Three Day Grand Jury Sees 43 Cases For Session
A three day grand jury session looms as court officials prepare to handle 43 cases involving 35 persons. Prosecutor James Shumaker will convene proceedings with 80 witnesses Monday at 9 a.m. assisted by Gordon Gray. Harris faces six counts of second degree manslaughter after a Sugar Creek crash killed four people including James Cep hus and Guy Nichols.
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James Shumaker
Sugar Creek
Sharpsburg
James Cephus
Cephus
Guy Nichols
Raymond Keirns
McDougal
Jack Lee Keirns
Harris
William James Holk
Richard L. Priscak
Athens
Harry Gregory
Sam Lahugh
Chauncey
Leonard Burns
Robert Eugene Skinner
Glouster
Alfred Mecum
Trimble
Russell Ball
Alvin L. Collins
Harold Brown
James Rogaski
Guysville
Thomas Lowe
John Reynolds
Buchtel
Delbert L. Karns
Herbert Ray Freeman
Walter Thomas Leckrone
Columbus
Lawrence Dunn
Stephen Ray Sands
George W.W. Ford
Ralph Dailey
Albany
Elmer Kiser
Stanley Nickoson
Tom Joyce
Nelsonville
Kenneth Frost
Wilbur Householder
Akron
William Meyer
Athens Legion Members To Attend Meeting
Athens post Legionnaires plan to attend the American Legion Eighth District Fall Conference Sunday at Wilkesville. Joseph Freeman Post 476 hosts with Frank Gray calling the 1 30 p.m. session. Speakers include W Whitemeyer Connelly Stewart McElroy Wagonseller. Lunch at 1145 a.m. and entertainment by Drew Webster Post 39 Drum and Bugle Corps.
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Athens
American Legion
Wilkesville
James M. Vercoe
Joseph Freeman
Frank Gray
W. Whitemeyer
Richard Connelly
Lancaster
William Stewart
Racine
Jess McElroy
Thomas Swan Rites Saturday
Thomas L. Swan 65 longtime Bardin Bros. Lumber Co. employee died Thursday after a two week illness in St. Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg W Va He lived in Athens 40 years survived by wife For est sister Edna Kennedy Cleveland Calling at 27 N Lancaster St funeral Saturday 3 p.m. Rev Joe B Maffett burial in W Union St Cemetery
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Thomas L. Swan
Bardin Bros. Lumber Co
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburgh
W. Va
West Virginia
Swan
Athens
Forest
Edna Kennedy
Cleveland
N. Lancaster St
Joe B. Maffett
W. Union St
Ohio University Football Off To Camp With High Spirit
Several hundred students cheered the Ohio University football team at a pep rally in front of the Student Center. Coach Carroll Widdoes urged clear team spirit as the squad prepared to fly to Champaign for Saturday’s game with the University of Illinois. At Athens High School students also heard a pep talk from student body president Jim Dilley before the Middleport game later that night.
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Ohio University
Wlineis
Carroll Widdoes
Columbus
Champagn
University of Ilinois
Athens High School
Middleport
Jim Dilley
Hotel Strike Looms in Philadelphia During World Series
AFL and CIO unions announced 4000 workers will walk out at 15 major Philadelphia hotels Sunday midnight if no new contracts are signed. If the Phillies win the pennant, the first two World Series games would be at Shibe Park.
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Philadelphia
AFL
CIO
Philadelphia Phillies
Shibe Park
Federal Posts Listed With Engineers Corps
A civil service examination is announced for the machinist position with the Huntington West Virginia Corps of Engineers. The salary is 1.33 dollars per hour. Applications and full details may be obtained from F. D. Higgins, local secretary, at the post office.
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Huntington
W. Va
Will Rogers' Daughter Marries Mac's Stepson in Private Las Vegas Ceremony
Mary Rogers 33, daughter of the late Will Rogers, wed Walter Brooks III 36, once stepson of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, in a private Las Vegas ceremony last night.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Mary Rogers
Will Rogers
Walter Brooks III
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Thirteen Men to be Arraigned on Gambling Charges
Thirteen men will be arraigned Monday in Portsmouth on slot machine and horse race betting indictments. The Scioto County grand jury, after a two week investigation, returned the charges and urged hiring a full time deputy sheriff with progress reports every ten days to the sheriff, prosecutor and common pleas judge.
