Floods, road washouts hit Meigs and nearby towns
Streams rose across Meigs and Gallia Counties causing widespread damage. Homes and schools flooded while residents evacuated and sandbagged. The Ohio River in Point Pleasant rose slowly as water blocked routes and the Meigs High School groundbreaking was postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Lancaster Fairfield Hospital
Sheltering Arms
Lenigar
Nelson
Jones
Hocking
Railroad Street
Jackson Street
Dorr Run
Hocking River
Meigs County
Middleport
Burlingham
Apple Grove
Reedsville
Belleville
Meigs High School
Gallia County
Vinton
Red Cross Aid Arrives For Athens Flood Victims
A National Red Cross disaster worker arrived in Athens Sunday to survey flood losses from the Hocking River. Chauncey and Amesville were hit hard. the Athens Armory hosts Red Cross headquarters. Miss Dorothy Boyce led the team with local officials to file claims and coordinate aid. Contributions may be sent to the Athens National Bank. National Guard Civil Air Patrol and REACT aided communications and evacuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National American Red Cross
Athens
Athens County
Hocking River
Herbert White
Wilbur D. Mender
Charles McVey
Dorothy Boyce
National Red Cross
Chauncey
Amesville
Red Cross
National Guard Au
Cleveland
Boyce
Maysville
Mender
The
Athens National Bank
National Guard
Civil Air Patrol
React Group
Three Runs Reported By Firemen
Three fire and three emergency squad runs kept the Athens fire department busy Sunday and early Monday morning. Several residents were treated for injuries and illnesses at local centers, with multiple calls including a head injury on the South Bridge and a curtain fire at Byers Hall in a university dorm, while other alarms proved minor or false and community notices announced clothing day and new births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Fire Department
Linda Spurlock
Crook Hall
Hudson Health Center
South Bridge
Darlene Coler
Coss St
Northwood Dr
Linda Okey
Okey Mayle
Lancaster St
University Girls
Byers Hall
Bryan Hall
Amazon River Length and Drainage Area Comparison
The Nile stretches 4,145 miles, surpassing the Amazon 3,900 miles. The Amazon drains about 2,368,000 square miles from Andean highlands through Bolivia Peru Ecuador and Colombia to the Atlantic, nearly double that of any other river.
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Amazon
Bolivia
Peru
Ecuador
Columbia
Ohio University Student Falls Into Library Shaft
George R. Brown, 19, remained in critical condition at University Hospital Columbus after a fall down an elevator shaft in the new library building. He was flown by helicopter with severe head injuries. Fellow students Thomas Rosenberry and Richard A. Gotschall also fell into the shaft, suffered minor injuries, and were treated and released. The cause of their entry remains unknown and the shaft was later blocked off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
George R. Brown
University Hospital
Columbus
New Library
Brown
Thomas Rosenberry
Rosenberry
Richard A. Gotschall
Hudson Health Center
Gotschall
Draft Evasion Conspiracy Trial Enters Second Week in Boston
In Boston the high profile draft evasion conspiracy trial of Dr. Benjamin Spock and four co defendants enters its second week. Prosecutors cite a October department of justice meeting in Washington as key testimony. FBI agents are set to testify after the weekend recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Benjamin Spock
Department of Justice
Washington
FBI
Yale
William Sloane Coffin Jr
McDonough
Raskin
Weekend auto accidents few in Athens city police report
Police noted few mishaps as a driver on Richland Avenue rear ended a car in front of West Green around 10 45 p m injuring a passenger Betty Riley 41 Garfield. Carrol A Riley 42 Garfield slowed for a blinker when Lonnie P Jenkins 25 Athens Route 1 struck him. The injured passenger was not treated. In Columbus Road incident Veryl D Whetstone 52 The Plains lost control striking a storm sewer causing a car to jump the curb hit an electric pole no injuries reported and the car was towed.
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Athens
West Green
Richland Ave
Carrol A. Riley
Garfield
Richland
Lonnie P. Jenkins
Betty Riley
Columbus Road
Veryl D. Whetstone
the Plains
Commissioners Accept Bid and Resignations in Athens County Meeting
Athens County Commissioners met under illness restrictions as Commissioner John Cline could not attend. Ed wards and Law approved a bid from Diamond Stone Quarry Albany for limestone and berm material. The meeting also accepted the resignation of deputy dog warden Garrett Warren effective May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
John Cline
James Edwards
John Law
Diamond
Albany
Garrett Warren
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George Simonton
Simonton
Deanville
Rutland
Leading Creek
Main Street
Miller’s
Martin Funeral Home
Mason County
Ohio
Point Pleasant
Robert Fowler
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Hocking County
Laurelville
Salt Creek
Ohio National Guard
Logan
James Parkinson
Parkinson
Rockbridge
Murray City
Paul Hartman
Jerry Gierhart
South Bloomingville
Berger
Athens High School
James Reese
Iceberg Battler
International Ice Patrol
North Atlantic
Salvation Army
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Durwood Stotts
Gerald Burr
David Redic
Elza Wigal
Ethel Finnearty
Samuel Stalder
Robert Saunders
Wade Swartz
Walter L. Howard
Jerry Lee Stanley
Elsie Vamos
Jack Metcalf Jr
John Stage
Betty Cavanaugh
John Stag
Arthur Smith
W Liam A. Mace
Paul Melk
James Arena
Eric Gabbard
Don Shamblin
Margaret Friedmaker
Leona Glass
Mahaffey's
Ahaffey
W. State
Tel
Cee
Independent Busines MA
Lassreny
Donald K. Barstow
Earl F. Mathews, Inc. and
C. M. Gill & Co
Jessie W. Ley
Nelsonville
Oakley Insurance Agency
Salts Insur
Richard Guinther
Clarence E. Miller
Law
House of Representatives
U. S. Congress
Ohio State
Frank Howard
Washington Senators
D. C. Stadium
Nile
Chael Ferber
Harvard
Mitchell Goodman
New York
Marcus Raskin
John McDonough
U.S
Spock
Coffin
Goodman
Oehipryhore’ Tank Knit
Tan
Wilson Baker ' Watchmaker Jeweler
Court St. Athens
Berry Hell
Altmans
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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