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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1969

Page

4

Prison sentences handed to Mixon and Dunfee in Athens County

Judge John Bolin in Athens County Common Pleas Court sentenced Michael Mixon 21 to prison for illegal possession of narcotics after his plea and placed Charles Dunfee 33 on three years probation for check forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses. Mixon earlier pleaded to possession after a reduction of selling hashish. Dunfee must restitute within six months and stay sober while meeting monthly reports and court costs.

John Bolin Athens County Mixon Claire Ball Jr Bolin Massachusetts Dunfee John Hensley Nelsonville James Rogaski Jr Columbus Street College Inn Athens Charles Cochran

Driver Fined and Jailed in DWI Case

Two defendants faced Municipal Court on DWI charges after State Highway Patrol arrest. Deanville man Danny J Warren pleaded no contest to driving while intoxicated and received 200 dollars in fines plus costs, 60 day license revocation and seven days in county jail starting June 11. Warren also found guilty of resisting arrest with a 50 dollar fine and costs. Orlan G Houck posted 300 dollar bond after pleading guilty to drunken driving with a hearing set for June 4 at 9 am. A separate notice corrected ownership of a vacant house at 142 Mill Street tied to trespassing cases. Phi Sigma Delta fraternity owns the property. Charles R Smith’s leaving-the-scene charge was dismissed due to a defective affidavit and his 100 dollar bond was returned.

Danny J. Warren Deanville Warren Orlan G. Houck Maplewood Pl Charles R. Smith Athens

Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes and Municipal Court Busy Day

A list from Sheltering Arms Hospital includes multiple admissions and dismissals among Athens and nearby towns including Daisy Clark Bertram Renken and Francis Wiliam Breivo. Municipal Court records show several speeding and license violations in Athens and surrounding areas with fines and costs.

Daisy Clark Bertram Renkenberger Francis Wiliam Breivogel Jon Powell Athens Clarence Tinkham James H. Tinkham the Plains Loren Lee Alfred Cline Albany Otto C. Leadinghaus Trimble Peggy Leiber Chauncey Frank Romanowski Jacksonville Robert Koons Kenneth ,Jackson Robert Symonds Carl Trivett James Groves Georgia Dye Penny Mayles William Evener Mark Sutton Charles Stout Goldie Leasure

New Lexington Youth Injured In Lake Hope Crash

An 18 year old New Lexington student Arliss Gibson was injured when his car veered off a park road at Lake Hope State Park near the bathhouse and hit two small trees. He was admitted to Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville with deep facial lacerations after being transported by ambulance from McArthur. A Lake Hope park manager described the outing with a school group and noted witnesses saw the car leave the bathhouse area around 4 p.m. A State Highway Patrol officer investigated the incident. report unavailable Wednesday morning.

New Lexington Lake Hope State Park Mount St. Mary Hospital Nelsonville Arliss Gibson George Gibson Dick McDaniel Lake Hope Park Gibson McDaniel McArthur State Highway Patrol

Shakespeare Rock Opera to debut at Public Theater

Joseph Papp, founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival, will adapt Troilus and Cressida into a rock opera. He collaborates with Galt MacDermot, composer of Hair. The production, titled Cressida, runs eight weeks next season at the Public Theater in downtown New York.

New York Troilus and Cressida Joseph Papp

Five Ohio Land-Grab Suits for Highway Route Filed

Five appropriation suits in Athens County seek land for the Appalachian Highway and Route 33 bypass. The Ohio Highway Department targets properties of Roe Kermit Blosser Conkey Tewksbury and McCoy heirs. Offers cited include 1375 for Roe 5000 for Blosser 4520 for Tewksbury and 975 for McCoy.

Athens County Common Pleas Court Ohio Highway Department Athens Township Robert Thomas Roe Roe Blosser Albany Everett Bernice Conkey W. G Martha Tewksbury Morton J. McCoy McCoy

Check Writing Charges Dismissed in Municipal Court

Kevin T. Harvell faced charges for writing two bad checks to Walgreen's totaling $3. (2.98 and 1.12) The charges were dismissed Wednesday on a prosecutor's motion due to insufficient evidence Harvell pled no contest and the city assessed costs while returning his $33 bond.

Kevin T. Harvell Scott Quad Hall Harvell Walgreen's

Mercury Rising and Temperature Update

United States Observer C. L. Colmer reports a Wednesday 8:30 a.m. temperature of 60 with an early low of 48. Tuesday’s high reached 78 under bright sun as heat rose.

U. S C. L. Colmer

Barbershops Plan Memorial Day Weekend Closures

Uptown barbershops will close all day Memorial Day and Saturday May 31 to observe the holiday weekend.

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