Wellston Board Accepts Two Resignations and Opens Bids
Wellston board accepted the resignations of a school board member and a two grade teacher, Ralph Scott and his wife. Robert Colley won the coal heating contract at 13 per ton No 6 and 12 for No 4 lump, while Standard Oil and Atlantic Richfield bid on gasoline and oil. Modern Retread Co. won tires with 8.25 20 at 57 and 900 20 at 62, tubes 6 and 7. Mud and snow caps quoted 22 and 26. Road service not included. Other bidders were Firestone Montgomerys and The Town.
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Wellston
Wellston Board of Education
Ralph Scott
Georgia
Robert Colley
Standard Oil Co. of
Ohio
Atlantic Richfield Oil Co
Firestone
Montgomery’s
W. B. Darling
Coalton
Mourning Office Supply
Jackson
Ralph McCormick
Congress Pushes Emergency Medical System Upgrade
The Rogers subcommittee seeks a $255 million program to overhaul emergency care. It cites fatal delays and widespread training gaps among ambulance personnel and staff, urging stronger federal planning and a new grant system.
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Carl C. Craft
Associated Press
Washington
America
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
House Public Health Subcommittee
Rogers
House
Robert H. Mollohan
D-W.va
Funeral Home
KKK Detectors Locate Informers in Cincinnati Rise of Polygraph Tests
Jim Harris of the United Klans of America in Cincinnati claims Rob ert Shelton ordered polygraph tests for all Klansmen to expose government informers. He says 22 states have machines and Ohio will get one in two weeks. Harris says informers are fleeing as tests prove their exposure.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
United Klans of America
Ku Klux Klan
Jim Harris
Cincinnati
Ohio
United Klans
Robert Shelton
Atlanta
Harris
FBI
Ohio Klan
Shelton
Ters
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Federal
UKA
Two Mishaps Investigated In Wellston
Wellston police investigated two separate accidents and a breaking and entering into an auto over the weekend. Billy Patton of Hamden parked on Pennsylvania Avenue when John Thacker backing from an alley struck his car with no injuries. A second crash on Sunday involved Harold Marks Sr as Davis rear ended at a traffic light. passenger Louis Walsh injured lightly and Marks cited for losing vehicle control. A Duchess Restaurant lot break in damaged Susan Rittenhouse’s car with the right front wing pried open and tapes stolen.
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Wellston
Billy R. Patton
Hamden
Pennsylvania Avenue
John R. Thacker
Patton
Paul C. Davis
Pennsylvania
13Th Street
Harold E. Marks Sr
Davis
Louis Ray Walsh
Marks
Duchess Restaurant
Susan Rittenhouse
Circleville
Oil Company Opens Office In Straitsville
Atlantic Intercontinental Oil Corp Kachelmacher Division opened offices in the New Straitsville Masonic Building. The firm acquired leases totaling about 3,000 acres from the Kachelmacher estate and operates 42 Clinton sand wells. Drilling superintendent Bill Page says crews will clean and rework wells for several months with plans for possible new wells.
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New Straitsville
Atlantic Intercontinental Oil Corp
Kachelmacher
Straitsville Masonic
Bill Page
Belpre
Council Declares Birds Endangered Open Game
The New Haven town council met Monday night and placed pigeons and starlings on the endangered species list declaring them open game. Birds may be destroyed only under police supervision. The council granted three sanitation workers one week of paid vacation at alternate times and decided to buy a fire hydrant for Cider Street.
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New Haven
Council
Sanitation
Cider St
Break-in reported at shed on Route 35 near Vinton
Vinton Gallia sheriff deputies report a breaking and entering at Carnie Ball’s shed on Route 35 south of Vinton on September 8. Entry was gained by prying the hasp loose from the lock. Tools valued at 400 dollars were stolen.
