Fontaine to Return Home After Heart Attack Hospital Stay
Entertainer Frank Fontaine, 57, is in satisfactory condition and being released from Mount Carmel East Hospital in Columbus to fly home to Boston for convalescence after a heart attack. He was hospitalized Sept 18 following a collapse at Port Columbus International Airport after a three day engagement. He suggested resting at home and possibly developing a children’s TV idea.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank Fontaine
Boston
Mount Carmel East
Fontaine
Port Columbus
Sandalwood Inn
Guggenheim
Jackie Gleason
Man gets 5 to 15 years for kidnapping Sidney boy
C Miller, 22, was sentenced to 5 to 15 years after pleading guilty to second degree kidnapping in the Jeffrey Sargeant case. Judge Bauer imposed the maximum, noting the crime was very serious. Jeffrey, son of John Sargeant, was found unharmed after freeing himself from a rope tied to a tree.
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Sidney, Ohio
Sidney
C. Miller
Jeffrey Sargeant
Orange Township
L. E. Bauer
Miller
Shelby County Common Pleas Court
Bauer
Toledo
Jeffrey
John Sargeant
Bowling Green State University
Davis Named Acting Commissioner in Ohio Mental Health
William H. Davis age 49 is appointed acting commissioner of the Division of Mental Health in the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. Davis has 10 years in the department including service as special assistant to Director Timothy B. Moritz and previously as assistant director for three years.
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Columbus, Ohio
William H. Davis
Ohio Department of Mental Health and
Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki divorce in New Jersey
Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki were divorced in Camden Superior Court over irreconcilable differences. Tim did not attend the proceedings citing concert tour. The couple’s 6 year old daughter Tulip will live with Miss Vicki.
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Camden
N.J
Tiny Tim
Miss Vicki
Superior Court
Tim
Philip Paley
Paul A. Lowengrub
Johnny Carson
Tulip
Victoria Budinger
Middle School Annex to be Removed If Bond Fails
Athens City officials plan demolition of the 69 year old West State Street middle school annex due to fire code deficiencies and structural decay. The building lacks smoke detection and sprinklers and has peeling ceilings and water damage. If the $3.77 million bond passes, renovations will convert the main building for seventh graders while bids open in April 1978 and demolition targets 1979 1980.
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Roselyn Gohagan
Athens City
West State Street
Garry
Bruce
David Liggitt
Liggitt
Sam Henderson
Henderson
Putnam Field
East Union Street
Reclamation Law Can Turn Mines Into Grazing Land
Ohio strip mine inspector Max Luehrs says proper enforcement can transform abandoned mines into grazing land and wildlife areas. He cites the Ohio Power Morgan County operation as an example and notes one HEM Mining site remains a moonscape awaiting state reclamation after bond enforcement.
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Athens
Morgan County
HEM Mining Co
Ohio Power Co
Max Luehrs
Ohio
Division of Reclamation
Luehrs
HEM
Charles Erdman Jr
Columbus
Larry Maxwell
Lancaster
Harry Hayman
Ohio Power
Fire destroys abandoned house on Poston Road near power plant
A morning blaze destroyed an abandoned house on Poston Road near the E M Poston Power Plant. Fire crews from The Plains and Nelsonville extinguished the flames around 9 a.m. and prevented spread to nearby woods. Cause under investigation.
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Nelsonville
Poston Road
E.M. Poston
Plains
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News Digest
Bernard Sussman
Washington
Sussman
Messenger
Bob Wilson Jr
Robert Ekey
Inspector
the Athens Messenger
Associated Press
D&s
West Virginia
U.S
S Daily
Athens Post Office
The
Messenger Publishing Co
Johnson Road
Pizza Hut
Richland Avenue
Athens, Ohio
Harold B. Swisher
Cline
South Court St
Lloyd Johnson
Fayette St
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
Wilson Baker
Court St
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