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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1969
Page
2
Athens County Elections Director William Howe announced three changes to the 77 polling sites for the November 4 election. Polls open 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. with voters in city, village, township and school contests plus state and local issues.
Veterinarians at the U S Air Force Academy treated a golden eagle wounded by buckshot from a hunter. Col James C McIntyre reported two wounds near the left wing, the 12 pound bird wearing a 54 foot wingspan. He expected release in a few days.
In Tampa, five year old Anthony Benitez received two unsolicited credit cards from a local bank. They were destroyed promptly. His mother explained she did it because he is just learning to write his name and cannot read yet. A bank spokesperson said the credit bureau checked him out okay.
The nationwide forecast calls for rain Thursday night from the Gulf Coast along the Mississippi Valley into Canada with showers in the Pacific Northwest and Florida. Warmer conditions are expected on both coasts. Yesterday’s high 56 and low 23. month rainfall 0.89 inches, year total 23.61 inches. Barometric pressure 30.46 inches, hocking stage 2.15 feet. Data from C L Colmer U S Weather Observer Ohio University.
Athens Kiwanis Club staged a Halloween parade with about 300 youth in costumes and space age characters. Winners received Kennedy half dollars totaling $90 across five age groups, plus 600 candy bars and apples distributed by the club. Athens High School band led the event with judging by local officials and several winners named.
In Des Moines Iowa attorney James Piazza argues in U S District Court that Colfax Community School District violated rights by excluding 15 year old Susan Sims for refusing to cut her hair to one finger width above the eyebrows. He calls the rule unconstitutional.
A series of birth notices lists new daughters for the Mullins family of Albany Route 3, the Burke family of Albany Route 3, and the Braley family of The Plains. Additional names include Thomas, Leslie Buck of Athens Route 2, and several mothers from Glouster, Athens, and Albany areas with listed spouses and relatives.
The Messenger reports a dispute over who filed an armed robbery charge against Joseph Stanley Jr. The sheriff says his department did not file it. Kenneth Hutchinson, a truck driver from Pomeroy Route 4, is named by the paper as the filer. Stanley, 41, of Shade Route 1, has pleaded innocent and is bound over to the grand jury under $5,000 bond.
Michael F Cantor of Stewart Route 1 pleaded guilty in Nelsonville Mayor s court to driving while intoxicated. Mayor Earl Hilleary fined 150 dollars plus costs and sentenced Cantor to three days in city jail with a 30 day license suspension.
A cigarette apparently started a fire on the sixth floor of Bromley Hall at W Congress and W Union Streets burning mattress springs and bedding in Room 633. Firefighters arrived after residents used extinguishers and damaged the room with smoke filling the floor. Damages estimated at 100 dollars.
Albany district faces potential school closures by year end unless the 10 mill operating levy is approved at next Tuesday's election. President John Hamill warns funds are insufficient to maintain current operations and that student education would suffer long term. The advisory stresses honesty and urges voter support to sustain the district's educational program. Municipal court notes list Dole R. Shearon and Fred L. Krider with respective traffic and license violations.
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