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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1973

Page

2

Teachers Resume Bargaining With Federal Hocking Amid Strike

Striking teachers and Federal Hocking School District board members agreed to continue bargaining to halt the week-long strike. A court hearing on an injunction was postponed 48 hours as both sides resume talks after a 13 hour Sunday session.

Herb Amey Messenger Hocking School District Board Athens County Common Pleas Court Lowell Howard Federal Hacking Teachers Association Teachers Association Howard Michael Rose Ohio Education Association Baker Anthony Scambetti Youngstown Mary Abel FHTA Terry Lee DEA Field Stewart

Ohio U Trustees OK 45 Dollar Quarter Room and Board Increase

Ohio University trustees approve a 45 per quarter rise in room and board starting winter quarter raising rates to 493 dollars for the high priced dorms and 473 dollars elsewhere. Costs reflect higher food prices and recent state pay raises for classified staff. The plan also funds a new health services program with O Bleness Memorial Hospital and a room only option for upperclassmen.

Ohio University Board of Trustees South Green John F. Milar O’bleness Memorial Hospital University Health Center Hudson Health Center Department of Environmental Services Center For Psychological Services Milar ICA Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation HPER

Smoke Rise Phase Two Approved Near Murray City

Athens County Commissioners approve second phase of the Smoke Rise development near Murray City for 300 homesites. Lavestoo Inc. president Robert Brown and attorney James Gossett presented, with 110 property owners in the area. Budget measures also pass for the 1974 tax levies.

Athens County Murray City Robert Brown Lavestoo Inc James Gossett Brown Smoke Rise Columbus

Abex Athens Plant Faces Wild Cat Walkout By Workers

Dayshift employees at Abex Corp Engineered Products Division in Athens were sent home as a wild cat strike began at 10 a.m. Plant Manager Frank Batdorff will hold a 1 p.m. meeting with UAW Local 324 to learn the cause. Pickets stood at Mill Street and Elliott Street entrances amid a dispute involving a foreman and a discharged worker. The plant and union signed a three year contract last April.

Athens Abex Corp. Engineered Products Division Frank Batdorff United Auto Workers Mill Street Elliott Street Abex UAW

Eucalyptus Bill Sets Off Battle Over Federal Aid

Washington lawmakers clash over a federal eucalyptus relief bill aimed at preventing fires in East San Francisco Bay Hills. Supporters say federal aid is needed after a December freeze left 2.7 thousand acres of eucalyptus forests highly flammable near Oakland and Berkeley. Opponents warn of a dangerous precedent and inflation, urging California to cover costs from its surplus unless matched by federal funds. The House Agriculture Committee plans a vote Tuesday.

Washington San Francisco Bay Capitol Hill California House Agriculture Committee Oakland Berkeley Calif

Weather Summary for Ohio University Area

Yesterday high 64 low 47 today 47. High 76 low 49 a year ago. Humidity yesterday 90 percent at 4 PM. today 81 at 9 AM. Precipitation yesterday .18 inch. this month .24 inches. normal .88 inches. year total 31.31 inches with 84 inches below normal. Sunset 7:46 PM sunrise 7:06 AM. Pressure 30.08 inches and steady. Data from Ohio University geography department. Hocking River stages noted by US observer C Lygholmer.

Ohio University Hocking River C. Lygholmer

Nixon urges Congress to make up lost time in 1973 agenda

President Nixon said Congress has a record he called disappointing as he urged action on inflation and a balanced budget. He cited a $6 billion expansion to a $268.7 billion budget ceiling and about $1.5 billion in cuts he says Congress failed to enact, calling for an extra session if needed. Wake Forest tops ACC golf titles with seven straight wins.

Congressional Democrats Congress Nixon Administration Executive Branch

Contempt Hearings Set in Athens County CWA Case

Four Communications Workers of America members face contempt of court charges from General Telephone. The case cites harassment of Route 56 dispatch staff and following workers to The Ohio University Inn, violating a July 26 injunction. The CWA has been on strike since July 16.

Communications Workers of America Athens County Common Pleas Court General Telephone Co Route 56 CWA Marvin Shambart Kenneth Young William McCallister David Cunningham Ohio University Inn General Telephone

Truck Catches Fire At Cardinal Supermarket Load

A semi tractor trailer unloading at Jim's Cardinal Supermarket Route 50 W caught fire at 9 40 am. Fire Chief Pete Good said a broken gas line sparked by a shorted wire caused the blaze. Damages to the Cardinal Foods Co. truck valued at 500 dollars. contents undamaged. Two fire trucks responded.

Cardinal Route 50 Richland Area Pete Good Cardinal Foods Co Columbus George R. Scott Grove City

Preparation H relief for hemorrhoidal itching and swelling

An advertisement claims Preparation H offers prompt temporary relief from rectal itching and hemorrhoidal swelling. It cites doctor tests on hundreds of patients and notes that many doctors use or recommend the product for their families.

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