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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1976
Page
9
The Associated Press reports October relief for shoppers with a 2.5 percent average drop in the market basket across 13 cities, while coffee prices rose in six of those cities. Meat prices fell in multiple cities as pork chops and chuck debated trends, and overall November prices were 2 percent higher than a year earlier.
Walter A. Burks Jr. of the Ohio Board of Education criticized Cleveland Mayor Ralph J. Perk for asking area mayors to explore ways to bypass a court desegregation order. Burks said the board seeks to comply with Judge Battisti by finding solutions for desegregation in Cleveland schools and suburbs.
Striking members of Local 819 of the International Association of Bridge Structural and Ornamental Ironworkers will vote Wednesday on a new cost of living proposal from the McNally Pittsburg Co. A 5 p.m. meeting to decide the contract comes after a Friday session in Columbus supervised by a federal mediator. The two week strike has idled 225 workers and members rejected the clause as unsatisfactory.
The November distribution of Aid to Dependent Children payments totals 34.3 million to 552,000 recipients per the state auditor. Payments are to 5,270 fewer people than last month, with Athens County receiving 157,870 to 2,584 recipients and Gallia 86,254 to 1,388, among others. Burks criticizes Perk’s desegregation stance and urges leadership for equal education, while Gertrude A. Lumph calls for discussion with mayors to maintain good relations and assess community needs.
The AP reports growing interest in prepaid legal plans for middle income Americans. Plans vary from basic advisory services to broad civil and criminal benefits, with states including Alaska New York Connecticut Massachusetts and more. Many comprehensive plans partner with labor unions under collective bargaining agreements.
Meigs County polls open 6 30 am to 7 30 pm on Tuesday with races for sheriff between incumbent Robert Hartenbach and James Proffitt. county commissioner seats with Ralph Warden Qurs and Richard Jones plus James Bailey. a TB Health levy reduced to four tenths of a mill. local option wet/dry decision in Columbia Two and cemetery and village operating levies in other townships. broader notes on prepaid legal plans and potential tax treatment pending IRS decisions.
Logan Robert G. Sowers reported the theft of his GMC pickup to Logan police at 12 24 am. The truck vanished from the First and Last Chance Bar then police located it in the 1200 block of 4th Street. Sowers had tried to remove the keys from the truck and reported tools from the toolbox valued at over 352 dollars.
Members of Thea Chapter 192 OES attend the 87th annual Grand Chapter of Ohio Order of Eastern Star in Cincinnati. District 25 OFS travelers from McCanneleville joined event attendees including Elmer Lowry Eva Zimmer Mary Simons Sally Williams June Williams Forrest Strohmeyer Irma Kelly Ruth Christman Judy Barber Phyllis Barber Della Ayers.
State Patrol reports a two car crash on Route 7 near Chester injured five people. Donald Eynon 16 of Reedsville drove east on Route 681 and crossed Route 7 into Willie Bonds 55 of Point Pleasant as he traveled south. Both drivers and three passengers were taken to St Josephs Hospital in Parkersburg. Eynon admitted for observation minor injuries Ricky Wilson 18 admitted with head and leg injuries Bonds admitted with neck head and eye injuries Louis Bush 19 and Norman Bush 36 treated and released. Vehicles demolished. Eynon cited for failing to yield at an intersection.
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