Desperate bank robbers trapped in mock raid end in tragedy
A staged raid at an abandoned Strouds Run Farm tested Athens area law enforcement. Three suspects hid under a barn during the exercise and were captured after a simulated firefight. FBI Agent Clyde Andrews and Athens officers James and Fields were among the roles played. The exercise highlighted raid timing and coordination risks and concluded with a debrief at a local dairy bar. Classes resume next Thursday in City Hall.
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Strouds Run
Nuce
Messenger Newsphoto
Roy
Cross
FBI
Athens
Clyde Andrews
Joe Fields
James
Athens Department
Berard Porter
Gilbert Bergquist
Porter
Everett Ridge
Division of Wildlife
Agent Andrews
Jamies
Berquist
Logan
Middleport
State Highway Patrol
Division of Wildlife Enforcement Division
Joseph Ziegler
James Thompson
West Side School trip to Ohio University Zoology Lab
West Side School students visited Ohio University’s Zoology Laboratory on Tuesday to study the human body. Teacher Miss Iris Fierce and student teacher Jed Stone arranged the visit, with involvement from Clee Woodard and Paul, who demonstrated use of ice and a microscope. Dr. Carl A. Frey, a professor, was found innocent on a city police charge related to an accident at Estate Street. the incident also involved his son, and a misdated skeleton display was shown to fifth graders.
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Riring
West Side School
Ohio University
Iris Fierce
Clee Woodard
Jed Stone
E.state St
Carl A. Frey
Paul
Ido
Athens Municipal Court Fine Against Hubert LeRoy
A fine of 939 anatoms was levied against Hubert LeRoy. The hearing was set for Friday before judge Richard Thomas Finley. James Knight of S Congress and W Union Streets filed the charge after a collision at Athens Route 4 near Plats. The case notes a gunshot and destruction of property as claimed by Shrieves Thursday.
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Hubert LeRoy
Nancy Gertrude
Guy
Athens
Richard Thomas Finley
Coin Municipal
James Knight
S. Congress
W. Union
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Beasley
Ada
New Meters Installed in City Areas
Police Chief J B Grogan announced new parking meters on Congress Street from W Union to E Carpenter and on the north side of W Washington from Congress to High. Parking will be banned on the south side of W Washington from Congress to High after installation. Standards for the meters had been installed weeks earlier but faced delivery delays.
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Congress St
W. Union
E. Carpenter
W. Washington
Congress
J. B Grogan
Grogan
OU Freshmen Auto Ban Proposed at University
The OU Administrative Committee considers banning freshmen from bringing cars to campus citing crowded lots poor parking and impact on scholarship. If approved the rule could take effect in fall 1996 with exceptions for work study off campus or married veterans. Opposition from the OU Post notes editorial alarm over traffic.
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Men's Union
Ing
Larry Harper
Athens
Harper
OU Post
Studentewspaper
State Road Surfacing Nears Completion at Key Junctions
State Highway Maintenance Supt. Edie Ashcraft reports resurfacing from sine junctions of State Routes 50 and 7 through Coolville to the 146 intersection is nearly finished. Shelly and Sanda Inc began laying the final ton of T8 Wednesday, covering about one and a half miles in the project. Traffic detours persist over Sand Rock Road as crews address a slag slip on State Route 30 A and plan culvert work and grading upgrades.
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Coolville
Edie Ashcraft
Shelly and Sanda, Inc
Thorntile
Mately
Ashcraft
Tenance
Guysville
Athens County
Sand Rock Road
Haseen
Dividing Ridge Hill
Bond Issue Aims to Fund Ohio School and Mental Health Needs
Backers of Constitutional Amendment No. 1 seek a 150 million bond program over six years to expand classrooms and support mental hospitals juvenile facilities and correctional institutes across the state. The plan argues rising birth rates and enrollment strain schools and universities, with a review by a Steel Planning Commission proposed to guide long range funding.
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Chilggen
Ohio
State Department” of
Tate
Battelle Official Slated For ACS Talk Here
Dr. John M. Blocher of Battelle Memorial Institute will headline the Upper Ohio Valley Section of the American Chemical Society meeting on November 8. The talk titled The How and Why of High Purity Metals will cover techniques for preparing high quality metal compounds. The event, hosted by Ohio University, will start at 8 p.m. in the Chemistry Building Parkersburg, with Dr. Lawrence Ent headed the Ohio University chemistry department and Dr. Thomas H. Curry listed among organizers.
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John M. Blocher
Battelle Memoria Insitute
Thorganic Chemistry
Chemical Engieering
Upper
Ohio Valley
American Chemical Society
Blocher
Sake Ridge
Statt of
Atelle
Ohio University
Parkersburg
Thomas H. Curry
Ohio
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Slates Births and Discharges
A list from Sheltering Arms Hospital records several births and admissions. Names include Dale Hawk and Nick Zacolas with newborn sons, plus Robert Van Ness and Kenneth Chaney with daughters or sons. Admissions feature Mrs Curtis Dawson and John Davidson among others, while dismissals note Kenneth Russell and Robert Gagle.
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Dale Hawk
New Marshfield
Nick Zacolas
Athens
Robert van Ness
Chesterhill
Kenneth Chaney
Shade
Robert Mathewson
Curtis Dawson
John Davidson
Homer Fridenmaker
Albany
Roy Smith
Charlene Carsey
Kenneth Russell
Millfiel
Robert Gagle
William Gallagher
Day
Mary Packard
Marshfield Man Hurt In Fall From House
A Marshfield man about 70 was injured when he fell from a house while helping his son Earl build a structure off Route 56, west of New Marshfield. He was transported by private ambulance to Mount St. Hospital in Newarkville. Cause and exact location details remain unclear.
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Earl
New Marshfield
Herron
Mount St Hospital
Ssonville
White Cross Hospital
Colum- Semiee
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Cross Bros
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Marshfield
Sra
Roberts
Worsa
FAITH
Oral Roberts
Mechanicsburg School
Packard
Wakefield Motors
Richland Ave
Canton, Ohio
Assembly of God Church
Averyess
Hildred Kieffer
Elks
Cline Bldg
Stor
Lionel
Wolfe Hardware
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