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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1977
Page
2
In Columbus, the state’s employment services director Albert Giles reported 20 792 Ohioans filed jobless claims for the week ending December. The prior record was 31 264 in the week ending February 12 and last week’s filings were 162 percent above the prior week’s 17 888. Cuyahoga County led with 2 500 claimants.
John Carson a 52 year old former administrator for two Cincinnati alcohol rehab halfway houses was sentenced to 15 years after being convicted in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court of diverting five thousand welfare vouchers.
Bond set at 28750 each for Roger Taylor 24 and Joe Hanselman 37 indicted for kidnapping raping and felonious assault in incident on rural road November 30 involving a Cincinnati man whose wife was assaulted after he went for help.
Canton Ohio teachers voted 3 to 1 to strike January 3 if a salary increase is not agreed before the current contract expires June 30. Negotiators reported the Canton City School Board cannot provide a raise during the contract term, which includes a wage reopener. The district has 1,100 teachers and serves 16,352 students.
In Columbus the State Board of Education will decide on appealing a Hamilton County Common Pleas Court decision that the current school financing system is unconstitutional. Judge Paul Riley ruled next July 1 that the equal yield formula violates equal protection and the obligation to provide a thorough and efficient system of common schools.
Donald E. Parker a Miami University psychology professor listed as an alternate for Spacelab 1 a 1980 NASA ESA joint mission. Parker age 41 has taught at Miami since 1966 and conducted research at Wright Patterson Air Force Base since 1962.
Families greet returning Americans in San Diego as part of the first U S Mexico prisoner exchange signed in 1976. Thirty six Mexicans and sixty Americans travel via Houston and San Diego to Mexico City and back with parole hopes and federal processing.
The National Cancer Institute seeks 200 to 300 patients willing to share medical records to re examine Laetrile. If remissions are shown, a clinical trial may follow. The NIH notes ethical concerns, as animal tests failed and FDA warns against Laetrile use. The agency regrets the timing of the FDA poster campaign.
Jim Coggin 64 of Fairfield won 25000 on Ohio Lottery TV show after calling himself a winner all the way He bought the winning ticket at a Fairfield drive through store Coggin plans Hawaii trip and is a father and grandfather Other Thursday winners include Willie Bewley Jackie Sturm Mike Gregory and Linda Freeman Linus Feldbush Thomas Young and J F Walsh also won bonuses and prizes
Cincinnati City Council moves to ban officials and employees from attending conventions in ERA non ratifying states unless city business is involved. The measure aims to pressure national groups to join a boycott, with an amendment limiting travel to Chicago for official federal funds related duties. Council member Guy Guckenberger criticized the resolution as frivolous.
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