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Vinton
Gallia County
Obituaries from Athens and Columbus area
Nellie Kyle 77 of Carseytown Athens Route 4 died unexpectedly at O Bleness Memorial Hospital. Frances South 61 of 41 Charles St died in Columbus after a long illness. Irene Atkinson 48 of Millersport died at home. Funeral services and burial details listed for each with surviving relatives and last residences.
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Athens
Nellie Kyle
Carseytown
O’bleness Memorial
Alden
Laura Hawk Buck
Kyle
Graham’s Chapel
Clifford Kyle
Charles
Louise) Jones
Sherwood
Eilene) Perry
McArthur
William Kyle
Della
Goldie
Addie
Annie
William
Jagers and Sons Funeral
Don Saum
West Union Street
Frances South
Charles St
Wheststone Convalescent Center
Columbus
Athens County
Alfred O
Carrie Hill
South
Canaanville High School
Canaanville United Methodist Church
Sunny East Home Demonstration Club
Robert
Janet) Winter
Middlefield
Joe Ellis South
Rochester
N.Y
Harvey
Leota) South
Wilfred Hill
Chesterhill
Ellis South
Hughes Funeral Home
H. L. McDaniel
Portland
Irene Atkinson
Meigs County
Millersport
Byron
Esta Roush
Katherine Price
Johnstown
Maxine Deem
Belpre
Audrey Williams
Pittsburgh
Hilda Davis
Racine
Bert
Barboursville
Ivan
Gallipolis
Murray City United Methodist Homecoming Sunday
Murray City United Methodist Church invites all for homecoming Sunday with Sunday school at 9 a.m. worship at 10 a.m. a noon basket dinner and a 1 30 p.m. homecoming program. Racine Chapter past officers meet Thursday at Shrine Clubhouse with potluck at 6 30. Shade River Lodge No 453 F and AM meets Thursday at 8 p.m. Master Masons invited.
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Murray City
Racine
Shrine
Shade River Lodge No
F & AM
Nelsonville Mayor Hears Two Cases
Two traffic cases were heard in Nelsonville Mayor's court. Joseph R. Windle pleaded guilty to failure to yield. fined $10 plus costs. Frank R. Klinebrier pled no contest to improper backing and was found guilty. Larry Davidson forfeited a $60 bond for operating without an operator license. Deborah M. Milbaugh paid a $10 fine plus costs for speeding on Canal Street.
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Nelsonville
Joseph R. Windle
High St
Frank R. Klinebrier
Larry Davidson
Second St
Buckeye Lake
Deborah M. Milbaugh
Cooper St
Athens
Canal Street
Car Fire At Home Injures Interior In Nelsonville
Nelsonville fire crews responded to a 7 p.m. alarm at 199 Monroe Street for a Volkswagen sedan rear seat fire. A seven year old boy, while playing with matches, started the blaze. The car was undergoing overhaul and suffered heavy interior damage.
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Nelsonville
Gerald Albaugh
Monroe St
Albaugh
Births and admissions at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
A baby boy born to Mr and Mrs James Ely of New Marshfield. Admitted were Susann Mansfield Mrs Thomas Conway George Daugherty both of Glouster Victor Hudwell Millfield. Discharged were Max Drake Mrs Max Levering and daughter Mrs Gary McVey and son Mrs Edward Edmonds and son.
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James Ely
New Marshfield
Susann
Mansfield
Athens
Thomas Conway
George Daugherty
Glouster
Victor Hudwell
Millfield
Max Drake
Max Levering
Gary McVey
Edward Edmonds
Damron Mason Nominee Chosen for Mason County Prosecuting Attorney
Charles H. Damron was unanimously chosen by the Mason County Democratic Executive Committee as the party nominee for prosecuting attorney. The 28 year old former Supreme Court candidate and Mason County schoolteacher will resign his Charleston post to practice law in Point Pleasant. He serves on West Virginia Democratic Party panels and received over 30 000 votes in the May Supreme Court primary.
