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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1977
Page
2
Toledo officials express frustration after a 29,908 to 19,136 defeat of a 7.8-mill levy for the 56,000 pupil district. Board member Robert Jackson state the city hates its children. Some urge retry in September, others fear school shutdowns this November.
Kent State families, speaking for 13 hurt or killed students, back a drive to block a gym near the 1970 shooting site. Albert Canfora said the group will do anything necessary to keep the site for history and ongoing litigation as demonstrators remain in tents on the grounds. The rally followed a 6th U.S. Circuit Court appearance and urged permanent preservation for legal and historical purposes.
A Ohio House committee declines a bill to require a moment of silence in public schools for prayer or meditation. Rep. James S. Zehner cites the First Amendment as guiding principle, arguing the measure infringes on private thought and religious freedom.
The Associated Press reports former attorney general John N. Mitchell begins a 24 to 8 year sentence at Maxwell Air Force Base Alabama as the 25th Watergate figure jailed, signaling the closing of the Watergate scandal that began with a botched burglary five years and five days ago.
President Carter signed legislation limiting but not ending U S corporate participation in the Arab boycott of Israel. He calls boycotts a profound moral issue linked to U S Israel relations and notes confidence in resolving Middle East tensions.
Walter Mondale returns to an Admiral's House home staffed by six Filipino stewards provided by the Navy. An aide notes the Mondales have no choice in assignments. Navy says the program costs 75000 dollars annually. The stewards serve in the vice president’s official residence.
FDA Commissioner Don Kennedy announced a plan to ban all non-prescription daytime sedatives due to dangerous daytime drowsiness. The agency said products can still be sold if labeled not as daytime sedatives and not marketed as calmatives or to relieve daytime nervous tension.
The United States and Britain finalized terms of a new air transport treaty at Shell-Mex House near the Thames. The British Department of Trade said the agreement to set guidelines was signed just before 6 a.m., replacing the 31 year old Bermuda Agreement that would have limited direct passenger service to Hong Kong and between the two countries.
Labor party won an estimated 52 percent of 1,501 Histadrut delegate seats as polls show Begin’s Likud at 30 percent and the Democratic Movement for Change at 7 to 8 percent. The federation vows to oppose Begin's capitalist policies with strikes and economic muscle.
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