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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1976
Page
1
Washington reports August consumer prices up five tenths of a percent for the third straight month. Food fuel and clothing costs climb while meat prices fall, keeping annual inflation near six percent and shrinking real worker income.
The Democratic campaign train carried Walter Mondale through Ohio to rallies in smaller towns, after joining the train in Pittsburgh. He echoed running mate Carter’s whistlestop themes used in New Jersey and Pennsylvania as Ford and Dole push tax and loophole politics.
In Dar es Salaam a senior Kissinger aide says the secretary of state seeks two pledges from black leaders after talks with southern Africa's white leaders. Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith wants assurances that all guerrilla action in Rhodesia will be suspended.
Kissinger begins talks on a Rhodesia constitution to transfer power to blacks while ensuring whites 270000 stay safeguarded. He flies to Tanzania to brief President Nyerere after meeting Kaunda of Zambia and discussing Smith and Vorster. Smith meets his cabinet in Salisbury to discuss Kissinger proposals.
The U N General Assembly begins its 31st session with focus on southern Africa racial conflict and the Arab Israeli dispute. Secretary General Waldheim seeks reelection and calls for cooperation while terrorism, North South wealth gaps, and Namibian independence dominate the agenda.
The four national networks will broadcast the Carter Ford debate in Philadelphia. NBC CBS ABC and PBS plan to air the event despite reservations about league rules. Carter tours New Jersey and Pennsylvania while Mondale campaigns through Ohio Indiana to Chicago. Ford rests at the White House as Tolbert visits and Dole prepares for a medical check and Ohio address.
A state ordered spending cutback could trim state support at Ohio University by 300000 to 360000 dollars. Provost Neil Bucklew announced the potential loss today on page 2.
Weather brief notes a clear cooler night with lows 40 to 45 and a sunny cool Wednesday. Temperatures rise to 60 to 65 with near zero percent chance of rain tonight and Wednesday.
Gov. Rhodes urged Democratic legislative leaders to reconvene the General Assembly to pass tax exemption measures aimed at helping businesses create jobs in cities. The request comes as Ohio centers on a jobs oriented campaign.
A circuit court jury fined Drewry Little ten dollars for keeping a 240 pound pig named Sweet Lips in a resort area. Little plans appeals and possible Supreme Court action in Richmond. He asserts the pig is harmless and loves him. a company has offered to buy the pig for show, with proceeds to charity.
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