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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1968

Page

2

De Gaulle Faces Censure Defeat as Strike Rages

Paris dispatch reports France on the brink of a censure defeat in the National Assembly while a nationwide strike expands, with over 8 million workers in revolt. Les Halles and major cities are hit. banks shut, waste piles up, and transport halts as Pompidou and his cabinet endure. De Gaulle stays silent ahead of a Friday broadcast.

Paris Charles de Gaulle National Assembly Les Halles France Bordeaux Brest Clermont-Ferrand Lille Lyon Marseille Poitiers Rennes Toulouse Jacques Duhamel Duhamel de Gaulle Democratic and Socialist Left George Pompidou

Columbia Students clash with police at Columbia University

Police cleared a barricaded building arresting 131 demonstrators early today at Columbia University. Before dawn violence erupted again leaving about 60 injured and 22 more arrested as protests tied to SDS actions and campus expansion raged on the Ivy League campus in Morningside Heights.

New York Columbia University Ivy League Columbia Morningside Heights Upper Manhattan Grayson Kirk Students For A Democratic Society SDS Harlem Rudd

County TB testing set for late June

An Athens County skin testing program for tuberculosis will run the last week of June with Ohio Department of Health technicians performing tests and providing X rays to positive reactors. All positive reactors will be notified to get chest X rays when the mobile unit visits June 26 27 at clinics in Athens and Nelsonville during afternoons and evenings.

Athens County Ohio Department of Health Athens Nelsonville Athens City-County Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association

Pool Ducats For Season Will Be Sold

Season tickets for Crystal Pool go on sale at Crystal Pool this weekend with hours Saturday 9 am to noon and Sunday 1 pm to 4 pm. Prices are $20 for families, $8 for single adults, and $5 for children. The pool opens Memorial Day and will reopen June 8 after a June 1 2 closure, as plans for a new pool are discussed.

Crystal Pool Athens Robert Burson

Cyclist Hurt in Athens Truck Motorcycle Crash

An Athens youth, Carl Conant, 19, was injured in a truck motorcycle collision at Avon Place and Pleasantview Drive. He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital with cuts, abrasions, and possible collar bone fracture. The driver, Raymond J. Lafrinere, 34, was cited for failing to yield to the cyclist.

Athens Avon Place Pleasantview Drive Carl Conant Pleasantview Sheltering Arms Hospital Fire Department Conant Raymond J. Lafrinere Lafrinere

Hummel Co Authored Book on Pupil Personnel Services

Dean L. Hummel of Ohio University co authors a new volume with Samuel J. Bonham Jr. The book Pupil Personnel Services in Schools Organization and Coordination explains building a balanced, coordinated program of pupil personnel services and how to implement it step by step.

Rand McNally and Company Dean L. Hummel Ohio University Hummel Samuel J. Bonham Jr Divison Ohio Department of Education Columbus

Dysart Woods Dedication Is Saturday

Ohio University will dedicate Dysart Woods in Belmont County as a Natural Landmark with a 10 30 a m ceremony at Wilson Shannon Hall on the Belmon t County campus. The 50 acre tract is part of the 455 acre Dysart farm purchased through the Nature Conservancy and used as a botanical research site. The woods lie about 1 5 miles southwest of St Clairsville. Mercury readings and other campus notes follow.

Ohio University Dysart University Ohio The Nature Conservancy Corp the Woods St. Clairsville

Pvt Lonnie Walters Completes Basic Training at Ft Gordon

Pvt Lonnie R. Walters son of Mr and Mrs Denney Walters of Guysville Route 1 completed basic training at Ft Gordon Georgia He is now enrolled in a five week IBM and bookkeeping course at Ft Lee Virginia A 1966 Shade High School graduate he worked for McBee Systems in Athens before entering the service His wife Karole Jean Stephenson of Murray City later.

Lonnie R. Walters Denney Walters Guysville

Planting Program Completed in Wayne National Forest

Wayne National Forest crews completed a spring planting program adding 272000 trees over 500 acres of abandoned farmland strip mine spoil banks and unproductive woodlands in Hocking and Perry counties. District ranger Paul Brohn notes species include white pine black locust sycamore European alder black walnut and tulip poplar with herbicides and slow release fertilizer used to aid growth. Six workers supported a four man crew under a multiple use plan for timber watershed protection wildlife and recreation.

Wayne National Forest Paul Brohn Hocking Perry Brohn

Medicare Handbooks Now Are Available

U S 10th District Rep Clarence E Miller announced his office has received a supply of Medicare Handbooks from the Department of Health Education and Welfare The 30 page booklet explains the Hospital Insurance and Medical Insurance components of Medicare and outlines program details Send requests to Room 1515 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515

U. S Clarence E. Miller Department of Health, Education and Welfare Longworth House Washington, D. C

FastEeth Promises Stable Dentures and Fresh Breath

An old advertisement urges denture wearers to sprinkle FASTEETH on plates for firmer dentures and easier eating. It touts no pasty taste, helps control denture odor, and recommends regular dental visits and obtaining FASTEETH at drug counters.

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