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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1977
Page
2
Cleveland attorneys contend Dr. Stuart Kutler should have faced voluntary manslaughter rather than murder in the February killing of 8 year old Arthur Noske, arguing there was no proof of intent to kill despite the victim’s body being unavailable.
In Lima Ohio gasoline leaking from a Ford plant ruptured into the sewer causing multiple explosions that blew manhole covers and a pump station door off. Officials say five thousand gallons flowed from an underground line before discovery with only one minor injury reported and Ford assisting with cleanup.
Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin of Cincinnati said American Catholics do not accept substituting a federal birth control program for government abortions. He supported Carter's opposition to federal abortion funding but opposed massive federally backed family planning as an alternative, calling it an unprecedented intrusion into family life.
West German police canceled their alert for escaped Nazi war criminal Herbert Kappler as extradition to Italy is barred. Kappler, ailing at 70 with intestinal cancer, was reportedly smuggled from a Rome hospital by his wife in a large suitcase.
An Albany Village Council report clears Albany Patrolman Ralph Prather of substantiating a claim by Athens officer Charles Misner but recommends disciplinary action over a separate accidental shotgun discharge during a disorderly conduct arrest. The findings cite negligence for carrying a live round in a double barreled gun and for failing to engage the safety. Prather, suspended, says he passed a lie detector test. County officials must approve any discipline under the CETA program.
A Hocking Valley Arts Council task force reports satisfactory progress on plans to convert the former dairy barn at the Athens Mental Health and Retardation Center into an arts and crafts center. Subcommittees discuss renovation costs financing and programming with a complete proposal due Oct 15.
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