Albany Elementary School Tools Stolen report
Tools and equipment valued between 1500 and 2000 dollars were reported missing from the Albany Elementary School garage Wednesday morning. Deputy Sheriff Carl Welling and Herman Henry of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation investigated. John Mullins, transportation director, found the loss around 8 a.m. The theft likely occurred after 7 p.m. Tuesday through an unlocked west garage door, police said. Items missing include an 80 amp battery charger, timing light, spark plugs, STP cans, testers, gauges, a socket wrench set, assorted tools, and a portable television.
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Albany
Carl Welling
Herman Henry
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification
John Mullins
Bridge Firm Demands Payment For Structure
County commissioners met for their regular session and faced a demand from Ohio Bridge Co of Cambridge over a completed bridge. The firm threatens teardown if not paid, while the attorney vows to push action toward the attorney general for guidance.
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Hassel
Ohio Bridge Co
Cambridge
Supreme Court
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Richard Rogovin
Rogovin
Ohio Bridge
Ashland
Claire M. Ball Jr
Ohio
Ball
Howard Woodyard
Mental Retardation Board
Ermel Arbaugh
Albany
Panthers Set Up Free Medical Clinics
The Black Panther party announces nationwide free medical clinics to empower self help without government aid. Masai Hewitt, minister of education, says volunteers staff and equip first and second aid centers. offers pour in from all ethnic groups and donations mainly come from white supporters.
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Oakland
Calif
Black Panther Party
United States
Masai Hewitt
OU Student Is Killed In Mishap
Hamilton area graduates Michael Dudley and Fred Lewis Meyers both 20 died in a one car crash on Route 73 near Oxford Butler County. Dudley a Ohio University junior from Hamilton and Meyers a Miami University junior from Hamilton were identified with families and funeral plans pending at Kraus-Weigel Funeral Home. Dudley was survived by parents three sisters and two grandmothers. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 10 a.m. with burial at Rose Hill Memorial Park. Friends may visit Friday evening.
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Hamilton
Ohio University
Oxford
Michael Dudley
Fred Lewis Meyers
Miami University
Butler County
Hamilton High School
Dudley
Myron
Elizabeth Stewart Dudley
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Park Ave
Rose Ave
Athens
College of Business Administration
Barbara
Karen
Mary Kathleen Dudley
Ethel Dudley
Carrie Stewart
Kraus-Weigel Funeral
North F
Elvin Avenue
Rose Hill Memorial Park
Four Fined By Hilleary
NELSONVILLE, mayor's court. Harold D. Withrow and Charles F. Martin were fined 25 dollars and costs each for open flasks. Martin pled no contest but was found guilty. Michael A. McGill and Earl Hilleary presided. Also Chillicothe Route 5 resident pleaded guilty to petty larceny, fined 50 dollars and costs, with 25 dollars suspended for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, and 10 dollars and costs imposed. Troop 6n Boy Scouts will not meet Thursday due to Thanksgiving, per Scoutmaster Ver non Teel.
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Nelsonville
Harold D. Withrow
New Plymouth
Charles F. Martin
McArthur
Withrow
Martin
Earl Hilleary
Michael A. McGill
Chillicothe
Vernon Teel
Mason Henry Reitmire Jr. 72 dies after long illness
Mason resident Mason Henry Reitmire Jr. 72 a retired B O railroad engineer and World War I veteran died Tuesday in Veterans Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He leaves his wife Lillian a daughter Thelma Sayre a grandson Allan Sayre two great grandchildren a brother Harry and two sisters Lucille Loudermill and Thelma Elliott. Services Friday at 1 30 p m Foglesong Funeral Home Mason with a military graveside service by Feeney Bennett Post at Graham Cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 p m Thursday.
