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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1969

Page

2

Notable Los Angeles divorce suit details Cummings and engagement

Mary Elliot Cumings sues actor Robert Cummings for separate maintenance accusing cruelty desertion and infidelity. Co respondent Regina Fong named with alleged affairs across Hong Kong New York and Paris. Cummings, 59, married since 1945 with five children.

Los Angeles Mary Elliot Cumings Robert Cummings Cummings China Hong Kong New York Paris America

Art Linkletter Named Special Member of LA Drug Commission

Los Angeles television personality Art Linkletter was named a special member of the Los Angeles County Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Commission. Supervisor Warren Dorn announced Linkletter’s agreement to serve, aiming to alert youth and parents to drug dangers. Linkletter said his daughter Diane, 20, was under LSD influence when she died after leaping from her sixth-story West Hollywood apartment.

Santa Monica Calif Don Drysdale Los Angeles Dodgers Ginger Drysdale Drysdale Los Angeles Art Linkletter Los Angeles County Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Commission Warren M. Dorn Linkletter Diane West Hollywood

Weather outlook and five day forecast summary

Partly cloudy and not so cool tonight with lows 35 to 40. Thursday turns cloudy with high near 60. Rain expected Wednesday night from Texas to North Dakota with snow in Wyoming and Colorado. Temperatures vary regionally with cooler east and warmer Midwest and lower Mississippi Valley.

Florida Texas North Dakota Wyoming Colorado Midwest Mississippi Valley Ohio Ohio River

Priscilla Church Class Plans Turkey Dinner

GLOUSTER The Priscilla Class of the Methodist Church met at Venus Elliott’s home with Zelpha Brown and Melvina Lauser as co hosts. Eleven members attended and read scripture verses. Plans were made for a public turkey dinner November 14 in the church social rooms from 4 to 6 30 p m, tickets from class members.

Glouster Priscilla Methodist Church Venus Elliott Fairlawn Ave Zelpha Brown Melvina Lauser Margaret Gamwell Jennie Weymer Sybil Kurtzman Elliott

Revision panel named to rewrite Kentucky criminal laws

A special committee in Kentucky has been formed to draft a revision of the state's criminal laws. The group includes judges prosecutors and defense attorneys from Frankfort and around the state.

Frankfort Cial Kentucky

Chauncey Troop Plans 3:30 P.M. Meeting and Hayride

The Chauncey brownie troop will meet at 3 30 p m Tuesday. A Chauncey CYF hayride and cookout is scheduled for Thursday.

Chauncey

Country ham joke pranks Louisville doctor at restaurant

Louisville doctor William Keller visits a restaurant and amid praise for country ham a waitress quips that she should be paid double. He retorts that he already is. The lighthearted exchange reflects local humor.

Louisville William Keller

Trimble Jaycees Sponsor Toys for Tots Drive Again

The Trimble Township Jaycees will again sponsor the Toys for Tots campaign to aid needy children this Christmas. Jon Myers chairs the drive. donations can be made by calling Bill Swartz or Jon Holbert or by leaving toys at Hud's Ashland service station. The club expects a large toy collection this year.

Glouster Trimble Township Jaycees Jon Myers Bill Swartz Jacksonville Jon Holbert Hud Ashland

Norman student elected president after homecoming bid failure

David Wanser of Norman, who failed in his bid to be OU homecoming queen, was elected president of the university’s Student Congress. Wanser, a senior, had been eliminated from the queen contest on a filing technicality but earned Miss Congeniality from fellow contestants.

Norman Okla David Wanser University of Oklahoma Wanser

Catholic Women Plan Christmas Card Sale

The Chauncey Catholic Women's Club met at St. Jude Church to organize a fundraiser selling Christmas cards. Members Mary Lou Abdella Mary Arnold Patty Finnearty Opal Ley Pauline McLean Rose Stalder and the Rev Fr Patala attended a social hour after the meeting.

Chauncey Chauncey Catholic Women’s Club St. Jude Church Mary Lou Abdella Mary Arnold Patty Finnearty Opal Ley Pauline McLean Rose Stalder Patala

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