Rhodes returns to power in Ohio after Gilligan era
Four years after leaving office Gov James A Rhodes and Company stage a comeback showing a brick and mortar, jobs oriented act. Gilligan’s rehabilitation of service programs failed to win over voters who favor work and industry. The article notes Rhodes’ return with old guard policies and cabinet leaders reassembled.
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Gov
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Rhodes and Company
Ohio
Gilligan's
Rhodes and Gilligan contrast in Ohio policy focus and growth
The piece contrasts Rhodes and Gilligan on highway expansion and parks. Rhodes pursued large scale road building and broad state park growth, expanding industry access and tourism. Gilligan favored limited funding and leveraged parks in political bargaining, drawing criticism for restraint and provocatively withholding recreation funding.
Will Owning Gold Be Only a Fad
AP Business Analyst examines whether the 41 year ban on owning gold will spark a lasting shift or a fad. The piece weighs gold as a store of value versus a means to profit, noting rising prices and questions about whether investors will cash in. It cites market psychology, inflation, and the role of gold in the monetary system.
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John Cunniff
New York
United States
Kissinger
Florida
Sophocles
Shakespeare
Ulasewicz
Ziegler
Collies
Oron
Big Dipper
Time to Change Chairman of the Board
In Washington the aging chairman known as SEVENTY-FIVE announces retirement at year end 1974 to the new leader SEVENTY-FOUR. He cites an oil crisis, inflation, recession, political upheaval, poor weather, and 30 percent drop in automobile sales as setbacks but refuses to concede blame.
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Washington
World Inc
Blue Ridge Mountains
Watergate
House
Senate
Spiro Agnew
Richard Nixon
World Inc. chairman resigns amid cost and morale crisis
In a stark exchange the World Inc. chair laments rising oil bills and high borrowing costs while blaming excessive staff and optimistic economists. A plan for a public relations push and possible memoirs follows as the leader discusses the oil, tax, and morale turmoil.
Editor Letter Defends Federal Strip Mining Rules
Jerome S. Rovner argues for a federal strip mining law to require permits, backfilling, and reclamation plus a tax to restore past damage. He cites union support and contrasts Ohio with West Virginia and Pennsylvania while urging responsible mining practices.
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the Messenger
Ohio Mining and Reclamation Association
Ohio
Appalachia
Union
Operating Engineer
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Overspending and Debt Costs Highlighted in Industrial News Review
The piece notes that interest on the national debt costs about 1 000 per second and projects debt near 508 billion by June 30 1975. It argues that this interest consumes roughly 65 percent of annual corporate taxes and urges Congress to curb spending to fight inflation.
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Hofer and Sons
The
Industrial News Review
Congress
C&E Employees Disavowunion Ties in Athens Messenger Note
Hourly workers at C&E Hardware C&E Appliance C&E Auto Parts C&E Tire Center and C&E office state they are not union affiliated and did not agree with statements published December 24 in The Athens Messenger about strikers at the C&E Super Valu Grocery. Names of several employees are listed in the note.
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C&e
the Messenger
C&e Auto Parts
C&e Tire Center
Athens Messenger
Agnes C. Hill
Nancy Howard
Chuck McManus
Robert A. Hague
Hebe statue identified as Thorvaldsen work in Athens
Greta Lash recently identified the statue of Hebe that stood above the Athens County Courthouse fountain as a Thorvaldsen reproduction. Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor active in Rome in the early 1800s, left many works in the Thorwaldsen Museum in Copenhagen and taught American sculptors including Thomas Crawford.
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the Messenger
Hebe
Athens County
Greta Lash
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Rome
Thorwaldsen
Copenhagen
Thomas Crawford
Freedom
Capitol Building
Washington, D.C
Textbook Protesters Criticized for Communist Labeling
A letter argues against violence in the textbook controversy and accuses anti textbook factions of acting like communists. It claims books by Hawthorne and Poe are labeled communist and anti Christian and calls for open fair discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Messenger
Charleston
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Edgar Allen Poe
International Dictionary of Thoughts
Charles Klimko
S. May Ave
Year in Review: Watergate and National Ethics Reforms
A reflective essay recalls Watergate in 1974 and asks why Nixon and advisers acted as they did. It credits ethics commissions in twenty states and Sam Ervin’s reforms for clearer elections and a strengthened system, ending on guarded optimism.
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Sam Ervin
Senate
Ford
New Year Reflections and Historical Highlights
The block recalls December 31 1974 with notable past events including Edison’s light demonstration and Ellis Island opening. It notes birthdays, a thought for today by Ed Howe, and invites readers to send signed letters to the editor. It closes with a New Year message urging firms to motivate staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Ling
Ed Howe
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Tien
Art Buchwald
Jerome S. Rovner
Franklin Ave
Athens
Herron
Lash
James Kilpatrick
Nixon
Small Society
Brickman
Thomas A. Edison
John Wycliffe
Henry Laurens
American Continental Congress
Tower of London
Gen. Cornwallis
Abraham Lincoln
Ellis Island
New York Harbor
Gen
George C. Marshall
Uniontown
Supreme Court
South
Fidel Castro
Cuba
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