Absentee voting surge seen as college students and seniors lead
The 1972 election year shows record absentee ballots as colleges and older voters drive demand. In Texas former President Johnson voted by mail. Albany County reports 8,000 absentee ballots versus 2,148 in 1968, while Minnesota notes its highest requests ever. Michigan reports one third more requests aided by a youth vote and age cutoff changes. California lines and Memphis official comments underscore rising participation.
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Howard Angione
Associated Press
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sargent Shriver
McGovern- Shriver
Albany County
N.Y
Faribault
Michigan
California
Memphis
Area Death Notices Show Lyman Dawson and Others
Corning resident Lyman C. Dawson age 74 died unexpectedly at home. Services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Wiley-Van Fossen Funeral Home with burial at New Lexington Cemetery. Also listed are Sue Johnson of Mason and Louis Bowen of Gallipolis with services planned for Thursday and Wednesday respectively. Rosemary Niklas of Columbus dies at 63 with services Thursday at St John’s Catholic Church Logan.
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Corning
Lyman C. Dawson
William and
Alvira Weaver Dawson
Morgan County
Beryl Marshall
Maude Pritt
Cambridge
Floyd
Birmingham
Thomas
Strasburg
Wiley-Van Fossen
Raymond Lemity
New Lexington Cemetery
Columbus
Rosemary Niklas
Canyon Dr. N
Whetstone Convalescent Center
St. John’s Catholic Church
Logan
James A. Geiger
Oak Grove
Carrie Rodda McCarty Rites Held In Lake Worth
Carrie Rodda McCarty 81 of 1206 N S St Lake Worth died Thursday in Florida services were held Monday at E Earl Smith and Son Funeral Home with cremation. She lived formerly in Nelsonville Ohio and belonged to St Andrews Episcopal Church and Lucerne Chapter 260 Eastern Star. She is survived by her husband Charles H and brother Clyde Rodda.
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Lake Worth
Fla
Carrie Rodda McCarty
N. S. St
E. Earl Smith and Son Funeral Home
Charles H
Clyde Rodda
Westerville, Ohio
Estella Smith Ball
Teresa Kay Tillis
Point Pleasant
Philip E. Ball
Nathan Ball
Rodric R. Ball
Apple Grove
W. Va
Crow-Hassell Funeral Home
Charles S. Thompson
William
Bud) Hatfield
Kirkland Memorial Gardens
Wellston
Nellie Perkins
Sixth St
Holzer Medical Center
Pike County
Lewis
Sarah Ann Dawson
Byer
Florence Arnold
Marie Douglas
Callie Luster
Myrtle Sperry
Mary Hafer
Helen Conley
Columbus
John Perkins
Baltimore
Sam Perkins
Oak Hill
Glendon Perkins
William Perkins
Sam Dexon
Decatur
Ill
Point Civic Leader Eugene Ball Dies in West Virginia
Eugene Ball 51 a Point Pleasant civic leader and two term Mason County delegate candidate died on arrival at Pleasant Valley Hospital after a heart attack at his home. He owned Gene Ball drives Inn and Gene Ball Restaurant and served with John Hancock Insurance. He held numerous community roles and was a World War II veteran.
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Point Pleasant
Eugene Ball
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Highland Ave
Gene Ball
3Rd and Viand
6Th and Viand
Ball
John Hancock Insurance Co
Mason County
Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce
Hannan High School
Marshall University
Marshall University Alumni Association
Point Pleasant Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Trinity United Methodist Church
the Loyal Order of Moose
American Legion Post 23
West Virginia Restaurant Association
Mintern Lodge No. 19
F&am
Pat Wilson Shrine Club
Franklin Commandry
Royal Arch Masons
Logan
Dean A. Hood
Gallagher Ave
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Gore
James and
Bertha Nichols Hood
American Legion
Foster Hood
Maxine Barnes
Edna Powell
Columbus
Roberts Funeral Home
Earl Miller
Gore Cemetery
Veterans of
Hocking County
Dahlberg Quits As Fair Official
Wellston report states Carl Dahlberg resigns after 23 years as Jackson County Fair secretary, effective Dec 1 1972. He cites duties and travel, noting growth under his tenure and a $875 annual salary for full control of fair activities. New secretary to be appointed as board elections occur.
