Dual Ohio Train Derailments Cause Major Damage
Two Sunday derailments near Lima and Slocum Station East of Portsmouth injure six and block roads. Lima crash damages depot and roundhouse, with an estimated loss up to $1 million. 37 Erie Lackawanna freight cars derail, injuring a railroad worker in critical condition. Portsmouth derailment involves six Baltimore & Ohio diesel units and six cars, derailing after an open switch. ore and oil spill, Route 140 blocked. Several workers hospitalized for observation.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Lima
Slocum Station
Portsmouth
Erie- Lackawanna
Norfolk & Western Roundhouse
Alfred Hughes
Hughes
St. Rita’s Hospital
Richard Zerkel
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Paul Johnson
Kin
Charles Cozad
Chillicothe
Stops Tormenting Rectal Itch
A New York health preparation claims to relieve rectal itching without narcotics or surgery. The ad promises a noninvasive formula that soothes irritation and provides relief from discomfort.
Athens April finances show income four times expenditures
Athens Auditor Robert L. Lee reported April income of $386,758, four times April expenditures. Funds with large balances were general $116,117 water $180,180 and capital improvements $104,118. Recreation rose to black after earning $12,350. All funds rose from $415,548 to $702,731. Income tax receipts for April totaled $84,755, bringing 1967 year to date to $205,193.
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Athens
Robert L. Lee
Council
Lee
Auto Club Launches Driver Training Plan
The Automobile Club of Southern Ohio announces a state approved driver training course open to anyone 16 and older. Gerald Inbody will lead the program with part time sessions starting immediately and full time from June 5. Interested individuals may contact Marie Erwin at the Athens Auto Club office. Paramathia Lodge 25 F and A M to hold special meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Masonic Temple to confer the Master Mason degree with refreshments.
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Automobile Club of
Southern
Ohio
Marie Erwin
Auto Club
Athens
Gerald Inbody
the Plains
Inbody
Paramathia Lodge
F&am
Masonic Temple
Two Injured In Patrol Investigated Accidents
Patrol reports weekend traffic incidents injuring two people while a deer was killed on Route 33. Robert C. Stanton and Launer both suffered injuries after losing control or colliding with obstacles. Patrol logs also note a collision with a utility pole and multiple yielding violations.
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Robert C. Stanton
Columbus
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Alexander Two
Boram Named Director of Chillicothe Campus
Ohio University announces Dr William A Boram as director of the Chillicothe Campus replacing Robert Nimmer. Boram will assume post July 1 and focus on recruiting faculty and students with Edward M Penson. He comes from Fairmont State College where he chaired the languages and literature department.
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William A. Boram
Ohio University
Chillicothe
Vernon R. Alden
Robert Nimmer
Edward M. Penson
Boram
Fair
Athens Volunteer Unit Plans Constitution Adoption Meeting
A public meeting for forming an Athens County volunteer center will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Church of the Good Shepherd basement at 64 University Terrace. The steering committee seeks residents and students to vote on a constitution and bylaws to certify the organization as a non profit. The group aims to coordinate county volunteer information and initiate new projects.
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Athens County
Church of the Good Sheppard
University Terrace
Births and discharges at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Births include a girl and a boy to Mr and Mrs Robert A Speedy The Plains a son to Mr and Mrs Douglas Harrington Athens and others in Athens variants. Dismissals list Mrs Bill McLean Robert Bishop Agnes Mansfield Martha Long and several others with spouses and children.
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Robert A. Speedy
the Plains
Douglas Harrington
Athens
Frank Starling
Hilbern Steenrod
Marilyn Porter
Anna Bell Fields
Thomas Dunkle
Robert Bishop
Albany
Harold Gillett
Bill McLean
Agnes Mansfield
Martha Long
Thomas Anderson
Ernest Coe
James Bruce
Allen Richards
Fred Webb
James Martin
Helen Begg
Grace Ross
Treasa McGraner
Leeman Alltop
John Bowman
John Dewey
Charles Kincade
Dennis Brown
Fire department responds to two local medical emergencies
The Athens fire department emergency squad was called at 8 33 p m Sunday to 77 Hooper St to aid Mrs Ada Heleos 63. Firemen administered oxygen for 20 minutes. Reese Edwards 20 of Reed Hall became ill at 9 34 p m Saturday at 18 W Union St and was transported to Hudson Health Center.
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Athens Fire Department
Hooper St
Ada Heleos
Heleos
Reese Edwards
Reed Hall
W. Union St
Hudson Health Center
Cable Lane Crash Injures Two. Two Cited
Two motorists were hurt in a Saturday crash on Cable Lane and both were transported to Hudson Health Center. John Moehl and Ray Lamb suffered facial and possible nose injuries respectively, Moehl facing an unsafe operation charge while Ronald Leon George received a failure to stop citation after a separate two car collision at Richland and Canterbury. Police also logged two minor accidents on Sunday and Saturday.
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John Moehl
W. Union St
Ray Lamb
N. Congress St
Hudson Health Center
Moehl
Ronald Leon George
Three Masons honored at Constitution Lodge 426 banquet
Around 100 attended the Father and Son banquet of Constitution Lodge 426 F&AM in New Marshfield. Honorees included Frank Betts Harry Hawk and the Rev Miles E Hoon with 50 years of membership. A slide lecture on Alaska followed a dinner by the OES chapter and speaker Norman Rousey, formerly of Alaska and now at Ohio University. A 1967 blue and white Triumph motorcycle owned by James W Busek was reported stolen from E Mulberry Street by city police.
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New Marshfield
Constitution Lodge 426
F&am
Frank Betts
Harry Hawk
Miles E. Hoon
OES
Alaska
Norman Rousey
Ohio University
James W. Busek
Garnertsfelder Hall
E. Mulberry Street
You Can Keep More of Your Earnings With Savings
Through the years there have been many case histories in entertainment and athletics where high salaries vanished and only memories remained. A sound savings plan helps you keep earnings, whether modest or brief, and preparing now can grow your money with safety and higher dividends.
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Athens Pharmacy
Apha
Miles
Vicks
Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Masons
Mahaffey
Berzins
W. Stete
Athens Tei
Launer
Nelsonville
Ted
Ellen Lilley
Athens- Hocking County
Doris Campbell
Monroe St
Noel McCannan
Harry Seipel
Seipel
Lester Mills
Charles St
George L. Clark
Robert J. Mayle
Stewart
Wilson Baker
Watchmaker — Jeweler
Gerry Holl
N. Court
BY Dale E Shultz
Mill Street
Earl Mathews
Earl F. Mathews
Insurance
Earl F. Mathe
C. M. Gill
Court
Earl A. Hooper
D. M. Goddard
Earl Hooper
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