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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1969
Page
2
Page twelve of the Athens Ohio Messenger dated Sunday October 12 1969. Includes local society notices ads and brief notices reflecting community activity and upcoming events in Athens.
Alan Orpin, 23, once a dedicated Mets fan in New York who now lives in England, flew into Kennedy Airport to follow the Series against the Baltimore Orioles. He took a day off from his advertising job to watch games on television and plans to stay through the second game, predicting the Mets will win four games to one.
SAN PIEDRO Calif a Star Kist plant worker Jesus Gonzales became entangled in a screw type device used to pull fish into a processing vat and was freed after more than three hours by fifty firemen who battled the slick screw mechanism. He was pulled into the vat before it could be shut off.
Jack Valenti, head of the MPAA, told 200 business leaders in San Francisco that films relying on sex for box office are losing money and will decline, as audiences grow tired. He warned exceptions like Midnight Cowboy and Easy Rider show demand for candor among the educated young.
Rain likely across a belt from Texas to the Great Lakes with cooler air to the west and warmer conditions on the east coast. Friday high near 59, Saturday around 59, with normal rainfall and humidity reports and a near steady barometric pressure.
Tingler, 28, was convicted by an eight woman four man jury of two counts of murder in the perpetration of a robbery and two counts of premeditated murder. He received consecutive life terms for armed robbery and assault with intent to kill, with death ruling mandatory. The killings involved Susan Pack and James Stevens at a South Side dairy store during a robbery on Oct 20, 1968. Witness Phyllis Crow identified him. defense asked to poll jurors. He awaits Ohio Penitentiary death row after sentencing.
A Senate House conference committee forged a compromise federal student loan bill granting interest subsidies to banks that issue loans. The measure faces passage before colleges reopen. A key provision bars banks from forcing loan recipients or their families into other business dealings. The secretary of health, education and welfare would study discrimination claims and issue rules if needed.
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