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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1974
Page
4
The Federal Hocking Local Board of Education again seeks a tax levy to run the district, arguing 20.8 mills are insufficient. A special election Tuesday will decide, with supporters urging a yes to avoid school closure and possible consolidation with neighboring districts. Carmen Scrubbie New Marshfield signs support.
Marting's in Athens cut electricity use by 29 percent in eight months with minimal effort. Manager David Horr credits simple fixes such as timers for window lights and lowering AC from 70 to 74 degrees, noting monthly savings of about 10 000 kWh and monthly bills at least 22 percent lower than last year.
Voters in the Southern Local School district will decide on a 5 mill levy on November 5. The editorial notes rising costs since 1969, compares nearby districts’ levies, and argues inflation has strained school funding and needs for renovations.
The article discusses the push to junk the old oil policy and craft a new one under the Ford administration. It notes Treasury Secretary Simon and Secretary Kissinger shaping a counter-cartel with allies to check rising prices and mentions Saudi Arabia’s role and a predicted price break after Simon’s visit.
In Vienna on September 12, OPEC acted to lift prices, signaling policy shift. U.S. leaders Ford Kissinger and Simon responded to recent tensions, noting a new hardline stance. Saudi Arabia cannot unilaterally control prices. Iran and Venezuela are urged to join for coordinated action. The aim is to pressure price cuts through alliance and concessions from the United States and allies.
The piece outlines how a major oil surplus could force price cuts, urging a counter cartel with US Japan Europe and Iran and Venezuela under pressure. It notes rationing or higher fuel taxes, international talks at Camp David, and warns the administration may rush to drastic steps without broad backing.
The article criticizes the Sept. 30 Millfield mine explosion piece for false statements. It defends the reliability of truthful, knowledgeable individuals who cannot respond, noting the cited paragraph claimed several state mine inspectors were killed alongside miners.
The bill effective Nov 16, 1973 raises salaries for six statewide offices, three Ohio Supreme Court seats and key legislative posts. Gov Gilligan would rise to 50000, Lt. Gov Brown to 30000, a 25 percent and 56 percent jump respectively, with a 1975 moratorium on further raises.
Ohio sources note judges in lower state courts receive overdue raises along with statewide pay hikes. Senate and House leaders gain stipends up to eight thousand dollars, while top officials like auditor treasurer attorney general and secretary of state rise from twenty five thousand to thirty eight thousand. Supreme Court justices move to forty thousand with chief justice at forty three thousand five hundred, appeals court judges to thirty seven thousand, and common pleas probate judges to twenty thousand.
A dairyman narrator recalls Tugboat Annie and milking troubles as public image harms milk producers. He notes farm decline from 127000 to 53000 dairy farmers in Wisconsin, rising costs, imports, subsidies, and the press portrayal of widens gaps between industry and public policy.
On this date in 1964 President John Kennedy signed the nuclear test ban treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union. In 1908 the island of Crete proclaimed union with Greece. The League of Nations in 1935 labeled Italy an aggressor in Ethiopia. Two days of heavy Middle East fighting marked a volatile period.
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