Three Motorists Cited After Holiday Crashes
The State Highway Patrol cited three drivers after investigating four injury free holiday crashes split between Athens and Hocking counties. Louis Wells, 19, New Marshfield, charged with failing to stop within the assured clear distance after his car rear ended an auto driven by Kenneth Russell, 41, Columbus, near Nelsonville. Donald Lemaster, 26, Frankfort, charged with same offense after his pickup struck the rear of Pearl Alderman's car on Route 180 in Hocking County. Gary Woodgeard, 18, New Plymouth, faced conditional speed charges after his car left Route 328, went over an embankment and struck a guardrail south of Route 33. A fourth incident near Guysville on Route 50 left Allan Chapman, 24, forced off the road by an approaching auto, an embankment impact.
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State Highway Patrol
Athens
Hocking
Louis S. Wells
New Marshfield
Kenneth Dale Russell
Columbus
Nelsonville
Donald R. Lemaster
Frankfort
Hocking County
Pearl L. Alderman
Washington D. H
Gary R. Woodgeard
New Plymouth
Spanish Main
Guysville
Allan Leroy Chapman
Chapman
Plaintiff Favored By Jurors In Workman's Fund Case
A Common Pleas Court jury ruled in favor of Glen R. Cline, allowing participation in the state Workman’s Compensation Fund. The two day trial before Judge Thomas Mitchell of Jackson County named jurors including Wyatt McDaniel and Gary Gould. Other docket items list fines for indecent exposure, disturbing the peace, intoxication, unsafe operation, and traffic offenses across several Columbus and Athens area residents.
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Workman’s Compensation
Thomas Mitchell
Jackson County
Glen R. Cline
Elmer Keller
Ohio Workman’s Compensation Bureau
Cline
Wyatt McDaniel
Gary Gould
Denzil Robinson
Ralph Barber
Austin Hawk
Tom K. Guess
Robert McKibben
Flossie Davis
Grace Brooks
Myrtle Nanna
Marilyn Kk. Porter
Freda Voigt
GAO faults delays and appraisal methods in Athens project
The GAO criticizes the Athens Urban Renewal effort for delays in offers to buy five properties, noting that multiple appraisals lacked documentation and that values rose as much as ten percent between 1964 and 1967. It cites reliance on market data in appraisals, questions about comparables, and the need for current valuations. Beagle, the former renewal director, resigned to take a job in Traverse City.
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Athens
GAO
Beagle
Chicago Urban Renewal Office
Chicago
Ohio U
Traverse City
Mich
Moisture Threatens Stored Corn In Athens County
Kenneth Ackerman, Athens County extension agent, warns high moisture in stored corn risks spoilage. Ohiowide moisture problems push 21 days behind harvest. county stores 300000 bushels with corn moisture around 28 percent. If air passage is not provided, losses may occur as much of Ohio corn remains in fields due to cool growing season.
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Athens County
Kenneth Ackerman
Ackerman
Ohio
Bed Fire Strikes Athens Home Damages Bedroom
Athens firemen answered a 4 37 a m alarm at Herman Herron 60 Columbia Ave to find a fire consuming a bed and damaging a bedroom. Damages were estimated at 500 dollars.
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Athens
Herman Herron
Columbia Ave
Hostetler To Lecture On Kentucky Campus
Nationally known Ohio University sculptor David Hostetler will visit the University of Kentucky campus November 26 to 28 as a visiting lecturer on Art and the Human Being. An exhibit of his works will be shown, and his career includes one man shows in major U.S. cities and representation in museum and gallery collections.
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Ohio University
David Hostetler
University of Kentucky
Hostetler
Athens
Ohio
U. S
Cleveland
Columbus
Giant undersea waves recorded off Sumatra in Indian Ocean
Swell measurements reveal 240-foot undersea waves beneath Sumatra as ocean layers shift between colder and warmer water. The phenomenon creates swells more than twice the size of the largest surface waves previously recorded, indicating extreme deep water dynamics.
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Indian Ocean
Sumatra
Two Drivers Cited in Two Accidents
Police cited Wade Tom and Lena Orton along with Don Worley after two noninjury accidents. Tom, 61, 17 MccGuffey Lane, was cited for unsafe operation on private property after rear ending a van from Angelo's Pizza operated by Theodore Flood, 18, Athens Route 1, in the Varsity Theater alley. Orton, 52, Guysville, was cited for driving left of center after colliding with Worley, 27, of 7 Farhills, on Hastings Road.
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Wade Tom
MccGuffey
Angelo’s Pizza
Theodore C. Flood
Athens
Varsity Theater
S. Congress
S. Court
Lena R. Orton
Guysville
Don M. Worley
Farhills
Hastings Road
Trustee Vote Recount Set Wednesday in Athens County
A recount of the Athens Two trustee race requested by Claire M. Ball is set for Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the Athens County Board of Elections office. The race against Harold Brown ended with Brown winning 1,308 to 1,267, while third candidate John H. Romine had 994 votes. Initial counts favored Ball 1,307 to 1,298 before the official tally shifted, reducing Ball by 40 and increasing Brown by 10.
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Athens
Claire M. Ball
Athens County Board of Elections
Ball
Harold Brown
Brown
John H. Romine
Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Virgil Bartlett Athens Route 5
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Virgil Bartlett of Athens Route 5. The notice lists admissions including Gertrude Seaman Albany Mrs Emerson Spencer Athens Jeffrey Foss Athens Clarence Humphrey Coolville Dorothea Boyd Athens Route 3 Star Wilson Athens Route 2 and dismissals of Mrs Richard Curry Pearl Hartley Rodney Gould Mrs Earl Powell and daughter.
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Athens Route 5
Gertrude Seaman
Albany
Emerson Spencer
Athens
Jeffrey Foss
Clarence Humphrey
Coolville
Dorothea Boyd
Star Wilson
Richard Curry
Pearl Hartley
Rodney Gould
Earl Powell
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