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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1972
Page
9
Obituaries report deaths of Mary Ellen Wiles of New Haven and Arthur Hall of Point Pleasant, with service details. Additional notices include Mary M. Andy of Logan Lillie Ward Swick of Bidwell Freda Louise Jeffrey of Wellston and Marvin M. Fisher of Baltimore, plus Cecil Toles of Point Pleasant.
Long Bottom residents hosted a lengthy list of visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Summerfield Ricky and Miss Martha Summerfield, Buel and Ronnie Summerfield, Cecil and Kenneth Caldwell Kenny, Rexal Summerfield, Bob Murphey, Grand Lee Summerfield Amber, Roger Adams Lori, Robert Parker Bobby Lori, Herbert Parker, Sherman Summerfield and others from Savannah Atlanta Los Angeles Jacksonville Racine Marietta Parkersburg Syracuse in Ohio and West Virginia.
Army Specialist 5 Floyd E. Rayburn 21 son of Mr and Mrs Floyd E Rayburn of Point Pleasant Route 2 has been assigned to the 1st Air Defense Artillery in Germany. He is a fire control operator with Battery A of the 5th Battalion entered service January 1971 completed basic at Ft. Knox and was last stationed in Key West Florida. He is a 1968 Point Pleasant High School graduate and earned an electronics technician diploma in 1970 from United Electronics Institute at Charleston.
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird told a House subcommittee that major powers must stop arming Hanoi to end the Indochina war. He cited rising costs and warned that Soviet shipments sustain North Vietnam, with mining plans not ruled out. Total war cost since 1965 cited as 128.2 billion dollars.
A psychiatrist reports a significant percentage of hyperactive children have hyperactive or psychiatric parents. Cantwell compared 50 hyperactive boys to 50 normal peers, finding nearly half of parents of hyperactives had psychiatric issues, more fathers affected, linking childhood syndrome to adult alcoholism and sociopathy. The study notes unclear genetic versus environmental transmission and suggests treating parents as well.
A 66 year old German immigrant, Joseph Jeusnik, was held on a 100000 bond after failing a hijacker behavioral profile test at Hopkins International Airport. Officers found a sawed off rifle, ammunition, a butcher knife, two jackknives, brass knuckles, cash and a blackjack. He faced carry concealed weapon aboard aircraft charges and requested psychiatric evaluation. He claimed to be en route to retire in Arizona.
Mary Lee Mahon a 1970 Ohio University graduate has joined WUTR TV Utica N Y as a reporter. She was student news director at WOUB Athens and later married to Paul Mahon a former WLGN Logan staffer now at a Utica radio station. She held Alpha Lambda Delta Theta Sigma Phi Mortar Board and Sigma Delta Chi honors and won President's Honor and Richard O Linke scholarships.
The Ballet Theatre Contemporain of France will visit the United States in November with 33 dancers, performing in New York New Orleans Miami and Atlanta. The company, the largest French contemporary troupe, is government supported and will feature new choreography by Mme. Adret.
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