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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1969

Page

16

Robinsons Three Hits Pace Orioles To Win

Robinson belts three hits to back Orioles win as Minnesota Angels and Kansas City other AL games unfold. Clarke shines for Yankees with three steals and a key run. Leonhard and Richert work out jams for Baltimore.

Robinson Orioles Billy Martin Minnesota Baltimore al Dark Kansas City Roger Nelson Royals Cleveland Clarke New York Oakland Boston California Seattle Washington Detroit Chicago Frank Robinson Oaoles Dave Boswell Twins Tom Phoebus Leonhard Tony Oliva Harmon Killebrew

Kentucky Court Rules Fluoridation Legal in Water

Kentucky Court of Appeals rules fluoridation of drinking water is legal and that benefits outweigh alleged disadvantages ensuring municipal water supplies may be treated to prevent tooth decay.

Frankfort Kentucky Court of Appeals

Ohio Hosts Women's Net Tournament at Ohio University

An Ohio University women’s tennis tournament runs Friday to Sunday at the university courts. Eighteen teams compete with 83 players in 31 singles and 25 doubles entries, each college fielding up to six players. Singles, doubles, and team champions will be crowned.

Ohio College Ohio University

Detroit Big Three Make Big Sound In Auto Racing

Detroit automakers led by Ford Chrysler and General Motors have poured into motorsports driving car sales and brand hype. Factory racing teams and performance parts lines have reshaped road car design, with NASCAR and Indy events fueling budgets and marketing amid a decades long Detroit racing history.

Detroit Ford Chrysler General Motors American Motors Motor City Nascar Indianapolis Plymouth Budge Chevrolet National Safety Council American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators Chevronlet

John Tannehill Exhibition Honored In Meigs Dinner

U S champion Tannehill, 17, of Meigs High School, will headline a table tennis exhibition next Wednesday at Meigs High School auditorium. Ex Northwestern athletic director William Dye will speak at the John Tannehill Appreciation Dinner. Dal Joon Lee, 28, of Cleveland, and Lee’s world-class status headline the event with a buffet dinner starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are $2 for dinner and program. $1 for exhibition and program only. reservations via 992 2153.

Middleport U.S Meigs High School John Tannehill Pomeroy William Henry Harrison Tippy) Dye Northwestern University Tannehill Meigs Dal Joon Lee Cleveland San Francisco Munich Germany Dye

Fifth Grader Appointed As Horn Blower

Dean Fillari a tenth year old fifth grader applied for an assistant engineer job with the Delaware River Port Authority for high speed trains. Officials instead appointed him assistant attendant in charge of blowing the horn for a special ride with classmates. The first car of the train will be reserved for them at Camden station.

Camden N. J Dean Fillari Delaware River Port Authority

Tokyo population tops 11 million in latest census

Tokyo's metropolitan government reported a March 1 population of 11,360,474, including 5,788,209 men and 5,572,265 women. The total rose by 1,508 from February 1, and was up from 11,202,130 a year earlier.

Tokyo

Graduation requirements become more liberal at Mount Angel College

Mount Angel College will allow students to take and complete 48 courses for a bachelor of arts degree starting next fall. A college spokesman said the change shifts priority from required education to student choice, contrasting with current practice at about half the courses required for graduation.

Mount Angel Orc Mount Angel College

Area Death Notices and Obituaries in Ohio Notices

John McKee 93 of 522 Poplar St died Wednesday night in Mount St Mary Hospital born in Dover Twp last surviving of eight children retired coal miner member of United Mine Workers of America and 30 Year Miner Club wife Rosa daughter Lucille Stratton two grandchildren and four great grandchildren services Saturday 1 pm Warren Funeral Home burial Green Lawn Cemetery call after 7 pm Thursday Annie E Henderson 85 formerly of Portland died Wednesday in Lincoln Illinois Portland native daughter of Herman and Isabell Baer member of Portland United Methodist Church survivors include daughter Myrna Ramsdell grandson Robert Ramsdell two great grandchildren husband Wylie predeceased funeral Sunday 2 30 pm Ewing Funeral Home arrangements Hollan Barry Funeral Home Lincoln Wendell A Jacob Sr 62 owner operator of restaurants in Southeastern Ohio died Wednesday in Licking County Memorial Hospital location Hebron Route 1.

