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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1971

Page

2

Communist Set For OU Speech

Claude M. Lightfoot national committeeman of the American Communist Party and chairman of its Commission on Black Liberation will present a Kennedy Lecture Committee address at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Baker Center Ballroom to open Black Awareness Week at Ohio University. He will discuss From Black Power to Working Class Power and take questions after the talk. A second Kennedy lecturer during the week will be Hosea Williams on February 17 at 8 15 p.m. Andrew Love chairs Black Awareness Week with other speakers and activities planned.

Claude M. Lightfoot American Communist Party Commission On Black Liberation Baker Center Ohio University Lightfoot Arkansas Chicago Democratic Party Communist Party Kennedy Memorial Auditorium University Hosea Williams Southern Christian Leadership Conference Andrew Love

Ohio students organize 1000 emergency Laos food packets

Roger Franks leads an Ohio University group seeking $800 in Athens to buy dry milk salt sardines raisins and sugar for 1000 emergency food packets to aid Laotian refugees. Packets are assembled in Athens then sent to Grand Haven Michigan where World Vision will forward them to Laos.

Ohio University Roger Franks Laos World Vision, International Franks Lao World Vision Ohio U Athens Grand Haven Mich Franklin Ave

Fire squad aids woman after self-inflicted wound

The fire department responded at 1 50 a m Friday to assist Janet Fogle 23 of 4614 Lorene Ave after she cut her left wrist with a razor. Squad members provided first aid and transported her to O Bleness Memorial Hospital.

Janet Fogle Lorene Ave

Sowles Plan Open House For Students

Ohio University President and Mrs. Claude R. Sowle will host a student open house at their home Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. Invited are students and residence life staff of South Green 6 Lincoln Brown McKinnon and Pickering Halls along with members house mothers and advisors of Delta Upsilon Pi Kappa Alpha Phi Mu and Theta Phi Alpha. Students parents and visiting relatives may attend. Tours of the president's home will be offered by student service organizations with greeting help from faculty and administrative staff.

Ohio University Claude R. Sowle South Green 6 Lincoln Brown, McKinnon and Pickering Delta Upsilon Pi Kappa Alpha Phi Mu Theta Phi Alpha Sowle

National forecast sketches scattered rain and snow across regions

The national forecast shows rain on the east coast from Pennsylvania to South Carolina with showers in Florida and Georgia and the Pacific northwest. Snow is expected from Maine to Indiana and in parts of the western states.

Pennsylvania South Carolina Florida Georgia Pacific Northwest Maine Indiana Washington Oregon Idaho Montana

Snow turns to slush as rain eases Athens streets

City service workers logged long shifts to clear snow that began Monday and created impassable drifts on hills and blocks from Union to West State. Crews spread salt and cinders, then plowed streets including Court Street, Union, and Washington. Rain today aided melting and reduced need for further removal.

City Service Department Athens Dwight Robinson Court Street Robinson Union West State Washington Nature

Birth in Athens and post office closure at Guysville

Mr and Mrs Michael Sulli van of Athens welcome a son. Among many in Athens and surrounding areas listed for admissions and births are Mrs Amer Fadre Mrs Freda B Chambers Derwood Cradlebaugh Estel Ward Karen Larson William Lowery Mrs Leonard Rand and Mrs James Boyd Mrs Myron Sturgeon Edward Keen William Wingfield and Mrs David Moleski plus others from Jackson ville Camden and beyond. Guysville post office will close Monday for Lincoln and Washington birthdays with no rural delivery, announced postmaster Phyllis Pierce.

Michael Sullivan Athens Amer Fadre Freda B. Chambers Derwood Cradlebaugh Estel Ward Karen Larson William Lowery Leonard Rand James Boyd Myron Sturgeon Edward Keen Albany William Wingfield David Moleski Jacksonville William Criffis Camden Guysville Lincoln Washington Phyllis Pierce

Dr Spataro Named CBA Associate Dean at Ohio University

Dr Lucian Spataro has been appointed associate dean and director of graduate programs for Ohio University's College of Business Administration. He has served on OU's faculty since 1966 and chairs the department of business and industrial communications. He previously taught at Arkansas Mississippi State and Illinois. He holds a BA from Northwestern College of Louisiana an MBA from LSU and a PhD from the University of Illinois. He is vice president east of the American Business Communication Association and is married with two children.

Lucian Spataro Ohio University College of Business Administration John M. Peterson Spataro University of Arkansas Mississippi State University University of Illinois Northwestern College of Louisiana Louisiana State University

Attitude And Action Of U.S. College Students Survey

The survey finds 54 percent attend for job skills while 43 percent seek life direction and 36 percent pursue liberal education. Students show heavy exposure to alcohol 89 percent and tobacco 74 percent, with marijuana 31 percent and low heroin 0.6 percent. Attitudes toward premarital sex varied. media views favored free reporting. opinions on laws and Vietnam policy were closely split.

OU Seniors Named to Who's Who in American Colleges

Timothy G. Golian and John W. Hanneken seniors at Ohio University were selected for Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities for their campus leadership and activities. Both are in the physics honors program pursuing a two year independent low temperature physics project. They belong to the Student Physics Society, Sigma Pi Sigma, and Pi Mu Epsilon and coauthored an article in the Pi Mu Epsilon National Journal.

Timothy G. Golian John W. Hanneken Ohio University Warrensville Hts Golian Hanneken Ohio University Student Physics Society Sigma Pi Sigma Pi Mu Epsilon National Pi Mu Epsilon

Miss Watson Elected to OU Journalism Budget Committee

Betty Watson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Watson of Athens Ohio, a sophomore and 1969 Athens High School graduate, was elected to the journalism school's executive committee. She was chosen among 18 student elections for 11 committees at Ohio University.

Betty Watson Harold Watson Eden Pt Athens Ohio University School of Journalism Miss Watson University Athens High School

Life Meaning Topic At OU Lecture By Prof Flew

Prof Anthony Flew will present a public lecture titled A Quest for the Meaning of Life at 8 p m Friday in Bentley Hall room 240 Ohio University. Flew visiting professor of philosophy at SUNY Buffalo teaches at Keele and has taught at Aberdeen North Staffordshire and Maryland. He is noted for work on religion and language.

Anthony Flew Ohio University Bentley Hall Prof. Flew The State University of New York At Buffalo University of Keele King’s College Aberdeen University of North Staffordshire University of Maryland

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