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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1977
Page
14
Pete Rose, age 35, notched his 2,900th hit with a double as the Reds beat the Dodgers. He remains near Stan Musial and Ty Cobb on the all time hits list, while Seaver pitched well in a 6-hitter for the Reds.
In the majors MrUyY Wha Chicago Barrios 11 4 at Texas Ellis on Saturday. Saturday games include Milwaukee at Cleveland California at New York Seattle at Boston Kansas City at Toronto Oakland at Baltimore Minnesota at Detroit Chicago at Texas Sunday schedule features Kansas City at Toronto Minnesota at Detroit Philadelphia at Chicago Cincinnati at San Francisco New York at Pittsburgh Montreal at St Louis Atlanta at Los Angeles and the remaining New York at Pittsburgh Montreal at St Louis Cincinnati at San Francisco Houston at San Diego Atlanta at Los Angeles.
Bobby Bonds drove in four runs including his 29th homer to lift California over Boston 7 3, ending the Red Sox 11 game win streak. Orioles beat Seattle 4 3 and Yankees blank Oakland 3 0 as tight AL East race continues with Torrez pitching a gem for New York. Buddy Bell homered for Cleveland in a 3 1 win over Chicago, while Minnesota and Texas won to tighten standings.
President Carter will continue budgeting talks with Bert Lance but will withhold expressions of support while the federal inquiry by the Comptroller of the Currency proceeds. White House Press Secretary Jody Powell noted Carter aims to avoid influencing the investigation and will refrain from commenting on Lance or the probe.
A 6-year-old boy who confessed to stabbing his baby half sister to death will undergo about two weeks of psychiatric testing at the Medical College of Ohio before a court hearing set for August 24. The baby, 11-month-old Michelle Earl, died after the stabbing in Toledo. The boy faces a dependency charge, not delinquency, with potential rehabilitative measures and foster care pending the exam results.
The Ohio Crop Reporting Service predicts a record soybean crop of 105 million bushels and a strong corn crop due to timely rains. Acreage reaches about 3.4 million acres, yielding an estimated 31 bushels per acre for soybeans, with corn near 91 bushels per acre on 3.9 million acres. Wheat and hay also expected to be sizable amid favorable weather.
Four wells in Perry County show gas and oil production per the Ohio Oil and Gas Association scout report. Clyde M. Foraker and Associates reported the largest gas producer at 300 000 cubic feet daily with 10 barrels of oil on the C W Van Horn and T W Shoemaker lease in Clayton Two. Foraker drilled two other gas producers in Pike Two each around 200 000 cubic feet of gas and 20 barrels of oil daily on the T J Friel yee and the C M and William S Foraker leases. Jerry C Olds reported Reading Twp. gas well at 35 000 cubic feet daily and 35 barrels of oil. W E Shrider Co drilled Hemlock Co land well in Coal Twp producing 10 barrels of oil daily. In Jackson Twp Kenneth and Velora Shriner land well on William Stacler and Ohio Western Resources is plugged and abandoned.
Mrs. Lois Dean and her daughter Barbara return home after a month-long trip to California. They stayed with Mrs. Dean's brother John Earich and his wife in Santa Maria and joined side trips to Carmel By The Sea Rancho Cordova and a seven day tour of Reno Lake Tahoe and the Gold Rush Country.
Patricia Bateman of 26 Congress St Chauncey Ohio is named administratrix of the estate of Dorothy A Blackford of Chauncey Athens County Ohio. Claims must be filed within three months from the date of this notice dated August 4 1977 with Jude 8 12 8 19 8 26.
The text references a break during a deadline for classified ads and mentions a person named Debby. It conveys frustration about finishing kill sheets and meeting the one o clock deadline and hints at continuing cooperation despite the break.
Advertisement offers a milkshake weight loss program claiming 20 to 30 pounds loss in a month and invites interested readers to call a number for details alongside dealership ads. It also mentions a church picnic for Rev Chester Henneman at The Plains Church at the Nazarene and revival services at Pageville Free Will Baptist Church with Evangelist Norman Taylor Evans and local gospel groups.
Marian Martin Pattern Dept promotes the 1977 Needlecraft Catalog offering 225 designs in knit crochet and crafts. Includes free patterns and multiple books with quilts, crochet, sewing and wardrobe patterns. Order forms request pattern numbers, names, addresses and a 75 cent postage option.
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