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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1975
Page
1
A College Entrance Examination Board survey of 144 colleges finds rising recruitment roles and tighter selectivity ahead. Recruitment activities include high school visits and college nights, with private colleges prioritizing admissions decisions. About half report applications up for 1974-75, despite concerns over future declines.
Hocking County Sheriff says part of the $126 stolen from Pleasant Hill Church on Aug. 24 has been recovered. A local resident found $108 in a black bag along a township road. the finder is unnamed. An armed masked man interrupted services, took funds, forced a church member to drive him away, then fled into the woods.
Plans for the Catholic Women's Club annual bazaar were set at Sacred Heart Church as part of a meeting noting the Catholic Men's dinner on Sept 14, a Oct 20 Confirmation for 35 with Bishop Massie, a dessert sale by women, a reception after the rites, and a fundraiser Oct 12 for St John Seminary festival in Bloomingdale.
Danny Walker, 21, of Columbus, one of three men indicted by the Meigs County grand jury for the July 10 armed robbery of Kroger Store manager Jack Ambrose, appeared in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. Bond set at $20,000, hearing date to be set by Judge John Bacon. Walker returned to jail after arraignment.
About 50 wives of Southern Ohio Coal Co. miners picketed the Meigs County Welfare Department in Middleport protesting welfare officials’ delay in issuing food stamps while miners were on strike. They seek stamps until payday. officials say eligibility hinges on miners returning to work.
The Bureau of the Census will survey a sample of area households this month to measure immunization levels for diseases such as measles influenza smallpox polio diphtheria whooping cough tetanus tuberculosis and mumps. Interviewer Mrs. Patricia Hinkle will conduct the survey alongside routine employment questions for the Department of Labor.
A Hocking County man, Robert Harden of Old McArthur Road, was freed on a 500 bond after police seized gambling equipment at his property. He faces a charge of operating and controlling a place permitting gambling. Sheriff Paul Hartman, with the prosecutor and BCI, did not detail the equipment or possible accomplices.
Four women defied church rule to be ordained as Episcopal priests in Washington at St. Stephen and the Incarnation Church. The ceremony drew protests and a boycott call from Bishop William Creighton, with about 1,000 attendees and 50 priests participating in the laying on of hands. The four, Alison Palmer, Lee McGee, Betty Rosenberg, and Diane Tickell, include deacons who hold notable positions, while church authorities debate the ordination issue ahead of the September 1976 General Convention.
Group 7 of the Ohio Bankers Association will hold its fall meeting in Athens at Baker Center Thursday. Between 300 and 400 attendees are expected. A business meeting starts at 4 p.m. Ohio University President Charles Ping will welcome at dinner, 6:30 p.m. Main speaker is Carl Winters of General Motors. Les Essington of New Lexington, Perry County Bank president, chairs Group 7, which spans 13 Ohio counties from Meigs to Belmont.
At Ohio Valley Livestock Co in Gallipolis stocker steers sold from 17.50 to 40 per hundredweight. Stocker heifer calves brought 15 to 34.50, canner and cutter cows 14.50 to 23, Holstein cows 18 to 24.50, commercial bulls 21.50 to 26.20, real calves 34 to 49, and culls 34 and down. Head prices included stock cows 100 to 135, stock cows and calves 140 to 260, stock bulls 85 to 180, and baby calves 18.
Bishop John Burt of the Ohio Episcopal Diocese plans to issue an order forbidding Rev Dalton Downs from allowing six irregularly ordained women priests to celebrate communion at Emmanuel Church. If ignored, a Godly admonition could bar the service and trigger a church trial similar to the Beebe case. The women include four ordained in Washington DC.
Columbus AP reports 10 hours of testimony as PUCO hearings begin on Columbia Gas of Ohio curtailment plan. The process allows media access for the first time. Columbia Gas Transmission Corp faces 28 to 33 percent gas supply cuts and seeks Nov 1 approval to restrict industrial and commercial use, with residential limits under review.
David Ladd spent a brief vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Ladd of Ladd Ridge Road. A graduate of Ohio University he serves as a graduate assistant at Washington University St Louis pursuing a PhD in biochemistry and was recently elected to Sigma Xi national honorary scientific fraternity.
Lowell B. Howard, an Athens County Common Pleas Court judge, completed a two week advanced education session for state trial judges at the University of Nevada. The program, titled New Trends in the Law, covered civil and criminal justice system changes, jury issues, family law, discrimination, protective orders, and courtroom administration with workshops on jury management and public understanding.
A two week outpatient program for Chronic Lung Disease and Black Lung opened this summer at O Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens. The clinic helps physicians diagnose and treat breathing problems and offers home practice routines. Call Pat Bloom for information across Athens Meigs Vinton Jackson counties. A separate report notes a car fire near Ohio University Convocation Center caused $50 damage to Harry Lucas's vehicle on a Saturday night.
Athens SHessenger publishes daily except Saturdays with AP affiliation. Rates cover carrier delivery and mail options including daily and Sunday editions, with varying weekly, monthly, and yearly prices for local Ohio addresses and distant U.S. destinations. The paper is entered as second class matter in 1918 with a listed postal address in Athens Ohio.
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