Decorated Bikes and Tricycles Win Prizes in Nelsonville Parade
Sixty two entrants competed in the decorated bicycle and tricycle contest sponsored annually by the Nelsonville Pandorian Club. Winners included Surrey With a Fringe On Top by Eric and Beth Maurer in the Tricycle class and Here Comes The Judge for over ten bicycle class by Live Animals In Cages, with judges Ed Settle and John Pearce presiding.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Pandorian Club
Surrey
Eric
Beth Maurer
Faye Bumgardner
McDonald
Sandy Smith
David Alvis
Charlotte Howard
Zoo
Christy Williams
Kathy Todd
Monty
Toney
Christy Ball
Wayne Covert
John Oakley
Th Hills
Brenda Davis
Ed Settle
John J. Pearce
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Richard Yorde
Harold Bean
James Vinia
Dorothy Oakley
Robert Beliford
Soviet Navy Operation Reaches Peacetime Highs
The Pentagon reports Soviet naval operations globally at a peacetime high with about 125 ships at sea, surpassing the 120-ship prior peak. The note comes amid scrutiny of Navy spending and signals a trend toward a deep water global navy.
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Washington
Pentagon
Daniel Z. Henkin
Soviet Union
Henkin
U.S
FWPCA Intensifies Effort to Track Fish Kills
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration announces a new program for intensive reporting and investigation of fish kills. Commissioner David D. Dominick said the agency will assume an active role under the plan.
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Washington
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
David D. Dominick
FWPCA
Capital Quote on Peace and Vietnam Troop Withdrawals
Secretary of State William P. Rogers states that the United States is taking sensible risks for peace and will continue a troop replacement program in Vietnam guided by this principle. The Associated Press quotes Rogers outlining the approach to reduce forces while pursuing strategic aims.
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William P. Rogers
Vietnam
Jamaica Joins Organization of American States
Jamaica becomes the 24th member of the Organization of American States after Vivian C. Smith deposits Jamaica's ratification with the OAS on a Wednesday. The formal entry follows Jamaica’s charge d affaires presenting the instrument of ratification.
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Jamaica
Organization of American States
Vivian C. Smith
OAS
Fastest Bird Swift Flight Sets Summer Speed Record
Chimney swifts are described as the fastest birds with estimates they can travel up to 1000 miles on a summer day, surpassing other avian species.
Coakley Kicked By Steer In Nelsonville Parade Incident
In a freak accident Vern Coakley, a Nelsonville contractor and farmer, was kicked in the face by a 900 pound steer loaded on a trailer. A dropped board spooked the animal as a helper prepared the cover, injuring Coakley who was treated in an emergency room and admitted for observation. The steer, bought by the Nelsonville Lions Club for the Parade of the Hills, was to be displayed briefly uptown.
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Nelsonville
Coakley
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville Lions Club
Dale Scott
Albany
Lions
Uptown
Sidle Wins Ohio Fiddling Title After Dispute
Nelsonville Ohio Kenny Sidle of Hanover won first prize in the Old Time Fiddler of Ohio contest on Public Square, resolving a dispute with Mike Humphrey of Charleston W V who had claimed the 1968 crown. Sidle, who also won at the Ohio State Fair, edged Humphrey with Earl Angel and Woody Inboden following.
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Steff Priete
Ken Steinhoff
Ohio
Nelsonville
Hills
Kenny Sidle
Hanover
William F. Morgan
John Brown
Earl Angel
Pataskala
Woody Inboden
Lancaster
West Virginia
Public Square
Sidle
Mike Humphrey
Charleston
W. Va
Humphrey
Meigs County
Five Die In Train Collision In Darien Connecticut
Five people died in a head on collision between an arriving commuter train from Stamford and a southbound empty train in Darien. Thirty five were injured and hospitalized as rescue crews freed victims from wreckage. The engineer of the southbound train Edward May 37 of Watertown survived initial injuries and was treated at St Josephs Hospital in Stamford.
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Stamford
Edward May
Watertown
May
St. Joseph's Hospital
Robert McKernan
Old Jerusalem Mosque Fire Sparks Arab Riots and Tense Showdown
A fire destroyed the east wing of El Aksah Mosque in Old Jerusalem amid anti Israeli protests by Arabs. Security forces imposed a curfew as police fired into the air to disperse demonstrators and an emergency cabinet session was held in Israel. The Imam’s mihrab was destroyed and the Dome of the Rock was unharmed. Simultaneously in Tel Aviv, Israeli forces reported exchanges with Syrian troops and Arab guerrillas along the ceasefire line.
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Jerusalem
Old Jerusalem
el Aksah
Mohammed
Golda Meir
Via Dolorosa
Calvary
Narow
Tel Aviv
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