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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1966
Page
3
C. J. Josten of Athens County veterans officer is named to the rehabilitation committee of the State County Veterans Officers Association. This marks a federal to state level service move for the veteran affairs official.
Sheriff Harold Shields says deputies must serve notices to 18 grand jurors in person before the October 3 meeting as a result of a law change. Judge John Bolin ordered the notice update, replacing prior mail notifications and requiring extra work hours for deputies.
Ervin Edwards, 42, of Athens Route 1, was injured in a traffic crash at 10:45 a.m. Thursday on Columbus Road in front of the auto club office. He suffered abrasions and contusions to multiple body parts and possible shoulder injury, and was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital. Police investigated the crash.
Mr and Mrs William M Johnson welcomed a son in Athens. Mr and Mrs Charles W Algeo also announced a son in Athens. Other entries list residents in Chauncey Tornado W Va Zaleski New Marshfield The Plains Millfield Athens Route 1 3 5 and names including Vance Rood Donald Wogoman Harold Gillett Louis Howard Arm and Rist Carl Shafer Ervin Channel Christopher Murray Charles Deihl Richard King.
The State Highway Patrol said Thursday morning it was investigating a Rock Run Road crash south of Coolville. A car slid into an embankment and blocked traffic, and the driver fled the scene according to officials.
Leaders of the Ohio University Fund and university officials outline plans for growth in Athens including a campus value rise from 54.5 million to near 100 million by 1970 and enrollment growth from 15 000 to 20 000. Projects include airport expansion, rail relocation, flood control study funding, and a new regional hospital.
Heavy rain eased and cooler air moved into Athens on Thursday with a 9 am temperature of 61. The storm caused a downtown power outage after lightning struck a stepdown transformer on Depot Street at 10:15 pm, cutting power for about two hours from Depot Street to Park Place. The Hocking River fell to 8.6 feet as three days of rain diminished. Nora Kathleen Hartman and Robert Hartman, for good cause shown.
Two men were taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital by the fire department emergency squad. Kenneth R. Smith, 22, of Albany Route 1, received first aid for finger lacerations from a meat saw at C and E Market on Richland Ave. Charles Searberry, 83, of 9 Foster Pl, was given oxygen en route after suffering a possible stroke at home.
Mayor Raymond Shepard said bid dates will be set after a hydrologist’s report. Armco Steel demonstrated steel pipe in Middletown, with Armco likely to bid on water line supply for the new well field project.
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