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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1975

Page

9

Ohio State keeps top spot in AP college football poll

Ohio State routs Iowa to retain No 1 as Oklahoma remains second and USC third. Texas A M climbs to fifth after beating Texas Tech, pushing Texas down to eighth. Alabama rises to sixth after a 52 0 win, Michigan up to seventh with a win over Michigan State. West Virginia drops from the top rank after losses. Penn State and Missouri complete the top ten. Newcomers UCLA Maryland Arkansas reenter rankings.

Associated Press Buckeyes Ohio State Iowa Press College Footis P’s Mony Oklahoma Secid Southernlifornia Nebraska Texas A&m Texas Tech Pmn Texas Longhorns Oklahoma Wek Sooners Southern Cal Ashington State Alabama Washington Michigan Michigan State Texas Penn State Missouri West Virginia Mountaineers Oklahoma State Colorado Arizona State Arizona Florida Notre Dame Tennessee UCLA Maryland Arkansas Miami Ohio Dayton

World Football League Folds Likely Amid Slump in 1975

The World Football League faces collapse as teams struggle with losses and missed payrolls. League officials, meeting in New York, weigh survival options for 1975 and a possible 1976 future after weak crowds and failed star signings.

Memphis Miami Dolphins Hemmeter WFL Joe Namath Chicago Calvin Hill Hawaii Duane Thomas Daryle Lamonica Southern California Sun John Gilliam National Football League Csonka, Kiick Warfield Philadelphia

Rio Grande Athens in Rio Grande Invitational cross country results

In the prep division at the Rio Grande Invitational Athens placed sixth of six in Class AAA with 141 points while Upper Arlington won with 45. Individual winner was Don 90k of Forest Park in 10 06. Athens top finisher Mike Skinner was 11 11 with other Athens runners Keller Ostrant Atkins and Gill. Federal Hocking finished 12th in Class AA led by Heath with 48 points. Grandview’s Jerry Coleman won the first division in 10 25. Caldwell won Class A led by Brian Jonard with 10 08.

Rio Grande Athens Upper Ilington Cincinnati Oakills Copley Forest Ark Hudson Don Forest Park Mike Skinner Kurt Ostrant Rob Atkins Gary Keller Federal Hocking Heath Warren Local Ironton Jerry Coleman Grandview Terry Ogg Lancer Tim McKinley Jim Rodehaver Jeff Cullum Caldwell Brian Jonard

Country Boy Wins Music City Awards

John Denver won entertainer of the year and best song for 1975 at the Country Music Association awards in Nashville. He was the only double winner, with Dolly Parton named best female vocalist and Waylon Jennings best male vocalist. Minnie Pearl entered the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Country Music Association Nashville Tenn Dolly Partin Freddy Fender Minnie Pearl Country Music Hall of Fame Waylon Jennings Tanya Tucker John Denver Denver Nashville, Tenn Hank Williams Perth Australia Grand Ole Opry House Association Dolly Parton Grand Ole Opry Tainer Aspen Colo United States Peter, Paul and Mary

P&G stockholders to vote on images of women disclosure

Procter & Gamble stockholders vote today on a disclosure resolution asking the company to publish images of women it portrays in advertising. ICCR leaders say a 3 percent vote keeps the issue alive for next year. The church group seeks information, not a confrontation, and notes P&G management opposes the measure.

Cincinnati Procter & Gamble Co New York P&g Mary Harvey Interfaith Center On Corporate Responsibility ICCR Patricia Young Women and Corporations United Presbyterian Church Securities and Exchange Commission Church Harvey Young Episcopal Church

Nobel Prize Awarded to Koopmans and Kantorovich

The 1975 Nobel Prize in Economic Science honors Tjalling Koopmans of Yale and Leonid Kantorovich of the Soviet Union for advancing optimum allocation theory. Prize money of 630000 kronor is shared equally. Kantorovich is based in Novosibirsk. Koopmans has held posts at Utrecht Leiden Rotterdam NYU Princeton Chicago and Yale.

Stockholm Sweden Royal Academy of Science Tjalling C. Koopmans Yale University Leonid Kantorovich Soviet Union Andrei Sakharov Kantorovich Koopmans Sakharov Sakhrov Alexander Solzhenitsyn Kremlin s’Graveland Netherlands University of Utrecht University of Leiden Netherlands Economics University Rotterdam League of Nations United States New York University Princeton University of Chicago Yale Cowle. Foundation For Research In Economics Mathematics Institute Soviet Academy of Science Novosibirsk Siberia Swedish Academy

State Board OKs Vocational Plan

The Ohio State Board of Education approved a plan to reassign students in districts lacking vocational programs to six districts with suitable facilities. Greenville City was allowed to develop its own program, with Liberty Benton deferred to Nov. 10. The Apollo, Tri Rivers, Vanguard, Vantage, and Warren districts will host students from multiple counties. The board also added 12 more colleges to a five year teacher education evaluation, and set new standards for gifted and urban education along with pupil transportation reimbursements.

Columbus Ohio State Board of Education Fairfield County Greenville City Liberty Benton Hancock County Apollo Auglaize Mercer Penta County Hancock Hardin Putnam Seneca Wyandot Tri-Rivers Vanguard Vantage Warren Warren County Ohio State University Youngstown State University Antioch College the Athenaem of Ohio Bluffton College Capital University Cedarville College Denison University Notre Dame College Ohio Wesleyan University Wright State University Xavier University Martin Essex

Plant Stolen From Porch in Nelsonville

Mrs. Ted Voigt reports a three foot rubber plant in a ceramic pot stolen from her front porch on the West Washington Street residence. The plant had sentimental value as a keepsake from a late son’s Air Force officer friend. Police are investigating and she hopes for its return.

Nelsonville Ted Voigt Washington St Voigt United States Air Force

Monitor Accord Signed

President Ford seeks congressional approval for Mideast aid following Sinai accord. He signed a resolution authorizing 200 American civilians to Sinai early warning posts and pledged forthcoming aid requests to sustain U S relations with Middle East nations and support peace efforts.

Washington Ford Congress Mideast Sinai U.S Middle East White House Oval Office United States Henry A. Kissinger Israel Iran Egypt Senate House

Car Driver Injured in Route 93 Crash

James Getter age 18 of Farmersville Route 1 was treated at Hocking Valley Community Hospital for a sprained wrist after his car left Route 93 in Hocking County on Sunday. He was driving south when he turned onto County Road 17, the State Highway Patrol said. The vehicle slipped on gravel and went off the road.

Gallipolis Ohio Highway Patrol James Snyder Middleport Effie Black Pomeroy Route 4 Holzer Medical Center Pomeroy Secems James Getter Farmersville Hocking Valley Community Hospital Hocking County State Highway Patrol Getter

Regulations Halt Steve Shalita's Bike Shop

In Van Nuys Steve Shalita ran Steve's Bike Shop for three years until a Labor Relations Board inspector ruled he violated laws on minor employment. The shutdown followed an anonymous complaint, though his mother recalls it as a playful project for her son. Steve now seeks employment.

Los Angeles Steve Shalita Steve van Nuys State Labor Relations Board Shalita Labor People Ann Melville Sornberger Labor Relation Board

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