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Mason
Henry Reitmire Jr
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Henry and
Margaret Hudson Reitmire
B&o
Feeney-Bennett American Legion
Middleport
Pomeroy
Lillian
Thelma Sayre
Allan Sayre
Harry
Hartford
Lucille Loudermill
Thelma Elliott
Point Pleasant
Foglesong Funeral Home
Ralph Mahoney
Feeney- Bennett Post
Graham Cemetery
Roy Hall Glouster 80 dies. services planned
Roy Hall of 37 Madison St Glouster aged 80 died Wednesday at High Manor Nursing Home Columbus. He was a former truck driver and member of Glouster Methodist Church and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Survived by two sons Vern and Edgar a daughter Nora Cottrell 14 grandchildren nine great grandchildren and sister Rosetta Davis. His wife Leona Campbell died in 1960. Services Saturday at 1 p.m. at Van Fossen Funeral Home Glouster Rev Joe Walburn officiating burial Maplewood Cemetery. Visitation Friday 2–4 p.m. and 7–9 p.m.
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Glouster
Roy Hall
Madison St
High Manor
Columbus
Vinton County
George
Hannah Cox Hall
Glouster Methodist Church
Order of Eagles
Vern
Warren
Edgar
Nora Cottrell
Rosetta Davis
van Fossen
Joe Walburn
Maplewood Cemetery
Carroll Route 2
William A
Louis R. Jr
Ina Green
Springfield
Wilhelmina
Roberts Funeral Home
Logan
Victor E. Kreutz
Oak Grove Cemetery
Athens
John W. Taylor
Sheltering Arms Hospital
John C. Taylor
Washington St
John
Robert
Shreveport
Stella Mae Richardson
Myrtle
Elizabeth
Charles
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
Edwin G Moore funeral set in Point Pleasant
Edwin G Moore 62 formerly of Point Pleasant died unexpectedly in Chicago Monday. Services will be Friday at 1 30 p m at Crow Hassell Funeral Home with burial in Greer Cemetery. He had been living in Chicago before his death.
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Point Pleasant
Edwin Greer Moore
Chicago
Crow-Hassell
Greer Cemetery
Moore
Servicemen News Details Army and Air Force Promotions
Several local service members receive promotions and assignments. Airman 1.C Robert G. Ash of Laurelville moves to Lockbourne AFB as an aircraft mechanic. Army specialists Kasler and Baker advance at Ft. Hood and Ft. Bliss, with Kasler serving as a tank driver and Baker a powerman. Airman J C William E. Land reports to Moron AFB Spain as a refrigeration specialist. Marine Pfc Larry E. Coen serves in Vietnam. Tech Sgt Richard L. Boling earns the Air Force Commendation Medal at Tuy Hoa. Families in Athens and Amesville are noted with promotion updates and mailing details for Christmas cards for Ashcraft in Germany.
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Robert G. Ash
George H. Ash
Laurelville
Air Force
301St Oranizational
Lockbourne Afb
Laurelville High School
Chanute Afb
George H. Kasler
Robert W. Kasler
Nelsonville
Ft. Hood
Tex
2Nd Armored Division
66Th Armor
Kasler
York High School
Buchtel
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Beverly
Killeen
Army
George K. Baker
Dain K. Baker
Coolville
333Rd Artillery
Ft. Bliss
Gary W. Hines
Wayne W. Hines
Amesville
Alconbury
England
10Th Field
Ames-Bern High School
Hines
Athens
Greece
Panaiouta B. Prokos
Richard L. Boling
Roger Boling
Mill St
Chauncey
Air Force Commendation
Vietnam
31St Services Squadron
Tuy Hoa Air Base
Boling
Grissom Afb
Ind
Chauncey-Dover Hig School
Barbara
Eddie Siemens
Wichita Falls
J.C. William E. Landis
Fred E. Landis
Second St
Moron Afb
Spain
Chauncey-Dover High School
Landis
Dover Afb
Del
Robert Ashcraft
Germany
Sandy
Lisa
Beryl Ashcraft
Route 4
Robert L. Ashcraft
H Co
Engr.Bn
APO
New York
Death notices from Gallipolis area
Multiple obituary notices from Gallipolis Ohio area list Marga ret Virginia Tracy 58 of Rio Grande and Louis Ransom Casto Sr 83 of Carroll. also John W Taylor 81 of Athens. Details include survivors, service times, funeral homes, and memorial donations.
