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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1971
Page
3
Albany community fair officials announce a four day program September 9 through 12 at the Albany Riding Club grounds with gates opening at 4 p.m. September 8 for a tractor rodeo and handicap prizes in two age classes.
AP reports Israelis with Save the Children Society of Sweden opened five summer camps for children in the occupied Gaza Strip. About 7 000 children attend these camps offering activities and relief during the summer season.
Fifteen boys and four leaders from Kootaga Area Council OA Lodge 201 attended the National OA Conference at the University of Illinois Champaign Urbana. Delegates from Athens Glouster Athens Albany Chauncey and Richland DeNune and Ashworth participated in discussions on Ordeal Brotherhood roles and environmental issues. Highlights included a Dur-O-Thin fair with Miss Teenage America Rena Walsh, an Indian dance competition, a Brotherhood Rally with UN guest speaker, and a Friday assembly honoring Dr E Urner Goodman 80th birthday. The event concluded Saturday with awards and address by Dr Goodman.
In Athens County Municipal Court on Monday Jeffrey Gassard, Cincinnati, was bound over on LSD for sale with $10,000 bond set. Charges were dismissed against Patrick Scanlon Cleveland Daniel Shestina Rutland and Alfred Bing Cincinnati. Elizabeth Fields Katie Bowers Rutland and John Varallay 220 W State were granted jury trials for marijuana possession. Other defendants await hearings September 7 on marijuana related charges.
An Alexander High School teacher was chosen from about 500 applicants to join 45 participants in a National Consumer Economics Institute at Ohio University. Eleanor C. Fugate from the Alexander home economics department attended. the program was funded by the National Science Foundation and run by OU's Department of Economic Education in the College of Business Administration.
Jerry L. Elgin of the Athens Police Department has been promoted to patrolman. He joined as a dispatcher in March and is a Belpre native, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Elgin. Elgin previously served as a military policeman in the Air Force in Germany and Thailand.
Marie K. Jackson of Lockport New York was named the beneficiary of Joseph Valachi s will after correspondence and arranging his funeral. The estate size was not disclosed. Valachi died April 3 in a federal prison at El Paso Texas after gaining attention in 1963 for Senate testimony on the Cosa Nostra.
Washington report states Alison Palmer a career foreign service officer since 1960 won a finding against the State Department for denying Africa postings because of her sex. Deputy Under secretary William B. Macomber Jr. announced a remedy including promotion Palmer from Grade 4 to Grade 3 and policy changes to end sex discrimination.
Washington reports a slight rise in southern corn leaf blight infection levels in the southwest Ohio region. The National Federal-State Information Center on Corn Blight issued the update based on recent surveys and monitoring.
The Pressmen and Bookbinders unions at the Athens McBee Plant in Cincinnati seek a federal ruling on continuing a restraining order against moving pressroom equipment. Judge Timothy Hogan was to hear the case at 9 30 a.m. Litton Industries plans to remove sheet fed presses and related gear, eliminating about 175 jobs in a production cutback.
Athens police investigate a break in at Bob's Marathon where an orange minibike valued at 224.95 was stolen after a window was broken. An attempted break in at Miller's Poultry failed, with a damaged rear window valued at 25. Additional thefts include a car battery worth 45 and missing tools and clothing from Reid Sewell's truck left unlocked by Shafer Street.
Los Angeles report on in flight entertainment evolves as Continental recalls Rick Samples entertaining passengers on a Honolulu flight while American rolls out tunes in the sky aboard a New York flight with Frank Sinatra Jr and seven musicians. American also plans electronic pianos on 15 Boeing 747 jets for passenger use.
Los Angeles teen Sandra Gaylord, 13, won the national Hula Hoop title after competing with about 80 000 participants. She earned a $1 000 savings bond as the prize.
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