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Wellston
Jackson County
Monday Night
Jackson County Agricultural Society
Dahlberg
Rio
the Grande College
Carl Dahlberg
Ted Kilgour
Ban Leaf Burning In City Of Mason
The Mason town council banned leaf burning on Monday evening. Leaves must be bagged in plastic and set along streets for Friday morning collection with a possible follow up pickup next week. Alley improvements continue with stone and gravel work this week. Mayor Roy Harless urged residents to call the city clerk to arrange blacktop for alleys. Building remodeling proceeds with brickwork and new doors and windows within 10 days. A street light will be installed by the adjacent lot with Appalachian Power Co. The Mid-Ohio Valley Mayors Association will meet in Mason Wednesday for a luncheon attended by area mayors including Mayor Harless and Recorder Gary Gibbs. Fred Samsel was absent.
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Mason
Roy Harless
Appalachian Power Co
Mid-Ohio Valley Mayors Association
Harless
Gary Gibbs
Joe Jones
Russ Barton
Richard Fowler
Tommy Layton
Fred Samsel
Nelsonville York Bomb Threat Halts School Again
Nelsonville York High School and York Elementary closed for the second straight day after a bomb threat. Athens County deputies were at the scene with no new information at press time. Earlier reports linked a call to a local businessman who alerted authorities. Two juveniles were placed on probation in connection with prior incidents.
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Buchtel
Nelsonville- York High School
York
Athens County Sheriff's Department
Nelsonville
Nelsonville-York
Local Miss Irene Scott Hospitalized in Columbus
Nelsonville residents are informed that Irene Scott, formerly of Nelsonville and now a Columbus resident, is a patient at Riverside Hospital. She incurred a hip fracture and visitors or cards may be sent to Room 6025, 3535 Olentangy River Rd., Columbus, OH 43214.
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Nelsonville
Irene Scott
Columbus
Methodist Riverside Hospital
Riverside Hospital
Olentangy River Rd
Tuppers Plains Club Plans Election And Turkey Supper
Tuppers Plains Community Women's Club meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Vera Weber's home. Officers will be elected and plans set for a turkey supper and a variety show.
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Tuppers Plains
Vera Weber
Deep Well Supplying City Plant Amid Water Shortage
In Nelsonville a deep water well on the Gerald Bentley farm has been pressed into service to augment the city water plant. A temporary pipeline from the well feeds the plant alongside river supply as the city resituates its system. Water in the reservoir sits near nine feet. a repaired pump is due Wednesday.
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Nelsonville
Gerald Bentley
City Waterworks
Watson Wolfe
Hocking
Bentley
Wolfe
Frank Quilici
Minnesota Twins
Twins
State Starts Traffic Survey At Junction Of Routes 33 691
The Department of Transportation begins a traffic count at the Routes 33 and 691 intersection after Athens City Council President Harry Crewson urged action. District Director Max R Farley ordered the survey with Traffic Engineer Lowell Russell to assess fixes for a heavily traveled intersection serving Tri County Vocational School Hocking Technical College and Poston Elementary School.
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Department of Transportation District
Max R. Farley
Farley
District0
Lowell Russell
Russell
Negotiations Resume Claimed By Administration Aide
An unnamed Nixon administration official told The New York Times that Indochina peace talks with North Vietnam were on track with another Kissinger Tho session likely. He noted Tho signaled a willingness to return to Paris while Thuy urged seriousness about completing the agreement. The deal envisions a standstill cease fire, troop withdrawal, prisoner releases, and a coalition that would oversee elections, though Thieu opposes South Vietnam remaining under North Vietnamese troops.
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New York
The
New York Times Today
Indochina
North Vietnam
Times
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Henry A. Kissinger
South Vietnam
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vienam
Missing 1971 Pen ton 125cc bike after chain break
Logan county sheriff reports a missing motorcycle after Tim Colwell from Reynoldsburg stopped for parts during an enduro run near Gibisonville. He left a 1971 green Pen ton 125cc bike and found it gone when he returned. The Laurelville marshal alerted authorities.
