Ohio University President Highlights Education Reforms
President Vernon R. Alden in a Memorial Auditorium convocation outlines five new programs at Ohio University aimed at improving education. They include an arts and sciences honors program, six president’s scholarship trophies, a 3.5 GPA recognition, three foreign language cottages, and freshmen women faculty meetings. He stresses education as first priority and notes international efforts in Nigeria and Viet Nam with Peace Corps volunteers and AID funding.
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Ohio University
Vernon R. Alden
Alden
College of
Ohio
Nigeria
Peace Corps
Volun
Teers
Africa
United States Agency For International Development
Viet Nam
Parking Ticket Agency Created By City Ordinance
The city council passed an ordinance creating a Municipal Traffic Bureau to collect overtime parking assessments. The clerk, bonded, will handle funds under the service safety director and review by council, with fines ranging two to fifteen dollars and meter fees set at 25 cents and two dollars.
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Raymond Shepard
Service Safety
John Newcomb
Newcomb
Ments
Births and hospital notices from Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs Dean Platt of Athens Route 3 welcomed a son. Admissions include Mary E Slutz of Athens along with several others from Glouster Coolville and Nelsonville. Dismissals list multiple local residents and their accompanying relatives. Blood used one pint.
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Dean Platt
Athens
Mary E. Slutz
Roy Vermaten
Glouster
Howard Pond
Curtis Potts
Harry Kelly
Clyde Rollins
Sharon Ellis
Coolville
Phillip Boyer
Leo Mace
New Marshfield
King Kelly
Nelsonville
J. Max Duncan
Three Drivers Fined in Athens County Court
Three motorists were fined in Athens County Court after State Highway Patrol arrests for speeding. James F. Kelly 20 Guysville Route 1 and James L. Linden 19 Rocky River were fined $10 plus costs, while David L. Rood 21 Athens faced $18 plus costs. Paul J. Helner 28 Jackson Mich forfeited $12 bond on the same charge.
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Athens
State Highway Patrol
James F. Kelly
Guysville
James L. Linden
Rocky River
David L. Rood
Paul J. Helner
Jackson, Mich
Athens High School band raises 698 from tag day drive
Athens High School band collected 698 dollars during its annual tag day on Saturday. Band director Walter Suchanek thanked all who helped or contributed. Charles F. Chalfan pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to two vehicle title offenses. He was fined 50 dollars on each count with 40 dollars suspended and placed on 30 days probation.
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Athens High School
Walter Suchanek
AHS
Charles F. Chalfan
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Funeral services set for C. E. Hixenbaugh in Columbus
Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Columbus for C. E. Hixenbaugh an Ohio Bell Telephone Co employee who died Saturday in Dayton He was a member of the Masonic lodge and Scottish Rite in Dayton Survivors include a brother Thomas Hixenbaugh Athens Two drivers were cited by the State Highway Patrol in the investigation of an injury free Route 13 crash near the Route 13 intersection Elmer Shaner 67 Glouster was charged with failing to yield the right of way Lawrence W Adcock 62 Logan with speeding
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Columbus
C. E. Hixenbaugh
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Dayton
Masonic Lodge
Scottish Rite
Thomas Hixenbaugh
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Elmer Shaner
Glouster
Lawrence W. Adcock
Logan
Larry Lee Williams
Masons
New Marshfield
Constitution Lodge
F&am
Soviet Aide Speaker At OU Tonight
Vitor P. Kartov first secretary of the Soviet Embassy will speak at 7 p m in Ewing Auditorium Ohio University sponsored by the Young Democrats Club The program is open to the public A roundtable discussion with faculty members Richard Bald and Dr Willard Elsbree will follow the talk
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Vitor P. Kartov
Ohio University
Ewing
Kartov
Young Democrats Club
John Miller
Government Department
Richard Bald
Willard Elsbree
OU Graduate Dies In East
Burial services were conducted Monday in Wellston for Charles H. Goddard 58 native of that city and graduate of Ohio University He was vice president and division manager of the Voicewriter division of Thomas Edison Industries McGraw Edison Co and died Friday in Mountainside Hospital near his Montclair New Jersey home Services were held Sunday in the First Congregational Church He attended the University of Pennsylvania and earlier worked as vice president in charge of sales for the Pittsburgh Reflector Co later joining Sylvania Electrical Products Survived by his wife Martha Johnson Goddard and two brothers E C and Homer A Goddard
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Wellston
Charles H. Goddard
That City
Ohio University
Goddard
Voicewriter
Thomas Edison Industries
McGraw-Edison Co
Mountainside Hospital
Montclair
N. J
First Congregational Church
University of Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Reflector Co
Sylvania Electrical Products
Martha Johnson Goddard
E. C. Goddard
Homer A. Goddard
Light Rain Falls in Athens on Tuesday
A light steady rain fell in Athens Tuesday with U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer reporting total precipitation at .33 of an inch at 10 am. The temperature reached 61 degrees at that hour, up one degree from the morning low. Monday’s high was 76.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Local Woman Pearl Altman Dies in Columbus
Mrs. Pearl Altman of 1151 College Ave Columbus died Monday night at her home. Survived by her son Sam of Athens three daughters and 11 grandchildren plus 19 great grandchildren. Services Wednesday 2 p.m. Snider Memorial Chapel burial Greenlawn Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday 7 to 9 p.m. Memorials Heritage House 1151 College Ave Columbus.
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Pearl Altman
College Ave
Columbus
Sam
Athens
Herman Luckoff
Michael Rotblatt
Rose Brandwene
Altman
Agudas Achim Congregation
Temple Israel of Columbus
Snider Memorial
Funeral Services Set for Opal Cole in Columbus
Funeral services are scheduled Tuesday afternoon in Columbus for Opal Cole 51 a former Athens resident who died Saturday at University Hospital after a long illness. She is survived by her husband Christy a daughter Annabelle Brown a son William all of Columbus five brothers including Thomas Pidcock of Athens. Annulment sought A minor Randy Lee Locke filed in Common Pleas Court for an annulment of a marriage naming Judith Lynn Fowler Locke as defendant.
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Columbus
Athens
Opal (Cole) Cole
Cole
Riverside Dr
University Hospital
Christy
Annabelle Brown
William
Thomas Pidcock
Randy Lee Locke
Common Pleas Court
Judith Lynn Fowler Locke
New Athens Restaurant To Open In Athens
A new restaurant at 145 Columbus Rd in Athens will open in early October. The Bobcat will be run by Mrs. Robert Barney and her husband, seating about 85, after remodeling with knotty pine. They lease from Sam Sammons, former owner of Sammy's Steak House.
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Athens
Columbus Rd
Robert Barney
Sam Sammons
Sammy’s Steak House
Sammy’s Steak House At the Same Location. Mrs. Barney
Ohio University
Marshall University
University of Kentucky
Lexington
University signs contract to send six faculty abroad
On July 20 the university contracted with AID to send six faculty members to Hue and Saigon as part of the International Teacher Development Program. For a second year 27 teachers from 18 countries arrived to study educational methods and American cultural life, while the campus prepares for its largest foreign student presence this fall amid ongoing building and policy changes.
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AID
Hue
Saigon
Alden
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Lindley Hall
Hudson Health Center
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Kinneer Motors
E. State St
D. H. Genesy
Sams Cline Bldg
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New York Stock Exchange
Lord Buxton
Mimans
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