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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1968
Page
12
Ohio traffic experts predicted up to 38 highway deaths during the long July 4 weekend as motorists traveled for vacation and picnics. Police, sheriffs and auxiliaries would patrol to cut fatalities while a bells for liberty bells for safety campaign linked the holiday to commemoration.
The Peacock Prairie, a 5.14 acre tract southwest of Glenview, will be kept as a living nature laboratory by the University of Illinois. It was saved from development with funds from the U.S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation and the Chicago Community Trust, after acquisition from a Chicago real estate dealer.
In Columbus Ohio a steering committee of city and village officials and State Auditor Roger Cloud officials works to revise Ohio municipal accounting. The first update in 42 years aims to standardize fiscal records and enable quick compilation for the Legislature and federal reporting.
Warden Ernest Maxwell said Ohio Penitentiary inmates were confined to their cells after a new unrest outbreak. About 40 to 500 inmates on cleanup duties went on a sitdown strike, including dining hall workers, as fatigue from riot cleanup sparked the stoppage. No trouble occurred, but concerns of intimidation by confined inmates were noted.
Graveside services were held for infant Robert Lee Bruce at Whitmore Cemetery with Rev. Roy Bookman officiating. Born Monday, the child died Tuesday morning in Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens. Survived by parents Roger and Maria Bruce, a sister Tina Marie, and grandparents Henry Bruce and Brandparents, Stanley Smathers, Norma Smith.
Ohio State University piano teacher Lawrence Rast uses 14 linked pianos with ear phones and a master control panel to deliver taped lessons to individuals or groups. The system allows ensemble or solo practice, with the instructor guiding sessions from a central console and able to replay taped instructions. Rast says the approach minimizes distractions and embarrassment while highlighting demonstrated techniques.
Ohio State University Black Student Union attorneys file suit in US District Court seeking removal of all student regulations. They challenge President Fawcett and trustees including Bricker claiming the policy gives excessive disciplinary power and vague standards. The suit seeks revised regulations with protest rights while restraining police and National Guardsmen from campus during demonstrations.
In Douglas Wyoming the council seats were decided by a tight vote. Dr. Bill Iserman and Merwin Schlichling each won with 241 votes, Harold Link 2401 votes, and Bruce Fitzler 234 votes.
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