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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1972
Page
3
Gov Gilligan calls 1971 reform fair as Ohio faces Issue 2. The piece outlines net gains from the corporate and personal taxes, the $133.9 million property tax rollback, and added costs totaling $432.6 million. It warns of potential tax shifts including a two cent sales tax hike and a flat income tax, with education funding and property tax effects.
Under H. B. 475 an average Ohio property owner would see legal millage rise by 5.23 mills to fund the Homestead Exemption. Replacing the 10 percent rollback would add 0.75 mills statewide and the same amount to lift the rollback. If a 20 mill levy existed before the rollback it would be 20 mills after passage. Proponents say it gives a vote on taxes while opponents note no referendum is required for other levies. Next coverage details nine area counties’ graduated tax payments and benefits.
Bill Prewitt sports editor for The Messenger last year moves to the news desk as copy editor replacing Robert L. Powers who resigned to own a Mt. Vernon theater. Paul Hagen joins the sports staff from East Aurora New York and Ohio University journalism program.
The notice records multiple births and admissions including a daughter for Mr and Mrs Joseph Merkel and Mr and Mrs Thomas Dellerich in Athens. It lists admitted individuals from several towns and a set of dismissals and declarations of a dividend by Texas Eastern Transmission Corp payable Dec 1, 1972 to holders of record.
Doctors prescribe many pain relievers, but Anacin stands out as a nonprescription option. With over 50 million tablets used yearly, it claims faster relief for headaches, dental pain, arthritis, and colds, and notes minimal stomach upset.
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