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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1975

Page

4

Six Dime Novels Book Sells for Three Fifty

A Saturday bookstore visit shows inflation impact with a volume titled Six Dime Novels priced at 3.50 dollars plus tax, reproducing classic early 20th century dime fiction.

ASC Critiques War Critics in Washington Report

The American Security Council, a veteran general driven group, uses its Washington Report to defend military build up. A May issue rebukes antiwar voices and tools red baiting, questioning coverage by The New York Times and leftist journals, and warns against equating dissent with disloyalty.

American Security Council ASC United States America Washington Report James Reston New York Times Militant Socialist Workers Party the Guardian Maoist U.S Vietnam Report The

Breakout style escape at Southern Michigan Prison

An inmate aided by a planned helicopter escape lands near a plate plant at 11 05 a m while guards stand by. Three days after inmates watched a Charles Bronson film the breakout is thwarted. authorities say the incident raises questions about showing prisoners how to plan escapes.

Charles Bronson Mexico City Southern Michigan

Status of Legislation in the 111th Ohio General Assembly

A digest of major bills pending in Ohio’s 111th General Assembly. Highlights include approvals for Appropriations Finances state operations, Energy Research and Development Agency, and Open Meetings. Other items cover nursing home sprinkler deadlines, collective bargaining, school aid, medical malpractice coverage, no fault insurance, a permanent 55 mph speed limit, unemployment benefits, and related hearings or floor votes.

Columbus Ohio 111Th General Assembly House Senate Finance Committee House Insurance, Utilities, and Financial Institutions Committee Senate Transportation and Local Government Committee

First-Time Offense Program on Trial in Franklin County

A federally funded one year pilot in Franklin County Ohio evaluates nonviolent first offenses to avoid criminal records. The program requires consent of police and victim and limits entries to a specific nonviolent crime list while excluding drugs homicide assault kidnapping and similar offenses.

Ralph Izard Associated Press Columbus, Ohio Franklin County Ohio Miles Durfey Durfey

Ohio official backs second chance program for offenders

Durfey proposes a Franklin County pilot that would handle about 200 to 300 cases yearly. It envisions turning offenders back to society with stipulations such as employment and education requirements. The plan, funded by an $83,000 federal grant, would target roughly 10 percent of last year's county caseload.

Durfey Franklin County Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration

Experts Declare Racial Balance Busing a Failure

Three scholars led by James Coleman say racial-balance busing harms more than it helps and should be abandoned. They argue busing fuels segregation, limits white and black progress, and undermines equal protection while courts push ineffective desegregation.

Washington James S. Coleman University of Chicago Bilaine Whiting Young University of Illinois Illinois Project Grace Billings Bress University of Minnesota Woodrow Wilson Harvard Young Bress The Kappan Phi Delta Kappa Professional Education Fraternity National Observer Coleman

Step by step diplomacy sustains Sadat and Rabin stance

The article portrays ongoing step by step diplomacy solidifying Sadat's standing in the Arab world and Rabin in Israel amid competing Geneva package deal efforts by Russia and the United States. It notes Kissinger’s central role and Sadat's preference for incremental progress despite Arab pressure.

Anwar Sadat Yitzhak Rabin Israel Russia United States Geneva Henry Kissinger

Arab diplomacy shifts as Rabin pursues step-by-step talks

The piece describes Hafez Assad extending a UN buffer, Egypt gains leverage with Sadat at Salzburg, and Sadat's rising Arab prestige after Egypt’s canal openings. It notes Israel’s Rabin moving toward independent, step-by-step talks, appointing Ariel Sharon to bolster hawkish stance, and Soviet stance softening on Geneva versus incremental negotiations.

Egypt Israel Iraq Syria Hafez Assad Sadat Ford Suez Canal Sinai Rabin Russia Geneva Shimon Dr. Kissinger Moscow

Public opinion backs gun registration and limits on handguns

Surveys of 3,108 households show 44 percent own guns with 18 percent pistol ownership. A large majority favor registration and stricter handgun restrictions amid rising handgun crimes, while calls to restrict imports and reform the Saturday night special law gain momentum.

U.S Congress United States George Gallup Princeton Gallup Midwest West Ennee

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