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Portsmouth
Scioto County
Common Pleas
OFA Salary Appeal May Reach Voters
The Ohio Education Association plans to circulate petitions to push an initiated bill on minimum teacher salaries. It will seek voter support directly after filing the measure with the Secretary of State, as Thomas G. C. O Keefe announced yesterday in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio Education Association
Thomas G. C. O'Keefe
DEA
Charles F. Sweeney
Navy names two area sailors on carrier in Korea
The Navy announced Cecil E. Hewitt and George R. Snyder, both from local routes, serving aboard an aircraft carrier detailing air attacks on Korea. Charles W. White, son of Mrs. Delpha White, is in recruit training at Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
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Navy
Cecil E. Hewitt
Longsville
George R. Snyder
Korea
United Nation
Charles W. White
Delpha White
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
WAVE Selections For Personnelman School At San Diego
The Huntington recruiting station announces that an enlisted WAVE of second class or higher will be chosen from the V-6 inactive group for a course at the Personnelman School in San Diego. After completing the schooling she will be assigned to the Huntington station where she may apply.
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San Diego
Huntington
W. Va
Former Medical Service Corps Officers Sought for Extended Air Force Duty
MITCHEL AIR FORCE BASE N Y seeks former Medical Service Corps officers to volunteer for extended active duty in the First Air Force area spanning 15 states. Volunteers up to captain grade may apply and obtain information from this base according to the Air Surgeon Office.
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Mitchel Air Force Base
N. Y
Medical Service Corps
First Air Force
Air Surgeon
First Woman Joins WAF in Athens County
Glenna Gene Russell, 19, of 123 E Union St, becomes the first woman in Athens County to enlist in the Women's Air Force. Daughter of Dr Glen A Russell, she reported to San Antonio after a 1950 Columbia High School graduation in Tiffin.
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Glenna Gene Russell
E. Union St
Athens County
WAF
Glen A. Russell
The
Ohio
Local servicemen receive promotions and assignments abroad
Cpl Charles I Morris 27 of Nelsonville Route 1 gains sergeant rank at Spokane Base after six years service. Pvt Charl Ewing of The Plains serves with the 23rd Infantry Division in Tokyo after April 1950 enlistment and Ft Knox training. Cpl William M Dearth of Albany trains at the Army Europe Engineer School in Murnau Germany as part of the demolition course with the 18th Engineer Battalion at Kaufbeuren. Michael D Swyers of Athens Route 4 joins 121st Fighter Squadron Headquarters in an administrative role.
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Cpl
Charles I. Morris
Mary
Conaway
Nelsonville
Spokane
Wash, Air Force Base
Cothe High School
Morris Vern Coakley
Air Force Base
Ewing
Violet Williams
the Plains
Army
23Rd Infantry
Tokyo
Mechansburg School
Ft. Knox
William M. Dearth
O. P. Dearth
Albany
Murnau
Germany
Europe
Kaufbeuren
Red Cross Seeks Aid For Burned Out Family
Athens County Red Cross officers seek furniture and clothing for a rural family of six who lost their home to a fire this week. The parents and four sons aged 8 to 17 need donations. pickup can be arranged by calling 651.
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Athens County
Red Cross
Openings at Air Force Base To Be Filled
Examinations announced to fill vacancies as instructor, airplane and engine mechanics at salaries from 3100 to 3825 a year. Positions at the Shepard Air Force Base, with details provided by civil service secretary F. D. Higgins.
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Air Force Base
Sheppard Air Force Base
F. D. Higgins
Civil Service
Albany Baptist Church Invites Athens Area Students
Attention Baptist students. There is no Baptist Church in Athens so we invite you to worship with us at Albany Baptist Church in Albany ten miles southwest of Athens on US Route 50. Watch Athens Area Church service announcements for service schedule.
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Athens
Albany Baptist Church
Albany
U. S
Wage Issue Is Discussed In Ohio Hearings
Columbus Ohio Directorate Albert A Waldman of the State Industrial Relations Department heard witnesses on new minimum wage proposals for women and minors in hotels and restaurants. After the hearing he has 10 days to decide on implementing the wage scale ranging from 49 to 55 cents for non service workers and 40 cents for tipped service workers, with non service pay higher in larger cities.
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Columbus
Albert A. Woldman
State Industrial Relations Department
Ohio
Waldman
Nellie A. Cain 59 Dies in Springfield Nebraska
Nellie A. Cain, 59, died Wednesday at her home in Springfield, Nebraska. Death was due to cancer. She was the sister of Mrs. Floyd Edwards and George Cain of Athens and a half-sister of Jerry Grim of Port Clinton, Glen Grim of Pontiac, and James Grim of Athens.
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Nellie A. Cain
Springfield
Neb
Floyd Edwards
George Cain
Athens
Jerry Grim
Port Clinton
Glen Grim
Pontiac
Mich
James Grim
Early Morning Bar Fight Ends at Sheltering Arms Hospital
A 2:30 a m melee following a night out led to three men hospitalized. John Jackson Robert Burton and John Singleton suffered facial lacerations and a hand wound after beer bottles were used as clubs in the confrontation near Congress and Carpenter. Police planned to file disorderly conduct charges.
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Congress and
Carpenter
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Rosser Bateman
Harold Shields
J. B. Grogan
John Jackson
Robert Burton
John Singleton
Athens
Burton
Singleton
Jackson
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