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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1977
Page
1
Messenger columnists discuss Athens students missing from Thanksgiving to New Year due to the new schedule for next season. Charles in View the Hill questions how the town will feel without students and notes pages A 4 and an editorial page B 2.
Pravda denounces Western militarism and cooperation with Beijing as a major Kremlin policy statement. It accuses China of courting a return to cold war and shooting war, and says U.S., West Germany and Japan push arms sales to China. The piece cites a Chinese official and warns Western officials about anti Soviet campaigns from Peking.
In Youngstown Ohio a 22 year old mother Carla Blair tossed her two children Danielle Blair 13 months and another child to FBI agents from a second floor apartment window as a bank robber held them hostage. The suspect identified as Ralph Moseley demanded two Cadillacs and money and was said to be armed with a .38 revolver. The bank robbery occurred at the Lincoln Knolls Dollar Savings and Trust Co. on Friday and the hostage crisis continued into Saturday morning with negotiations ongoing.
Washington debates over how to distribute four billion dollars in Community Development funds, with efforts in Congress to tilt aid toward older northern cities or Midwestern areas. Experts warn that while formulas guide billions in federal grants, flaws can prevent money from reaching neediest areas.
United Auto Workers opens its 25th national convention in Los Angeles with Leonard Woodcock retiring and Douglas Fraser as leading candidate. Delegates weigh reaffiliation with the AFL-CIO and President Carter energy policy, while concerns grow over auto sales and job impact.
Fifty children aged five to twelve plus parents created 11 fence panels for Berry Lot on Court Street. Sherwin Williams donated paint valued over 100 dollars and Security Bank plus Jack Claxton donated fence panels.
Inez Moore, a 62 year old widow from East Cleveland, fought a 1966 residency ordinance that limited occupancy to a small family unit. The case questions privacy rights of families versus local zoning power and has reached the U S Supreme Court, with a decision possible before the summer adjournment.
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