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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1977
Page
4
Connecticut public notice fragment lists Athens Messenger 1825 Nand with phone 614 592 6612. Reader is advised of a Wednesday 2 November 1977 event date and related public veto context.
Ohio University officials praise the downtown Halloween party on Court Street drawing about 7000 attendees including many non students. Police logged 65 arrests over two nights but most arrestees were non students. community and university credit students for a successful event.
Washington reports a puzzling view of President Carter as tolerant of subordinates’ errors. Staff say there is little consequence for mistakes, contrasting with Rickover’s strict discipline. The shift toward a humane management style intrigues observers amid scrutiny of his White House.
Timeline of notable events includes Kennedy Cuba missile dismantling in 1962 Washington farewell address in 1782 Dakota statehood in 1889 KDKA Pittsburgh broadcast start in 1920 and Harding election Truman 1948 Rommel retreat 1942 Congo invasion 1960s protests BIA clash 1976 Carter victory and Burt Lancaster birthday plus a thought by Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
Will Rogers describes the Senate filibuster as a speaker holding forth for hours to block a vote. He compares it to a batter staying at bat or an actor keeping the cast from performing, noting a senator threatened to read the Bible into the Record. March 4, 1923.
A Letter to the Messenger praises Ohio University football for effort in Homecoming and urges Nelsonville York voters to support a school levy to fund operations. A second reader argues against tax hikes, calculating increases at 6.85 mills and $68.25 yearly for a $13 000 valuation, warning about burden on fixed incomes.
Ohio Republican chairman Earl T. Barnes urges decentralizing control from Columbus, cutting the state HQ budget by half and reducing the staff. He has stopped taking his $40,000 salary and hopes to reform funding, promising details at the Nov. 29 committee meeting.
James Kilpatrick argues that both Pretoria and Washington share a stake in how revolution and democracy are defined. He compares the South African crackdown on black leaders to U.S. history and urges humility, restraint, and patience for dialogue and gradual reform.
In Washington an elevator nicknamed Lyndon’s Revenge in the Capitol’s Senate wing sometimes skips floors and even plunges to the basement. The autoelevator serves press and staff, while a separate senator’s car remains reliably manned by an operator.
Four senators hurrying from the energy conference committee to a roll call on the tax bill took an elevator to the Senate chamber but rode past the second floor to the third where they exited. Senator Hansen urged walking for safety as Senator Abourezk smoked briefly on the floor amid questions about rules.
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