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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1966
Page
8
A cluttered listing shows scattered programs and hosts across channels including News, Sitcoms, Cartoons, and Variety shows. Notable items reference The Rifleman Buckeye segments and education themed segments along with sports and weather bulletins.
A dense listing of daytime and early evening television programs with show titles such as Dialing For Dollars, The Nurses, Candid Comers, NBC News, Concentration, Beverly Hillbillies, The Detectives, Jeopardy, The Doctors, As The World Turns, General Hospital, Match Game, Mike Douglas Show, and The Rifleman along with time slots and channel notes.
Ohio viewers of West Virginia stations will receive programs one hour earlier than listed. Huntington Charleston and Parkersburg stations switch to Eastern Daylight Saving Time. Ohio stations stay on Eastern Standard Time. The Messenger notes possible schedule errors and marks color programs with a (C).
The article describes soaking strips of rabbit fur in rabbit blood to create a catfish bait and drying them for use in fishing. It notes the method as a simple home-made lure for freshwater catfish.
A four room trailer owned by Mrs. America Clark in Cheshire was gutted by a fire of undetermined origin Monday afternoon. Middleport firefighters with one truck and six men fought the blaze, starting in a bedroom and destroying all furnishings. Mrs. Clark reported insurance coverage.
North Point Pleasant Grade School PTA launches its annual birthday calendar sale running through October 21. Listings may mark birthdays anniversaries or monthly meeting notices. Call chairman Jack Fowler at 675 2305 to arrange sales or ordering.
Holzer Hospital reports a series of newborn announcements: Mr. and Mrs. John Junior Call of Gallipolis welcome a son. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Staats of Ravenswood a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. James Harding of Pontiac Michigan a son. Mrs. Robert Haynes of Point Pleasant. Raymond Shelton of Gallipolis. Mrs. Lee M. Tye of Cheshire. Carroll Smith of Gallipolis. Jack Rose of Gallipolis. Mrs Carl Taylor of Gallipolis. Cecil Carpenter of Vinton. Stephen K. Nelson of Rutland. Mrs. George...
Mrs Frankie Neigler returns from Columbus visit with Mr and Mrs Clyde Cross and children. Several locals host guests including Mrs Maud Young Mrs S G Marrs Vinton and others in Denney Jackson Crown City Coal Grove Chester Pomeroy Ray and Gallipolis. The long list highlights hospitality extended to family and friends across Ohio towns.
Mr and Mrs Bernard Frazier of Point Pleasant welcome a son. Raymond Lieving of Point Pleasant was admitted.
Point Pleasant City Council authorized the state attorney general to investigate price fixing and potential anti-trust violations in city chlorine purchases dating to 1955. The council also set Halloween trick or treat hours and UNICEF night, Eyeing sewer and water plan funds, and approved radar equipment trials.
A large crane parked along Route 17 near the Coast Guard station caught fire Monday night. The estimated damage is $600. Chief Deputy Sheriff Millard Halstead discovered the blaze at 10 20 p.m.
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