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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1969
Page
4
Alan Orpin, a 23 year old New Yorker living in England, followed the Mets from afar for six years. He returned to the United States to watch the World Series as New York faced the Baltimore Orioles, arriving by air to Kennedy Airport to be part of the celebration.
SAN PIEDRO Calif A man crouched waist deep in a vat of anchovies was freed after firemen dug for more than three hours at a Star Kist fish cannery Jesus Gonzales a plant worker was pulled into a screw type device that feeds fish into the processing vat he was hospitalized and is expected back Monday Orpin predicting the Mets to win four games to one in an amusing aside amid the accident reports also notes a San Francisco business luncheon where Jack Valenti forecasts a future decline in sex driven films saying only a few titles will endure while films like Midnight Cowboy and Easy Rider show demand for candor and realism
National forecast shows showers across a belt from Texas to the Great Lakes and into Colorado, Kansas, and Maine. Cooler west, warmer east, with highs around 82 Friday and 59 Saturday. Data include humidity, precipitation totals, and sun times, attributed to Colmer, US Weather Observer.
Tighard Lee Ting, 28, was condemned by a Columbus common pleas court jury after being found guilty on two counts of first degree murder in the Perpetration of a Robbery and two counts of premeditated murder. He received consecutive sentences for armed robbery and assault with intent to kill. The judge imposed the death penalty, with verdicts triggering Ohio death row. Witness Phyllis Crow, the dairy store night manager, identified Tingler as the killer.
Congress considers a federal student loan guarantee program set to aid banks issuing loans. A Senate House conference compromise clears the bill for passage before colleges reopen, with a key clause prohibiting banks from coercing loan recipients or families into other business. The secretary of Health, Education and Welfare would study discrimination and issue rules to stop it if found.
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