Vinton County to Host Airport Day and Park Dedication
Two successive Sundays in Vinton County host Airport Day on Oct 10 at the new terminal by James R. Eberts Construction featuring stunt flying and airplane rides, followed by Park Dedication Day on Oct 17 at Wyman Park with a 10:45 a.m. worship, dedication at 2 p.m., a flag presentation, tennis and softball games, children’s events, and a picnic supper under park committees.
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Vinton County
Park Fund
Harry B. Wyman
Capitol
United States
John L. Beckley
Jeff Crewey
Dave Bolender
Slim Chapman
Sinclair Named Chairman of Campbell College English Dept
Dr. Reid B. Sinclair joins Campbell College at Buies Creek as chairman of the English Department. He holds a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt and has taught at Richmond, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, and Maine. He and his wife Stephanie have four children.
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Buies Creek
N.C
Reid B. Sinclair
Campbell College
Stephanie
Richard French
Canterbury
Athens
Campbell
Raleigh
Pinehurst
North Carolina
North Carolina Baptist State Convention
Dr. Sinclair
Randolph-Macon College
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt
The
University of Richmond
Wake Forest University
University of Maine
Reformatory Term Given In Shooting
A Glouster youth was sentenced to the Mansfield Reformatory after pleading guilty in Athens County Common Pleas Court for his role in wounding four men in Glouster July 12. David J. Richards, 19, assisted in the shooting at the Robert Stires residence near Oakdale, and faced a possible one to 20 year term.
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Glouster
Mansfield Reformatory
Athens County Common Pleas Court
David J. Richards
James Stires
Richards
Stires
Robert Stires
Oakdale
Richard Michael Smith
Ohio band fight over coed marchers fizzles in a day
Cathie Bonda a freshman from the East Coast started a push to admit women to Ohio University's 110 Marching Men of Ohio. After a flood of male opposition and a talk with band director Dr. Thomas Lee the plan collapsed. Cathie will join the coed concert band once her flute arrives. In Franksfort Kentucky governors race ads face a 330000 cap and hunters and anglers funded 1970 restora tion through licenses and gear taxes.
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Columbus
Cathie
Thomas Lee
Injunction validity questioned in Ohio dispute at OU
Retired Ross County judge Howard Goldsberry faced challenges to a preliminary injunction claiming lack of jurisdiction and constitutional conflict. Judge Harley Meyer presided as the OU labor dispute entered its second week with continued picketing and reports of vandalism amid student operations. Names of affected individuals and towns appear in the public notices.
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Sigall
Hocking County Common Pleas
Harley Meyer
Messenger
Pay Day Friday At Ohio University During Strike
Ohio University will issue pay to non academic staff despite the strike. Workers on site receive checks at their usual location and time. Those off site may collect at the National Guard Armory Friday 1 to 4 p.m. with ID. Uncollected pay may be picked up Monday 9 to 10 a.m. at the armory.
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Ohio University
William L. Kennard
Kennard
National Guard Armory
W. Carpenter St
Youth Stole Police Hat From Cruiser in Athens
Athens police arrested Darrell G. Ronto a Middletown youth after he burglarized a police cruiser parked by the city building. He fled through an alley and health department driveway and was caught by officers with the hat and binoculars recovered later in bushes. Ronto pleaded innocent in municipal court with bond set at 1000 dollars for a hearing October 5.
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Athens
Darrell G. Ronto
Middletown
Municipal Court
Health Department
Ronto
National forecast Hurricane Ginger brings heavy rain and high winds
The national forecast warns along the Carolinas coast to Delaware of hurricane and gale warnings as Ginger makes landfall with heavy rain winds to 90 mph and seven foot higher tides. Additional rain targets the Upper Great Lakes northern Plains and showers spread across the Rockies western Plains and Southwest. Warmth in the south and central regions with cooler conditions elsewhere.
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Carolinas
Delaware
Ginger
Upper
Great Lakes
Northern Plains
Rocky Mountain States
Western Plains
Southwest
Study Grant Granted to Miss McGee for Fulbright Year
Rosetta J. McGee of 23 Hocking St Athens received a Fulbright-Hays Grant to Argentina for graduate study in comparative literature during the 1971 72 academic year. She attended Ohio University as one of 441 Americans awarded Fulbright this year. The program, in its 25th year, is part of the U S government exchange effort administered by the State Department with cooperation from over 100 foreign countries. Since establishment, more than 36 000 Americans have received grants to study abroad and over 67 000 foreign nationals have come to the U S.
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Institute of International Education
Rosetta J. McGee
Hocking St
Athens
Argentina
Miss McGee
Ohio University
United States
Department of State
Athens County Land Transfers
Athens County transfers show multiple deeds from Louise Masterson to Lawrence and Virginia Harrison for Lot 2674 in Townsends Addition. Mary and Ralph Nelson to Carlos and Anita Rutter and Joe Glass in Nelsonville. George and Flutie Horner to George E. and Judy Horner in Coolville. W E Miller to Robert and Bille Jean Clifton in Albany. Coke and Hazel Lawson to Gene and Donna Gross in Albany. Emerson and Virginia Ball to Emery and Margaret Coen in Athens. Virgil and Bernice McLain to William and Patricia Buckley in New Area for one tract in Waterloo Townships.
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Louise Masterson
Athens
Lawrence
Virginia Harrison
Townsends
Mary
Ralph Nelson
Hocking County
Carlos
Anita Rutter
Joe Glass
Nelsonville
Inlet
R. E
St West Lynne
George and
Flutie Horner
George E
Judy Horner
Coolville
Carthage Township
W. E
Barbara Miller
Robert
Bille Jean Clifton
Albany
Amos Thompson
Coke
Hazel Lawson
Gene
Donna Gross
Lodi
Emerson
Virginia Ball
Emery
Margaret Coen
Wonderhills
Virgil and
Bernice McLain
William and
Patricia Buckley
Newarene
Waterloo
Driver Guilty in DWI Case Amid County Court Actions
An Athens County Municipal Court jury found Richard Burkhamer 39 guilty of driving while intoxicated after an arrest by the State Highway Patrol on June 9. Sentencing was postponed to Oct. 7. In Bromley Hall drug raid cases, eight men pleaded innocent to marijuana possession, some with charges of possession for sale and conspiracy. Bond amounts ranged to $10,000 with Oct. 7 hearings. other individuals faced charges of permitting a noisy disturbance and public intoxication with fines.
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Athens County
Pomeroy
Richard Burkhamer
State Highway Patrol
Franklin Sheeter
Michael Nolan
Bromley Hall
Dorsey Worthington
Clifford Wolf
Michael Blake
South Green
William Pollock
Parked Car Stolen From West Union Street Lot
Paul Tribe reported his 1970 gold Plymouth with brown vinyl top stolen at 11:15 a.m. from Jessie Ley’s insurance office parking lot on West Union Street. Two men entered the car and drove off while he paid a bill. license X-121-H.
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West Union Street
Paul Tribe
Frum Road
Jessie Ley
Man Finds New Use For Discarded Bras
Melbourne AP reports Red Cross official Robert Pierrepont devised a method to cut discarded bras in half to use as holders for rice and flour while aiding refugees in East Pakistan. The self described resourceful fellow conceived the idea during relief work.
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Melbourne
International Red Cross
Robert Pierrepont
East
Pakistan
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