Nixon's First Year Mixed With Setbacks and Progress
AP Special Correspondent notes Nixon's first year as president featured major foreign policy disappointments alongside cautious gains. Withdrawals from Vietnam and talks with the Soviet Union mark progress, while stalled Paris peace talks and Arab-Israeli tensions threaten outlooks for 1974. The China trade move and Romania visit illustrate attempts at broader diplomacy despite Russian unease.
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JOUN M_ HIGSTOWER
Washington
Vietnam
U.S
Soviet Union
China
Romania
Paris
Middle East
Appalachian grant aids long term care unit project
The Appalachian Regional Commission approved a 159 028 dollar federal grant to help cover added costs for the long term care unit at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Pomeroy Ohio. The funds supplement a prior 217 000 dollar Appalachian grant and bring total project support with Hill Burton Act aid to 245 000 dollars, while the local share is 275 374 dollars.
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Appalachian Regional Commission
Washington
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Pomeroy
Albert G. Giles
Ohio Department of Urban Affairs
10Th District
Clarence Miller
Giles
Who Was Responsible Tax Cut Credits Argued
Washington AP Congress plodded through a 1969 agenda as Republicans and Democrats argued over who deserved credit for the year’s major prize the income tax cut. Democrats held a catch-all appropriation bill to fund agencies and avert a veto threat while resisting a White House demand for higher health and education spending.
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Meigs Church Marks 82nd Yale Meigs Bureau Chief
Lantern lit Christmas Eve Midnight Mass at Our Lady of Loreto Church near Long Bottom recalls early days of the Catholic parish. The one acre plot was donated by Bernard Devlin family with deed to Bishop Watterson in 1887. Descendants of local families support the church as carols, Nativity plays and children’s programs mark the season.
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Beulah Jones
Long Bottom
On Lady of Loretto Church
County Road
Bernard Devlin
Watterson
Columbus
Hawley
James Hawley
Middleport
Andrew
O'Neil
McAvoy
Kerwin
Gallagher
Devlin
Beatlack
Point Pleasant Hospital expands during ten years
Point Pleasant Valley Hospital in Mason County grew with a 4 growth investment since October 1959. The 1967 expansion added two operating rooms, lounge and recovery space, a remodeled emergency room and obstetrics wing, a new 22 bed pediatrics ward, beautician services, physical therapy, larger conference areas, updated dining and kitchen, a solarium, and a fourfold larger laboratory plus a new 40,000 x-ray. Administrator Russell Bibbee notes many new pieces of equipment. the 40 bed wing now features electric type.
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Mary Hyre
Point
Pleasant Correspondent Point
Pleasant
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Mason County
Hueburton
Appalachian Regional Commission
Economic Development Administration
New Additin
Citizens National Bank
Russell Bibbee
Hussein Arrives Uninvited Stirs Arab Summit Plans
RABAT Morocco AP Arab leaders gathered to craft a unified approach to Israel but the opening session of the Arab summit was postponed a day amid snags. King Hussein of Jordan arrived uninvited after a Cairo two day talks between Egyptian President Nasser and Saudi King Faisal. Nasser and Arafat attended aboard separate jets, while delays were blamed on late arrivals and efforts for private briefings before formal talks.
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Israel
Tass
League of Arab States
Hussein
Jordan
Boston MD Advises No Christmas Kissing
Boston public health official Dr. Nicholas J. Fiumara warns against Christmas kissing to curb spread of infectious mononucleosis. He notes mono cases reported recently in college dormitories and high schools across Massachusetts and explains the disease spreads via kissing or sharing utensils and cups.
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Division of
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