Telethon pledges reach 5600 in Athens drive
National Muscular Dystrophy telethon raised over 16 million pledges with Jerry Lewis at the helm and Athens area volunteers from Local 4375 CWA staffing The Ohio University Inn center and WATH radio broadcast the 20 hour event Athens pledges locally totaled 5600 with about 40 CWA members assisting Angelo's Pizza and OU Inn donating support to the effort.
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Dave Levingston
Communications Workers of America
Ohio University Inn
Athens Center
Martin Kirkendall
Kirkendall
Jerry Lewis
Lewis
CWA
Wath Radio
Weather Forecast Shows Mild El Nino Skies Ahead
Variable cloudiness with lingering showers early tonight cooler with upper 40s lows. Wednesday partly cloudy and cool with mid 60s highs. Extended Ohio outlook calls for fair mild weather Thursday through Saturday highs in the 70s to around 80s. lows in the 40s to mid 50s. Relative humidity at 9 a.m. 100 percent. precipitation this month 2.02 inches. year to date 40.78 inches. Data from Ohio University Geography Dept and U.S. Weather Observer Mrs Colmer.
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Ohio
The Messenger Publishing Co. Athens Ohio Ad List
Daily and Sunday newspaper service details with pricing by mail and carrier listed. Mentions McDonalds Continental Cablevision Domino's Pizza Cunningham Music Center Athens Bottling Co and Kentucky Fried Chicken as local business names.
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Associated Press
D&s
Ohio
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
Athens
The
Messenger Publishing Co
Johnson Road
McDonalds
Continental Cablevision
Domino’s Pizza
Cunningham Music Center
Athens Bottling Co
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Police Training Notes Tie New Ohio Code To Warrants
County prosecutor William Grim led two training sessions in Athens and Nelsonville for area law enforcement on the new Ohio Criminal Code. Topics included arrest warrants and non warrant arrests, with future sessions on search warrants. Attendance spanned university, city, and county agencies plus state patrol and sheriff’s offices.
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William Grim
Athens
Nelsonville
Grim
Supreme Court
Ohio University Security Police
Buchtel and Glouster
State Highway Patrol
Michael Nolan
Nolan
Strouds Run and Lake Hope Beaches Open Weekends
The beaches at Strouds Run State Park and Lake Hope stay open Saturdays and Sundays weather permitting until Sept. 22. Public beaches at 21 other state parks stay open through Sept. 29 and six more through Sept. 22. The Hocking Hills State Park outdoor swimming pool will be weekend open through September.
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Strouds Run State Park
Lake Hope
Ohio Natural Resources Department
Hocking Hills State Park
Bottle Thrower Nabbed After Downtown Incident
Athens police and county sheriff units nabbed a juvenile after a bottle struck Patrolman Larry Gibson on Saturday night. The car fled to Vore Ridge Road Route 682 where it was stopped and the juvenile arrested. A stolen car was recovered Monday. The Athens County Shrine Club will host its annual green corn dinner at 6 30 p m Thursday at the Hocking Valley Sportsman Club Radford Road according to I W Burnfield.
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Athens
Ptl
Larry Gibson
Gibson
Spence Rutter
Dave Cogar
Tom Hooper
Vore Ridge Road
Bernard Grueser
Curran Drive
Joneswood Drive
Athens County Shrine Club
Hocking Valley
Radford Road
I. W. Burnfield
City Jail Reopened for Short Term Prisoners
Athens police chief Ted Jones announced the city jail will reopen as a temporary holding facility for short stays. Repairs include lighting plumbing and CCTV, with no meals provided. The city previously paid $7.50 daily per prisoner under a county housing contract.
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Athens
Ted Jones
Jones
Phil Goldsberry
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Gene Fields
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Russell Abrams
Glouster
Kenneth Keirns
Dennis Chapman
Fredrick Harner
Felix Gagliano
Maxine Kendall
Jonathan Rechtenwald
Holly Hudnall
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Joyce McBride
Carl Frey
Sandra Riley
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Charles DeWeese
Howard Pennell
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Robert McLaughlin
Shannon Mitchell
Murray City
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Evelyn Lennar
Mildred Towne
South Bend
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Nancy Stotts
Amesville
Nellie Penrod
Rex Cheadle
Albany
Christina Linton
Tammy Brown
Ashley Ferguson
Claire Dunn
David Pierce
Fred Stahl
Royal Hartman
Lloyd Chesser
Maggie Morgan
Maude Gillogly
Joseph Rudolf
Barbara Lowery
John Hedges
Robert Reed
Donald Frazee
Ralph Chalfant
Roger Kidd
Truman Tucker
Jack Limo
John Kringas
Paul Cotterill
William Green
Charles Kempton
Strouds Run
Secems
Robert Collins
Ontario
Calif
Mount St. Mary
Nancy Shumate
William Shumate
Arden Place
Indiana University At
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Gals
Farley’s
Tops & Jeans For
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Farley
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