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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1977

Page

4

Two Coal Centers Proposed At OU And OSU In Ohio Plan

A House subcommittee backs amend H.R.14 creating two coal research centers at Ohio University and Ohio State University with equal funding. The plan adds a temporary seven cent per ton severance tax and suggests raising it to balance out-of-state coal use tax to 11 cents to improve competitiveness.

House Insurance, Utilities and Financial Institutions Committee Art Bowers Ohio University Ohio State University Bowers Ohio State OSU Ohio

Local spelling bee winner shows character and grace

David Trevas of 14 Avon Place placed among 24 state finalists in Columbus spelling bee. He escorted Gayle Adams, a blind 12 year old, to the microphone and continued to support her after his elimination. The Citizen-Journal praised his dignity and sportsmanship.

David Robert J. Trevas Avon Place Columbus Columbus Citizen-Journal C-J Citizen-Journal Stephen Glasgow Stoutsville Pickaway County Steve David Trevas Gayle Adams Mohawk Gayle Dave Dave Trevas

Nixon Stonewall on Questions Cited in Frost Interview

AP review notes inconsistencies between Nixon’s Frost interview and Watergate records and testimony. It highlights a pattern of denial and deliberate stonewall tactics, including phrases about cover ups and perjury, and quotes from March 1973 urging aides to stonewall and plead the Fifth.

Harry F. Rosenthal Associated Press Washington (Ap Richard Nixon Watergate Congress Nixon David Frost Frost House Judiciary Committee Richard M. Nixon H.R. Haldeman FBI John Dean Haldeman John Mitchell Dean

Governor Oversees Energy Response and Ohio Coal Plan

The speaker praises the governor for handling energy during winter, calls for an independent energy plan, notes Ohio's 1975 energy agency failed to deliver, and outlines two solutions: conserve natural gas and burn Ohio coal to attract industry. They claim Ohio has coal for 200 years and urge sulfur removal tech.

Ohio

Will Rogers on Tariffs and High-Priced Things

Will Rogers comments on Congress debating a tariff bill with a senator joking about returns for contributions. He quips that tariffs are bread and butter for politicians, and that high-priced things seem to carry more class, suggesting value in costlier goods.

Congress Washington

Hospitals Suffer From Lack of Patients

Washington reports on hospital pricing focusing on empty beds rather than patient numbers. The piece cites Sunrise Hospital Las Vegas using a weekend lottery prize to boost admissions and mocks quota systems for doctors, poor food, and proposed surgeon-chefs to improve meals and stay lengths.

Washington Sunrise Hospital Las Vegas Sunrise Certified Public Accountant Blue Cross

History in the Hands of an Historian and the Bay of Pigs memo

The Declassified Documents Reference System publishes a Kennedy memo by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. three days before the Bay of Pigs criticizing direct Kennedy sponsorship. The memo imagines press responses and questions about U S involvement and probes the ethics of deception and historical perspective.

Carrollton Press Arlington Kennedy Arthur Schlesinger Jr Nixon Schlesinger Woodwards Bernsteins Gordon Kiddy Howard Hunt John Ehrlichman John Mitchell Cuba Revolutionary Council Harvard U.S Jfk

Ohio bill on job conditions still faces opposition

A Senate subcommittee in Columbus considers a bill to expand worker protections and establish clearer breaks and lifting limits, but business groups like the Ohio Chamber of Commerce warn it harms small employers. The measure would limit daily hours to ten without overtime, require meal periods, restroom access, and defined lifting duties, while aligning with or conflicting with existing equal protection rulings.

Columbus Ohio Toledo Afl-Cio Chamber The Ronald L. Nabakowski D-13 Lorain

Public Favors Public Funding of Campaigns

A Gallup Poll finds 57 percent of Americans want a fixed government grant for congressional campaigns with all other contributions banned, while 32 percent oppose. Costs for campaigns exceed 100000 dollars in many races, prompting interest in public financing and strict contribution limits.

George Gallup Princeton N.J Gallup Congress

Poll backs public financing for congressional campaigns

A Gallup poll shows 57 percent overall favor public financing with 53 percent of Republicans and 60 percent of Democrats supporting the idea. The question asked whether a federal fixed funding for campaigns and ban on private contributions is good or poor. The national results include independents and other affiliations from 1,550 adults interviewed March 25–28.

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