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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1971
Page
9
A guest editorial by Ralph Clyburn uses the ladybug as a metaphor for environmental care. It warns that DDT and pesticides harm wildlife and health, urges safer solutions, and calls citizens to conserve resources and rethink wasteful habits for future children.
Representative William H. Harsha promotes a bill diverting 40 percent of alcohol tax revenue to highway safety and funds public education. He tours county fairs with a highway safety exhibit, breathalyzer demos, a GM dashboard tester, and a poll on licensing and enforcement to back a national safety crusade.
A column critiques Warren Court decisions and Communist propaganda shaping verdicts. It cites David Hilliard and Bobby Seale’s releases, Angela Davis campaigns, and church and YWCA support, arguing justice must balance accused and accuser while preserving public safety.
Local notes report Batavia School staff changes and Williamsburg coaching hopes, OES picnic at Serpent Mound, Legion of Merit for Lt Donald H. Ault, Marines discharge of Thomas Fortney visiting Batavia, Clermont students at Miami University, amphetamine misuse concerns, summer courses, a poisonous bite incident near Stonelick, and a political opinion piece on law and order and Angela Davis.
Representatives passed bills expanding retirement benefits for 60 000 former public employees and future retirees. The measure raises monthly benefits for those retired before July 1 1968 and those with long service, while another bill imposes a one year residency requirement for public aid and allows travel funds for ineligible recipients. A note on first convictions and a continued page 10 teaser follow.
A sermon argues that clinging to habitual sins is like a child bonded to a worn blanket. It cites John 3 18 and Luke 18 29-30 to claim believers gain life and blessings by forsaking sin and following Jesus, with the prodigal son as example.
In a Times Star column, Parson B Y Williams recounts a deacons meeting over Scouts misplacing marks in the church. He argues marks exist but should prompt guidance not expulsion, urging charity and faith in youth. He cites Finicky Fussburger and the image of Jesus in work over clean clothes, ending with a call to buy blue jeans.
A fragment describes submission instructions for The Poet's Nook with author name and address in the corner, and asks a rhetorical poem question about rain color. It includes lines about rain, silver streams, hope through tomorrow, and healing with brighter skies. The piece ends with pledges to mend broken loves and find happiness.
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