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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1972
Page
2
John D. Rockefeller IV, the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor in the November election, has been offered the job of president of West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon.
Ohio Bar Association President Rudolph Janata says the group will lobby the 110th General Assembly for a constitutional amendment to allow merit appointments to the Ohio Supreme Court and appellate courts. The merit plan would require sitting judges to face a voter test every six years, with the governor naming a replacement if a judge fails to win a majority.
Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers president Horace Baggett Jr said the group will support a no fault insurance plan before the 110th General Assembly that allows a motorist to collect up to $2,500 from his insurer.
Ohio banks join a national move after New York banks last week, raising or considering raising the prime rate to six percent. The prime rate affects loans for the largest and most creditworthy customers.
The Ohio Committee to Re-Elect the President reported receipts of 785,694 dollars and expenditures of 748,694 dollars. Frank Sinatra and Howard Hughes each contributed 3,000 dollars to the campaign, with the filing recorded in the secretary of state's office in Columbus.
The National Society of Film Critics named The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie best picture of 1972. Luis Bunuel won best director, Cicely Tyson earned best actress for Sounder, and Al Pacino won best actor for The Godfather.
The December Campbell County grand jury that indicted seven Newport officials prepared to issue its final report today amid expectations of additional indictments. Amtrak plans four high speed Midwest trains by next summer on Chicago Milwaukee and St Louis Chicago routes with speeds up to 100 mph.
Gov. John J. Gilligan said no reply yet to his telegram to President Nixon urging federal aid to fast track propane gas shipments into Ohio. Gilligan accused the Office of Emergency Preparedness of being unable or unwilling to assist Ohio farmers. An unrelated report from MOUNDSVILLE West Virginia states police fatally shot an unidentified man described as an escaped felon from a federal penitentiary.
Weather report notes rain tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions on Saturday. Lows near the upper 30s and Saturday highs in the upper 40s to low 50s. National outlook shows showers from the central Gulf coast to the southern Plains, changing to snow flurries in parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes. Southeast warm, western regions colder.
A proposed Holyland theme park partitions into Garden of Eden Ancient Babylon Ancient Rome and Ancient Egypt with camel or elephant rides and a Wailing Wall style attraction including slave ship rides and Jonah’s whale illusion and a free Salvation Garden pending approval.
The Alabama project Holyland builds a 200 acre leisure complex with a 110 foot statue and a Sea of Galilee. Workers assemble Noahs Ark animals and a Babel tower as Governor Wallace welcomes the venture hoping for reverent spectacle. The plan borrows Disneyland style scale and features Coca Cola stations and craftsmen at work.
Alexander Township expands fire protection with Richland Area Fire Brigade coverage for properties along County Roads 17A 19 30 and nearby areas north to the township line. Residents will be contacted about a new emergency number and service starts soon after next Monday.
Edward Barker bound over to the Athens County Grand Jury on a charge of issuing a check with insufficient funds. Barker faced a $1,500 bond after pleading innocent in Athens County Municipal Court for a $200 check drawn on a North Carolina bank.
Cleveland Trust Co the citys largest bank raised its prime lending rate to 6 percent prompting expectations that other local banks will follow suit The move began with First National City Bank of New York and was followed by Bank of America Separately several local air force army and marine personnel are named with duty assignments training and hometown high school and college details Jacksonville Eagles announce New Years Eve dance with admission and music by the Country Cavaliers
Heamon Hart 19 of Guysville was cited for following too closely after a two truck crash at Union and College Streets at 9 am Friday. Hart's delivery truck rear ended a pickup owned by Ohio University driven by Wallace Taylor 39 of 78 Wonder Hills. Passenger John Gorby 27 of The Plains Route 2 was taken to O'Bleness Memorial Hospital for possible whiplash after the impact. Hart said brakes failed.
Logan police identified Bobby Joe Angels of Jackson as the suspect in the December 2 robbery of the Certified Service Station on West Hunter Street. Angels, held in the Hocking County jail on a 2500 bond, was bound over to the grand jury after a Friday morning court appearance and had been moved from Gallia County Jail on parole violation. Officials say the same method was used in an attempted armed robbery.
A three judge panel in Columbus Ohio ruled the Ohio parochial aid tax refund plan unconstitutional in a suit brought by Tax Commissioner Robert Kosydar against ACLU Ohio executive director Benson A Wolman. Gov Gilligan spokesman said appeal likely after reading of decision.
Athens police report a theft of 200 dollars from a Frisch's Restaurant cash box on West Union Street. entry by an unlocked kitchen door and padlock damage allowed the thief to take the cash early this morning.
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