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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1974
Page
1
The new year brings renewed gasoline stocks for many drivers but officials warn sharp price increases may follow. Automobile Club of New York official Anthony Ippolito says conditions should improve today and Thursday, while allocations are usually delivered at month start.
National retailers expect most stations to reopen as January allocations arrive. Oil firms may raise prices 1.5 cents a gallon, with forecasts of about 10 cents by March. Washington streak reports show heavy delivery and high demand, while motorists face stranded cars in Milwaukee amid severe cold.
President Nixon signed a 55 mph speed limit into law to push states to adopt the limit within 60 days and a rail reorganization bill creating the United States Railway Association to borrow 1.5 billion dollars for a new privately run network. The measure targets bankrupt Northeastern lines Penn Central and others.
A 17 cent December drop in a 14 item Ohio market basket shows across 13 cities with six up seven down and one unchanged. Ground pork chops averaged a 6.5 cent fall with prices from 1.77 in Athens and Portsmouth to 1.19 in Cincinnati and Cleveland. Ground duck steak also declined about 3.4 cents in Conneaut Dayton and Toledo.
More than 900 passengers aboard four Amtrak trains faced unscheduled stops during New Year holidays. Delays tied to water in diesel lines near zero weather in Galesburg Illinois and fuel issues cited for other locomotives, with hindered routes from Chicago to Denver and Kansas City to New York.
In Jerusalem, Prime Minister Golda Meir’s Labor Party and the National Religious party begin maneuvering to form a coalition for a Knesset majority. Unofficial results place Labor at 41.9 percent, Likud at 27.1, with Be gin claiming a national majority against land relinquishment.
A compact ad circulates in over 16,000 area homes daily and attracts attention from readers who seek it out. It highlights the efficiency of a topnotch, cost effective salesman used by many.
Syrian and Israeli forces clashed twice in the Golan Heights using machine guns and artillery, per a Syrian military communique. Meanwhile, Israeli and Egyptian negotiators returned to Geneva for further disengagement talks on the Suez front.
Comet Kohoutek, long an exclusive for Skylab 3 astronauts, should become visible to careful earth viewers after sunset tonight. It will grow brighter as it moves farther from the sun, with the best viewing likely starting at sunset Saturday as it rises higher above the horizon.
Ohio highway officials had expected more fatalities but 18 people died on state roads during the 102 hour New Year period ending at midnight Tuesday. Eleven fatalities occurred Friday night and Saturday.
Weather forecast notes cloudy and not so cold tonight with a chance of light snow. Lows range from 20 to 25. Thursday remains cloudy with a chance of snow and possible freezing rain. Highs expected from 30 to 35.
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