Carter Defends Welfare Push Amid Urban League Criticism
President Carter, at the National Urban League conference, defended his welfare and job proposals, pledging real money and programs for the needy. Vernon Jordan criticized the administration, urging an August strategy meeting, and urged stronger employment, anti discrimination, and urban policy actions alongside education funding and minority contract boosts.
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Washington
Carter
National Urban League
League
Vernon Jordan
Rosalynn
Vernon
Jimmy
Jordan
Congress
Urban League
Atlanta
Southeast Ohio Weather Forecast July 25 1977
Clearing and cooler tonight with lows mid to upper 50s. Sunny Tuesday with highs in the 70s and a 10 percent chance of rain tonight, near zero Tuesday. Extended outlook through Friday shows fair conditions and highs in the 70s to low 80s with other regional variations and boating forecast details.
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Ohio
West Lake Shore
Lake Shore
Zery
West Central Central
Central Southwest
Northwest
Ingland
Man Walks In on Own Funeral in Michigan
In Midland Michigan Steven Fairson, believed dead in a fiery auto crash, walked into a funeral parlor where his mother was arranging his burial. The scene stunned family and funeral staff as authorities later identified another victim as Bruce Beebe.
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Midland. Mich
Steven Fairson
Fairson
Jeanniené Haapala
Flint
Gerald Miner
Midland
Saginaw County
Bruce Beebe
Patricia Robinson
Steven
Miss Robinson
Proxmire Pans Post Office Golden Fleece Ad Spend
Sen William Proxmire awards the Golden Fleece to the U S Postal Service for spending 3 475 600 on a Madison Avenue letter writing campaign plus 774 500 for test market ads and results. He notes possible 1 million more for 1978 tests and calls it a dubious public-relations effort.
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Washington
William Proxmire
U.S. Postal Service
Madison Avenue
Wisconsin Democrat
Proxmire
New York
Young and Rubicam
Needham
Harper and Steers
Postal Service
Kent Protest to Continue Over 1970 Shootings Site
Kent protesters plan to reoccupy Blanket Hill near Kent State University if a judge allows a $6 million gym annex. May 4th Coalition spokesman Greg Rambo says encampment could restart to protest near the slain students and the shooting site.
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Kent, Ohio
Kent State University
Greg Rambo
Coalition
Portage County Common Pleas
Joseph Kainrad
Blanket Hill
Kent
Rambo
Kainrad
Ohio National Guardsmen
Interior Department
Two men pinned after car overturns on West Main Street
On West Main Street at Gallagher Avenue a car lost control hit a rock and tree, overturned, and struck a pole. William W. Evans Jr., 24, Logan Route 2, was speeding west and both men were freed by wrecker crews, police, and firemen. They were taken to Hocking Valley Community Hospital. Buntz released, Evans admitted.
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Logan
West Main Street
Gallagher Avenue
William W. Evans Jr
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Buntz
Evans
Log Cabin Destroyed Near Zaleski Forest
A log cabin owned by Peabody Coal Co burned early today near Brown Two in Brown County close to Zaleski State Forest. McArthur volunteers were called at 5:05 am but the fire was already beyond control. cause remains undetermined.
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Mcarthur
Brown Two
Zaleski State Forest
Peabody Coal Co
Community meeting schedule for Athens Kiwanis and clubs
Athens Kiwanis Club meets at 5 30 pm at the shelter house on the fairgrounds. Parents Without Partners holds a general meeting at 8 pm in the Church of the Good Shepherd lounge with Elizabeth Sweeney as speaker on home repair.
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Athens Kiwanis Club
Fairgrounds
Parents Without Partners
Church of the Good Shepherd
Elizabeth Sweeney
Athens County
Al-Anon
University Terrace
Naba
Pearl Jones
Fisher Road
Hospital News Briefs List Newborns Across Ohio and West Virginia
A hospital notes roundup lists numerous newborns and parents from Athens Glouster Shade Pomeroy and other towns. Names include Mr and Mrs Larry Dunfee from Guysville and William Breeze among others with families in Amesville New Marshfield Logan and Stewart.
