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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1976
Page
4
The Athens Messenger front matter lists staff roles and city office details for the Sept 21 1976 edition. It names publishers Bush Paynter Runser and editors Weber Bolles Coon and Whissel among others and notes Route 33 N and Johnson Rd Athens Ohio address.
Athens County Commissioner candidate Karen Harvey urges state action to improve Route 682 between Athens and The Plains. She cites bypass termination altering use, railroad crossing concerns at Grosvenor and Hope's Dairy, and calls for warning lights to reduce southbound traffic hazards on the hill near Hope's Dairy.
In a local editorial residents urge state signs and warning lights north of the cattle crossing on Route 682 to slow traffic and warn drivers. They note funds limits and bypass progress affect improvements, and joke that cows and a bicycle rider must stay alert until better planning and funding arrive.
Governor Rhodes is expected to sign a new $160 million Medicaid bill amid warnings the program has been underfunded since 1975. Legislators increased the appropriation from $114 million and rely on $50 million in cost containment. Critics say better planning and earlier funding could have prevented the crisis.
A satirical tale recalls Lt Viktor Belenko delivering a MiG 25 Foxbat to Japan. Pentagon officials hire “Charley Muleback” to stall the Russians by declaring the jet totaled. Muleback travels to Hakodate, fabricates costly repairs, and gets the plane ready to ship parts from Lansing while the Russians demand it be returned.
Senate Resolution directs Legislative Service Commission to examine skyrocketing product liability insurance costs in Ohio. Maloney cites 50 to 100 percent rate hikes, insurers withdrawing, and potential risk to jobs and consumer protection. The inquiry seeks feasibility of state action to ensure insured parties and curb unjust litigation.
A column critiques automatic registration and mobilization efforts by Democrats and President Ford supporter Carter. It questions the value of stimulating turnout, notes poll data on nonvoters and historic figures, and argues for promoting thoughtful voting rather than broad mobilization.
Ohio lawmakers wrap a four day September session with Medicaid funding sent to the governor, a bingo law expansion bill left in conference, county official pay raises referred to conference, consumer counsel funding sent to the governor, and various measures to the governor or committee including tax relief for inner city industry and school board escrow changes.
The piece argues that economic progress in 1976 is unclear with mixed indicators and biased views from economists. It notes unemployment around 7.9 percent alongside high employment and housing starts fluctuations, stressing that predictions depend on interpretations of data and reactions to policy signals rather than fixed certainties.
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