Arrival of 3900 Freshmen Opens Ohio University Year
Ohio University marks its 161st year with orientation for freshmen as about 3900 first year students arrive in Athens. Enrollment is expected to reach 12 000 on campus with 5200 more at branch colleges and SAC base education centers.
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Ohio University
Athens
Lancaster
Chillicothe
Portsmouth
Ironton
Zanesville
Belmont County
Strategic Air Command
Rockbourne Afb
Columbus
Blytheville Afb
Ark
Alden Praises Athens Remodeling and Business Growth
Ohio University President Vernon R. Alden voiced strong approval Thursday for Athens expansion in commerce. He cited high quality construction and remodeling as essential to attracting student business, naming a department store restaurant banks the new post office and a downtown building as examples of the city's new face.
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Ohio University
Vernon R. Alden
Athens
Alden
U.S. Post Office
Mercury Hits 96 in Athens on Thursday
U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer reports a high of 96 in Athens on Thursday, down from 97 the day before. Friday’s cooler weather brought a low of 63 and a late morning reading of 80.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
GOP Meeting Speaker Douglass to Address Plains High Event
Francis B. Douglass, a Cleveland attorney and Republican State Supreme Court nominee, will speak at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Plains High School. The event, hosted by the county GOP committees, follows a pot luck dinner. Douglass, 65, has served as assistant Cleveland law director and Aurora law director. Municipal Court Friday placed Larry Powell on six months probation for writing a bad check, plus a $50 fine and costs.
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Francis B. Douglass
Cleveland
State Supreme Court
the Plains High School
Republican County Central
Executive Committees
Douglass
Cleveland Law
Aurora
Larry Powell
Middiport
Powell
Veteran police captain post to be filled after top exam score
Police veteran Fred James topped the civil service exam for captain with 79 percent score including seniority points. James joined the force in 1941 and became sergeant in 1956. the captaincy is vacant after Joseph McBride's death. Final appointments by the service safety director next week.
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Fred James
Civil Service Commission
John P. Buck
Commission
James
Police Department
Joseph McBride
J. B. Grogan
Robert Windle
Charles Cochran
Grogan
Civil Service
Gerald Weekley
Teddy L. Hutchins
Larry Swart
Shelter Service Records Note Names and Ages Across Counties
A fragmented notice lists numerous individuals with ages and occupations, pairing each person with a spouse or partner. The entries include towns such as Athens The Plains Millfield Chauncey Albany Shade Williams Coolville Glouster Rendville and Chilliothe. The final line records Thomas Paul Houf of Chillicothe facing a police intoxication charge dismissed on motion of the prosecution.
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Thomas Paul Houf
Chillicothe
Boy Hurt In Fall From Creek Bridge
A seven year old boy, Robert Gloeckner, fell from a creek bridge near Richland Ave. home and suffered a head laceration. He received first aid at 4 30 p m and was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital, later moved to Columbus Children's Hospital with possible skull fracture.
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Richland Ave
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Fire Department
Robert Gloeckner
Lewis Gloeckner
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Columbus Hospital
School Citizens To Organize For New Athens High School
Citizens committee for the Athens city area high school will organize at 7 30 p m in the Athens High School Cafeteria on Sept 23. Clyde Plant said the leadership will be chosen and six or more working committees formed. All interested citizens invited. An earlier story misdated the meeting.
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Citizens’ Committee
Athens City Area High School
Athens High School
Clyde Plant
Plant
Church Repair Talk Slated With Trustees
The Revs Chester H Mid dies and Robert Wilmoth Creston will confer with trustees of Wilson Chapel Sand Rock Sunday on plans for repairing the church and continuing worship and Bible school services. Also listed are traffic fines for John Y Brown Michael Paul Banas Jr Clarence H Sprague and Howard William Coleman.
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Chester H. Middies
Robert Wilmoth
Creston
Wilson Chapel
Sand Rock
Robert Robinson
Michael Paul Banas, Jr
Pittsburgh
Clarence H. Sprague
Glouster Route 2
Howard William Coleman
Columbus
School Audit Released for Carthage-Troy Local District
A state examiner's report covers May 16, 1962 to April 10, 1964 for Carthage-Troy Local School district. It notes no findings and compliments the district on orderly ledgers and minutes, with a few minor mistakes. The district held 23472.07 dollars deposited at Tri-County Bank in Coolville on April 10, 1964.
