Body found in woods near shopping center identified
Bradford Weber a 27 year old man from Terre Haute is identified posthumously by Muskingum County authorities. The body was found by two teenagers about 200 feet from a shoe store in a shopping center area and is described as badly decomposed and fully clothed. Investigators in Columbus crime lab are examining the causes of death and continue the case.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Muskingum County
Bradford Weber
Terre Haute
Bernard Gibson
Columbus
Gibson
Pheromone Use Aims To Control Cutworm Moths
Ohio State and New York researchers report synthetic pheromones attract male cutworm moths and disrupt mating. Field tests in northeast Ohio show saturated pheromone cues can confuse males and reduce pest activity, potentially lowering crop damage. Dr Roy W Rings notes a four year effort behind the findings.
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Wooster, Ohio
Ohio State University Cooperative Extension Service
New York Agricultural Experiment Station
Geneva
Ohio
Roy W. Rings
Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center
Wooster
Teenager Robs Nursing Home Workers in Toledo
A 16 year old masked gunman robbed three female attendants at Rest Haven Manor Nursing Home in Toledo. He forced them to frisk sleeping patients for jewelry and escaped before dawn with a morphine supply and a watch, after ransacking offices and 30 bedrooms. the only valuables found were the watch.
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Toledo, Ohio
Toledo
Rest Haven Manor
Show Goes On at Charleston Despite Protests
In Charleston the musical Oh Calcutta drew about 1000 attendees at the Civic Center while about 15 protesters gathered outside, led by Rev Avis Hill. Broadway Productions Inc won an injunction after city officials threatened to halt the showing, with Judge Andrew MacQueen ruling the two anti obscenity ordinances overbroad.
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Charleston
W.va
Charleston Civic Center
Avis Hill
Kanawha County
Broadway Productions Inc
General Motors Faces Suits Over Engine Disclosures
Ohio Attorney General William Brown says nearly half the states will sue General Motors for installing Chevrolet engines in Buick Oldsmobile and Pontiac models without informing buyers. The suits seek restitution, court orders and penalties with GM offering to swap cars for a fee and 8 cents per mile driven.
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New Orleans
General Motors Corp
Chevrolet
Ohio
William Brown
National Association of Attorneys General
Attorneys’ General
Detroit
Chevrolet Motors
City weighs Halloween Court Street closure plan
City Council will discuss closing Court Street on Halloween night to curb clashes between OU students and police. OU supports the move and plans alternate events. police warn arrests for violations. Mayor Barrett notes limited authority. university officials and councilors seek a plan with activities to reduce downtown focus.
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Robert Ekey Messenger
Court Street
Ohio University
Donald Barrett
Carol Harter
Harter
University
Ted Jones
Jones
Barrett
City Council
Ed Beckett
Athens High Band Wins Lexington Festival of Champions
Athens High School marching band, the Marching Green and Gold, topped a 22-band field to capture grand champion at the Lexington Festival of Champions. Director Steve Berry noted Class A win in prelims and overall best among six finals bands. Hilliard High tied for superior awards. Westland not present.
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Athens
Steve Berry
Athens Band
Hillard High School
Hilliard
Westland High School of
Galloway
Westland
Lexington
Wintersville
Berry
Capital University
Fairborn
Jury Won't Get Shooting Case in Athens County Session
An attempted murder case is among eight on the Athens County grand jury docket with details indicating a man from Route 1 charged with trying to kill his ex wife Marsha Beatty 26 of Albany on Oct 12. A second shooting involves Velma Clark The Plains.
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Athens County Grand Jury
Marsha Beatty
Albany
Velma Clark
the Plains
Fire and police blotter notes stove fire and shooting case
A Riverside Drive home vented smoke from a blocked wood stove flue causing attic smoke at 5:47 p.m. No damage reported. Later a Lawrence Waters home reported an electric stove element shorting with slight damage. Gasoline spilled on West Union Street after welding machine work. A shooting case involving Mrs. Clark and her son was deemed self defense and not taken to the grand jury. Additional docket items include several theft and possession cases and a felonious assault charge from Fort Myers, Florida.
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Riverside Drive
Athens
Tim Doebler
Riverside
Lawrence Waters
Eden Place
West Union Street
Kimes Convalescent Center
Albany Road
Grove City
Calif
Gary Crow
Ron Mitchell
Ronald Brown
Michael McGuire
Fort Myers
Fla
Library System Needs Space and Funding Push
Athens County Library Service director Helen Young cites space as the major challenge for the system. She notes needs at the Nelsonville main library and four branches Albany Athens Chauncey and Glouster with future relief possible. Funding comes from the county intangibles tax with a 1977 budget of 115 425 allocated mainly to salaries rents and books. The library operates 233 hours weekly across branches and the bookmobile.
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Sally Walters
Athens County
Helen Young
Athens County Library Service
Nelsonville
Albany
Athens
Chauncey and
Glouster
Young
Hocking Valley Museum of Theatrical History Inc
Mrs. Young
Opera House
County Museum
Batteries Taken Inolections Reported In Athens County
Victor Stover of Shade told the Athens County Sheriff’s Department on Saturday that someone stole batteries from his truck and tractor. Kermit Graham of Route 33N reported a boat motor stolen from a boat.
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Victor Stover
Shade
Athens County Sheriff's Department
Stover
Kermit Graham
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