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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1977
Page
2
A four week wildcat strike idles 12,600 coal miners in seven counties in southern West Virginia. Strikers vow to spread the stoppage to more areas with over 2,000 additional miners affected. Court orders are sought by both sides to end the dispute.
Seneca Indian Chief Beeman Logan says the tribe is weighing a federal damages suit for land lost in northeastern Ohio including parts of present day Cleveland. Chiefs are studying precedents set by Maine and Massachusetts tribes before deciding next steps.
The Associated Press reports a higher family grocery bill last month, about 50 percent above four years ago with a 11 percent rise since 1976. Coffee leads price hikes with several cities seeing over 3 dollars per pound as wholesale costs rise.
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania three year old Jeddie Rhodes dies while connected to a Mercy Hospital respirator ending his parents hope for withdrawal from life support. Funeral director H Merritt Hughes said the burial is being arranged. In Columbus Ohio William Loeb sues Hustler magazine and Larry Flynt for ten million dollars over a story alleging he shot an office cat. In Washington Senate Interior Committee chair Henry M Jackson says strip mine legislation will pass this year with President Carter already supporting a strong bill.
The battered body of a Spanish-born Roman Catholic missionary priest was found near a mission school in southeastern Rhodesia. He is the 11th missionary killed in three months as guerrillas fight the white minority government. In Salisbury an outcry by right wing MPs threatens Prime Minister Ian Smith’s plans to dismantle racist laws.
City and County officials plan a meeting series to discuss mutual problems. Participants include City Council members and Mayor Donald Barrett. Topics include Issue One funds for East State Street, Plains Water and Sewer District rates, a 601 landfill dispute, planner office contributions, and public defender payments.
Murray City woman Mary J. Ayers 20 apparently had a stuck accelerator on Route 691 near Hocking Technical College at 9 15 a m causing her car to drift left of center hit Albert H. Barber 69 then strike a guardrail and continue hitting Michael Kane 25 before property damage and minor injuries.
Willie Fox of Wellston files a $108000 damages suit in Jackson County Common Pleas Court against former officer Roger Emmert current officer Mark Jacobs and city director Joseph Kisor alleging a March 7 1976 beating with a night stick. Another suit by James Fox seeks $160524 for a flashlight beating on the same date.
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