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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1971
Page
1
Legislation to provide financial help to families seeking to adopt children but unable to afford it passed the Ohio Senate unanimously. The measure, already approved by the House, returns for minor amendments before moving to the governor for signing.
Students planned a peaceful picket with striking teachers and bus drivers in front of Findlay High School to press for a settlement so classes can resume after the district shut down all its schools following a contract dispute between the teachers and the school board.
Alf Landon, 84, elder statesman and former Kansas governor, remains alert and active. A daily horseback ride near his Topeka estate helps keep him trim.
Country and Western star Johnny Cash will be awarded an honorary degree by Gardner-Webb College in Boiling Springs on September 28. This special recognition adds to Cash's storied career.
Inside pages highlight classified notices and comics, with entertainment on page 3 Migacole. television listings on page 18 and obituaries section on page 18. Local women’s features and editorial notes appear near the 20s.
President Nguyen Van Thieu, in talks with advisers, warned that U S aid could be cut off if he runs unopposed in the October 3 South Vietnam election. Diplomats say he may resign to forestall a Congressional cutoff, despite assurances from U S officials that Washington will not abandon his government.
U S helicopters ferry 1000 fresh South Vietnamese troops within two miles of the Laotian border for a major drive below the DMZ. About 25 B52s drop 750 tons of bombs on North Vietnamese positions south of Khe Sanh as the operation aims to disrupt supply routes into South Vietnam. Maj. Gen. Pham Van Phu says thousands of enemy troops fled north across the DMZ amid the raids.
The Gilligan administration proposes raising corporate tax rates and severance taxes and taxing foreign insurers and banks to net about 135 million in the next biennium. Labor leader Frank King opposes shifting personal tax burden. union executives must decide on supporting the plan. Senate debate lingers on income and sales tax options with interim funding looming.
Court ordered desegregation by bus is advancing in Pontiac Boston Mobile and Dallas with mixed resistance and scattered clashes. Police detained 11 in Pontiac nine injuries reported as fights flare at a junior high while Boston reports uneven white attendance and nonwhite enrollment shifts.
Logan schools press on with football preparations despite a two day study break as LEA members and district leaders argue over a negotiations contract. Coaches Mikes Jones Allen and others met with the board after 6:30 p.m. and near 3 a.m. to resolve terms.
Paris report notes Ambassador Porter opening the initial session of Vietnam talks with a call for secret meetings to move toward a peace settlement. Communists demand total U.S. withdrawal as Porter avoids direct criticism while urging productive progress. Dinh Ba Thi accuses U.S. and South Vietnamese forces of continued violence.
President Nixon aims to quiet critics of his economic program by inviting Congress labor and business leaders to advise on future moves. He will address Congress in a rare session and outline plans to include all segments of the nation in policy making with talks on tax revisions and incentives.
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