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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1976
Page
1
President Ford backs a growing economy with a possible major tax cut by 1979. He cites unemployment remaining high but predicts inflation will ease and growth to continue, outlining 1977 budget plans and 3.6 million Americans to gain training and employment opportunities.
In Columbus Ohio the legislature moves to tax homeowners at a lower rate than business property and to repeal the Reconstruction Cost Now formula used to set utility rates. A fair value alternative is debated while tax relief for inflation hit homeowners is considered. The state may begin a metric system rollout in math classes though districts currently need not replace books.
Claire Buzz Ball Jr. received the Athens Jaycees Distinguished Service Award Saturday night. Finalists included F Darrell Cook and H William Barr.
Mrs Maybelle Hope Small McIntyre widow of a famed syndicated columnist accepted a General Assembly resolution and a certificate renaming the Gallia County Metropolitan Park District in honor of C C Odd Mcintyre on Saturday.
Retirement Dollar column urges seniors to verify value of items before selling. Women’s Page discusses common undervalued goods and tips to appraise jewelry, coins, stamps, and collectibles to avoid losing money.
A brief on page 4 urges readers to read the editorial Read star Eyed Optimists and dismiss the idea of singing the National Anthem. The note implies the third stanza is harder than the first.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association imposes a three year probation on Michigan State for football recruiting violations. The action covers compliance steps and penalties affecting the program.
In Oberlin a woman priest aligns with Christ Church members in an Episcopal church in exile and vows to continue denouncing deacons alleged to manipulate canon law and abuse church order. Weather outlook: snow possible tonight and Tuesday with temps in the 30s.
William W. Wilkins deputy director of the Office of Budget and Management will become director on April 10. He will replace Howard L. Collier who resigned last week. Wilkins, 31, has served as deputy director since early last year after previously serving as comptroller and assistant dean of the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo.
AP reports a tentative agreement ends a nine week walkout by Pittsburgh teachers. Federation president Albert Fondy plans to urge approval by 4,400 union members. City pupils, about 62,000, were expected to return to classes later today.
American Indian Movement leader Dennis Banks 38 faces arraignment after a six month fugitive status. He was arrested Saturday at the home of Lehman Leonard Brightman a Sioux Indian and director of the native american program at Contra Costa College in El Cerrito California.
A retired Marine Corps officer volunteered to escort an adopted Vietnamese family to Mass at Resurrection Church. He found the family asleep in the wrong apartment and woke them with a firm call to attend. The mix up revealed the family was Koreans and Buddhists, not the intended Vietnamese relatives.
Beirut hosts a 36 hour program to split Moslem and Christian combatants as the cease fire unfolds. Militias retreat from a six mile front line while PLA patrols guard reopened areas and traffic resumes. Police report deaths and looting actions emerge amid the tense restoration.
Western travelers report UNITA has seen South African forces withdraw from Angola. MPLA, backed by the Soviet Union, allegedly used jet fighters for the first time to strike UNITA positions at Novo Redondo and Cela. UNITA says aircraft supply via C130s reached Huambo, but fuel and war materiel stocks are dwindling.
The House intelligence committee staff urges abolishing a major Pentagon intelligence arm and imposing sanctions on officials including lawmakers for leaks. It favors a permanent intelligence oversight panel with power to publicize secrets by majority vote and splits NSA into an independent civilian agency focused on diplomatic and economic info.
Joan Lamm of 11 Oak Street Athens reports Action Ads drew 20 calls for her bunk beds and attracted a potential buyer for more units they still use. She's upbeat about the service.
Alabama Governor George Wallace leads Jimmy Carter by more than three to one in Mississippi Democratic precinct caucuses. With 48 percent of county delegates tallied, Wallace holds about 45 percent, Carter 13 percent, and Shriver 12 percent, as results from 2,133 precincts trend in Wallace's favor ahead of Feb. 14 county conventions.
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