Ohio Senate advances redistricting plan amid session rush
The Ohio Senate passed the GOP drawn redistricting bill by 18 to 13 as Democrats opposed the plan reshaping 23 districts into 24. If approved in May a constitutional amendment would permit bonds and loans to fund Rhodes industrial development, while the Pardon and Parole Commission was abolished.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
106Th General Assembly
House
Rhodes
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Ohio legislature advances parole reform and agency modernization
The General Assembly streamlines parole and clemency procedures and expands powers for the Ohio Youth Commission and Department of Development. An administration backed measure authorizes the Highway Department to order extra work outside original contracts when unforeseen situations arise.
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Ohio
Ohio Youth Commission
State Highway Department
General Assembly
Department of Development
Ohio Legislature Advances Education and Tax Reforms
Lawmakers aligned with the administration to move gross premium tax timing for out of state insurers in Ohio. They authorize Cleveland State University and a state medical college in Toledo, with the Board of Regents to take and lease property from non profits. The bill enables districts to contract with federal and state bodies to train out of school youth and adults. They implement a $500 million bond issue and approve sale of half, plus a new $290 million capital improvements bond.
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Ohio
Cleveland State University
Toledo
Youngstown University
Lawmakers Back Higher Education Bonds and State Upgrades
The legislature approved a voter endorsed 500 million highway bond issue from last May and sent measures to voters. Other actions include pay raises for legislators judges and local officials. The division of mines gains authority to regulate salt water oil wastes and hires three deputy oil and gas well inspectors expanding the staff.
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Division of Mines
Eight Original Counties Remain In Ohio 10th District
The Ohio General Assembly redraws districts adding Perry Morgan and Washington to the 10th, creating a large district reaching from near Columbus to the Scioto line near Portsmouth. Walter Moeller will represent the expanded 10th starting in two years, while the 15th is redrawn to include western Franklin County.
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105Th General Assembly
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Fairfield
Hocking
Vinton
Jackson
Gallia
Meigs
Lawrence
Walter Moeller
Lancaster
Washington County
Ohio River
Lawrence County
Scioto County
Portsmouth
Columbus
Newark
Zanesville
Moeller
Fairfield County
Secrest
Nation Gripped By Cold Across Large U S
A severe cold spell freezes much of the nation with subzero temps in a dozen states and heavy snow and ice. Montana ranchers report thousands of dollars in livestock losses as the National Guard clears roads and a thousand sheep wander and crash through a lake ice south of Miles City.
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Wisconsin
Nebraska
Texas
Ohio
Delaware
New England
Kentucky
Great Lakes
Montana
National Guard
Miles City
Mont
Butte
Helena
Yellowstone
Fire Claims Multiple Lives At McGraw Nursing Home
A fire at the McGraw Nursing Home in Fountaintown Indiana killed fourteen elderly residents and left at least five missing. Two attendants and fifteen patients escaped into near zero temperatures as investigators probe the cause of the two story wooden facility.
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Fountaintown
Ind
McGraw
Britain postpones loan repayments to end of year total 187.6 million
Britain’s labor government delayed loan repayments due at year end totaling 187.6 million dollars from postwar American and Canadian loans. In Italy Amintore Fanfani, a Christian Democrat leader, faces rising support from pro Communists as he moves toward the presidency.
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Britain
Rome
Amintore Fanfani
Christian Democrat
Italy
Mass demo threats over Cleveland federal building row
The NAACP threatened a large demonstration in Cleveland to stop the new federal building project amid a dispute over alleged racial discrimination by unions on the site.
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Cleveland
Federal
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Canada to fly maple leaf flag over provinces by Christmas
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson promised a national maple leaf banner to counter separatism. The Senate approved the plan by a 38 to 23 vote Thursday night, signaling movement toward the flag’s display across Canada’s ten provinces.