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Larry Dunfee
Guysville
Lawrence Lipscomb
Shade
William Breeze
Janice Gabriel
Tracy Grim
Lewis Ondis
Athens
Neta McNally
Amesville
Iva McKibben
Dorothy Graham
New Marshfield
Timothy Sklorenko
Pomeroy
Rupert Chesser
Bonnie Jordan
Millfield
Kevin Moore
Frannie Hines
Glouster
Penny Mingus
Chauncey
Louis Guy
Buchtel
Cindy Kilbarger
Logan
Laura Signor
Alum Creek
W. Va
Dianna Matheny
Stewart
Robert Lent
Nelsonville
Area death notices from several Ohio towns
Mrs. Everett M. Conkey of Albany dies at 77 in O'Bleness Memorial Hospital. Survived by son Wilbur C. and daughter Mary, with siblings and in laws. Services Tuesday 1 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Home Nelsonville. burial Alexander Cemetery.Elizabeth E. Nelson 84 of Rutland dies at Turtle Creek Convalescent Center Parkersburg after extended illness. Survived by sons Ernest W. and John M., five grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, four sisters and two brothers. Services Wednesday 2 p.m. Walker Funeral Home. burial Nelson Cemetery. Bobby Lee Westfall 42 of Gallipolis Route 1 dies at Pine Crest Care Center. Survived by wife Patricia, son Brett Lee, daughter Bobbi Jean, three brothers and a sister. Services Wednesday 2 p.m. McCoy-Wetherholt-Moore Funeral Home. burial Ohio Valley Memory Gardens. Charles Ralston 89 of Bidwell Route 1 dies at Holzer Medical Center. Retired farmer. Survived by three daughters, a brother Emercy, six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren. Services at McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton. burial Pine Grove Cemetery. Gladys Surface Smithson 59 of Maben W Va dies in Charleston Memorial Hospital. Survived by two daughters, a son, five sisters and five brothers. Services 11 a.m. at Wilcoxen Tally Hanna. burial Evergreen Cemetery Letart. James W. Bellar 62 formerly of Athens dies at O Bleness Memorial Hospital. Arrangements to be announced by Jagers and Sons Funeral Home.
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Albany
Everett M
Bernice) Conkey
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Wilbur C
Mary Conkey Nardo
John H
Frances) Reeves
Patrick V
Nona) Barrett
Johnson Funeral Home
Nelsonville
Alfred Havens
Alexander Cemetery
American Heart Fund
Rutland
Elizabeth E. Nelson
Nelson Road
Turtle Creek
Parkersburg
Middleport
Francis M
Nancy L. Darst
John V
Florence Davis
Salem Center
Ernest W
South Charleston
W. Va
John M
Hurley M. Nelson
Walker Funeral Home
C.J. Lemley
Nelson
Eastern Star
Gallipolis
Bobby Lee Westfall
Pine Crest
Roane County
Hurl Westfall
Ruby Westfall
F&am Siloam
Gallipolis York
Aladdin Shrine
Patricia Ballengee Westfall
Brett Lee
Bobbi Jean
The
Home
Frank
Cheshire
Jack
Hampton, Va
Joe
Cold Water
Mich
Lorrene Bayliss
Belle
McCoy-Wetherholt-Moore
William Uber
Ohio Valley Memory Gardens
Bidwell
Charles Ralston
Holzer Medical Center
Morgan Twp
Gallia County
William
Katherine McCleish Ralston
Winifred) Greenlee
Vinton
Oscar
Madge) Baird
Virgil
Ruth) Cross
Emercy
Point Pleasant
Gladys Surface Smithson
Maben W. Va
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Virginia
Lacy
Nancy Jane Brown Surface
Carroll
Pat) Church
Brenda Smithson
Christiansburg
Harold, Jr
Florida
Grace Church
Maben
Norma Jean Webb
Denver
Colo
Betty Hatcher
Lafayette
Linda Criner
Blacksburg
Evelyn O'Brine
Tracy
Coalwood
Brousie
Warriormine
Kelley
Darrell
Winston-Salem
N.C
Donald
Salem
Harold C. Smithson Sr
Wilcoxen Funeral
Tally Hanna
Evergreen Cemetery
Letart
Athens
James W. Bellar
Athens Route 3
O’bleness
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
Athens court notes traffic fines and bonds
Athens area court docket lists Scott E Hood and Dorothy Gage fined for traffic violations. Larry Walraven bound over on felonious assault with $10,000 bond. Henry Hill convicted, three days in jail. Multiple defendants face fines for licensing, registration, unsafe vehicle, stop sign violations and speeding.
