United Appeal Aims to Reach $80,000 Goal Again
Athens County volunteers launch the United Appeal drive to raise funds for 13 health youth and welfare agencies. Campaign chair Edward T. Van Dyke urges gifts, noting inflation and the need to meet or surpass the $80,000 target. United Appeal Sunday is held this week. every donation helps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Appeal
Athens County
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
Kootaga Area
Boy Scouts of America
Black Diamond Girl Scout Council
USO
Mental Health, Inc
Planned Parenthood of
Southeastern Ohio
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Ohio Citizens’ Council For Health and
Edward T. van Dyke
Two Young Democrats Poised in Ohio State Races
State Sen. Tony Hall of Dayton and Rep. Richard Celeste of Cleveland, both in their first statewide campaigns, show strong organizing efforts as they seek secretary of state and lieutenant governor roles. Incumbent Ted Brown admires a worthy challenger while Atty. Gen. William J. Brown discusses a stock tip turned loss.
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Columbus
Ohio
Tony Hall
Dayton
Richard Celeste
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Hall
Celeste
Ted W. Brown
John J. Gilligan
William J. Brown
Ohio lawmaker ties local races to national corporate fights
Akron state representative Ronald H. Weyandt sees national issues like Watergate shaping local campaigns. He notes both parties suffer in November as he seeks a second term against Kathryn Wertz baugher, a Republican and former Akron City Council member.
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Ronald H. Weyandt
Akron
What Does He Want I Done Forgot
Editor asks what Americans want as the nation nears its 200th anniversary. Vikki Carr recalls poverty overcome in America and celebrates blessings, while a fable about a lad at a country store questions what people seek beyond toys and trinkets.
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the Messenger
America
Vikki Carr
Right to Life groups push for constitutional life amendment
Mary Ann Adkins of Ohio Right To Life urges supporters to seek facts on the January 1973 Supreme Court abortion ruling and its consequences. She calls for a Human Life amendment to the U S Constitution and invites letters for information from Region 3.
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the Messenger
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S
Dred Scott
Mary Ann Adkins
Ohio
Right To Life
Fifth St
To Die In Vietnam An American Duty
Letter writer argues against blanket amnesty for Vietnam draft dodgers and deserters while noting some avoided service due to laziness or moral objections. He questions U S duty in Vietnam and supports conditional amnesty and bringing soldiers home.
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Vietnam
the Messenger
Robert Irwin
Ford
Town Could Aid Gown By Taking Courses
People of both the city and the county of Athens could help by enrolling in courses at Ohio University. Taking courses would bring locals and students into closer contact and help OU serve local needs while boosting fall quarter enrollment to secure more state subsidies.
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the Messenger
Athens
Ohio University
Athens Councilman Opposes Telephone Rate Hikes
In Columbus PUCO hearings General Telephone Co. seeks rate increases. City official objects citing dividends of 6 million in 1973 and 5.6 million through July 1974 and a 1972 Sherman Act violation by GT and E. Residential rates in Athens could rise at least 2.30 monthly, over 30 percent, objections filed by Henry Eckhart and Marvin Johnston.
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the Messenger
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUCO
General Telephone Co
Columbus
General Telephone
Henry Eckhart
Communications Workers of America
Afl-Cio
U.S. District Court of Hawaii
Eckhart
District Court
GT & E
Marvin Johnston
Athens Area
Edmund Turk
PACO
High St
Ohio
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Steel executives urge Rhodesian chrome in stainless steel supply
Eighty top North American steel company leaders met in Hot Springs under the American Iron and Steel Institute to discuss chrome from Rhodesia. They warned that without Rhodesian ferrochrome, stainless steel supply could become desperate as United States policy wobbles over the Byrd Amendment and related sanctions.
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Hot Springs
American Iron and Steel Institute
United Nations
Rhodesia
Salisbury
United States
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Congress
Soviet Union
United States Steel Industry
U. S
Russia
U. N
U.N
Haig Nomination Faces Senate Hearing Scrutiny
The piece argues Gen. Alexander Haig should endure rigorous Senate confirmation due to past Nixon era actions including the Watergate cover up and wiretap involvement. It warns the pardon links Haig to the Nixon circle and calls for a thorough security review before any NATO command.
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Alexander Haig
White House
NATO
Gen. Haig
Wall Street Journal
Nixon White House
Henry Kissinger
National Security Council
Watergate
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