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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1977
Page
4
Ohio lawmakers hear testimony on raising salaries for judges led by Chief Justice C William ONeill. Critics argue pay should reflect duty and electorate approval, not automatic legislative increases, to protect independent judiciary and docket pace.
Douglas P Hinkle cites Murray Stern and Police Chief Ted Jones over Athena Theatre X rated movie bans. He frames Ben Geary as a merchant balancing film offerings with student demand and market survival amid censorship debates in Athens.
A civic letter argues TV violence affects children and supports PTA hearings as an initial step. It cites constitutional rights, moral pollution concerns, and calls for a citizens committee including merchants police and academics to study the issue and report guidance on liberty and authority.
Hinkle is named a lecturer in modern languages at Ohio University. The appointment highlights the university’s emphasis on language education and faculty expansion in humanities.
A string of reader letters discuss prohibition and drug legalization, praise community aid after a fire, thanks to the Red Cross, and a reader's connection between a riverbank body report and a missing husband case. Names include Robert H, Mary Perone, and the O'Rourke family.
A reader urges constructive civic engagement and signs the letter with name and phone number. The Messenger may edit for space and readability while preserving the sender’s stance on a general interest issue.
A proposed bill backed by top legal groups would raise Ohio judge salaries as much as 25 percent. Supreme Court justices would climb to 50 000 annually, district court of appeals judges to 46 250, common pleas judges to 28 000, with municipal judges capped within 2000 of common pleas.
Will Rogers notes the Republican National Committee denounces the President's economic policy. He cites a prior publication showing the party’s deficit as the largest on record. He quips that a broke man telling others how to run business reflects political hypocrisy. January 9, 1934.
In a 1965 showroom tour, a salesman unveils replicas of people from blondes to John Wayne and O J Simpson, predicting mass production and a royalities based future. The narrator questions the morality and national security of duplicating human beings for commerce.
Buckley argues that detente must align with human rights and treats Soviet pledges as meaningful. He cites Helsinki and SALT II as tests, noting Pravda's claim that principled concessions are impossible. He asserts a free press and dissident rights are prerequisites for credible arms control and urges U.S. insistence on Soviet adherence.
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