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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1966
Page
6
AP writer Cynthia Lowry notes Sunday space walk by Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. drew TV coverage from NBC and CBS while games began. Broadcasts mixed feats with cautious voices, highlighting a rare tech moment amid politics and entertainment in New York.
Over the weekend two people were admitted to Holzer Hospital after separate crashes. Texanne Richie 18 suffered an eye injury when a car left Route 7. Gail Wiseman 4 received body bruises in a one car crash on Telephone Hill near Waterloo Ohio.
A dense listing of programs across channels including News and Entertainment hours. Entries show a mix of ABC NBC CBS style segments with classic shows such as Rawhide The Rifleman Andy Griffith Run For Your Life Peyton Place and Iron Horse alongside movies and festival picks across late morning to night.
A dense listing shows weekday daytime and afternoon programming across stations with public service and religious features. Notable entries include Sunrise Keminer Film, Gospel Singers, Regional News, Today Show, and Buddy Starcher Show along with various game shows, soaps, and children's programs.
A listing of daytime and prime time shows across 3:30 to 5:30 with Mike Douglas as host and a mix of dramatic series, cartoons, and specials. Notable items include The Addams Family, The Rifleman, Lassie, The Munsters, and news segments along with movie or theatre features.
Daily broadcast grid lists programs including The Rifleman Marshall Dillon Huntley Brinkley Report and The Fugitive across stations WSAZ WLWC WITVN WCHS WBNS WTAP WHIZ and WOUB with color indicators and station notes. It also credits The Messenger for errors and notes channel affiliations NBC CBS ABC and Ohio University airing.
Rajasthan state school authorities report that 92 percent of university students pursue careers for which they lack ability or aptitude after recent tests. The finding highlights a mismatch between student interests and vocational fit across higher education offerings.
Mason County Health Department nurses Mary Lynch Mary Bell and Dorothy Thompson conducted October home and office visits totaling 104 to various patients. They immunized 304 people against diphtheria tetanus smallpox typhoid polio and measles. Water samples numbered 24 were collected and the mobile X ray unit assisted in the county. Twenty one school visits produced 329 visual screenings with 29 referrals. movies were shown to several schools and PTA groups.
Albany area social news notes guests from New Jersey Ohio and Akron as Mrs Melva Radcliffe visits her sister in Akron. Rearrangement of personnel in Point Pleasant sees Jack McCoy reinstated to the city police force after resigning November 1.
The schedule lists multiple classic films with times and leading actors such as Gary Cooper Audrey Hepburn and Doris Day. Notable titles include Imitation of Life Springfield Rifle On the Waterfront Last Train from Bombay Mister Roberts Story of Dr Was Sell The Black Rose The Ballad of a Soldier Wild and Wonderful Midnight Lace Mr Roberts A Yank in Korea It Happened to Jane Trail of the Lonesome Pine and more.
Holzer Hospital notes report births including a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John N. Lewis of Mason and a son to Mr. and Mrs. William B. Dunn of Rio Grande among several additional newborns and listed parents across Ohio communities with surnames Fick Trimble Harrison Arnold Cleland Farley Roach Gallipolis Webster Sayre and others.
The Helen McLeod Service Guild gathered at Mrs. A. W. Brandeberry’s home with co host Mrs. Leonard Linton. A potluck supper was served and new member Molly Rowe joined the group. Master Sergent Ronald L. Kincade and family visited relatives before a three year England assignment.
Circle 3 of the Presbyterian Church met at Mrs. Richard Tatterson’s Maxwell Road home. Mrs. Jack Rogers presided, Mrs. Eugene Sterrett led the Bible study, and nine members were served refreshments by the hostess.
Rev. Harry F. Peterson II spent three years in Formosa and will address the Point Pleasant Branch of University Women at 7 45 p m Monday in the Appalachian Power auditorium. He has taught at the Presbyterian Bible School in Taiwan and traveled to Ecuador Brazil Portugal Iran Korea Japan and Biblical sites in the Holy Lands. The program is led by hostess committee chair Dorothy Mitchell with co chair Lion Smith and members Alice Bartley Helen Ble tner and Eugene Sterrett.
Major Gen. George E. Bush of Gallipolis delivered the Veterans Day address at Post 23 in POINT PLEASANT. He reviewed American Legion history, discussed communism and the Vietnam war, and praised the organizations back home for supporting the troops.
Stfen S Neustadter 27 of Norfolk was injured in a two car crash on Route 2 at Ashton. He sustained a shoulder injury and nose cut and is in good condition at Pleasant Valley Hospital. Neustadter was arrested for reckless driving by the sheriff's department after his car struck James Dabney 32 of Ashton. Charles B Barr 21 of Leon was arrested for driving left of center after a head on collision with Bobby Craig 16 of Buffalo on Secondary Route 31. Patty Barr 23 of Leon suffered minor injuries.
The Racine report notes a Baptist Women’s Day of Prayer with theme Man Cries God Answers. Highlights include Steve Wagner joining the Air Force basic training in Amarillo Texas and Sgt Spencer F Stearns on 30 day leave after fourteen months in Vietnam returning soon.
Pleasant Valley Hospital notes record several newborns and parents. Entries include Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cain of Leon with a daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cornell of Portland with a son. Additional names tied to Point Pleasant, Norfolk and surrounding areas appear among the birth mentions.
Judge James Thompson will discuss "The Duties of the Board of Education" at the Ordnance School PTA meeting in the cafeteria at 7 30 p.m. All parents are urged to attend in Point Pleasant.
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