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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1976
Page
1
In Columbus a special session began with about 70 House members present at 11 12 a m. The emergency bill, drafted late Wednesday by an ad hoc group, aims to revise EMS certification to protect staffing during a state crisis and shield individuals from civil lawsuits.
Gov James A Rhodes called a special session as paramedics and medical technicians face potential criminal penalties under a new state certification law. The measure seeks temporary authorization for ambulance and emergency vehicle personnel to keep serving. Athens Fire Department reports most members trained and eligible, while state lawmakers doubt achieving a two thirds vote.
Carter and Ford agreed to three nationally televised debates with the first on Sept 23. The League of Women Voters will sponsor, with a vice presidential duel between Dole and Mondale after the second Carter Ford encounter. The topics will cover economy, defense, and open subjects.
A budgeting procedures report is praised by two city officials for immediate and long-range value in improving Athens money management. A city county jail search continues with consideration of the Ohio University warehouse on West State Street as a possible facility.
A four part series begins today detailing how the nursing profession has grown over the past century, opening opportunities at many levels and noting expanded local educational facilities. Women's section, Page 8.
A AP market basket survey shows August lowers in cattle and hog prices reduce farmer incomes and bring consumer meat costs down. The effect nudges the family grocery bill to 2 percent above last year.
President Ford and Attorney General Levi consider disciplining FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley after gifts from senior FBI officials. Levi will forward a full report to the president as the decision unfolds.
Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the mid 50s. Friday brings mostly sunny skies and a warmer high in the mid to upper 70s with a 10 percent chance of rain. Details, Page 9.
Delegates at the Law of the Sea Conference welcomed the US proposal to finance seabed mining but doubted a multilateral agreement could be reached before the session ends on September 17. Secretary Kissinger briefed about 30 delegations in roundtable talks to break the deadlock.
Riot police fired tear gas and charged more than 3,000 colored demonstrators in downtown Cape Town in the first major racial violence in a white city area. Hundreds of colored students gathered at Cape Town railway station to join the rally in solidarity with blacks.
August wholesale prices slipped one tenth of a percent led by drops in grain hogs cotton and oil seeds while poultry cattle eggs and coffee rose. Agricultural products fell 2.9 percent the fifth decline this year signaling lower retail food costs ahead.
Dayton and its 40,000 pupil district started the late term under the first court ordered desegregation in Ohio. Buses ran late but without demonstrations. police kept a low profile as 127 of 391 white students were bused to Wogaman Elementary and about 100 white families opted for private schools. Helicopters patrolled the morning sky while officials labeled the day orderly with strong parental mixed reactions.
The House voted 325 to 75 against automatic pay raises for members of Congress and top officials and sent a $780 million bill to the Senate. If enacted, lawmakers would see salaries rise from 44 600 to about 46 740 annually, with the Senate decision looming after Labor Day recess.
Ohio Democrat Wayne L. Hays quit Congress as the House ethics committee ended its payroll sex probe. The resignation ends his 28 years in power and follows a scandal surrounding Elizabeth Ray and others. Speaker Carl Albert said Hays aimed to save his family.
The ethics committee ends its three month inquiry into Wayne Hays after his resignation. Federal probes were reportedly stalled by lack of corroboration of Miss Ray's allegations. Hays admitted a personal relation but lied, ending his political career in his Eastern Ohio hometown.
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