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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1968

Page

5

Indictments Hit Athens County Grand Jury List

Nineteen indictments were returned by the Athens County May term grand jury, with four extra secret counts for attempted jail escape. Seventeen other defendants face charges including breaking and entering, larceny, and narcotics offenses. Twenty defendants will be arraigned Saturday. the grand jury met over two days with 15 members serving. A deer was killed after running into a car on Route 124.

Athens County Marjorie Mitchell Homer B. Gall William Roger Litteral John Edward Misner Richard Leo van Nest Tom Dean Bolin Lewis Sanders Millfield Bernard Weaver Kenneth West Currier St Athens Curtis Anthony Malone Roger Allen Akers Albany Dwight Kelly Washington Hall Rocky Richard Pitts Nelsonville Rodney Allen Cline Richard Elmer Sanborn Chauncey Edward Warren Wilson Scott Michael Barger James Hall Paul Ahart Parkersburg Marion Schoonover Susan Joan Shulka Ravindra Giryashankar Shulka Palmer St Wayne Allan Davis Palmer Larry Francis Bailey James Herbert Marty Backer Shelby Harbour Common Pleas John W. Bolin Larry Smith Bobby Stotts Wilford Butch’ Morgan William Wolfe Michael D. Salster Homer Bolin Jr Danny Eugene Albright Jerry Dickerson Norma Boyer James A. Schaefer Michael Harris Bruno Charles Howard Dahmer John Michael Irvin Bolin Mitchell Delbert C. Hayes Clarence Morrison Gerald Guthrie Inez B. Wilson Richard C. Smith Luther Ramsey Ethel Wright Grace Gibson Rex Reeves Haskell Jones Marlene Smith M. H. Harner Joan M. Starlin Wade Tom Harley Joe Hubble Ernest E. Whitehead Reedsville Highway Patrol

Five Athens Volunteers Attend Meet

Five Athens area volunteers in Boy Scout work attended a dinner Tuesday night in Parkersburg. The Century Club dinner, with Kootaga Area Council officials, featured Lou Groza of the Cleveland Browns and a Silver Beaver award to Randall Murrill of Parkersburg. Attendees from Athens were Howard Stout Henry Colby James Balding Dwight Adams and Roger Bennett.

Athens Area Parkersburg Kootaga Area Century Club Randall Murrill Athens Howard Stout Henry Colby James Balding Dwight Adams Roger Bennett

May primary results unchanged in Athens County vote

Final tabulation shows 9 634 total votes in Athens County May primary, up from 9 544 unofficial. Democrat votes lead with 4 418, Republican 5 119, and non partisan 97. Bond issue for Federal Hocking School System approved 779 to 742 after recount. few close races shifted. Young and Ruth Stratton depart, replaced by William Howe and Mildred Perry.

Athens County Board of Election E. B. Young Elections Office Ted W. Brown Young Hocking Ruth Stratton

Two Charges Filed Against Ex-Student

A former Ohio University student, Robert Robinchuck, was arrested on two warrants in Athens on allegations of obtaining $1,000 from two students with a false pretense to book a show. He posted a $1,000 bond and faces Athens County Municipal Court. In a separate case, Jack D. Phillips pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, was fined $200 plus costs, ordered to seven days in jail, and had his driving rights suspended 180 days.

Ohio University Athens Robert Robinchuck Athens County Jack D. Phillips Murray City

GOP Central Committee Names Precinct Workers

Athens County Republicans organized their central and executive committees at a Tuesday meeting. Ed Robe was re elected chairman and Earl Lowry re elected first vice chairman. New precinct committeemen include Benjamin Ball Athens 1 4 Glen Mosier Athens 2 3 Elizabeth Phillips Nelsonville 4 1 and others while Richard Rypma became second vice chairman.

Athens County Republican Central Committee Republican Executive Committee Central Committee Ed Robe Charles Hayes Earl Lowry Richard Rypma Elmer Jones William Rowland Robe William Mechem Delbert Kuhn Richard Guinther James Shipman Glen Mosier Athens Elizabeth Phillips Nelsonville Shelby Barber Nelson

Civil War Topic for Sunday Meeting at Athens County History Society

Dr. Thomas H. Smith of Ohio University History Department will discuss Athens County during the Civil War at a Sunday meeting of the Athens County Historical Society. The gathering is set for 2 30 p m in the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co auditorium in Nelsonville.

Thomas H. Smith Ohio University History Department Athens County Athens County Historical Society Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Nelsonville

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