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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1976
Page
1
A lawsuit and petition-signature doubts jeopardize Ohio ballots on nuclear safety and three other issues. OUR accuses officials of bias in ballot wording while petition validity and a 397,201 signature threshold loom.
President Ford resumes a weeklong vacation in Vail Colorado to hold a formal strategy session with White House advisers and campaign officials. The talks target the fall election and include possible debates with Carter. Senator Dole travels to Seattle and Des Moines for campaign events while Ford continues his routine golf and staff meetings.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. Robert Dole urged moderates and liberals to play an active role. He named Sen. Charles Mathias and said GOP liberals like Sen. Edward Brooke and Sen. Mark Hatfield should join, while he plans talks with President Ford in Vail to define his own role. He will campaign in Seattle and Des Moines to contrast Carter’s positions.
In Seattle and Los Angeles Jimmy Carter assails President Ford for 55 vetoes as he widens his West and Midwest swing. He frames Ford as politically insensitive and emphasizes aid to the disadvantaged, draft dodger pardons, and national security while appealing to Black and Chicano voters.
North Korea accepts a Wednesday meeting of the Korean Military Armistice Commission in Panmunjom to discuss American safety in the DMZ after a clash last week left two American officers dead. The United States pressed for the session and reinforced forces around Korea while seeking assurances no harm will come to its personnel.
The apparent low bidder on a state highway project in Athens was nearly $2 million below the state's estimate, according to Ohio Department of Transportation officials. The report notes the finding as of this morning.
The Athens City School Board votes to seek a new 3.76 mill levy to fund operations citing inflation and recent state rules. In Whaley case, Judge Lowell Howard expects a decision within weeks on Bill Whaley’s hiring as basketball coach. Meigs County lacks funds for mental retardation training, pausing the planned school workshop.
Washington reports Agriculture Department says large harvests and more livestock sales bolster farm profits in 1976 while consumer price increases slow to about half of last year.
The forecast calls for clear conditions tonight with lows in the low to mid 60s and mostly sunny skies on Wednesday. Highs will reach the mid to upper 80s with a 10 percent chance of rain tonight and Wednesday.
First Lady Betty Ford, troubled by arthritic neck and shoulder pains, is reported much better after a massage heat packs and pool sun at the Fords nine day working vacation home in Vail Colorado. In Ohio the Cincinnati area joins ozone alerts along with Lima and Dayton with Toledo area alert ended at 4 p.m. Monday per EPA.
The Senate debates a Hollings bill to restore yearly budget authorization for the Postal Service, revoke the Board of Governors, require Senate confirmation of the postmaster general, and add a $1 billion subsidy while barring major rate hikes or service cuts until Oct. 1, 1977. The measure mirrors a House plan and faces a vote today.
Eleven skydivers jumped from a crowded plane as a dust storm approached Florence. Seven parachutists touched prison property and were charged with trespassing. bond set at 220 dollars each. Three stayed in jail overnight while four landed off prison land.
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