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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1974
Page
1
Ohio University President Claude R. Sowle will reconsider resigning his post though board chair William Morris said the chances of changing his mind are very unlikely.
The piece urges Ohio University to close ranks after President Claude Sowle resigns amid campus unrest. It cites trustees and community expectations, notes a violent music festival clash injuring police and bystanders, and reports Morris will form a search committee for a new president.
President Claude R. Sowle disclosed Friday that a plot to kidnap a family member was being planned by dissident students at Ohio University. Security forces investigated the threat, but OU police could not confirm the claim, and Sowle hinted resignation as the strongest response to student pressure.
The weather forecast notes a fair night with lows in the low to mid 50s. Tuesday is expected to be partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. Page 2 contains further details.
In Fort Wayne Indiana Mary Jo Place awoke during the night thought she heard a prowler. She found no danger and placed a pistol on a nightstand. In the morning she grabbed a cigarette lighter shaped like a pistol and shot herself in the left hand.
In Los Angeles hundreds of lawmen hunt Patricia Hearst described as armed and dangerous and linked to the Symbionese Liberation Army after a weekend of deadly confrontations. FBI, police pursue Hearst and two black men as three dozen SLA figures die and a housing standoff ends in violence.
A new round of court motions opens as four days of hearings begin today before U.S. District Judge Gerhard Gesell for the upcoming conspir acy trial of two former Nixon aides and their associates. Key issues include disallowing charges and accessing White House materials to prove national security motives in the break in.
Conservative Valery Giscard d Estaing won France's presidential race with 50.71 percent after 26 million ballots. President Nixon greeted him calling for easing tensions with the United States as Giscard pledged rapid reform and European unity.
The Ohio Senate prepares to vote on a House approved constitutional amendment to allow tavern and bar operators and grocers to sell 50 cent lottery tickets starting in mid August. If approved by Gov Gilligan the measure will permit about 10 000 businesses to sell tickets with a 5 percent commission to agents.
In Damascus Kissinger arrives for talks to seal a general plan to separate Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights. A buffer zone will be less than half a mile to just over a mile deep with Israeli approval for Syrian policemen and civilians to enter towns inside the demilitarized area. Verification of armor thinning behind disengagement lines is deemed manageable as talks move to UN contingent duties.
Readers may honor fathers husbands or sons who died in service with a Memorial Day Remembrance on Sunday May 26. Fill out and mail the coupon found in today’s classified pages to pay tribute to departed loved ones.
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