Washington Costs Debate by Gallia Democrats at Banquet
Stephen M. Young and Walter H. Moeller blamed Washington for rising living costs and deficits. They urged fiscal conservatism and opposed foreign aid, arguing inflation and recession mirror Republican policy. The $10 banquet drew two dozen local candidates led by Judge Robert Betz.
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Gallipolis
Stephen M. Young
United States Senate
Gallia County
Farmers Hotel
Walter H. Moeller
10Th
Washington
Moeller
United States
Eisenhower
J. Sherman Porter
Patrolman Recovers Two Youth Escapees After Car Theft
In Gallipolis a vacationing patrolman at a service station alerted police about two youths who paid with nickels. They were captured after fleeing from Alto Georgia Industrial Institution. Suspects Mason Holbrook 20 of Toccoa Georgia and Frank Reynolds 18 of Olyphant Pennsylvania admitted stealing a car, license plates, and robbing a grocery in Ashland Kentucky. They will be turned over to FBI if Georgia does not request return.
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Gallipolis
Georgia Industrial Institution
Alto
Bennie Pennington
Garfield Ave
Chester A. Leaper
Berger Ave
East Gallipolis
Graham Bros. Tobacco Co
Frank Reyolds
Olyphant
Joe McCorry
Chief Leaper
Paul North
Bill Barr
Jim Saunders
Grant Long
Long
Reynolds
Leaper
Penal Institution
Tennessee
Kentucky
Georgia
Ashland
Georgia Highway Patrol
FBI
Victim Claimed By Excavations Near Cheshire Route 7
Gallipolis reports Donna Becker 22 Middleport died after her car hit a third hole in a new Route 7 excavation north of Cheshire. She suffered severe facial lacerations and was admitted for observation at Miegs General Hospital. A second crash near Gallipolis involved William Smith 37 Huntington who hit a ditch and was treated at Holzer Clinic. A Bedford Local School bus carrying 30 students slid into a ditch on Gold Ridge Road. no injuries.
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Tim
Donna O. Becker
Middleport
Gallipolis
Highway Patrol
Donna Becker
Miegs General Hospital
William H. Smith
Huntington
Smith
Holzer Hospital Clinic
Bedford Local School
Meigs County
Gold Ridge Rd
Harold Jones
Shade
Dams Up and Boats Move as Ohio River Levels Rise
The report lists gauge readings for Gallipolis Kanawha Falls Marmet Huntington and others with dams on the sill and movable dams up. It details numerous riverboats at locks along the Ohio and Kanawha rivers with boat names and load statuses. It ends by noting the execution in London of Capt William Kidd and nine crew for piracy.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Cress Ranges
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Paul Blazer
Bob Benter
City of Huntington
C. F. Hood
Creditor
Sioux City
Cornell
Stevenson
Criss Jr
Robert G. West
A. V. Criss
Lock
Ogram
Jerry Bosworth
CC. V. Harner
Louisiana
Invader
Duncan Bruce
Walter Williamson
Keeley
F. Shearer
Beaver
O-Kan
Helen
Coleman D
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Ernestine
Titan
OVEC
Tradewinds
Lady Ree
Semiet
Solvay
Orleanian
Northern
William Kidd
Abingdon Ambulance Driver Delivers Twins 30 Minutes Apart
Sam Campbell, an ambulance owner, delivered a baby girl at a rural home after racing the stork. Nurses gave no praise as he then brought mother and girl to a hospital where a brother arrived for the newborn girl, twins born 30 minutes apart.
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Abingdon
Sam Campbell
Jeffersons Parents of Six Children with Four Dying Young
Thomas Jefferson and his wife Martha Skelton were noted as parents to six children, with four dying in infancy according to the record.
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Thomas Jefferson
Martha Skelton
Trapeze Store Hours Listed for Friday and Saturday
Local listing shows Shop Friday 9 to 5 and Saturday 9 to 8 30 at The Trapeze. The entry emphasizes extended weekend hours for shoppers seeking late Saturday service.
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Harry Morton
Jefferey
Alexandria
Morton
Fairfield County
America
Young
John Bricker
Vernon Kuhn
Gallia
Robert S. Betz
Betz
Ohio General Assembly
Cheshire
Alomar
Athens, One
Trapeze
Black Fox
Athens
Cory
Garay
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