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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1964
Page
2
The Warren Commission concludes Oswald acted alone in Kennedy's assassination, citing his isolation and hostility. It details Nov. 22 events, ballistics proof, and extensive witness review, while rejecting conspiracy theories and noting media access contributed to Oswald's death.
Police arrested Richard E. Sontag 23 of Youngstown for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Anthony A. Apotsos 21 of Lakewood pleaded innocent to resisting arrest. bond set at 30 dollars. About 200 persons gathered outside 27 S Court St after a white man allegedly insulted a Black patron. no fighting reported but strong profanity noted.
Ohio University's Young Republican Club led by Dan DeNicola and Wintersville president assists in arrangements for Tuesday’s whistle stop by Sen. Barry Goldwater. GOP County Chairman William O. Rowland says the group will decorate near the Athens rail depot as Goldwater speaks at 11 55 a m from the rear platform of his train. Other students helping include Patricia Snow Marion and James Garrison.
State Highway Patrol reports six people injured in multiple weekend crashes. Linda Davis 17 and Michael Porter 16 were in a Route 690 crash to avoid a dog. Dicks 32 sustained a fractured thumb and Shelley 21 dislocated hip after a Coolville collision. Ansley 22 suffered severe head lacerations and Burns 30 had forehead cuts in another two vehicle crash. Conley 21 was cited for DWI after the Bean Hollow Road incident. Additional injuries occurred on Route 93, Bailey Run Road, and a motorcycle registration citation followed a separate mishap.
Dr Henry W Wells emeritus English and comparative literature at Columbia University and curator emeritus of the Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum will lecture at Ohio University this week. Co sponsored by the School of Dramatic Art and Speech and the Graduate College. Lectures include Readings from Chinese Poetry at 4 10 p m Tuesday in the Speech Building Red Room Elizabethan Poetry at 8 p m Wednesday in Space Arts Auditorium and Imagination in the Renaissance at 4 10 p m Thursday in Speech Blog Room 310.
Auto crash injuries to former local resident Robert Carl Sylvester delay a damage suit in Athens County Common Pleas Court. The $80,000 case, filed by Helen Phillips of Guysville, stems from a September 1962 accident in which her daughter was killed and Sylvester was en route to Athens when injured in an Iowa crash. He will be hospitalized for some time.
A steady rain fell through Monday morning reaching .32 inches by 7 a.m. U.S. Observer C. L. Col mer recorded and the 9 a.m. temperature was 53 degrees, one higher than the morning low. Sunday's high reached 69 degrees.
About 100 Athens County residents will attend the Farm Science Review scheduled for September 30 and October 1-2 at Don Scott Airfield in Columbus.
The Department of Interior may survey the Athens area to gauge the pigeon issue. County commissioners met with Ohio University city staff Farm Bureau and health board to review pigeon control. Potential sites include the Farm Bureau grain elevator Whites Mill court house city hall Ewing Hall and the county fairgrounds. The group postponed hiring an exterminator as a health rep spoke on disease risks. An Ohio University patrolman remains hospitalized in Columbus since June with possible pigeon exposure.
Seventy nine area Boy Scouts from the Hock Hocking District completed a weekend camporee at Camp Lowman near Athens. Troops 50 55 56 58 60 69 and 77 plus Explorer Post 56 earned patches for various events. Patrols and troops competed in compass course fire building and other skill contests with Troop 77 earning best campsite honors. Services were held Sunday morning with Protestant and Catholic observers.
Docket lists patients and dismissals from Sheltering Arms Hospital. Names include Mrs. Kermit Clark Athens route 3 and Paul Burson Athens among listed patients. dismissals include Mike Keffer Athens and Mrs Herman G Howard New Marshfield.
Two individuals received emergency medical aid over the weekend. Miss Sandra Bloom 18 from Scott Quad was rushed to Hanson Health Center at 11 a.m. Sunday after ingesting 25 aspirin tablets. Later at 9 p.m. Sunday Thomas Cowley 39 of Charleston West Virginia was found ill on Court and Washington Streets and was handed to police after being taken to the fire station. Inglewood reports Lowell K. Conant son of E M Conant Athens has completed training at Northrop Institute of Technology aviation maintenance school.
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