Mental Center Group Receive Fire Training
Thirty Southeastern Ohio Mental Health Center employees are being trained in fire protection by Lt. Richard C. Cooley in a 36 hour program. Topics cover fire defense, pumps, appliances, hose and rope, bases and gas masks. instruction is sponsored by Trade and Industrial Vocational Education Service and the State Department of Education with materials from the Division of Vocational Education. Certificates awarded on completion.
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Southeastern Ohio Mental Health Center
Richard C. Cooley
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Trade and Industrial Vocational Education Service
State Department of Education
Division of Vocational Education
Auto Strikes House Injuring Youth 20 In Crash
A 20 year old Columbia Avenue resident, Larry S. Young, was injured in a two car crash at Carpenter and Congress on Tuesday night. Young was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital with head and elbow abrasions after another car ran a red light and collided with his vehicle. Young's car struck the home of Mrs. William Pratt, 79 N. Congress. Jon Rotenberg, 20, of 15 Park Place, driver of the other car, was cited for running a red light and was uninjured. Damages were about 1000 dollars to Rotenberg’s car and 50 dollars to the Pratt home.
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Columbia Avenue
Carpenter and Congress
Larry S. Young
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fire Department
Young
Congress Street
Carpenter Street
William Pratt
N. Congress
Jon Rotenberg
Park Pl
Rotenberg
Pratt
Two Break-Ins Probed by Athens Police
Athens police investigate two break ins at Stimson Avenue businesses. Burglars entered Ambassador Laundry through a rear window Monday night and took about $200 in cash, leaving via a rear door. University Volkswagen was broken into Sunday night.
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Athens
Stimson Avenue
Ambassador
University
Volkswagen
Patrol Inspection Team Date Changed at Athens County Fairgrounds
A State Highway Patrol safety inspection team will operate at the Athens County fairgrounds on Saturday this week from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The voluntary inspection was moved from Monday to the weekend.
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State
Athens County Fairgrounds
Youth Free On Vehicle Homicide
Larry Francis Bailey, 21, Nelsonville Route 1, is free on bond pending trial in Common Pleas Court on charges of homicide by vehicle. Bond of $5,000 was paid by Bailey after he pleaded innocent Saturday. Trial has not been set for the March 10 accident on Spice Lick Hill Road in York Two where his car killed Mae Newlan, 26, and her son Michael Thompson, 6, as they walked along the road.
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Larry Francis Bailey
Nelsonville
Common Pleas
Bailey
Spice Lick Hill Rd
York Two
Mae Newlan
Michael Thompson
Athens county tax rate proposal questioned by auditor
Athens County Auditor J. W. Whaley proposed tax rates for the Athens city school district, not City Auditor Robert J. L. Lee, as the Messenger stated. The board also erred in awarding a diploma to James Von Bargen, listed as “the late” in The Messenger, when the diploma should have gone to his surviving brother who was killed in a motorcycle accident.
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Athens City
Athens County
J. W. Whaley
Robert J. L. Lee
Messenger
James von Bargen
Athens
Impressed by Troops Dedication Says ROTC Major
Major Steve Kovacs, now an assistant professor at Ohio University, reflects on the political war in South Vietnam and the need to support pacification and local governance. He notes Viet Cong leadership losses, civilian resistance, and allied support from the United States, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, and Thailand, stressing that bombing should continue.
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Steve Kovacs
South Vietnam
Athens
Vietnam
Kovacs
Ohio University
Lei Khe
Military Assistance Command
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
Creighton Abrams
U. S
Abrams
William Westmoreland
North Vietnamese Army
NVA
New Zealand
Australia
Philippines
Thailand
Florida
America
Ohio University Army Rotc
Traffic Fines And River Level Report At Morning
Stanley Mack Bolen of 119 N. Congress St Athens was fined 25 dollars and costs for speeding and failure to stop. Peter M. Smith of Athens Route 3 was fined 10 dollars and costs for failure to yield right of way. The Hocking River was 2.15 feet at 9 a.m. with a 60 degree morning temperature following an overnight low of 58.
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Stanley Mack Bolen
Congress St
Athens
Peter M. Smith
Hocking River
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Colmer
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Sign OF the Times
Edmund S. Muskie
George Meany
Afl-Cio
David Dubinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Appirephore
Council of Senior Citizens
New York
Humphrey
Muskie
Buckeye
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