W Union Street wreck leaves two injured
Two 20 year olds Linda Tippie of 410 West Union Street and Gary Crabtree of 14 Frum Road were hospitalized with head and leg injuries after a collision on West Union Street at Shafer Street. Jimmy Blair 16 and George Hart 21 were in the Blair vehicle. Blair’s car struck gas pumps, prompting fire crews to clear the station.
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O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
West Union Street
Shafer Street
Linda Tippie
W. Union St
Gary L. Crabtree
Frum Road
Miss Tippie
Crabtree
Fire Department
Jimmy D. Blair
Athens
Blair
Oline
Union and Shafer Streets
George Hart
Hart
Carter Draws Fire From Ohio VFW Leader
Ohio VFW commander Dean Hinkle blasts Jimmy Carter for a blanket pardon for draft dodgers. He warns amnesty would undermine due process and set a dangerous precedent for future draft defections. Hinkle threatens potential VFW and allied group demonstrations if Carter’s proposal moves forward.
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Ohio
VFW
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Dean Hinkle
Lakeview
Ohio Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hinkle
Forsythia Blooms Reappear In Ohio Valley
Mrs. Vivian Mayle of Amesville reports a forsythia bush along Route 1 in full bloom signaling an unexpected spring reprise after a late April frost. Earlier in Glouster, Rev Roy Strausbaugh and family saw their lilac bloom post frost, marking another seasonlet return of blossoms.
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Amesville
Chesterhill
Vivian Mayle
Glouster
Roy Strausbaugh
Dr Upp Named Director of Institute
Dr Kenneth Upp, former clinical director at the Athens Mental Health and Retardation Center, is named medical director of the Gallipolis State Institute after serving as acting medical director since last September. He earned his medical degree from the University of Kansas in 1953 and resides in Athens with his wife Caroline.
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Athens Mental Health and Retardation Center
Gallipolis
Ohio's worst mine disaster at Millfield claims 82 lives
The Nov 5 1930 Millfield Ohio explosion in Athens County killed 82 miners in the worst mine disaster in state history. News service AP notes the tragedy reshaped local communities and labor history.
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Ohio
Millfield
Athens County
Man Arrested For Two Burglaries On Court Street
Police arrest Juan Rosario after burglaries in a North Court Street building. Victims Jay Dobrich and Jess Canter report stereo equipment, rings, coins and other items worth about 300 to 800 dollars stolen from two apartments. A window at Athens Office Supply was shot out on West Washington Street.
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North Court Street
Juan Rosario
S. High St
Jay Dobrich
N. Court St
Jess Canter
Rosario
High Street
Lana Sexton
Cook Drive
Carriage Hill
Athens
West Washington Street
Livestock Prices Set at Ohio Valley Auction
Saturday sale at Ohio Valley Livestock Co in Gallipolis featured stocker steers 24 to 36, stocker heifer calves 20 to 31, canner and cutter cows 17 to 250, Holsteins 21 to 24, commercial bulls 24 to 30, veals 30 to 58, culls 30 down, sows 37 to 40, stock cows by head 140 to 230, stock cows and calves 165 to 290, stock bulls 140 to 250, baby calves 10 to 37, and pigs 16 to 38.
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Ohio Valley Livestock Co
Gallipolis
Miss Eddy Named Assistant at Marietta College Dorm
Marietta College junior Jane Eddy has been chosen as head resident assistant in Dorothy Webster dormitory housing 55 women. A 1973 Federal Hocking High School graduate, Eddy is on the hockey team and Madrigal Singers, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Eddy of Athens Route 3.
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Marietta College
Jane Eddy
Dorothy Webster
Federal Hocking High School
Miss Eddy
Jack Eddy
Athens
Three Hurt In Weekend Auto Wrecks
State Highway Patrol reports three people were injured in two separate weekend crashes. Lester Harding 31 and Laura Harding were hospitalized after their car struck a horse on Route 216 near New Straitsville Route 1 in Hocking County. Leslie Lee Blair 16 received minor injuries after a car driven by David D. Lyons 17 left Dover Two Road and hit an embankment near Route 550.
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State Highway Patrol
Murray City
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Hocking County
Lester Harding
Larry Bernard
New Straitsville
Harding
Laura Harding
Peach Ridge Road
Leslie Lee Blair
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Dover Two
Blair
David D. Lyons
Chauncey
Lyons
OU Seeks Monitoring Bidding for Energy System Project
The Ohio Department of Administrative Services will take second bids on a 700000 project to install an environmental control monitoring system at Ohio University. University planner Alan Geiger said initial bids were opened and the low bidder ranked lowest on technical proposals. The project may be readvertised with a new bid opening later this month to monitor mechanical and electrical systems and save energy in academic buildings.
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Ohio Department of Administrative Services
Ohio University
Alan Geiger
Department
Division of Public Works
Geiger
Metzenbaum Sees Carter Visit as Boost in Ohio Race
In Barberton Howard Metzenbaum notes Carter fundraising dinner in Cleveland could aid his Senate bid against Taft. Mondale campaign kicks off with attack on inflation as Taft counters unemployment. Crowds of about 50 000 welcome the candidates in a peaceful parade setting.
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Barberton, Ohio
Howard Metzenbaum
Barberton
Jimmy Carter
Cleveland
Carter
Metzenbaum
Robert Taft
Ohio
Walter F. Mondale
Taft
Mondale
Dayton
Sen
John Glenn
Dohio
Glenn-Metzenbaum
Carter, Mondale
Plains
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Messenger
Robert Ekey
Carter Irks
Forsythia
Dr. Upp
Pero
Hocking Technical College
Nelsonville
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Dave Horgan
Joan
Theodore
Hardware and Building Supply
Putnam Howe Drive
Belpre, Ohio
DIAL
Carol L
Cunningham
RCA Colortrak
RCA
RCA Super
Cunningham Music Center
Stimson & Palmer
Luv Roy
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