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Carthage - Troy
Tri-County
Coolville
Driver Fined Jailed and Licenses Suspended
Cecil C. Kinnison 33 of Union Route 56 pleaded guilty to DWI and driving without a license. He received 125 dollars fine and costs, three days in jail, and a 60 day license suspension on the DWI, plus 10 dollars and costs on the second charge. Other cases: Orin Norris 20 Ravenswood failed to display plates. Carl Murphy 48 excessive speed and no license. Wyatt McMillan 41 Nelsonville failed to display plates. Daniel Sanders 16 Albany stop light violation with license suspension. Marlin Kriembihl 17 fictitious plates. Kenneth Pierce 15 moped license. Glen Junod 18 driving left of center. Thomas Douglas 17 driving left of center with 30 day license suspension. Ronald White 17 unsafe vehicle and parking on highway.
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Cecil C. Kinnison
Union
Joseph B. Vanity Jr
Kinnison
Orin James Norris
Ravenswood
W. Va
Carl J. Murphy
Fairview Dr
Ronald Lloyd Sanders
Raymond Sanders
Albany
Marlin Fred Kriembihl
Charles Ney
Kenneth Calvin Pierce
John Pierce
Chauncey
Glen Alan Junod
Glen Junod
LaMar Dr
Thomas Craig Douglas
Clifford Andrews
Athens
Ronald William White
Wilbur R. White
City reports completion of summer projects by service director
Service Safety Director Dwight Robinson says August work included sealing over two miles of streets and installing a storm sewer to the Johnny-on-the-Spot plant. The city extended a 650 foot sanitary sewer to the plant, with Johnny-on-the-Spot covering the top fee, and received permission to run under Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co. tracks. Temporary pedestrian walkway added on Stimson Ave. and streets sealed on Joneswood Dr Terrac Mulligan Rd and Longview Heights. Robinson noted retaining walls built on Mulberry St and a parking-lot wall repaired near the Ohio University studio. High St street work mostly completed pending blacktop. August activity used 89 tons cold mix, 38 tons hot mix. six sanitary sewer taps and 19 water taps. Water breaks reported behind the Hotel Athens alley and on Lawnview Dr hydrant.
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Service Safety
Dwight Robinson
Robinson
W. State St
Johnny-on-the-Spot
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co
Joneswood Dr
Terrace
Mulligan Rd
Longview Heights
Stimson Ave
Kern
Palmer
W. Mulberry St
Ohio University
Mulberry St
High St
W. Washington
W. State
Athens
Lawnview Dr
Variance Granted For Auto Agency Building
The zoning board of appeals granted Jones Buick Co. a variance to erect a nearly 100000 dollar steel and brick addition at Eden Place and East State Street. Adjacent resident Mrs. Jacqueline Eoen was contacted after a delay, voiced no objections, and three area families agreed to fence changes as plans proceed. Construction of a 170 by 70 foot addition can start after state board approval and contract letting, with an estimated 90 day build and total cost between 90000 and 100000 dollars.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
Jones Buick Co
Eden Pl
E. State St
Jacqueline Eoen
Townsend Pl
Europe
Jones Buick
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Memorial Auditorium
Grover Physical Education
University College
Gaige B. Paulsen
Paulsen
E. Carpenter St
Atkens
Mercury
Captain Test
Gerald Nelson
Millfield
Dan Bartlett
Helen Hunter
Linda Spencer
Wiley Frame
the Plains
Rolland Slisher
Bonnie McCune
Billie Bunch
Guy Gorby
Jackie Well
Shade
Williams Young
Gilbert Johnson
John Allen Starling
Gahanna
Bernice Burns
Buchtel
Tommy Eugene Dixon
Reedsville
Carolyn Irene Nutter
Harold F. Weaver
Malta
Chipper and Grinder
Donna Jean Keirns
Gerald Louis Izor
Ellen Louise Remington
James G. Wingo
Carolyn Sue Gaston
Glouster
Francis Donald Norrocky
Rendville
Wanda Eileen Hook
John Y. Brown
Chicago
Ill
Wyatt A. McMillan
Nelsonville
Scott
S. Court St
Paul M. Williams
Carl J. House
Ph. LY
Harold B. Swisher
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Columbus, Ohio
Oedd
Harold Starkey
E. M. Conant Realty
AUTO
Donald K. Barstow Insurance
E. Mill Street
Luckoff
Earl F. Mathews, Inc. and
C. M. Gill and Company
Earl Mathews
Earl Hooper
C. M. Gill Phone LY
Security Bank Bldg
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