Wellston Council Reaches Gas Line Inspection Accord
Wellston council and Columbia Gas of Ohio reached an agreement not to dig 40 street holes if the gas lines are deemed 97 percent fit, ending earlier legal action. The meeting approved police and fire department needs, bids for air packs, and new overtime rules while updating parking for Christmas shoppers and confirming Nabisco’s interest in the Ralston Purina building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellston
Columbia Gas
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
Ralph Mahaffey
Columbus
Gas Company
Wellston Fire Department
Jackson County Commissioners
Fire Department
Jackson County Civil Defense Unit
Steve Trainer
Elwood Lucas
Trainer
Edgar Hayburn
Freezer Queen
Nabisco Co
Ralston Purina Co
Hayburn
The
Ralston Co
St. Louis
Nabisco
Ralston
Pearl Kisor
Ohio Civil Service Employes Association
John Dupre
Dupre
Lucas
Thomas Deck
First Ward
Deck
Oak Hill
Mayhew Funeral Home
Jackson
Columbia Gas Co
Burgess and Niple
Write-In Presidential Votes Vary Among Athens Ballots
Athens County voters produced a wide slate of write-ins led by George Wallace with eight votes and four running mates. Humphrey drew three presidential votes with Eagleton Shriver and McCarthy tickets, while Schulz Snoopy and others earned single ballots from Ohio University students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Snoopy
Athens
Athens County
Alabama
George C. Wallace
American Independent Party
William Howe
Howe
Elections Board
Gen
Curtis LeMay
Averill Harriman
Lester Maddox
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Linda Jenness
Andrew Pulley
Ohio
Miss Jenness
Barry Goldwater
William Miller
Charles Schulz
Ohio University
Sen
Thomas Eagleton
Sargent Shriver
Eugene McCarthy
Benjamin Spock
Edward Kennedy
Spock
Edward Muskie
McCarthy
Muskie- Humphrey
Kevin
Dennis McClosky
Frank Church
Frank Zappa
James Cregery
Paul Harvey
Posters Flew Slowly Across Ohio During Removal Drive
A state wide effort to remove election posters after the November 7 vote paid three cents per sign turned in at Sunoco stations. More than 250000 signs were collected statewide per Natural Resources Director William Nye while Gov. Gilligan thanked participants. In Athens, none were turned in at the Sun Oil station on 443 E State St where proprietor Jerry Cottrill reported no posters collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Sun Oil Co
State Department of Natural Resources
Sunoco
Natural Resources
William B. Nye
John J. Gilligan
Sun Oil
E. State St
Jerry Cottrill
Former OU students plead guilty after Lindley Hall sit in
Four former Ohio University students pled guilty in Athens County Municipal Court to trespass charges from last May's Lindley Hall sit in. Coyle, McCormick, Reishtein, and Hastings were fined $50 plus costs by Acting Judge Roger Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Athens County Municipal Court
Lindley Hall
Suzanne Coyle
Kettering
Sean McCormick
Hudson
William Reishtein
Akron
James Hastings
Roger Jones
Douglas Moore
Scott Quad
June Stewart
Graham Dr
State Highway Patrol
William Metcalf
Grosvenor Hall
Athens
Preston Miller
Joyce Hendricks
N. High St
William Morton Jr
Marysville
Buckeye Mart
Jack Lewis
Nelsonville
Daniel Waldman
Washington Hall
Woolworths
Howard Carman
Blanche L. Green
Riley Tippie Jr
Columbus
Lawrence Clark
the Plains
John Williamson
Jones
Percy King
Washington St
Athens Route 2
Rural water system gains FHA and EDA backing in Meigs County
The Leading Creek Conservatory District receives a 1.25 million FHA loan for a rural water system serving over 500 families and 40 to 50 miles of lines in Meigs County. An earlier 1 million FHA loan and a 2.3 million EDA grant support the project, with the loan at 5 percent over 40 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy — Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Clarence Miller
Leading Creek Conservatory District
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Meigs County
Deer B&E Suspected After Window Crash At Local Dodge
Athens police report an unusual crime pattern involving a deer seen bleeding near Ohio University’s South Green and later found to have tried to jump through a window at the Dodge dealership on Elliott Street. The incident followed a deer strike on Route 33 that killed a year-old doe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ohio University
South Green
Hocking
New
Dodge Auto
Elliott Street
Jerry D. King
Guysville
Doe
King
Mark Michaelson
Washington St
Marcia Locke
Tiffin Hall
Jefferson Hall
Betty Law
South Green Building 15
Presbyterian Church Annex
Ralph Johson
Area Death Notices Highlight Dando and Local Families
Joseph H. Dando 65 a retired Ohio University official died in Ocala Florida after wartime service and university tenure. Other notices include Goldie W. Leasure Jennie G Hatfield Avery Zeigler and Bidwell area families with funeral details and survivors.