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Scott E. Hood
the Plains
Dorothy M. Gage
Athens
Larry D. Garnes
Orient
Larry Walraven
Euclid
Henry Hill
Zanesville
Mount St Mary Admits Large Group From Area Towns
A list of individuals from Nelsonville New Straitsville Glouster Jackson ville and surrounding areas admitted to Mount St Mary includes Michael Decker Murray City Mrs Stella Wycuff Mrs Maxine Trimble Gregory Smith Mrs Edith Bartlett and many others. The names span several communities and include adults seniors and children.
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Michael Decker
Murray City
Stella Wycuff
Maxine Trimble
Gregory Smith
Edith Bartlett
Mary Blower
Dale Smith
Guy Day
Nelsonville
Clem Craig
Shawnee
Clara Spencer
Buddy Allen, Jr
Heather Allen
New Straitsville
Dale Gillespie
Glouster
Charles Donahue
Jacksonville
Nine Injured In Hocking County Wrecks
Nine people were injured in two motorcycle collisions and two auto crashes in Hocking County over the weekend. Deputies reported two motorcyclists were hurt on Chieftain Drive near Route 33 when one rider lost control and collided with another motorcycle. Three other incidents involved injuries from Route 387 and Route 33, and Route 328 near Route 33, with drivers and passengers treated at local hospitals.
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Columbus
Johnson
Thelma McDonald
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Southeast Ohio Emergency Medical Service
Davidsons
Doctors Hospital
McDonald
David M. Bohlan
Nelsonville
Charles Wachenschwanz
Bohlan
Local Logan Names List Receives Court Notice
A filed notice lists residents of Logan including Mark Sinnott Ruth Todd Luella Toper Robert Bownes Baby Amy Hemsworth Paul Dotson Roger Gilliland Joyce Eckels Richard Hopkins William Seel Brenda Courtney Ron Kennison Jennie Powers Danny Coleman Woodrow Sigler Ernest Foltz William Moore Deris Tigner Melody Allman Sherry Giehart Robert Hawk Patricia Sexton and Mark Sinnott with kin in attendance in the document.
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Mark Sinnott
Union Furnace
Ruth Todd
Luella Toper
Robert Bownes
Amy Hemsworth
Logan
Paul Dotson
Roger Gilliland
Joyce Eckels
Richard Hopkins
William Seel
Brenda Courtney
Ron Kennison
Don Young
Jennie Powers
Danny Coleman
Woodrow Sigler
Ernest Foltz
William Moore
Deris Tigner
Melody Allman
Sherry Giehart
Robert Hawk
Patricia Sexton
Emergency runs Athens fire squad early Monday
Emergency runs report from Athens as fire squad responds at 3:07 a.m. Kenneth Newman, 24, of 35 307 Lakeview, transported to O'Bleness with swollen eyes.
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Kenneth Newman
Lakeview
O'Bleness
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Sandy McNally
Kenneth Smart
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Sherry Ball
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Sue Lowry
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Harold Collins
Bruce Everhart
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John Kline
Kathy Buck
Theresa McKibben
Brian James
Andrew Johnson
Mildred Ahart
Frank Stalder Jr
Donald Sapp
James Cassels
Mildred Elliott
Joseph Ghezzi
Leonore Cooper
Pauline Hawk
Roger Hicks Jr
April Boggs
Bernice Conkey
Elizabeth Nelson
Bobby Westfall
Gladys Smithson
James Bellar
Court News
Donald R. Deskins
James J. Kovach
Bellaire
Danny Sugerman
Rock Riffle Road
Thomas A. Cullins
Congress St
Joseph O. D'Augustino
George F. Boyer
Groveport
Leslie D. Jones
Mildred J. Miller
Carroll Road
Ronald P. Riggs
Joyce L. Cunningham
Springfield
John A. Freese
Michael S. Moore
Mill Street Apts
Robert N. Morrison
Brewster
Yusuf B. Nuhu
Burson House
Maximo C. Scalana
Colma
Calif
Charles L Shields
Glouster Route 3
the Watkins
Belpre
L. Zimmerman
Mount St. Mary
Mona Temple
Keith Walker
Martha Grantham
Bessie Brooks
Faye Burchfield
Bessie Lane
Rebecca McKelvy
Susan Butchart
Cindy Hamilton
Harry Hoskinson
Clarence Wolf
Bernice McClain
Clara Grinstead
Mary Spears
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nancy Carol Sinnott
Mark Allen Sinnott
Mark
Mike R. Erb
N. Spring St
Chieftan Drive
Thelma M. Cox
Chieftain Drive
Eric
Brenda Rempel
St. Route 93
EMS
Erb
Hocking Valley
Athens Fire Squad
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