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Gallipolis
Margaret Virginia Tracy
Rio Grande
Six-Member Advisory Group Set to Aid Athens Center
An advisory board of six individuals will assist the Athens Mental Health Center's adolescent unit. The Athens County Mental Health Association will supply the members to boost community involvement after a Tuesday night announcement. Staff said federal grant approval could fund more personnel and satellite facilities in Athens, Marietta, and Portsmouth, and expand the center to include pre adolescent children.
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Athens Mental Health Center
Athens County Mental Health Association
Mental Health Association
Athens
Marietta
Portsmouth
Lukens News Release Heads to Athens Post Office Visit
A news release from Rep. Donald E. Lukens of Ohio arrives in The Messenger noting a Monday Athens stop to tour the post office and Ohio University appearances. The letter bears Lukens’s franking signature and no postmark, raising questions about mailing delays and committee ties.
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Bob Powers
Morning Mail
Donald E. “Buz” Lukens
Ohio
Messenger
Middletown
Lukens
Athens
Ohio University
Buz Lukens
The
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Deputy Hewlett Transferred After Route 33 Accident
Conrad Hewlett, deputy sheriff for Hocking County and son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hewlett, was moved to Methodist Riverside Hospital for observation after a brain concussion. The injury occurred November 17 when struck by a Logan Trailer Sales Truck while directing traffic near the Logan Goodyear plant on Route 33. He had been at Hocking Valley Community Hospital. room 609 at Riverside.
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Nelsonville
Conrad Hewlett
Everett Hewlett
Poplar Street
Hocking County
Methodist Riverside Hospital
Hewlett
Logan
Logan Goodyear
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Riverside
Thanksgiving Schedule For Bird Arena Hours
Bird Arena releases the Thanksgiving vacation hours with recreational skating on Wednesday Friday and Saturday 7 30 to 9 30 p m Thursday 2 to 4 p m and Sunday 1 to 4 p m Open hockey runs Friday and Saturday 2 to 5 p m each day.
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Bird Arena
Oyster harvest in Chesapeake Bay nets five million bushels
In the Chesapeake Bay region about five million bushels of oysters are caught and sold each season, highlighting the area's productive shellfishing industry.
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Chesapeake Bay Area
Students Organize Task Force in North Carolina
Fifteen high school pupils from across the state met to plan ways to address unrest in public schools this winter. The group called the Task Force on Student Involvement is sponsored by the Department of Instruction and will have a free hand in planning activities under Dr. Craig Phillips, state superintendent.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Department of An Instruction
Craig Phillips
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Bomb Found Under House in Princeton Kentucky
Eldo Young discovered a shell beneath his house and called the Army. Fort Campbell crew confirmed it as a 105 millimeter howitzer flare shell from World War II that had apparently been fired but did not explode.
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Princeton
Eldo Young
Army
Young
Fort Campbell
Father Seals Famed Casket
Bloomington Ill Mrs Pearl Bunnell 92 recalls her father revealing he helped seal Lincoln s casket He was part of the Abraham Lincoln memorial guard sworn to secrecy and never spoke of it born Springfield Ill 1877
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Bloomington
Pearl Bunnell
Springfield
Ill
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Two Wrecks Reported In Logan With Minor Injuries
Logan city police reported two minor accidents within minutes. At 7:50 a.m. Robert Garey 17 of Logan Route 3 backed into Anna Herron 26 on Poplar Street causing the crash. Garey cited for improper backing. At 7:56 a.m. a two car collision occurred on the Route 33 exit ramp with no citations. Participants included William Barnes 42 of Christie and others.
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Robert R. Garey
Logan
Spring Street
Poplar Street
Anna Jane Herron
Gary
Route 33
William N. Barnes
Christie
Taneabber
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Edwin G. Moore
Larry E. Coen
Jack R. Coen
Route 5
First Marine Regiment
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Athens National Bank
the Aathens S National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Mrs
Margaret Tracy
Henry
Mary Jane Liston Davis
Hannan Trace
Centerville
Calvary Baptist Church
McCoy Funeral Home
Vinton
American Cancer Society
Louis R. Casto Sr
Father
Pleasant Point Resort and Motor LO
Point Pleasant, W. VA
Raymond Ross
Bankamericard
Prie A
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