Albany Triplets Celebrate 21st Birthdays Apart
Three Albany brothers born to Mr. and Mrs. Dale Warner will mark their 21st birthdays Oct 19 while serving in the Army. Jerry, in Vietnam with a Purple Heart, is at Cam Ranh Bay. Gene is in Germany. John is in Korea. Their mother notes they cannot be together.
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Albany
Germany
South Korea
Vietnam
Dale Warner
Armed Services
Jerry
Cam Ranh Bay
Ft. Gordon, Ga
Ft. Leonard Wood
Gene
John
Ft Gordon
Ft. Ord
Calif
Aschaffenburg
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Ft. Eustis
Korea
Warner
Gail
Vnto
Spr
Jerry Warner
Trans Co
APO
San Francisco
Gene Warner
New York
N. Y
Cancer Survival Rate Shows Major Increase
Athens County unit of the American Cancer Society reports rising cancer survival figures. Miss Maybelle Bartlett notes a Lancaster meeting where Dr. Wilford Nusbaum states that 20 years ago one in four survived, now one in two if treated early, with 1.5 million Americans cured and uterine cancer death rates halved.
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Athens County
American Cancer Society
Maybelle Bartlett
Society
Lancaster
Miss Bartlett
Wilford D. Nusbaum
Dr. Nusbaum
VFW Home to Host VEW Project Preschool
VEW Home on Pine Street becomes a community service preschool site for Veterans of Foreign Ware. Ground level classroom spans 2,500 sq ft with enclosed outside play. Operating five days weekly with openings for three and four year olds. Information line: 797 4322 or 797 4310 after 7 pm.
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The
Plains Veterans of Foreign Ware
VFW
Pine Street
Debert Cline
Cline
Pony Killed In Accident On Route 50 West
A Shetland pony owned by W. E. Hinson of Allensville was struck and killed early Wednesday by a tractor-trailer driven by George H. Parks of Newport, Ky., near McArthur. Fog limited visibility and no citation was issued. Birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Deeter of Athens Route 4. Temperatures fell to 46 at dawn and 50 by 8 a.m with a high of 72 Tuesday.
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Route
McArthur
State Highway Patrol
W. E. Hinson
Allensville
George H. Parks
Newport
Parks
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Exams In Several Languages For State Licenses
Albany New York will offer foreign language state license examinations for barbers hairdressers and beauticians beginning next year A 1969 law authorized non English exams and the Department of State will provide them so applicants unable to read or write English can qualify Most foreign language applicants are Spanish speaking with requests for French German Hebrew Italian Polish and Hungarian examinations.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Department of State
78 Year Old Still Bowls Despite Age
Everett Chandler of Indianapolis remains active in bowling, competing in three leagues weekly and holding a 182 average. He set a memorable mark in the 1969 ABC tournament in Madison with a 734 series and a 297 final game, one of 11 straight strikes in ABC history.
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Indianapolis
Everett Chandler
Chandler
ABC
Madison
Wis
Mill Street Bridge Reopening Scheduled for Friday
Mill Street Bridge, closed all summer, will reopen Friday with Myers Construction Co as prime contractor on the Hocking River relocation project. The span will stay open through winter, with tearing down planned for spring, and a replacement bridge to connect with Stimson Avenue extension and the Appalachian Highway.
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Mill Street
Myers Construction Co
Hocking River
Hocking
Lakeview Manor
Athens School Enrollment Reaches 3850 With Kindergarten Start
Athens city schools report total enrollment at 3850 as kindergarten begins. Superintendent Samuel Henderson notes high school 1129 students, middle school 927, and elementary 1794 including 299 in kindergarten classes.
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Athens City
Samuel Henderson
Henderson Said
Purple Heart Awarded To Guysville GI
Prc Larry D Lightner received the Purple Heart for first degree burns from mortar attacks on August 31 in Vietnam with the 46th Infantry Americal Division. He is temporarily relieved from field duty. A Federal Hocking High School graduate, he enlisted in December 1967 and left for Vietnam May 21. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Denver Lightner of Guysville Route 2. His wife Betty Blackwell resides at the same address.
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Prc
Larry D. Lightner
Vietnam
46Th Infantry
Americal Division
Federal Hocking High School
Army
Denver Lightner
Guysville
Betty Blackwell
Messenger the English Stallion Arrives at Philadelphia Docks
The English stallion Messenger, hailed as the finest horse imported, was unloaded at Philadelphia docks in 1797. Messenger became the foundation sire for most harness horses racing today and shaped American horse stock for generations.
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Messenger
Philadelphia
Driver Falls Asleep Injures New Marshfield Youth
A New Marshfield youth was treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a truck left County Road 110 two miles west of Route 682. Paul D. Russell 16 fell asleep at the wheel and the truck overturned striking a guardrail. No citation issued. Martha E. Hamilton 51 Nelsonville was cited for failing to yield at a stop sign after her car collided with James Foster Steel 22 Albany Route 2 near Routes 56 and 682 junction.
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Marshfield
Nelsonville
Athens County
State Highway Patrol
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Paul D. Russell
Paul E. Russell
Martha E. Hamilton
James Foster Steel
Albany
Male Giraffe Dies At Baltimore Zoo
Ray a 4 year old male giraffe at the Baltimore zoo died from an incurable blood disease. The loss grieves zoo officials and two female giraffes brought from Rhodesia in 1966 are among mourners.
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Baltimore, Md
Ray
Baltimore Zoo
Baltimore
Rhodesia
Pile Torture Soothed in Minutes By Ointment
Apply Petersons Ointment for fast relief from the torture of piles. The cooling astringent formula has given relief for 40 years. Relieves itching quickly. Available from all druggists in a 95c box or applicator tube with money back if not satisfied.
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Peterson
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E Co
Maint
Pony
Arthur Deeter
Athens
Phillip Bell
Gladys Ivers
Allen Merriam
John Hanning
Jack Shipley
Paul
Danny Burton
Richard Frank Nelson
William Barnes
Mercury
Bordens Glacier Club
Pepsodent
Ikotex
Alue
ILE
Houseker
Barewene
Johnson
SupeRx Drugs, Inc
America
Ohio
BIG Heritage
Hamilton
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