Albany Community Fair Opens With Three Days Of Festivities
Albany's three day community fair opens with gates at 4 pm Thursday. The event features fruit and vegetable judging, baked goods, hay art, a tractor rodeo, teen band, square dancing, and a Bob Smart grandstand show. Saturday adds bicycle parade calf judging pet show pulling contests and pony events. Sunday closes with a 16 class horse show and pony pulling prizes. Free parking Saturday and free admission for under 12. Tickets for rides are on sale. The Spartan Club dunking booth is highlighted.
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Albany
Frog and the Cornhuskers
Bob Smart
Gates
Green Valley Boys
Noor
Arthur Cross
Fair Board
Spartan Club
Miller Joins Anti-Smut Committee
Washington D C Ohio 10th District Congressman Clarence E Miller named to the honorary committee of Citizens for Decent Literature Inc The group seeks awareness of obscene material in newspapers mail order and films Keating founder says Miller backs federal laws to curb obscene materials to under 18 and to prohibit obscene movie showings The congressman also backs bills ending certain mailing privileges for obscene material use
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Washington, D.C
Ohio
Clarence E. Miller
Citizens For Decent Literature, Inc
Miller
Charles H. Keating
Cincinnati
Presidential Commission On
Keating
Washington, D. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Driver Fined After Crash Involving Two Cars
Robert C. Martin, 40, of Athens Route 1 forfeited a $33 bond in Municipal Court on a charge of failure to stop within an assured clear distance after a two car crash on Columbus Road near Dr. Sprague's office parking lot. Lilian M. Toth, 51, of Glouster Route 3, reported hip pain and received treatment. both cars were southbound, the Toth car turning into the parking lot causing a spin and collision.
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Robert C. Martin
Athens
Columbus Road
E. A. Sprague
Lilian M. Toth
Glouster
Toth Auto
Martin
Toth
Five Youths Sentenced in Athens County Forgery Case
Five youths were sent to state penal institutions after pleading guilty to forgery in Athens County Common Pleas Court Judge John W. Bolin called the cases a conspiracy. Lin n B. Washington Toyce Anderson and Walter McKinney were sent to the Mansfield Reformatory for cashing forged checks including a 234 dollar check to an Athens jeweler.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
Mansfield Reformatory
John W
Bolin
Reformatory
Linn B. Washington
Pittsburgh
Toyce Anderson
Cleveland
Walter McKinney
Dayton
Ohio University
Claire M. Ball Jr
Belpre
Athens
Temporary Reopening Planned for Mill Street Bridge
Mill Street bridge closed all summer for Hocking River relocation work is to reopen temporarily in the middle of next week. Myers Construction reports rapid progress as earthmovers haul sand and gravel to fill a lake beside Lakeview Manor.
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Mill Street
Hocking
The
Myers Construction Co
Lakeview Manor
Corps of Engineers
Myers
Stimson Avenue
Dismissal Of Appeal Sought By Solicitor
Athens County court receives City Solicitor Gerald Mollica’s answer to a petition challenging the first hearing of the Athens Human Relations Commission. Mollica seeks dismissal of Mrs. Paul Kinnen’s appeal, arguing safeguards exist and that council must review the commission before filing suit per Ohio law.
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Gerald Mollica
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Athens Human Relations Commission
Mollica
Paul Kinnen
Kinnen
City Council
Arthur Cortez
J. B Vanity
Commission
Vanity
Human Relations Commission
Two OU Members Join AEJ Executive Committee
Ohio University's Dean John Wilhelm from the College of Communication and Dr Guido H Stempel III of the School of Journalism secured spots on the 11 member AEJ executive committee at the Berkeley convention. Stempel was reelected AEJ research committee chairman, placing him on the panel. The convention drew over 400 AEJ members and families, with next year’s session planned for Washington DC.
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Ohio University
College of Communication
Association For Education In Journalism
AEJ
Berkeley
Calif
John &. Wilhelm
Guido H. Stempel III
School of Journalism
Washington, D. C
Richland Avenue Paving Sparks Friday Traffic Jam
Traffic on Richland Avenue east of the South Y faced delays as paving began and was scheduled for today and tomorrow. Athens officials warned of jams during peak student arrivals with Ohio University’s 18 000 students starting sessions.
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Richland Avenue
Athens City Service Safety
Dwight Robinson
Ohio University
Driver Cited After Crash on Route 50 East of Albany
Two cars were involved when Charles R. Jeffers 27 of Albany Route 1 stopped for a school bus and was struck from behind by Charles K. Miller 21 of Albany. Miller was charged with failing to stop within an assured clear distance ahead.
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Albany
Athens Post
Charles R. Jeffers
Charles K. Miller
Miller
Burning Of House Planned In Albany
The Albany Volunteer Fire Department hosts a day long training school at Alexander High School. One hundred firemen from Southeastern Ohio expected to attend. Sessions cover extinguishing fires and fighting a blaze in an abandoned house along the Appalachian Highway. Pre registrations show 107 attendees with more hoped for. Lunch provided by the Albany Grange.
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Albany
Hocking Valley Firemen’s Association
Ohio
Alexander High School
Albany Area
Trade and Industrial Education Program
State Department of Education
Vocational Division
Albany Grange
Plan Gains Cash Award For Clerk
Max C. Michael, clerk dispatcher for the Athens district of the Wayne National Forest, received a cash award and certificate of appreciation for a work improvement suggestion. District Ranger Paul D. Brohn noted his redesign of a timber sale permit form saved costs for the federal government. Michael, a 12 year forest service employee from The Plains, previously earned a work performance award last March. Sondra C. Hawk of Converse seeks custody of two minor children and support from Chauncey versus Donald Hawk Chauncey, citing gross neglect and extreme cruelty.
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Max C. Michael
Athens
Wayne National Forest
WNF
Milwaukee
Paul D. Brohn
Michael
U. S
The
Plains
Forest Service
Sondra C. Hawk
Chauncey
Donald Hawk Chauncey
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