21 Jul 1977
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1977
Page
1
Federal agencies seek stronger labels for cigarettes estrogen drugs and low calorie foods. FTC asks Congress for new cigarette warnings and tar nicotine data. FDA orders brochures warning uterine cancer risk from estrogen and proposes stricter low calorie claims and ad rules.
President Carter opens a two day Southern swing in Charleston addressing the 31st annual Southern Legislative Conference. He plans a Yazoo City question session with about 1,400 residents and will visit an offshore oil rig before returning. The talks focus on Soviet relations as a broad national issue, not regional politics.
Ground was broken Wednesday for a new SEOEMS station on West Union Street beside the Hocking Valley Conservancy District. The project marks a notable expansion for emergency services in the area.
Rutland and Meigs County residents can speak at an Environmental Protection Agency hearing on a proposed strip mine. The project promises jobs but raises potential environmental concerns.
Japanese guest Shigeo Kuwana nicknamed Kenny travels with an American host family in Hocking County. He remarks on the kindness of local people during a page eight feature.
A Columbus House committee amended a key public employees collective bargaining bill on Wednesday night. The revision adds a last best offer requirement to its binding arbitration feature, shaping how disputes are resolved.
A Supreme Court ruling could broaden insanity as a legal defense in murder trials. The note appears in the Columbus edition with page references and a weather summary predicting possible thunderstorms tonight, clearing by Friday.
Former Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski demands an independently run ethics inquiry into alleged Korean influence buying on Capitol Hill. He plans to begin Aug. 15 and will serve without pay, with enforcement backed by a congressional resolution. Flynt confirms Jaworski's written independence and the naming of Peter White as special deputy counsel. Caputo seeks more lobbying information from Jaworski's firm.
Flood waters swept through seven counties in the Conemaugh River Valley causing widespread death and homelessness. Civil Defense reported 32 confirmed dead amid missing persons and damaged towns near Johnstown. Rescue teams faced mud clogged roads while trying to establish posts and restore communications.
In Middleport a family tragedy ends with three dead after a man fatally shoots his wife and mother in law then kills himself at the Head Quarters Bar on North Second Street. Witnesses say the assailant Harry Hewitt 26 was evicted earlier and threatened the bartender with a .22 revolver.
Advertises a half price subscription deal called the Vacation Pak. Readers are told their copies will be saved and delivered on return, with a contact number 592-6612 to call for circulation details.
In Middleport a woman in Hewitt's lap was shot in the back of the head after Hewitt forced Mrs. Wyatt into a booth and killed her, then killed himself. Police found three victims and paramedics rushed them to Veterans Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Wyatt later died en route to St. Joseph's in Parkersburg. Funeral plans are set by Ewing Funeral Home.
Government data show June consumer prices rose six tenths of a percent matching May. Retail food costs climbed eight tenths, marking six straight months of increases led by dairy, canned and frozen foods, sugar, bakery goods, and coffee. Wholesale prices fell seven tenths, easing after weeks of gains, while real spendable earnings rose 3.4 percent in June.
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