Charlie Fletcher Dominates Sundays Stock Car Races
Charlie Fletcher swept multiple stock car heats at the Valley Racing Club race program winning the feature and two other events. Chuck Henderson set a track record with 21.9 seconds, while Fuzz Dotson, Carol Bowlby and Dick Huston posted the quick times. several crashes occurred during the program. Next Sunday’s racing is planned weather permitting along with summer season events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Fletcher
The
Valley Racing Club, Inc
Chuck Henderson
Trimble
Carol Bowlby
Dick Huston
John Brown
George Sharb
Homer Calentine
Hershel Anderson
Crash Beiter
Lancaster
Ohio highway improvements bid notice 1952
Ohio Department of Highways in Columbus invites bids by 10:00 a.m. June 24 1952 for seven proposals on State Route 56 and State Route 143 in Athens Hocking Meigs Vinton counties. Projects cover bituminous treatment patching and varying pavement widths and lengths totaling 61.5 miles. Bid bond $5315.00 required. bids subject to rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Ohio Department OF Highway
Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Director of
Tuesecay
Hocking County
Goodhope
Falls Townships
Ising
Department of Industrial Relations
State Highway Department
Vine Department of Highways
T. J. Kauer
State OF Ohio Department OF Highways
Athens County
Waterloo
Athens
Salt Creek Township
Laurelville
Perry
Salt Creek
Benton
Starr
Meigs County
Salisbury
Rutland
Scipio Townships
Vinton County
Swan
Brown
Clinton
Richland
General Code of
Department of Highways
Division
Ity
Cutting Speed Cuts Costs Freeman Says
State Highway Patrolman Carl E. Freeman in Logan urges slower driving to save money and lives. He cites that increasing speed from 40 to 65 mph raises gasoline by 30 percent, oil use fourfold, and tire wear 2.5 times, and notes 1950 figures showing one third of fatal accidents linked to excessive speed. Local crashes echoed the national trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl E. Freeman
Logan
Freeman
State Highway Patrol
National Safety Council
United States
War in Korea Stepped Up as U S Forces Halt Chinese Attack
U S 45th Division infantrymen repelled an artillery supported Chinese assault on a Western Front hill position. The five day fight cost the Reds over 1000 casualties while Americans reportedly shattered about 750 Chinese fighters in seven hours. Clashes continued along the 155 mile front near Panmunjom Koramppo Yonchon Kumhwa Kimsong Pukhan River and Punch Bowl. Eighth Army officers offered no explanation for the intensified fighting the year’s hardest. Two of three American adults reportedly wear eye glasses.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Panmunjom
Korangpo
Yonchon
Kumhwa Kimsong
Pukhan River
Punch Bowl
U. S. Eighth Army
Louis Bester Named Emergency Coordinator For Local Hams
Louis C. Bester W8DCX at 7 East Hunter Street will lead a new ARRL Emergency Coordinator program. He will organize local amateur radio operators, set procedures, plan drills, and liaison with the Red Cross, fire and police, and protective services for disaster communications using both powered and self powered stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis C. Bester
East
Hunter Street
F. E. Handy
American Radio Relay League
National Association of Radio Amateurs
Bester
ARRL
American Red Cross
Handy
League
Births at Hocking Valley Hospital
Mr and Mrs John Glass Logan welcome a seven pound 10 ounce daughter born at 2 05 p m Saturday A daughter six pounds three ounces born to Mr and Mrs Arnold Lee McArthur at 3 33 a m Sunday Admissions list names Boss Newlun Carbondale accident Susan Allen Logan surgery Stephen Snyder Logan Route 1 surgery and Roger Snyder Logan Route 1 surgery
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John Glass
Logan
Arnold Lee
McArthur
Newlun
Carbondale
Susan Allen
Stephen Snyder
Roger Snyder
Officers Seek Occupants Of Wrecked Car
State highway patrol sought occupants of a demolished car after it slid over an embankment on Route 75 near Scott's Creek south of Logan. Officers Carl Freeman and Wilbur Stout found no one at the scene. two occupants were believed to have sought treatment at Hocking Valley Hospital, which had no record. The car was a total wreck with no indication of another vehicle involvement.
