Lottery Winner to Work Rich LeMaster Keeps Job After Big Prize
Ohico LeMaster, 47, of Portsmouth, won a quarter of a million in the Pot O Gold lottery. He plans to keep his Norfolk & Western Railroad job as chief clerk and work until age 60, using the winnings to cover needs and possibly help his five children. Other winners included John Kitka 111 Austintown 111, Bruce Bradie 111 Westlake, and more as the first draw of the Doubleplay game posted precise numbers and blue winning color.
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Richard LeMaster
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Ohico
LeMaster
N&w
Portsmouth
Benny
John Kitka
Austintown
Bruce Bradie
Westlake
William Griffith
Sharon
Arthur Payne
Columbus
Lottery Coromission
Wellston Names Jane Essman City Clerk
Mayor Edgar Hayburn announces the Sept 16 appointment of Jane Essman as Wellston city clerk replacing Victor Arms who resigned. Essman, a Wellston native and Stephens College graduate, has held multiple state and local posts and is joined by Donna Gray replacing Arlene Tribby on sick leave. Elaine Osler works in the clerk’s office under the Mainstream program coordinated by the Jackson-Vinton Community Action Agency.
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Wellston
Edgar Hayburn
Jane Essman
Essman
Victor Arms
South Pennsylvania Avenue
Jane Collins
Raymond C. Collins
Wellston High School
Stephens College
Missouri
Chillicothe
Ohio University
State Manpower Planning Council
ITI
Wellston City
Two Injured In Route 7 Crashes In Meigs County
Meigs County sheriff reports two traffic accidents Wednesday evening. Sherri Buchanan of Parkersburg suffered facial lacerations and possible head and chest injuries after a southbound crash on Route 7 in Salisbury Two. Anita Griffith also from Parkersburg swerved to avoid a blue car and went off the road into a five foot bank. A second collision on Route 7 near Chester involved Juli Gooch of Minersville and Robert Barton of Pomeroy with Barton hospitalized after the impact. No citations were issued.
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Meigs Pomeroy
Meigs County
Buchanan
Chester
Juli Gooch
Minersville
Wellston City Hikes Pay for Director and Workers
The Wellston City Council approved two salary increases on Thursday: the director of public service and safety to 575 dollars monthly starting Sept. 1, and city workers and laborers up 30 cents per hour. First reading given to a gas-rate ordinance with a public-access plan.
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Anita Yates
Wellston
Director of Public Service and Safety
Dale Hileman
Columbia Gas of
Ohio
Ohio lawmakers approve sweeping workmen's comp overhaul
The Ohio General Assembly sends Gov. Rhodes a broad revision of workmen's compensation laws after nine months of hearings. The bill creates a judiciary appellate role for the Industrial Commission, separates budgets, tightens ethics, and expands AG investigative powers. Senate action followed a near unanimous House vote. Rhodes expected to sign.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
James A. Rhodes
Senate
Rhodes
Donna Pope
Parma
Houseplants Program Studied By New Haven Garden Club
Mrs Lee Ibbs presented a talk on houseplants at the New Haven Garden Club meeting hosted by Mrs Donald Rous. She shared plant details and color plant books while Mrs Roush led devotions. In Wellston, non denominational Bible talks are set for Sunday 3 30 pm at First National Bank and Friday 7 30 pm in City Hall basement.
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New Haven
Lee Ibbs
Wellston
First National Bank
City Hall
Senate approves plan to require free information calls
Legislation cleared the Senate would require Ohio Bell and Cincinnati Bell to provide at least seven free directory assistance calls monthly. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Val iquette in Toledo, faces House action with adjournment likely today. Critics say it shifts costs to customers if enacted.
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Ohio
Senate
General Assembly
Marigene Vaquette
Toledo
Miss Valiquette
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell
Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co
Public Utility Commission
Timothy McCormack
Muclid
Batavia
Cincinnati Bell
Massey
Communications Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Athens Native Earns Nurse License
Margaret Czigans, an Athens native, passed the Mississippi State Board examination and will receive her Registered Nurse license. She was one of 10 nurses at Gulf Coast Community Hospital in Biloxi who were awarded the RN license.
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Margaret Czigans
Athens
Mississippi State Board
Registerea
Gulf Coast Community Hospital
Biloxi
Miss
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