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Logan
Hocking County
Marshall
Laurelville
Sheriff's Department
Nelsonville York football receipts report 1972 season
A financial report from Nelsonville York City School District details 1972 football season receipts and disbursements. Gate receipts from Glouster Alexander Federal Hocking Warren Local Miller totaled 6701.50 with 257 insurance and 6958.50 overall. Expenditures covered officials police timekeeper gate workers field paint insurance and stadium cleaning totaling 3110.93.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville-York City
Robert Sheskey
Glouster
Alexander
Federal Hocking
Warren
Miller
Telephone Manager Appointed
George W Shaffer, staff engineer for Mid Continent Telephone Corp Ohio Region, promoted to district manager of Southeastern Ohio Telephone Co. He replaces Richard Myers and will oversee 11 exchanges serving over 7300 tele phones in the area including Coolville Chester Little Hocking and Reedsville exchanges.
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Quaker City
George W Shaffer
Mid- Continent Telephone Corp
Ohio
Southeastern Ohio Telephone Co
Nelson Case
Ohio Region
Mid- Continent
Shaffer
Richard Myers
Hudson
Southeastern Ohio
Coolville
Chester
Little Hocking
Reedsville
Pythian Sisters Meeting Set Thursday In Nelsonville
Valley Temple No. 137 Pythian Sisters will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Pythian dining room An election of officers is planned Potluck will follow Knights of Pythias members in the order are invited to attend
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Nelsonville
Abele Urges Public Library Support at Workshop
Abele, manager of the Vinton County Airport, told Ohio Valley librarians in Wellston that a public library is needed. He outlined library materials from the Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library and described airport displays and visitor access to books. Other guests included Julie Martin LeClair Patricia Goyer Roselle Hunter and Waneda Rose.
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Wellston
Bill Abele
Vinton County
Ohio Valley Area
Abele
Herbert Wescoat
Julie Martin
LeClair
Patricia Goyer
Ohio University
McArthur
Roselle Hunter
Waneda Rose
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Gallipolis
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Mason United Methodist Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Smith
Frances Gehring
Cathern Ward
New Cumberland
Eulah Redman
Howard
Franklin
Donald
Robert
Toronto
Clarence McCloud
Suncrest Memorial Park
Fogelsong Funeral Home
Louis Bowen
Louis Woodard
Dick) Bowen
Tike County Hospital
Waverly
Charleston
Elias and
Sarah Statts Bowen
State Highway Department
Mary Jane Rogers
Gaylord
Frances) Wooner
Louise Wynn
Miller Funeral Home
Richard Stalyer
Lone Oaks Cemetery
Crooksville
She
Henry and
Gertrude Theison Frecker
St. Francis Hospital
Hocking County Health
Lancaster-Fairfield
Southeast Ohio Hospital
John Niklas Sr
John F. Switzer
John Niklas Jr
Patricia Niklas
Ossining
N. Y
Paul
Shelia) Gronbach
Francis Frecker
Canton
Emmett
Paul Frecker
Zanesville
Joseph Frecker
Roberts Funeral
Shirley Temple Black
Stanford University Medical Center
Carrie R. McCarty
Point
Oliver Blake
Lockbourne
Oliver Andrew Blake
Eugene
Sarah Jane Blake
Wanetta Winigman Blake
Shirley Steinbrink
Carroll
Bill Blake
Carbon Hill
John
Sand Run
Denzil
New Straitsville
Harold
Estel
Alfred
Carl
Doris Forrest
Lithopolis
Annabell Lehman
Norma Crawford
Alliance
Jerry Meyers
Groveport
Dianne Cornelius
Cheshire
Dianne Joy Cornelius
Kgger Creek High School
Cabell Huntington Hospital
Huntington
Cornelius
Roberta
Erna
Kyger Creek High School
Keyett Club
Girls’ Athletic Association
Kyger Creek Art Club
Cheshire Baptist Church
Cheshire Garden Club
Ray
Erna) Saxon
Francis
Jacqueline) Case
Robert Jr
Ronald
Lancaster
Claude Lee
Rawlings-Coats Funeral
Middleport
Gravel Hill
State Department of Agriculture
City of
Harry B. Crewson
Athens
Washington
Kissinger
Pythian Meet
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