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State Highway Patrol
Scott's Creek
Logan
Carl Freeman
Wilbur Stout
Hocking Valley Hospital
Minor Collision In Knotty Pine Ends With Door Damage
Sheriff A J Waldron's office investigated a minor collision Saturday at 8 20 p m. Rob ert Hatfield 30 of Columbus had his car door damaged when a truck driven by John Martin Cockerill 64 of Buckhannon West Virginia backed into it Hatfield was parked and the truck was undamaged
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A. J. Waldron
Knotty Pine
Robert Hatfield
Columbus
John Martin Cockerill
Buckwannon
W. Va
Hatfield
Presidents limit pardoning power to federal prisoners
Federal authorities hold that the president’s clemency authority applies only to federal cases, not state or local offenses, narrowing potential pardons to those under federal jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USS
Car Stolen From Columbus Found In Logan Sunday
A car stolen from L. E. Webster at 1191 College Street in Columbus on June 10 was found in Logan yesterday evening. Mrs. Jurgensmier on Hill Street reported the vehicle parked at her home for three days. A registration check via radio to Columbus by Assistant Fire Chief O J Hysell confirmed the car belongs to Webster and it is in good condition. Webster will call for it today.
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L. E.webster
College Street
Columbus
Logan
James Jurgensmier
Hill Street
O. J. Hysell
Webster
Hysell
George Eberst Funeral Set Tuesday Morning
Funeral services for George Eberst 83 Logan will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday from St John s Catholic Church with Fr Charles P Foy officiating. Rosary at 8 p.m. Monday at Roberts Funeral Home. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Eberst a Knights of St John and Maccabee Lodge member served on the Hannibal County Board of Elections for about 18 years. One Eskimo language is spoken with few dialects from Greenland west to eastern Siberia.
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George Eberst
Logan
St. John’s Catholic Church
Charles P. Foy
Roberts Funeral Home
Oak Groveemetery
Eberst
Knights of St. John, Maccabee Lodge
Hocking County Board of Elections
Greenland
Siberia
Seven motorists fined in weekend court action
Seven men were fined over the weekend in Maron Roger Friend's court. Four arrests were by city police including Don D. Lattimer 18 Anna Ohio reckless operation with $17 bond forfeited, Robert Fuller 20 New Plymouth Route 1 $5 and costs reckless operation, Paul A. Patton 22 Logan Route 1 and Richard Patton 24 Logan Route 1 $10 and costs for quarrelling and disorderly conduct. State highway patrol fines include Henry L. Kafelka 18 Cleveland $5 and costs for no muffler on his motorcycle, Jack D. Slack 28 Omaha $5 and costs for permitting an unlicensed driver, and Kenneth W. Stimson 27 Logan $5 and for failing to obey a traffic signal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maron Roger Friend
Don D. Lattimer
Anna
Robert Fuller
New Plymouth
Paul A. Patton
Logan
Richard Patton
State Highway Patrol
Henry L. Kafelka
Cleveland
Jack D. Slack
Omaha
Nebd
Kenneth W. Stimson
Logam
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Jim Spitzer
Eldon Brown
Hudson
W. Hunter
W. Col
J. Nelsonville
G. K. Appleman
Mgr
W. Main St
Corn Burberry
Cleo Montgomery
Bowen Street
Cora Burberry
Rhea Pettit Bangert
Said Coun
Louis Bester
Cooperative
Farm Bureau
E. Main St
Logan, Ohio
ARS
Chevrolet
Logan Buick
Frank Ford
G. R. Ford
North Market Street
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Zenith
ROYA
N. Market St
Notary
Ford
Ijn
Newford
G.V.W
Courier
Stan Tlivas
Ford Trucks
W. Hunter St
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