Nelsonville John McKee Poplar St Mount St. Mary Hospital Dover Twp Joseph Mahala McKee United Mine Workers of America 30 Year Miner Club Rosa Lucille Stratton Texas Freeland Norris Hollan-Barry Funeral Home Lincoln Newark Ohio Wendell A. Jacob Hebron Licking County Memorial Hospital Athens Col. Sanders

Thelma L. Rogers of Gore Dies After Illness

Thelma Louise Rogers 60 of Gore died at 6 30 p m Wednesday in Hocking Valley Community Hospital after a long illness. She was the daughter of Thomas Davis and Sophia Spurgess. She was preceded in death by her husband Hershel a daughter Betty Lou Stevens and a sister Harry Rose. Survived by six sons William Dayton John Murray City Ray Gore Kenneth Logan James Gore Roger Union Furnace and five daughters Wilma Kuhn Logan June Wine South Bloomingville Joan Saunders Logan Mary Rutgers Oroville and Nancy Williams Haydenville 51 grandchildren and three sisters Jean Evans Nelsonville Audrey Mitchell Murray City Josephine Tippett Newark. Services 11 am Saturday Leonard Funeral Home Rev Roy Kingler officiating Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. al home after 7 Thursday.

Logan Thelma Louise Rogers Gore Hocking Valley Community Hospital Thomas Davis Sophia Spurgess Hershel Albert Betty Lou) Stevens Harry Rose Wiliam Dayton John Murray City Ray Kenneth James Roger Union Furnace Wilma Kuhn June Wine South Bloomingville Joan Saunders Mary Rutgers Oroville Nancy Williams Haydenville Jean Evans Nelsonville Audrey Mitchell Josephine Tippett Newark Leonard Funeral Home Roy Kingler Oak Grove Cemetery Funeral

Obituaries from Gallia County claim three local deaths

Mrs. Welta Garland of Crown City Route 1 died Wednesday in Holzer Medical Center after three years of illness. Surviving are her husband Oscar J., a son Donald, a brother Lawson Dailey, sisters Ruth Starkey and Eugena Dailey, and two grandchildren. Services Friday at 2 p.m. at Good Hope Church with burial in Good Hope Cemetery. Viewing Thursday 7 to 9 p.m. at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home.

Gallipolis Welta Garland Crown City Holzer Medical Center Fourth Avenue David Frances Montgomery Dailey Oscar J Donald Thurman Lawson Dailey Ellis Ruth) Starkey Eugena Dailey Good Hope Church Earl Hinkle Good Hope Cemetery Waugh-Halley-Wood

Aged Poor Eligible for Logan Housing

Logan Metropolitan Housing Authority plans to offer housing for the elderly and low income. Applicants will fill forms to qualify for construction funds from HUD and be placed on an eligibility list for a high rise. HUD approval in Chicago is awaited. attendance included Leon Campisi and John Yates.

Logan Metropolitan Housing Authority Leon Campisi Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority Logan Housing Authority Housing and Urban Development Authority Hocking County HUD Chicago John Yates Tri-County Community Action Agency

Man Identified After Kanawha River Drowning

The body found in the Kanawha River is Frank Legue 70 of Buffalo. Mason County coroner Dr John Grubb ruled death by suicide noting Legue left a note saying I will not return home. Legue disappeared May 14 and his boat was found. the body is at Raynes Funeral Home in Buffalo.

Point. Pleasant Kanawha River Frank Legue Buffalo John Grubb Mason County Legue State Police Sheriff's Department of Putnam County Raynes Tlome

Hippies Campaign To Keep Coffee House Succeeds

A Portland campaign raised five thousand dollars to keep open a church sponsored coffee house for hippies. One envelope was returned with a bar of soap inside. Some unrelated commodity prices for grain follow in a brief AP wire item.

Portland Ore

Hocking Licenses Shaky Entries Flagged

Report lists questionable license applicants including David Lawrence Batley 21 of Nalsenwille and Mary Kathryn Cheeseman 17 of Neliarwilla with noted discrepancies in their documentation. Local authorities investigate potential age and residency issues.

David Lawrerce Batley Nalsenwille Mary Kathryn Cheeseman Neliarwilla Stotient

Funeral services for Orville Young in Columbus

Orville Young 78 of Linwood Avenue Columbus former Nelsonville resident dies at home Tuesday. Services Friday at 2 p.m. Warren Funeral Home with Rev. Owen Kindig officiating. Burial in Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.

Nelsonville Orville Young Linwood Ave Columbus Warren Funeral Home Owen Kindig Green Lawn Cemetery Mr. Young

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