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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1972
Page
12
The Senate scheduled a vote on a five year revenue sharing plan totaling 30 billion dollars with 2.65 billion as the first installment to flow to states cities and local governments. If approved President Nixon is expected to sign. The House already passed the measure 265 to 110 and the Treasury has begun mailing 39 000 checks before the November 7 election.
An out of county judge will hear motions filed by Oliver Mills in Vinton County Common Pleas Court. Defense seeks dismissal of two counts for shooting with intent to kill and to wound former deputy Dave Wilbur during the same incident that killed Sheriff Harold Steele. A hearing may be held Oct 20 if a replacement judge can be arranged.
Congress near final adjournment faces delays on key bills. Social Security welfare and the $250-billion spending ceiling hold up the session as House and Senate race to finish by early next week. The House passed defense and revenue sharing measures while the antibusing bill was shelved. Senate negotiators push to resolve conflicts on the 989-page welfare bill and the catchall appropriations measure.
The Nixon administration steps up its campaign against higher short term loan rates while avoiding firm signals to use control powers. The Burns chaired Committee on Interest and Dividends says rate rises concern borrowers but promises stability for long term loans.
In Wellston Ohio Judge Tom Mitchell extended an injunction blocking Columbia Gas of Ohio from digging 40 gas inspection holes in city streets. The stay lasts until the Public Utilities Commission confirms necessity or a city-gas contract is reached, with Wellston arguing holes will damage streets and raise costs while Columbia says checks require access.
A political rally sponsored by Democratic committees from Athens Morgan and Washington counties will be held Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. at the Bern Two Building near Routes 50A in Sharpsburg and 377. Country music by Mike Pooler and Honky Tonks. Prof Sam Smith of Rio Grande College will MC. William McKenna and Art Hill will speak. Candidates from all three counties will be introduced and free food will be served. A social hour 1 to 2 p.m. at Homer DePue’s Hillcrest Farm.
Obituary notices for Estelle Goddard Dutton of Athens detailing her family, education, career, church affiliations, and survivors with funeral plans. Also reports a Rio Grande man Billy Joe Burdette killed in a Route 35 collision with a McLean Trucking Co. tractor-trailer near Gallipolis, with service and burial information.
In Minneapolis thousands gather at the University of Minnesota mall as Senator George McGovern plays a tape of a young GI describing Vietnam horrors. He urges a shift to new leadership and continues criticizing war critics amid the crowd’s mixed reaction.
Gov. Gilligan announced Gallipolis State Institute will get 950000 as part of an eight-institution initiative to develop three living areas and boost patient participation. The program aims to upgrade care quality with a focus on respect and dignity for mentally ill and retarded patients.
Florence D Gilkey 63 a former Athens County resident died Thursday at Mark Rest Center McConnelsville after eight months illness Born in Athens County she was Apostolic Church member Surviving include a daughter Martha Warner Chandlersville four sons and many relatives Funeral services Sunday 2 p m Burlingham Church burial at church cemetery. Coolville William J Tabler 86 died Thursday at daughter Elsie Butcher home Guysville Route 1 after extended illness Born in Stewart son of Adam and Julia Ann Goins Tabler A coal miner he leaves wife Luella Mayle Tabler eight daughters three sons three step sons many grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral Sunday 2 p m Kilvert Church of God burial Haga Ridge Cemetery. Wellston Oscar Otto Maerker 86 Wellston died Thursday morning at Wellston Nursing Home Retired tool and die maker Frick Gallagher Manufacturing Co He is survived by a son and four daughters eight grandchildren two great grandchildren and a sister Funeral Sunday 2 p m Rogers Gaskill Second Street Funeral Home burial Ridgewood Cemetery.
Oxford police plan an arrest in the strangulation death of Edith Swan, 72, found Sept. 23 in her home. The investigation's final stages involved a dispute among Butler County officials and PRIDE director Parker Moore over witness questioning and agency impact.
Lee Wolfe, 35, of Gore Route 1, was injured in an early morning crash on Davis Road. The sheriff reports he lost control at 1:30 a.m., traveled 146 feet off the road, veered left 75 feet, and struck a tree. He was taken to Hocking Valley Community Hospital. no charges were filed.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sargent Shriver and wife Eunice visited Cleveland amid an Ohio voter registration drive that boosted lists to 4.5 million. Shriver, in Parma, stressed tax fairness inflation reduction jobs and ending the Vietnam War while noting concerns about administration corruption.
Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz will use a zero gravity shower system aboard Skylab once the workshop is placed in orbit next year. Researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration designed the earth type shower to wash space dust from hair and skin.
The Ohio nuisance suit against Cinema X Theater in Cincinnati resulted in a permanent injunction and profits totaling 103,706 dollars being forfeited to the State. Cinema X International of Cincinnati Inc. owed 66,343 dollars. Bill Mazes 37,363. Helen Pressman 3,500, plus legal fees and costs.
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