Civil Defense survey details shelter capacity in Athens County
Civil Defense Director Wilbur D. Mender reported Phase 2 findings from a private engineering firm for the Army Corps of Engineers. Shelter space is identified in Court Street basements Ohio University buildings and Athens State Hospital totaling just over 10 000 people with federal supplies to be placed at approved sites. The commissioners will invite villages and cities to join a county wide defense system and review departmental readiness. Action on widening the South Bridge pedestrian lanes was deferred for further study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Wilbur D. Mender
Civil Defense
Mender
Army Corps of Engineers
Huntington
W. Va
Court St
Ohio University
Athens State Hospital
Engineering Corps
Cuba
Harry Dust
Housing Agency Function Ends As Highland Ave. Dwellings Sold
City council ends its housing agency function by authorizing bids to sell 10 steelcraft two apartment houses on Highland Ave. The city will keep two buildings and the land for storage and possible reservoir expansion. Evictions were challenged by residents while 30 days notice was explained by the service safety director.
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Service Safety Director
Highland Ave
Ohio University
Foster Coe
John Schartzel
Service Safety
Milton Nuzum
Nuzum
Norman Dean
William Weissenbach
John Alden
County Police Chiefs To Confer Thursday
Athens County police chiefs will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in Athens City Hall to discuss police responsibilities and civil defense during a possible national emergency. County Civil Defense Director Wilbur D Mender organized the meeting with Sheriff Harold Shields. Mayors of cities and villages are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Athens City Hall
Wilbur D. Mender
Harold Shields
Max Valkinburg
Nelsonville
City Hall Fire Siren To Sound In Test Tonight
City Civ il Defense chief Roger Jones announced a tonight siren test at 9 30 p m. The test uses two signals a three to five minute continuous blast for alert and a series of short blasts to take cover. The test should last six to 10 minutes.
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City Hall
Roger Jones
City Civil Defense
Jones
India Red China Clash Awakening Described by Speaker
Kiwanis speaker Schrab Guzder, a Bombay born Ohio University student, said India’s border clashes with Red China reveal 15 year Nehru government corruption. He blamed Menon’s incompetence for allowing infiltration into Assam and Kashmir and alleged defense funds are misused by middlemen.
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India
Nehru
Schrab Guzder
Kiwanis
Berry Hall
Guzder
Ohio University
Bombay
Krishna Menon
Menon
Assam
Kashmir
University of London
Gurder
Athens Junior High Students All A’s List Omitted Name
A Sunday list from Athens Junior High School notes students with all A grades for the first six weeks. The entry omits ninth grader Lana Weber. Other names include Brooks A Russell Albany Jack Fought Stewart Route 1 Marion Willison Athens Route 4 Albert Coe Athens William F Strickland Athens Mrs James Ferry Athens Route 3. Dismissed Mrs Paul Steinmetz Carpenter Route 1 and daughter Frederick Hixson Athens Route 2 Mrs Mary F Konkoskia Athens.
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Brooks A. Russell
Albany
Jack Fought
Stewart
Marion Willison
Athens
Albert Coe
William F. Strickland
James Ferry
Paul Steinmetz
Carpenter
Frederick Hixson
Mary F. Konkoskia
Athens Junior High School
Lana Weber
Worker Case Ruling Allows Reeves in State Insurance Fund
Common Pleas Court ruled Willard Reeves of Nelsonville may continue in the state insurance fund after testimony from three physicians including an orthopedic specialist. The June 1959 injury left Reeves permanently disabled. Defendants named were James L. Young administrator of the Bureau of Workmen's Compensation Industrial Commission of Ohio and the Nelsonville City board of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Willard Reeves
Nelsonville
Reeves
James L. Young
Bureau of Workmen’s Compensation
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Nelsonville City
Gilkey Pleads Guilty in Assault Case. Fined and Jailed
Athens man Virgil Gilkey aged 46 pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to assault and battery and intoxication after allegedly striking his wife following a restaurant visit on W Washington Street. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs and received a 30 day jail term.
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Athens
Bond Forfeitures And Notices In Municipal Court
Municipal court listings show multiple bond forfeitures for offenses including speeding, running a school bus, no operator’s license, and traffic light violations. Notable entries include James Glenn Newman and Lloyd Wallace with fines. plus county court cases for left of center and failure to yield. Local notices include a filing in a custody case and community announcements from Savannah Lodge and Salvation Army events.
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James Glenn Newman
University Terrace
Lloyd Wallace
Stockport
Charles William Algeo
Hillcrest Rd
Jay V. Vanderlip
W. Union St
Charles B. McVey
Mills St
N. Congress St
Ralph C. Zandel
Pomeroy
Ira E. Clark
Nelsonville
Edward Varady
Athens
Kar Scott Marzano
Hebron
Highway Patrol
Early Vote Heavier At Ath ens Polling Place
Voters turned out heavily as early voting began in Ath ens with turnout up in many precincts. A would be voter allegedly smashed a window at the Hockingport polling HQ on Monday night. Deputy Robert Allen reported the log cabin in the Ohio River town had a broken window at 6 30 am, discovered by Democrat judge Robert Randolph. Some voting equipment inside was untouched and no ballots were present in the building.
