I H Begins Classes As Teachers Settle
Students returned to four Federal Hocking School District schools after an eight day teacher strike ended with ratification of a master contract. Teachers praised Supt Carmen Scrubbio and the board for resolving the dispute as Athens County Court postponed action on the injunction. The settlement followed 55 hours of negotiations over seven days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Amey
Messenger
Federal Hocking
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Carmen Scrubbio
Hacking Board of Education
Abel and
Sims
Common Pleas Court
Lowell Howard
Abel
Ohio
Chilean Junta Installed After Allende. Mass Unrest Reported
In Santiago protests flare as the new military regime takes power after Allende's overthrow. Reports estimate hundreds killed and up to 1,000 dead, with curfews, sniper firefights, and factory occupations. The junta swears in a 10 member cabinet as world demonstrations unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
Allende
Technical University
Senate OKs Warranty Bill Aimed at Protecting Consumers
The Senate passed a consumer protection bill requiring clear written warranty terms and allowing suits for damages if the seller breaches. It expands FTC power to seek injunctions and recover funds for defrauded consumers, even without interstate product sales. The measure now goes to the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Senate Commerce Committee
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
Colson declines Senate testimony over possible indictment
Charles W. Colson was excused from testifying before the Senate Watergate committee after his attorney said Colson expects to be indicted by a federal grand jury probing the break in at Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist office. The committee planned to resume public hearings on September 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles W. Colson
Senate Watergate Committee
Colson
Senate
David I. Shapiro
Committee
Samuel Cash
Daniel Ellsberg
Shapiro
Watergate Committee
Israelis Shoot Down 13 Syrian Migs in Mediterranean Dogfight
Israeli air force jets shot down 13 Syrian MIG21 fighters in a dogfight over the Mediterranean, according to the military command. One Israeli plane was hit but the pilot was rescued unharmed. It marked the biggest air battle in the Middle East since 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Mediterranean
Middle East
Eight States Share $350000 for Black Lung Programs
The Appalachian Regional Planning Commission granted $350000 to eight coal producing states for black lung disease programs. The states are Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Pennsylvania Virginia Maryland Tennessee and Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Appalachian Regional Planning Commission
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
Tennessee
Georgia
Lunch Program Faces Cuts Amid Rising Lunch Prices
A Senate panel warns rising food costs may force 800,000 pupils to leave the National School Lunch Program. The study links a one percent price increase to a one percent dropout rate among children in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Select Committee On Nutrition and Human Needs
Weather outlook with showers and mild temperatures
Cloudy with a chance of showers tonight with a low in the mid fifties. Friday brings more showers and highs in the seventies. Rain chances are 40 percent tonight and 60 percent Friday. Details on page 2.
Meat prices prompt lasting change in Athens shoppers
Shoppers in Athens report cutting meat portions and using extenders and high protein substitutes as milk and eggs rise in priority. Many buy meat weekly then switch to beans cheese fish and dairy, with some shopping at multiple stores seeking quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Technical College
Ohio University
Athens
Featherstone
Prices Plunge at Athens County Livestock Sale
Beef buyers and sellers faced a market downturn at the Athens County Livestock Sales as demand dropped and prices fell. Farmer John Featherstone, holding about 20 head near Stewart, waited for higher prices after a federal price freeze, missing out on profit as his steer sold for 39.85 per hundredweight, with an estimated loss of 23 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Amey
Messenger
Athens County
John Featherstone
Stewart
Featherstone
Shirley Harrel
Dan Dry
Athens County Livestock Co
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Hacking Teachers Association
Mary Abel
Ohio Education Association
Wes Sims
Junta
Western Hemisphere
Bernardo O'Higgins
Adm
Jan Schwarzel
Coe
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Sun
Gallipolis
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