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Joseph H. Dando
Ohio
Dean
Florida
Yule Party Planned by Auxiliary in Rutland and Gallipolis
The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 263 met at Mrs. Sherman Butler's Rutland home to plan a Christmas party for Dec. 7 at Mrs. Dellona Pannel's home in Gallipolis. They voted to send $5 to Mrs. Jerry Kessinger for the Chillicothe party and ordered legislative bulletins. A Thanksgiving study was led by Allen Hampton and prayer by Mrs. Nellie Winston. Get-well cards were sent to Mrs. Parnell and two Coolville veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 263
Sherman Butler
Rutland
Dellona Pannel
Gallipolis
Jerry Kessinger
Chillicothe
Campbell Harper
Parnell
Arcadia Nursing Home
Coolville
Allen Hampton
Nellie Winston
Ernest Bowles
Butler
Hocking Valley Hospital Admits and Discharges List
Hocking Valley Community Hospital admitted Gregory Green from New Straitsville Donald Newton from Nelsonville Mrs Everett Pat ton and Ralph Robinson from Logan. Dismissed James Ogg Floyd Linn Mrs Eleanor Powell and Mrs Charles Mills and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory Green
New Straitsville
Donald Newton
Nelsonville
Everett Patton
Ralph Robinson
Logan
James Ogg
Floyd Linn
Eleanor Powell
Charles Mills
Infant Dies Under Investigation in Athens Ohio
Athens County Coroner Dr. Robert Butts said additional autopsy results would be released this evening after the infant son of an Ohio University student and his wife was found dead at a babysitter's home. The four month old, Madu Ali Bin, did not respond to resuscitation at 154 Mill Street, where Athens police had requested the autopsy.
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Ocala
Fla
Joseph H. Dando
Ohio University
Wellston
E. T
Oma Handley Dando
Dando
Wellston High School
Four Horsemen
Beta Theta Pi
Ohio State University
University of Arizona
London
England
Ohio U
the Plains
Athens County Welfare Department
First Christian Church of
Louise
George
Memphis
Roberts
Second Ave
Athens County
Robert Butts
Fire Department
Butts
Madu Ali bin
Charles Buckley
Mill St
Athens
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Joann Hunter Wellston
Bank of the
Grand Old Bank
FDIC
Pomeroy E Rutland
Pomeroy National Bank
Cadillac
KARR
van Zandt
David Turrill
Athens Bottling Co
Athens County Grand Jury
Lawrence Hendricks
Broadview Heights
Stephen Kropf
Vere Ridge
Mark Elliott
Valley Acres
State
Highway Patrol
Jack Sleeth
Sleeth
Home-a-Rama
Columbus Road
Xorris
eHillcrest
Graywood
Redman
Keith Goble
Locust ST
Middleport
Larry Eugene Spencer
Goldie W. Leasure
Hillcrest Nursing Home
William W. and
Nettie van Dyke Walraven
Cannon Two
Rosie Walraven
Elizabeth Crislow
Mary Walraven
John W. Leasure
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
Jennie Hatfield
Bidwell
Jennie G. Hatfield
Fostoria
Fostoria City Hospital
Wolf Creek
William A
Betty Strickland
United Methodist Church
Azalia
Raymond
George Hatfield
Fay Hanley
Marie Roberts
Alice Rutan
Betty Rowsey
Huntington
Billa Luckadoo
Arizona
A. M. Hatfield
Porter Free Will Baptist Church
Vinton Memorial Park
McCoy-Moore Funeral Home
Vinton
A. V. Zeigler
Albany
Avery V. Zeigler
Lowell Zeigler
George Zeigler
Route 3
Charles
Clair Zeigler
Shade
Ethel Hart
Mamie Kappel Zeigler
Errett Zeigler
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
V. D. Edwards Insurance Agency
Furniture Middleport
Wrees
Chevrolet
BUICK
Pomeroy Motor CO
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