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Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Senate
Richland Church to Hold First Service in Athens
The Richland Church plans its inaugural service in Athens this Sunday as listed on Page 2 of Inside Messenger. Also noted is a feature on space scientists solving Earth’s problems on Page 4 and a Gallia County girl aided by fifty six blood donors on Page 5. The Miami team dumps the Falcons to seize the Mid American lead on Page 10.
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Local Ohio Obituaries And Sports Snippets
Obituaries and sports notes from Athens Chauncey Nelsonville Pomeroy and Middleport appear in this fragment. The clipping lists multiple towns with scattered page markers and includes brief sports and editorial references.
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Ceeeeeeers
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UN Stress On Funds Tightens
The 59 nation Asian African group pressures a quick settlement of U N peacekeeping dues dispute. They push a rescue fund allowing Soviet bloc contributions without dropping its refusal to pay costs. Fedorenko says Russia would fund only if the Assembly unanimously adopts the fund resolution.
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United States
Soviet Union
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Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Russia
Goldwater Vows to Stay in GOP Despite Burch Challenge
Close associates say Senator Barry Goldwater angrily insists the drive to oust Dean Burch targets him and will not push him out of the Republican party. Goldwater backs Burch, arguing removing him would repudiate Goldwater personally and weaken party unity ahead of a confidence showdown.
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Barry Goldwater
Dean Burch
GOP
Phoenix
Republican National Committee
Burch
Goldwater
William E. Miller
New York
Miller
Sen. Goldwater
Regents Meet to Decide Berkeley Free Speech Policy
Regents gather at UCLA to resolve the Berkeley free speech policy after months of demonstrations including a Dec 3 sit-in that led to 814 arrests. About 300 students rallied at Hyde Park, with 50 to 75 later sitting outside the administration building as speakers urged civil discourse.
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Berkeley
University
Regents
Hyde Park
Halleck's Unseating Predicted by GOP Challengers
Two Republicans, Charles E. Goodell and Robert P. Griffin, predict House GOP leader Charles A. Halleck will be unseated. They push for Michigan's Gerald Ford to succeed Halleck, hoping for early commitment as leaders for the 89th Congress.
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Washington
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Charles E. Goodell
New York
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Halleck
Goodell
Griffin
Rep
Gerald Ford
Ford
Guantanamo Base Completes Water Desalinization Plant
Ten months after Fidel Castro cut river water to the U S Naval Base at Guantanamo the third and final desalinization unit began operating on December 6 producing 2.2 million gallons daily. The full system cost about 10.7 million dollars including a 12 500 kilowatt power plant. Castro halted the water supply in retaliation for U S actions against Cuban fishermen.
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Fidel Castro
U. S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Navy
Castro
U. S
Coast Guard Searched for Two Duck Hunters on Ohio River
The Coast Guard hunted for Cabell County men John Meadows Jr. and Robert Dunfee who disappeared Thursday evening near Glenwood. Their homemade canoe was found near Guyan Creek at the Cabell Mason line as police and a conservation officer faced 3 foot high waters and gusty winds.
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Coast Guard
Cabell County
John Meadows Jr
Big Seven Mile
Robert Dunfee
Ohio River Rd
Glenwood
Guyan Creek
Cabell-Mason County
Miles Durst
Joe Dean Returns to Ohio University as Assistant Coach
Joe Dean former co captain of Ohio Universitys 1960 national small college team is hired as an assistant football coach at his alma mater. Athletic Director Bill Rohr announced the move noting Deans 1961 OU degree and recent Kent State staff experience under Trevor Rees and Leo Strang. Dean will coach offensive and defensive ends joining Bills Hess six man staff with Nick Mourouzis and Frank Richey in key roles. He reports January 1.
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Ohio University
Bill Rohr
Ohio
Dean
Kent State University
Trevor Rees
Leo Strang
Bobcat
Defiance
Bill Hess
Nick Mourouzis
Frank Richey
Bob Kappes
Cliff Heffelfinger
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