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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 18, 1968

Page

2

UFO Returns Over Mason County Sparks Calls for Probe

Overnight sightings over Mason County drew sheriff’s office reports of a low flying crippled plane and a bright round object about 300 feet long. Witnesses described green red and white lights while some saw a humming sound. hundreds of residents reported encounters near TNT area Jerico Road Route 2 Ordnance School Meadowbrook and Thomas Ridge. A creature with red eyes was sighted. reports recall two years of prior UFO activity in Point Pleasant and nearby areas.

Point Pleasant Mason County Sheriff's Office TNT Jerrico Road

Ohio U Local 1699 to Resume Negotiations Friday

Ohio University officials and Local 1699 of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employes will reconvene at 1 30 p m Friday to bargain a new contract. The current pact expires Oct 2 after talks halted Aug 14 over agency shop wage increases and insurance. Local members have staged peaceful nightly demonstrations at the Convocation Center amid a broader dispute tied to a private cleaning contract. Attending the session are Oscar McGee Orin Henry Kenneth Davis two Columbus attorneys and local officials Frank Galbraith and John Elswick.

Ohio University American Federation of State Convocation Center Oscar McGee McGee Orin Henry Kenneth Davis Council 21 Columbus Frank Galbraith John Elswick

Columbus Firm Bid Law On Road Work

W. N. Holderman and Sons Co of Columbus appears as low bidder for grading draining and paving 4.5 miles of the Appalachian Highway in Athens and Meigs Counties The Ohio Department of Highways said the Holderman bid of 2503758 was below the 2930000 estimate Bids opened Tuesday The project covers U S Route 50 and State 346 in Athens and Meigs Counties It forms part of the Appalachian Highway linking Belpre and Cincinnati with completion of Belpre to Cincinnati in 1971 targeted

W. N. Holderman and Sons Co Columbus Athens Ohio Department of Highways Holderman State

Athens Man Sentenced on Forgery and Probation Violation

Kenneth West, 30, of Athens, was sentenced to the Ohio State Penitentiary by Judge John Bolin on two counts. He was indicted for probation violation and forgery after passing three bad checks totaling $45 at the Plaza Barber Shop in Plaza Shopping Center. West pleaded guilty to forgery May 18 and was placed on probation.

Kenneth West Athens Ohio State Penitentiary Common Pleas John Bolin West Plaza Plaza Shopping Center

Demo Dinner Tags Offered At $100 Per Dinner

Tickets for the state Democrat fund raising dinner in Columbus Saturday may be purchased for $100 at William Lavelle's office in the Security Building Athens. The Neil House dinner begins at 7 30 p.m. featuring Vice President Hubert Humphrey as main speaker. Lavelle said the $100 fee will be divided as follows: $8 for the dinner, 60 percent of balance to Ohio Democrat headquarters, 40 percent to county headquarters where the ticket is purchased.

Columbus William Lavelle Security Athens Neil House Hubert Humphrey Lavelle Ohio Democrat

Community Notes on Local Moves and Leaves

Albany news outlines moves such as Paul H. Graham purchasing and moving into the Lewis Morris residence on Morton Avenue in Albany. It lists relatives visiting, servicemen on leave from Fort Benning Great Lakes and Vietnam, and family trips including Port Clinton Dayton and Akron. The item reads as a social round of residents and service members with destinations Newport Rhode Island and Tucson Arizona.

Melva Radcliffe Albany Paul H. Graham Athens Lewis Morris Morton Avenue Jean Anderson Los Angeles Harold Moore Air Force James Anderson University At Tuscon, Ariz Bob Ator Maryland Ator Harold Ator Meadowbrook Road William Purdy Kathy Richard Susan Inglewood Calif Blanche Elliott Elliott Francis Clark New Marshfield Wilbur Baughman Worley Columbus David Hamill Ft. Benning Germany John Trout Dwight Harvey Dayton James Dalton Great Lakes Training Station J. C. Dalton Newport R. I Denver Rawlings Chester Root Clare Want Akron

ABA Updates Club Listing

Athens business group ABA Updates its club and organization directory with officer names. Secre­tary Mrs. Ann Algeo asks clubs to send newly elected officers to the ABA office Room 502 Security Building. Phone 593 5202.

Athens Business Association Ann Algeo ABA

80th anniversary observance at Cheshire Baptist Church

Mrs Francis Morris reports on the 80th anniversary at Cheshire Baptist Church with attendees Racine Ollie Mae Cozart Gretta Simpson and Lovey Sayre. The item also lists recent visitors to various local families, travels, and a senior radioman aboard USS Eldorado in the Western Pacific after Typhoon Mary.

Francis Morris Racine Ollie Mae Cozart Gretta Simpson Lovey ‘Sayre Cheshire Baptist Church Otis Bailey Ted Bailey Michael Ogden, Ill Albert Wigal George Harry Prospect Ohio Larence Theiss Lodi Louise van Meter Nicki Portland Jack Wigal She Roush Owen Watson Leslie Taylor Gallipolis Frank Cleland Gene E. Walker May Walker Brown Ave Carole E. Irwin W. State St Athens Eldorado U. S. Seventh Fleet Western Pacific Subic Bay Republic of the Philippines

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