17 Oct 1973
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1973
Page
1
Negotiations between Ohio school boards and district employees deteriorate as mediation remains scarce. Both sides reject outside arbitration, leaving students caught in stalled bargaining and escalating tensions.
Ohio school power groups clash without a state grievance or mediation law. State Superintendent Dr. Martin Essex supports a pragmatic approach while predicting the strike trend may endure. Key groups push for a state mediation board and binding arbitration to spare students from disruption.
A Nixon administration drift seeks gradual withdrawal from wage price controls amid fears of immediate price spikes. Officials warn removal could trigger inflation while economists favor a staged rollback and a possible wage price review board to curb monopolies and delay surges.
President Nixon aims to broker peace in the Middle East by meeting today with foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia Algeria Kuwait and Morocco in New York. The White House talks come as fighting intensifies and the U S pledges to resupply Israel amid oil cutoffs concerns. Senate Leader Mansfield urged a six nation summit with the Soviet Union France Britain West Germany and Japan to push for an immediate cease fire. There were notes that oil pressure from King Faisal could influence policy, while the State Department reiterated no American troops would be sent.
Pascagoula Sheriff Fred Diamond reports a surge of UFO sightings as Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker describe a blue craft and three reddish beings. University and Northwestern scientists call the pair truthful under hypnosis, while the Air Force and National Academy of Sciences found no evidence of visitors from other worlds.
Kristen Chapman four dies from smoke inhalation after a crib fire at home on Selby Road Athens County sheriff and fire officials investigate. Fire Chief Pete Good requests arson bureau investigator. coroner cites smoke inhalation. Arrangements handled by Jagers and Sons Funeral Home.
Senate Rules Committee asks IRS to audit Gerald Ford's tax returns for five years and urges Nixon to release seven years of returns. The move accompanies an FBI field investigation and aims to review Ford's background ahead of potential confirmation hearings starting late October.
Ashtabula Ohio Buckeye Local School District and Buckeye Education Association scheduled a post noon meeting to end a three day walkout by 156 teachers affecting 3500 pupils in seven schools. Schools open with minimal attendance under supervision.
Anne Arundel County Maryland state attorney Warren B. Duckett Jr. asked county grand jurors to consider investigating former Governor Spiro T. Agnew. He instructed jurors to give independent views next Tuesday and offered no recommendation.
The forecast calls for clear and cold tonight with lows in the 30s. Thursday will be partly cloudy and a little warmer with highs in the 60s. Showers are expected over the weekend.
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