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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1977
Page
1
President-elect Carter hones an economic package with Democratic leaders to spur growth. He weighs a permanent tax cut or a one year tax rebate and aims to align his team with House Speaker ONeill on a joint plan prioritizing unemployment relief.
Ames, Iowa AP reports researchers link chlamydiae bacteria to Legionnaires disease amid Philadelphia outbreak. Tests on four patients show antibodies. findings are not conclusive but prompt further work. Parrot fever and ornithosis connections noted. one Legionnaire's wife previously tested positive.
President Ford plans a final energy message to Congress outlining his program from removing fuel price controls to expanded conservation. The White House aide said it would update but not new ground, amid a Democratic Congress and Carter looming on January 20.
Federal Hocking School Board names Keith Hanson president and William Cuckler vice president. They describe 1977 as a year of ongoing financial urgency and review board plans on Page 2.
A committee of the Athens County Bar Association warns that architectural plans for a new county jail may not meet proposed state standards. The note appears in the Page 2 item.
Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes says the acute natural gas shortage could have been averted if the federal government had funded shale gas research in Ohio and other Appalachian states.
Gov. James A. Rhodes will deliver the State of the State message to a joint legislative session on January 12, chosen to respect lawmakers scheduling. Rhodes moved up the speech after initially requesting January 18, two days before Carter’s inauguration. He said, We’re going the last mile and don’t want to inconvenience the General Assembly.
Gov Rhodes changes plan for address to a joint session as lawmakers weigh Martin Luther King Day and inauguration week. House Speaker Vernal G Riffe Jr notes miscommunication as Democrats and Republicans jockey for timing. Fifteen state legislators are set to attend the inauguration in Washington.
The governor gives a sweeping speech in the Statehouse rotunda criticizing Democrats while Rhodes, who altered the speech date to avoid inconvenience, signals a two year executive spending plan. Budget Director Wilkins notes the budget bill will not be ready until later this month.
AP reports Claudine Longet faces the final jury panel in the Vladimir Sabich shooting trial in Aspen Colorado with 12 jurors and two alternates to be sworn in. Kevill Fox, the only juror found with compassion, was dismissed after a letter from him stressed Longet should not be separated from her children.
Public health officials in Atlanta report mounting evidence that Guillain Barre syndrome is a reaction to the swine flu vaccine. The CDC suspended the program last month amid rising paralysis cases. Blood specimens from patients will be sent to labs nationwide for testing.
Interim Cincinnati school superintendent James Jacobs testified in the Board of Education’s suit to overturn Ohio school funding. He said funding shortages cripple in service training, cut secondary hours by 25 percent, and lower teacher morale over a dozen years. He described discipline as a terrible problem with many students not feeling safe.
In Cincinnati AP reports Xavier University plans a weekend and midnight class model to serve night shift workers. Dean Robert Helmes envisions Friday night Saturday and Sunday courses in French Spanish psychology and small business, with a general studies degree option. Over 300 students attended the first semester. Tuition is $10 per credit hour for those over 60, and faculty would rotate to day or night shifts.
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