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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1972
Page
2
Kroger Co announces a program to disclose fat content and guaranteed ingredients in ground beef sold in local stores. Harold P. Templeton, vice president of Kroger's Columbus Division, says signs will inform customers about ingredients and fat content.
Congressman Ken Hechler denounces H R 7211 as The Great Public Lands Giveaway Bill accusing it of opening parks forests and wildlife areas to mining logging and grazing interests. He warns it would strip agencies protection powers and paralyze land management while urging defeat before floor action.
The Ohio University Zanesville Campus faculty resolved in support of OU President Claude R. Sowle against the Millett Plan for funding state higher education. The resolution states they lend support and encouragement to Sowle’s efforts to address higher education funding concerns in Ohio.
Athens police investigate the theft of 240 dollars in stereo equipment and 15 dollars in cash from an apartment in Lakeview Manor. Scott Henry and James Farmer report a broken patio door and a duffel bag marked with Farmers name carried off two speakers an amplifier and a turntable.
Tonight will be clear and cool with lows in the 40s. Saturday brings partly cloudy skies and highs in the 70s. Sunday looks warm with a chance of showers and 70s to near 80 for highs and 50s for lows. Nationally, much of the U.S. remains cool and sunny Friday with scattered rain from the Mississippi Valley to the Appalachians. Data include yesterday's high 80 and low 55, humidity 55 percent at 4 p.m., and rainfall 0.01 inches yesterday. total this month 2.42 inches, normal 2.88 inches. Sun sets at 7:27 p.m.. rises tomorrow at 7:17 a.m. Observations from Ohio University and U.S. Weather Observer C. L. Colmer.
University officials unveil a 1.1 million shortfall solution after month long study. Civil service pay increases cost more than expected and lower revenue from student fees. They cut expenditures by 700000 and reduced operating reserves to 200000 while using 200000 from prior year surpluses and increasing miscellaneous income estimates. Carryover funds remain unaffected.
BMI announces the appointment of John H. Behler as director of personnel and industrial relations. He will oversee labor relations and benefits for BMI which runs Seven-Up bottling plants in Ohio Michigan and Pennsylvania. He previously led employee relations at Columbus Coated Fabrics and is a 1960 Penn State graduate.
Athens County Municipal Court Judge Franklin Sheeter said trials of 75 defendants charged under the state campus disruption act may face a delay after attorneys for the group petitioned the Ohio Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling. He plans to start with Pamela Smith on Wednesday for the May 10 antiwar demonstration at Lindley Hall.
David M. James of The Plains, W Clifton Stout of Albany, and Emerson C. Stone of Athens earned certificates from General Telphone Co of Ohio at Marion plant training school. James completed basic electricity, Stout studied installation and maintenance of two common PABXs, and Stone finished a course on equipment that automatically identifies numbers in direct dialing calls. All three work in the Athens District of the company.
The Athens County Board of Elections readies the first absentee ballots for the November 7 election. Director William Howe reports 235 military ballots and 13 from citizens abroad requests, with 360 total requests and a deadline of November 2 at 4 p.m. Ballots go out in October to voters still in the country. The Athens County Chapter of the Ohio Civil Service Employer Association meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Athens Mental Health Center Therapy Building, announced Chapter President William Sycks.
Ohio University history professor and Tenth District candidate Bob Whealey criticizes Nixon war policy in a letter to the National League of Families of POWs and MIAs. He cites 5000 years of precedents and cites 1953 1955 POW returns to argue for quicker prisoner repatriation and questions Thieu's preservation versus POW release.
Mayor Donald Barrett proclaimed Air Force Week to mark the 25th anniversary of the Air Force as a separate service. The observance honors members who serve by conscience with no obligation beyond duty and urges the public to commend their actions as an example.
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