Nine Injured In Two Athens County Crashes
Nine people were injured in two Athens County crashes over two days as Monday morning’s one car wreck on Route 329 near Stewart sent a mother Dianna Black and others to Sheltering Arms Hospital. The State Highway Patrol reported multiple ice related incidents including a two car crash at Route 50 and 329 in Guysville.
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Stewart
State Highway Patrol
Dianna Black
Amesville
Stewart Area
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Guysville
Jack E. Covey
Middletown
Betty Jane Covey
Tammy Lynn Covey
Louise Roberts
Marietta
Vonda Sue Dyla
Lake Shore
Ernest Dwayne Antle
Glouster
Essie Grace Thompson
Deanville
William Neal Dodd, Jr
Buchtel
Coast Guard
Coast
Markey
Dave
Perry Entry Wins District Speech Event
Terri Green of Somerset Perry County won the district Prince of Peace speech contest. Her talk This Is Our War earned a gold medal and a week at the United Nations and made her eligible for the state finals at Otterbein College for a $2000 scholarship. Rebecca Brown of Guysville was runner up among five contestants at Central Ave Methodist Church.
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Terri Green
Somerset
Perry County
Eugene Brundige
United Nations
Otterbein College
Rebecca Brown
Guysville
Ohio Council of Churches
Central Ave
Snow and Cold Grip Athens Monday Flurries
Athens residents faced another wintry taste as snow flurries fell with sub freezing temperatures. U S Observer C L Colmer recorded 29 degrees at 10 a m, up from 26 earlier. Saturday and Sunday highs reached 50 and 51.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Jury Trials Opens In Damage Suit
A jury trial for Leona M. Pickard versus Frank J. Conti opened in Common Pleas Court over a $41 000 civil suit. Pickard seeks damages from a two car collision in April 1963 on Route 33 near the golf driving range, alleging the defendant’s fault. Bern Township trustees will meet Friday afternoon instead of Saturday per clerk Lee D. Glass.
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Leona M. Pickard
Frank J. Conti
Common Pleas Court
Route 33
Golf Driving Range
Bern Township
Lee D. Glass
Two Athens County youths in custody over Bobcat Restaurant burglary
Police held two Athens County youths aged 18 and 20 in custody for questioning over a weekend burglary at the Bobcat Restaurant at 145 Columbus Road. Chief J B Grogan said $75 was missing, hidden at the site, not in the cash register, with entry reported Sunday after a glass pane was broken.
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Athens County
Columbus Rd
J. B. Grogan
Three More Bad Checks Reported In Athens
Three more bad checks, each about 175 dollars, passed at Plaza Shopping Center in Athens. Police say the machine written checks bore the stamp of a Columbus firm, similar to five earlier bad checks totaling 842 dollars in the Gerald R. Goodman Jr. vs. Shirley V. Goodman case.
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Plaza
Columbus
Kindnesses Of U S Servicemen Win South Vietnamese Favor
Athens writer Charles Kirkwood observes U S Coast Guard patrols near Phu Quoc and An Thoi. He notes crews stopping and searching junks for weapons, aiding fishermen with medical care and supplies, and earning local respect while facing dangerous engagements with Viet Cong and enemy craft.
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U.S
U.S. Navy
Coast Guard
da Nang
An Thoi
Marine
Charles Kirkwood
Athens
Viet Nam
Rhodes Cites OU Branch Progress
Ohio funds for higher education facilities exceed any other state as Gov Rhodes notes at Belmont County OU branch groundbreaking four miles west of St. Clairsville on Route 40. The $1.8 million building marks a 385 acre campus with potential enrollment up to 5000, designed by Cox Forsythe Associates. programs in arts sciences business education fine arts and engineering.
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Phu Quoc
Coast
Army Special Forces
Ohio
ST. Clairsville
James A. Rhodes
Belmont County
Ohio University
Vernon R. Alden
Edward M. Penson
Edwin Kennedy
Russell Herrold
Wayne Brown
Emertuss A. C. Gubitz
Cox, Forsythe and Associates
Canton
Chillicothe
Portsmouth
Zanesville
Arts Council Meeting Set In Athens
The Athens Community Arts Council will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the First Presbyterian Church library to review regulations by laws elect the initial board of directors and advisory committee members and select standing committee chairmen. Chairman Sheppard Black says formal organization will expand membership and services to the community.
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Athens Community Arts Council
First Presbyterian Church
Sheppard Black
Arts Council
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital notes
Births list includes William Jay John son to Mr and Mrs William Jay John in Cleveland and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Frank Barnhart in Amesville and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Orland R Cullums in Athens. Admissions list names numerous patients from Athens and surrounding towns including Route addresses and several others across Chauncey Albany Albany Glouster New Marshfield and Ardath Smith.
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William Jay John
Cleveland
Frank Barnhart
Amesville
Orland R. Cullums
Athens
Russell Barbee
Albany
Elbert E. Carmichael
Chester Howard
Chauncey
Harvey A. Buck
Guysville
Joan Hudwell
Ardoth Smith
Roy Walsh
Kendall Llewellyn
New Marshfield
Edward Brooks
Ina Wingrove
Helen Hunter
Sharon Starlin
Melvin Koons
Glouster
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Ing
Larry L. Wightman
County Rd
Lonnie Maynard Phelps
Perry
Gerald R. Goodman, Jr
Shirley V. Goodman
Shirley V. Buffington
Tiger Country
Algeo Motor Sales
E. State Street
Messenger
David Markey
Point Marone
Cambodia
Groton
Conn
Don Billings
Swansea
Mass
Phu Quoc Island
Point Glover
Navy
Straits
The
Krishna
C. G. Houck
Don Reed
Bob Baur
Houck & Reed, Inc
Athens, Ohio
Stee
Rhodes
William Cunningham
Vicki Sams
Louise Morris
Hazel Wooten
Tom Homewood
Ellsworth Sammons
Sue Ann Cunningham
Earl Gibbs
Fitzin
Dr. Caldwell
Obl
Edge—Reg
Razor Blades
Full Drugs Walgreen Agency
S. Court St
Conate Olde Abe Ts
New Post Office
Stimson Ave
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