09 Dec 1975
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1975
Page
1
On Monday the Athens City Council began budget preparation for 1976 but noted a lack of essential information. Some members doubt a full year budget can be ready by January as discussions proceed.
The Meigs Local Board of Education chose to sell excess cafeteria food to students rather than discard or give it away. The decision aims to reduce waste and provide affordable meals within the district.
Seven nursery schools and day care centers helped decorate the courthouse tree this year. The group placed their handmade ornaments on the Athens County Courthouse tree on Monday morning.
Officials say the layoffs follow the state Controlling Board’s denial of funding for the consumer protection division. Deputy Director Charles Rhoads confirms the 25 additional positions will be cut as part of the department’s ongoing downsizing.
Senate hearings on extending this year's tax cuts opened in Washington as leaders sought a compromise with President Ford to allow a Christmas recess. Ford vowed to veto any extension unless spending cuts accompany the measure.
Prosecutors accuse Patricia Hearst's lawyers F Lee Bailey and Al Johnson of a publicity campaign to evoke sympathy. They seek a gag order barring further public comments by defense counsel on the case.
Beiruts downtown hotel and commercial district faced a fierce assault as Christian gunmen, with their backs to the Mediterranean, held out against Moslem forces. A police spokesman reported more than 50 killed and hundreds wounded during the night. Government radio called it the worst, cruelest night of fighting in eight months of civil war.
The State Controlling Board granted auditor Ferguson blanket borrowing authority to ease the low income period but could not transfer 45 million from the auto registration fee fund without Attorney General Brown's legal approval. The plan seeks 134 million to cover bills over seven weeks amid questions of legality.
The United States vetoed a Security Council resolution condemning Israeli air attacks on Palestinian camps in Lebanon. Moynihan said the measure was one sided for not condemning Palestinian violence, while 13 nations backed it and Costa Rica abstained.
About 8000 fundamentalists gathered on the Columbus capitol steps to urge state leaders to stop harassing parents who send children to unaccredited church schools. The rally, led by Christian Schools of Ohio, pressed accreditation standards as an attack on religious education. Governors and lawmakers voiced support, while ACLU indicated a favorable stance. past court actions against parents sparked the protests.
An Indonesian consular official E Abedy aged 52 died after injuries from escaping the South Moluccan siege at the Amsterdam Indonesian consulate. The six day siege left hostage numbers fluctuating with 16 children freed and about 30 adults still held aboard a hijacked train.
Sen Frank Church chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee says he may become the 11th Democrat to seek the 1976 nomination. He plans to form a committee to assess feasibility and fundraising for a late entry and could announce after early 1977.
IRA gunmen in a London apartment hold a man and his wife as hostages for the third day and refuse to exchange the woman for food. Scotland Yard says the suspects, tied to the Provisional IRA, insist on prisoner terms and may include Michael Wilson among them.
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