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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1975

Page

2

Boston Teachers Strike Force Grows With $25,000 Daily Fine

Nationwide wave of teacher walkouts continues as Boston’s union faces a $25 000 daily fine for defying a back to work order. The measure targets union president Harry Robinson and four others amid continued desegregation related disruptions.

Associated Press Boston Teachers Union Suffolk Harry Robinson Boston New York State Indiana Illinois Pennsylvania Michigan Idaho Falls Idaho Benton Harbor Wayland Mich Jennings County

Kleppe Clears Senate Hearing for Interior Secretary Nomination

Thomas S. Kleppe, Ford nominee for Interior secretary, exits two days of Senate hearings largely unscathed. The Interior Committee may vote next week. no recall of Kleppe as a witness appears likely. Detractors cited SBA disaster loan handling and alleged improprieties, but probes have not tied him to wrongdoing.

Washington Thomas S. Kleppe Ford Senate Senate Interior Committee Kleppe North Dakota Small Business Administration Pennsylvania William H. Wilcox SBA Fred Wertheimer Citizen Lobby Common Cause Mittee Richard M. Nixon

Antibusing Riders Attached to Senate Bill

The Senate expected to pass a 36.2 billion HEW Labor appropriations bill with two antibusing riders. The measures would block district use of pupil busing to desegregate unless required by court order and would not affect ongoing court-ordered programs. Civil rights groups fought an amendment to nullify the riders. Senator Biden modified one rider to curb unintended effects. The Dayton Dunbar House becomes a state historic site.

Washington Senate Department of Health, Education and Welfare HEW Labor Department Joseph R. Biden

Dayton businessman Lester Emoff found dead after kidnapping

The body of Dayton businessman Lester C. Emoff, 67, was found in a wooded area near Dayton. FBI says he was shot after a Tuesday night abduction from his furniture stores. Two suspects in custody, a third sought as ransom details emerge. The victim’s 1973 gold Cadillac was recovered. The investigation links ransom demands and a car exchange with a possible third suspect.

Dayton Ohio Lester C. Emoff Here FBI Emoff C. Edwin Enright Enright Robert Cadillac Miamisburg William Shelterly Shelterly Robert Neddo Neddo Jim Shuler Nedde

Hostage Shows Remorse After Abductor Surrender in Welfare Office

Peggy Davis, a welfare office worker in Everett Washington, described feeling sorry for James Allen Chapman after he held her hostage at gunpoint for four hours and fired into walls. Chapman surrendered after police said his wife was on the phone. He was booked on kidnapping and assault charges with arraignment planned.

Everett Wash Peggy Davis State Welfare Chapman

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