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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1977
Page
2
The Columbus Board of Education filed a federal desegregation plan on Tuesday aiming to bus 41,487 pupils by September 1978 after Judge Duncan ordered new reassignment proposals. The state board, found guilty of causing segregation, was to endorse the city plan today.
Willow Island on the Ohio River will dedicate its new navigation locks in a public ceremony at 4 p.m. September 10. The event, off Ohio Route 7 about 10 miles upstream from Marietta, is hosted by the Ohio River Sternwheel Festival as part of a weekend that includes a sternwheel regatta. The $76 million facility features two parallel locks, main chamber 110 by 1,200 feet and auxiliary 110 by 600 feet, with the dam extending 1,128 feet to the West Virginia bank.
John Davidson will return Sept 15 to headline a benefit concert in Cincinnati to aid the children of victims from the Beverly Hills fire that killed 164. He calls it a tragedy he was part of and says he wants to help the living while avoiding publicity. About a dozen other acts have confirmed performances.
Public sympathy after photos showed two Navy enlisted women shoeless at a North Island Naval Air Station dress formation prompted the Navy to abandon court martial plans. The women, identified but not named, received only a warning against repeating the offense, with no hard labor.
Washington AP Federal officials plan case studies on several hundred cancer patients who claim Laetrile helped them. They want to confirm the cure is worthless and may consider testing Laetrile on volunteers if reviews fail to support that stance. Dr. Arthur C. Upton says a meeting will set case selection.
Rhodesia's white voters queued at polling stations for a 12 hour vote to give Prime Minister Ian Smith a two thirds majority in the 66 seat Legislative Assembly for a settlement excluding guerrilla leaders. Soldiers in camouflage and farmers with rifles watched polling across the country.
Athens County commissioners charge Sheriff Gary Efaw miscalculated his salary budget causing a 12500 deficit and possible supply shortfalls. Efaw defends raises and says reductions and realignments improved the outlook while commissioners consider funding gaps and potential federal aid.
Tickets remain for the SEORC dinner with Robert W. Scott ARC co chairman and former North Carolina governor as guest speaker. The event at The Ohio University Inn in Athens is set for next Thursday at 6 30 p m with state officials attending and discussion of highway funding and ARC programs.
The Ohio University Speech and Hearing Clinic received 3900 from the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission to purchase a hearing aid test chamber. The device will test manufacturer and worn aids, evaluate new fittings, and may spur research to improve fittings and reduce nonusers.
The Athens County Republican Women's Club schedules a noon luncheon on September 9 at the Sportsman restaurant to kick off campaigns for local candidates. Local GOP candidates and officeholders are invited. public event. Reservations should be made with Lois Gerig or Jean Gall by Tuesday.
The Athens County grand jury returned 13 indictments after deliberations on Monday and Tuesday. Named defendants include George Whiteman for felonious assault, Hubert L. Buck for forged prescription, Frank Vincent for armed robbery, Harrison Payne for rape, Elza Dennis for attempted rape, Larry Walraven for felonious assault, Robert Walls and Charles Smith for burglary, with Smith also charged by grand theft, Tim Spain for receiving stolen property, plus three secret indictments. Jury members listed include Wilbur Wender as foreman and Ronald Hacker among the panel. alternate Dorothy Barringer.
In Athens County Municipal Court three men were fined 35 dollars and costs each for vandalizing a parking meter on South College Street. William Long, 23, Athens. Daniel Bicklett, 22, Columbus. and Robert Aumiller, 22, Nelsonville were arrested after a sheriff's office report. About 50 dollars in damage was reported.
Carl Murphy of Athens Building Materials on Columbus Road reported to the Athens County sheriff that gasoline was drained from the company’s trucks early this morning.
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