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Athens
Hockingport
Robert Allen
Ohio River
Robert Randolph
Election Board
Eagles Plan Anniversary Observance
The Athens Aerie 529 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles marks its 58th anniversary with events at N Court St. Luther Mayles, the worthy president, outlines a week of meetings, lunch, a ladies auxiliary session, dances, and a Saturday program culminating in an anniversary celebration with a 9 p.m. dance for members and guests.
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Athens Aerie
Order of Eagles
N. Court St
Luther Mayles
Buck Jr. Pleads Guilty To Driving While Intoxicated
Hubert Buck Jr., 37, Guys ville Route 1, pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to a city police charge of driving while intoxicated. He was fined 125 dollars and costs, received a six day jail sentence with three suspended, placed on four months probation and deprived of driving rights for four months.
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Hubert Buck Jr
Guysville
Buck
Sun Breaks Through in Athens Weather Report
The sun finally broke through an overcast in Athens as at 10 a.m. the temperature reached 38, up nine degrees from a sub freezing 29 this morning. Monday’s high was 50 with Rural Hamley Run noting a low of 25 and a high of 47 yesterday.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Hamley Run
Assembly Talks Highlight Student Achievements at Stewart-Patrick
Stewart Patrick Sheri dan, a Rome Canaan High School senior who toured Kansas City under FFA sponsorship, spoke at a school assembly. The event, run by the Student Council, honored Patty Thompson as county winner of the Ohio History and Government Test and recognized qualified honor roll students. Susie Russell, senior class and Student Council president, led the assembly and introduced the honorees. Prince of Peace contestants delivered speeches.
OU Professors Laud UM Action Amid Campus Tragedy
Ohio University chapter of the American Association of University Professors commends the University of Mississippi for its calm and courageous response to recent Oxford campus events. The message from officers Robert L. Daniel Paul D. Brandes and William E. Morris notes approval of the Mississippi chapter’s stance during a trying time. The Conrath-Bean Chapter 37 Disabled American Veterans meeting was moved from Friday to 8 p.m. Thursday, announced Commander Dale Kirkendall.
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Ohio University
American Association of University Professors
University of Mississippi
Oxford
Robert L. Daniel
Paul D. Brandes
William E. Morris
Conrath-Bean
Dale Kirkendall
Firemen to Meet in Richland Wednesday Evening
The Richland Area Fire Department will hold a meeting on Wednesday at 7 p m at the fire station.
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Richland Area Fire Department
United Appeal Nearing 40000 in Athens Campaign
United Appeal Chairman Bob Wren reported that 94 percent of 1963 returns are in and the fund totals about 39500 toward a 42050 goal. He urged late contributions to The United Appeal of Athens or pledge by phone LY-31101 and announced a board luncheon Thursday at the Sportsman Grill to discuss campaign reports.
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United Appeals
Bob Wren
Wren
United Appeal of
Athens
P. O
S. Congress St
Athens United Appeal Board
Sportsman Grill
Attendant is injured when car moves at Richland Ave residence
Kermit Gilkey, 19, of The Plains, was pinned to a garage wall when a car he was working on at a Richland Avenue home moved forward. He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital by the fire department squad at 11:30 a.m. The extent of his injuries was not reported at press time. Gilkey worked at Biddle Service Station near Richland Avenue and Pomeroy Road. He had gone to Mrs Edna Black’s home to install a battery when the car moved suddenly and trapped him.
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Kermit Gilkey
the Plains
Richland Ave
Fire Department
Gilkey
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Biddle
Pomeroy Rd
Edna
Grate Embers Spark Fire in Rome Township Living Room
Fire from an open grate damaged furniture in the Early Rizer home between Kilvert and Stewart in Rome Township Saturday morning. Fire Chief James Dillie said the blaze, started by embers and discovered by Rizer’s granddaughter, spread from a couch to a chair and table and damaged the floor before two trucks and 12 volunteers arrived.
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Rizer
Kilvert
Stewart
Rome Township
James Dillie
Ames-Bern-Amesville
Dillie
Three-Vehicle Crash Cited Drivers In Dover Township
A Monday evening accident on a Dover Township road half a mile south of Route 675 involved three vehicles with no injuries. Jerry Spears, 17, Crooksville, owned car being towed by Leonard Hill, 52, Millfield, and another truck operated by William Russell, 53, Millfield, were all involved. Hill cited for improper towing Spears cited for driving an unsafe vehicle.
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Dover
State Highway Patrol
Jerry Spears
Crooksville
Leonard Hill, Sr
Millfield
William Russell
Spears Auto
Hill
Spears
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Raymond Shepard
John Dowler
Farhills
Warren and
Pomeroy Rds
City Planning Commission
Coe
E. Union St
Stewart St
Fred Weber
Dairy Queen
Columbus Rd
Sunset Dr
China
Rca
D. H
Economy Savings & Loan Company
Lynwood
Logan
Robert E. Witschey
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Baker Center
Witschey
West Virginia Society of Cpa’s
L. Frederick Clark
Ohio Cpa Society
Sharon Stover
Howard Hall
President St
Hudson Health Center
N. Lancaster St
John Bridgewater
Paul W. Martin
Gail A. Martin
Savannah Lodge
F&am
James H. Smith
Salvation Army
Eagles
East State Street
United Appeal
Wilson Baker
Watchmaker
N. Court
Athens, Ohio
Plete
Logan Federal Savings
N. Market Street
Logan, Ohio
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