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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1976
Page
1
The Athens County Commissioners approve a $27 460 payment to cover an engineering bill for plans on County Road 5. Most plans were not used during construction, highlighting waste amid a broader budget context.
Partly cloudy and very cold tonight with lows from zero to 10 above. Increasing cloudiness Friday with a high near 22. A 20 percent chance of snow Tonight and Friday. Details on Page 9.
A Santa Fe man rammed his pickup into the White House steel gates on Pennsylvania Avenue. The driver Steven B. Williams was arrested for destruction of government property after suffering cuts and bruises and claimed he aimed to wake the president.
Mexico City AP reports Jose Lopez Portillo began a six year term urging hard work and business support to fight inflation. He called for reduced government spending and an austerity period to weather the economic crisis.
Gilbert Clark runs a small ferry on Maryland’s Tred Avon River, loving the work, the boat, and the scenery. He is the fourth generation of Clarks in ferry service, tracing roots to Shelter Island, Long Island, and values predictability over ambition while guiding seven-car capacity across the mile-wide river.
A Senate House Joint Economic Committee hearing examines economic projections that could help balance the federal budget by 1980. The Budget Office notes a potential shift from a 50.6 billion deficit to a possible 78 billion surplus, under assumptions about GDP growth and current funding levels, with caveats about uncertainty and nonbinding forecasts.
Washington AP White House officials say President Ford likely will not jawbone the steel industry to roll back its price hikes amid inflation fears. Mondale criticizes the 6 percent rise on flat rolled steel, while Carter urges rollback. Seidman says jawboning isn’t seen as effective, though the White House may issue a wage and price report.
John Lewis Young 32 Mason and a juvenile are in custody over the stabbing death of Mary Lucille Berry 61 owner of the B&B Market in Mason. Berry was found stabbed five times in her Second Street home with hands tied. Authorities say robbery appears to be the motive and that Young was arrested at a Prospect Hill home and extradition to West Virginia is planned. The juvenile's involvement was not disclosed.
In Columbus the Ohio recount shows Carter widening his margin despite GOP bids. Secretary of State Ted W Brown reported 75 percent complete with Carter up 1 427 votes overall while Ford loses 244, totaling 1 671 swing to Carter from initial 9 333 edge. A legal challenge to block electors looms, with potential federal injunction sought to halt the December 13 electoral college meeting.
The Ohio Supreme Court upholds the murder convictions of two Cincinnati men as part of an expanded schedule that would see four killers executed between January 24 and February 1 at Lucasville. The dates likely cannot stand due to US Supreme Court appeals, with Woods and Reaves carrying separate challenges to the death law and proceedings.
Opponents vow a concerted effort to block Gary Gilmore’s sunrise execution by firing squad in Utah. The case draws Supreme Court attention as legal maneuvers surface, with Gilmore seeking a non hooded stand and a last meal reportedly a six pack.
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