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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1977
Page
2
Philip Elliott, a volunteer firefighter in Chesapeake Ohio, and his wife and three children lost their home the day after Christmas when an oil furnace part failed reigniting a mobile home fire. They have again begun searching for a new dwelling after moving into a mobile home last week.
Kentucky State Police say leads focus on a yellow van seen near the area where 5 year old Keith Holliday disappeared. Det Jerry Keith notes the van may connect to the case, though investigators stress no confirmed link and seek the driver for questioning.
A District of Columbia Superior Court dropped charges against comedian Dick Gregory and four others arrested for protesting at the African embassy. Federal prosecutors would not press charges against Gregory and his wife plus Allan Jackson of Salisbury North Carolina and Michael S. and Eric J. Burnt of Washington. The group was first arrested on Christmas Day for violating a local ban on demonstrations within 500 feet of a foreign embassy and earlier at Thanksgiving for similar protest activity against racial policies and apartheid.
Russian immigrants in the United States Europe Australia and Japan have answered Alexander Solzhenitsyn plea for recollections of Russia. The Nobel writer living in Cavendish asks for material for his Russian Memorial Library. Irene Alberti said no material has arrived from the Soviet Union yet.
Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld was elected to the Rand Corp board of directors. The 45 year old heads G D Searle and Co of Skokie Illinois, a global health care supplier, after joining Rand last June following a stint teaching at Northwestern University.
Mechanic Buddy Cochran, 30, convicted of eight counts of aggravated assault for ramming a car into a Ku Klux Klan rally in Plains last July, escaped from the Sumter County jail with another inmate around 7:45 a.m. Sheriff Randy Howard said. The other escapee was identified as Michael Proctor. The July 2 incident injured 32 people, including reporters.
Decent Sade leads the Irish Sweepstakes at Leopardstown with Jodn Chinrullah second and Drumgora third. Three tickets tied to Decent Fellow win $142,500 each, with three $98,000 second prizes for Chinrullah and $19,000 each for Drumgora. Other 16 horses share $1,330 prizes though Lovely Bio did not start.
Angry state tax officials urge President Carter to oppose a trade treaty with Great Britain that would bar auditors from considering foreign subsidiaries’ costs and profits, risking hundreds of millions in state tax receipts. Officials from 12 states warn the arms-length system could yield broader multinationals loopholes, with California, Oregon, Alaska facing higher losses.
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