallas Patterson Gibbs Broad Run Communy Hoizer Medical Center Mason County Laura Fry Gibbs Dwight Gibbs Louise Roush Gibbs Denver Gibbs Janice Hendricks Sandra Long Irene Myers Flatrock May Josephine Robinson Charleston Broad Run United Methodist Church David Fields Gerald Sawyer Bruail Hoffman Cemetery Fogie Middleport Mary Jena Shumaker S. Second Avenue Geraldine Crueser Pomeroy Callia County John and Rose Swisher Will Poplar’s Ridge Anthony Leona) Macio Eugene Audrey) Chapman Tolambus Charles Henry Shumaker Barberton Isaac Wilt Hollie Corning Jack Osil Chappelear Hartford W. Va Pleasant Valley Hospital Point Pleasant Margen County Franklin Mary Pierce -Chappelear Don Akron Juanita Handa Misa Charlene Chappelear Denzil Qolaud Post Grove City Harry Mayme) Shepard Pontiac Mick Post Funeral Home Joseph L. Burnett East Branch Cemetery Jessie Thomas Columbus Jessie Alice Thomas Carpenter Area Thomas the Navy South Pacific Amy Caldwell Faye Calb Minneapolis Minn Lucy Thomas Frank Perry Carpester Harlan Perry Chillicothe Bigony Funeral Al‘ban Ned Osborne School Lot

Three Default Judgments Awarded in Point Pleasant Court

Three default judgments were entered Thursday in Circuit Court. Charles Meadows failed to answer, and Charles Withers was awarded 415 dollars plus interest and costs. The Credit Bureau of Point Pleasant also won 462. The Warsleys failed to answer in the George Wainaidy case, yielding 3826.62 to the bureau from John A. Fultz and Patricia Sue Fultz.

Point Pleasant Sy Circuit Court Charles Meadows Charles Withers Credit Bireau Pieasant George Ro Wainaidy Letha Louise Wamsley Warsley Credit Bureau Crédit Bureau Jota A. ‘Fultz Patricia Sue Fultz

Burley Tobacco Growers Coop Expands Output

In Louisville, the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association reports handling one and one third billion pounds of burley tobacco since government support became effective in 190. The cooperative stands as the largest of three burley operations in the region.

Louisville Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association Burley Am For Tobacco Co-Op

Finch Opposes Wide Cut in Federal School Funds

Welfare Secretary Robert H. Finch defends not cutting federal funds to campuses amid disorder saying a meat-ax approach harms innocent students. He maintains no division with Agnew and Mitchell and urges lawful enforcement while protecting legitimate dissent.

B. L. Schwartz Washington (Ap Robert H. Finch Schoors Finch James Allen Spiro T. Agnew John N. Mitchell

Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Plays At Varsity Theater

Unconventional Scottish schoolmistress Maggie Smith captures her students with romantic notions of reality. In color. Rated M. Showtimes at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. daily at Varsity Theater.

Jean Brodie Maggie Smith Motion Picture Varsity Theater Film Board of National Organizations Unusua Elizabeth. Taylor Mia Farrow Robert Mitchum Valley Drive-In Burt Reynolds Jim Brown Raquel Welch Athena Theater

Candy and Poor Cow Showings at 33 Drive-In

At 33 Drive-In nightly, Candy plays at 9 35 and Poor Cow at 10 35. Candy is an R rated adaptation of a sex crammed novel about a teen and his many lovers. Poor Cow follows a young wife in a harsh English slum seeking survival while caring for her baby.

Film Board of National Organizations

Ten Persons In Court On Indictments At Point Pleasant

Ten of twelve indictments returned by the grand jury were entered in court Thursday. Harry D. Bartles and Cora Lee Lawson pleaded, with Lawson’s plea of not guilty set for June 2. Lawson faces homicide charges in the March death of Phillip Carter. George Bates and Lewis Leach also asked to plead Monday. Bonds were set at $500 for Bates, Duncan, Edward, Reynolds, Smith, and Steele with 1,060 for Harvey Steele.

Point Pleasant Harry D. Bartles Cora Lee Lawson Phillip Carter Lewis Leach George Bates Pete Duncan Robert Edward Roger Reynolds Gladys Smith Harvey Steele

Riddle of the Mayan Cave explores ancient labyrinths

One hour program from ABC News produced with The Explorers Club follows a team of 10 men and several women as they study Mayan caves in the Guamalaman region to decode mysteries of culture from 200 to 900 AD. The special airs Friday evening and delves into surviving relics and cave systems.

ABC News The Explorers Club

Indian Pictographs Dot Picture Canyon

Indian pictographs dot the cliff faces along Picture Canyon near the Colorado Oklahoma border. The site lies in flat grasslands with several carvings reported to be in excellent condition.

Campo Caio Colorado-Oklahoma

Vatican trims calendar dropping dozens of saints

Nearly 10 saints were removed in a major update to the Roman Catholic Church calendar. The decree by Pope Paul VI, Paschalia Mysteria, cites doubts about the historic existence of several favored saints including St Christopher Barbra and Susanna and notes the change will pose delicate issues for Catholics worldwide.

Vatican City St. [Christopher St. Christopher St. Barbara St. Susanna Ameritas Romano Catholic Rome Paul VI Vatican Pierre Jounel Paris

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