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Point Pleasant
Charles H. Damron
Mason County Democratic Executive Committee
William Akers
Damron
Supreme Court
Mason County
Fraziers Bottom
Daniel B. Taylor
Marshall University
Western Maryland College
West Virginia University
Charleston
Democratic Party
West Virginia
Board of Appeals
Supreme Court of Appeals
Grand Jury Hears 50 Witnesses in Logan County
The Hocking County grand jury met all day and examined over 50 witnesses across 19 cases. Fourteen bills were presented and five cases were rejected with arraignments set for 9 a.m. Friday. The jury toured the county jail finding no regulatory violations but noting repair needs. Foreman Frederick W. Good led the panel which included Theresa A. Hanna and others.
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Logan
Hocking County Grand Jury
25 Year Pins Awarded to VFW Auxiliary Members
Six members of VFW Post 3467 Auxiliary receive 25 year pins at a Chauncey home meeting marking the unit's 25th anniversary. Mrs. Edith Cochran presented the pins as seventeen members attended the cook-out prior to the session.
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Nelsonville
Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No
Lucy Pierce
Imogene North
Betty Riley
Mabel Williams
Rosie Lightfoot
Marie Glenn
Edith Cochran
Chauncey
Child Injured in Park Slide Fall
Logan boy 3, LOGAN Route 3, foster son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Beck, fell from a tall sliding board at Rachelmacker Park at 7 p.m. Monday. He was knocked unconscious, placed in an ambulance, and treated at Hocking Valley Community Hospital for a concussion before release.
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Logan
Raymond Maffin
Lloyd Beck
Rachelmacker Park
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Alma McCormick Honored After 55 Years At Holzer Medical Center
Alma McCormick celebrated 55 years of service at Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis. More than 40 hospital staff attended as she received a framed photo, a lamp from doctors, roses, and a cake reading Thank you for 55 years. Her roles included maintenance, business manager, first administrator, and now medical records manager.
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Gallipolis
Alma McCormick
Holzer Medical Center
Medical Center
John W. Rafferty
New Center
Miss McCormick
Cancer Registry
Medical Center Clinic
John Markley
Volunteers For Crewson Plan Action
Nelsonville committee of volunteers met at the Elks Lodge to organize campaign plans for Harry Crewson. County Democrat chairmen from Athens Hocking Jackson Vinton and Washington Counties backed the candidate and highlighted his PhD in political science his Athens City Council service and his role on Gov. Gilligan s environmental task force. Eugene Brundige of the Educators Political Action Committee said the endorsement was unanimous after reviewing all candidates.
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Nelsonville
Harry Crewson
Qist
Eugene Brundige
Educators Political Action Committee
Crewson
Brundige
Jurors to Hear Evidence in New Straitsville Shooting Case
Richard Charles Mikula, 19, bound over to Perry County grand jury on assault with a dangerous weapon charge after allegedly shooting at town marshal Robert Kreitz. Bond set at 5000 dollars. Mikula arrested near Fultenhamm truck stop with a loaded .32 revolver.
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New Straitsville
Robert Kreitz
Perry County
Grand Jury
Richard Charles Mikula
Robert Strode
Kreitz
Mikula
Muskingum County
Robert Stephenson
Fultenham
Stephenson
Zane Plaza
Kritz
Shawnee
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GMC
Reading Laboratory
McCormick
The
Community College At
Rio Grande
Meigs
Gallia
Nixon Administration
Gued
U.S
Emi Ee
Roger W. Wolf
Fort St
C. J. Tippett
West State St
Harold B. Swisher
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Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
Columbus, Ohio
Oil Company
Straitsville
Mrs
Meigs Meetings
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Damron Mason
Charles Damron
Frederick W. Good
Foreman
Theresa A. Hanna
Retha Thompson
Lydia Dorris
Patricia Edgar
Kenneth Rutter
Harry V. Mack
Vernon Dicken
Harold R. Nixon
Laverne Wolfley
Darrell Arnett
James S. Walsh
William T. Messbarger
Judy Young
Esther Fetherolf
Charles Graham
Michael Harden
Edward Willemson
Crewson Plan Action
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Athens, Ohio
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