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VOL. No 25                                      THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1968 - TWENTY PAGES                                         $5.00_per year 10 p



Doctors Ask Citizens Aid In Postponing Gill Closin


EDITORS NOTE - In keeping with the policies of this newspaper
in airing both sides of a question and maintaining Freedom of theI I n crI
Press we are printing the following letter which was submitted to fl
Wintersville Citizen for publication by the Medical and Dental U    ficial
Staffs of the Gill Memorial Hospital.
  This is an open letter to the citizens of the Tri-State area from  Indian Creek
the Medical and Dental staff of Gill Memorial Hospital apropos to
the impending closing of Gill Memorial Hospital. We will endeavor  Levy Passes I
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to convey the true feelings of the medical community in general and
our Medical-Dental staff in particular about this grave situation.  The  Indian  Creek
  It was with no forewarning or consultation with either the medical  operating School Levy
community or the lay Board of Trustees of St. John-Gill Hospitals  small margin of 97
that this unilateral and clandestine action was undertaken by the  school  district corm
Sisters of St. Francis. Their reasons for this untimely action were: Wintersville, Mingo a
    (1) That Hill-Burton Funds for new hospital construction in  cast a total of 4603
        this city would not be authorized until the Gill Hospital  favor of the levy -
        closed its doors,                                    opposed - 2758.
    (2) That the Columbus Hospital Federation, which is a voluntary  The Precincts voted
        organization, was demanding the closing of the Gill Hospital.  MINGO JUNCT
    (3) That the hospital's physical structure did not conform to  Precinct
        present hospital criteria.                           1-A
  A meeting was convened by the Gill Medical-Dental staff in con-  1-B
junction with interested citizens and public officials among whom  2-A
were Mayor Andrew Miller, State Representative Douglas Applegate,  3-A
Councilmen Arthur Bowers and Stanley Paprocki and Housing Director  3-B
Paul Durbak. The purpose of the meeting was to assess the impact  4-A
of this closure and to formulate a course of action to alleviate the  4-B
resulting acute hospital bed shortage.                       4C
  It was unanimously agreed that the loss of sixty-six beds would
                    DOCTORS OPEN LETTER (Cont'd on page 6)          WINTERSVILI


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Jefferson County Primary Results


School
ly 97
  1.5 mill
passedby a
votes. The
iprised of
mnd Wayne,
votes. In
2855, and
as follows:
PION
  Yes No
  41   69
  48   73
  54  123
  77  195
  76  213
  37   66
  95 212
  59   59
LE


  Mr. 1nd Mrs. Stanley Walenciej of 753 Highland Ave., Steubenville,
have received word that their son, Pfc Michael (Whiz) Bise, was
wounded in action while serving in Viet Nam in Bien Hue with the
199th Light Infantry Brigade for the second time on April 16th, with
scrapnel wounds of the leg. Pfc. Bise was wounded the first time
on March 25th. He has been awarded the Purple Heart with the Oak
Leaf Cluster.
  Pfc. Bise, a 1967 graduate of Steubenville High School, entered
the service on August 15th of 1967, and graduated from Leadership
School on January 19, 1968 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He
arrived in Viet Nam in February, 1968.
  Michael is recuperating in a hospital In Japan and is scheduled to
return to Viet Nam the latter part of May.


Precinct              Yes  No
1                      98  88
2                     172 125
3                     156 110
4                      68  42
5                     220  89
Bantam   Ridge        164  98
Belvedere             144  59
Bloomingdale           59  31
Brentwood             183  115
Cross Creek            43  65
Georges Run            74  107
Linduff               128  102
Reichart              105  66
Salem                   4   2
Stark                  52  23
Steuben                32  39
Two Ridge              57  36
West Park              66  57
Unionport              45  78
Wayne                  96   44
        STEUBENVILLE
 Precinct             Yes  No
 6Q                   119  119
 6R                    68   65
 6S                   119  103
 6T                    96   85

     Democrat Precinct

  Committeeman Results
        WINTERSVILLE
 PRECINCT #2
   Dorothy Krawson         62
   Robert R. Price        122
 PRECINCT #3
   Leonard V. Masci        74
   Robert M. Snyder       106
 PRECINCT #5
   Edward M. Johnston      81
   Anthony Petrozzi        98
       MINGO JUNCTION
 PRECINCT # 3-13
 John A. Corrigan          73
 Ralph A. Orsini           85
 Dominic Petrozzi          86
 PRECINCT # 4-13
 Domenick J. Celli        154
 Max Polonoksky           133
 BRENTWOOD
 Robert E. Barrett         82
 William  D. Hardy         82
WEST PARK
  John Hritz               57
  Joe Moses                25
BERGHOLZ
  Charles Johnson          73
  Edwin L. Palmer          35
AMSTERDAM
  Anna Niemiec             97
  George Visnick           71
           *$$$$$
           ELECTION RESULTS
           (Cont'd on page 15)


Michael Walkosky


Orie Ennis


Michael Blischak


Douglas Applegate


Joseph Bell                    Arthur Bowers


WINTERSVILLE COUNCIL
MEETS TONIGHT
  The regular Tuesday Council
Meeting for the Village of Win-
tersville, has been re-scheduled
for Thursday, May 9, due to the
election. The meeting will be held
tonight at the City Building on
Leonard Ave., at 7:30 p.m.


       SAVE MONEY I
 BUY ADVANCED BOOSTER
 FAIR TICKETSNOW FROM
 Corner  Grocery,  Bornet s
 Grocery, West Point Texaco,
 James George Studio, Ann's
 Donut Shop, Jerry's Comer,
 Old Farm Inn, United Service
 Cleaners  and  Councilman
John Ford.


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