Ouster of Weinfurtner Dominates Athens County Board Action
Athens County School Board members Pratt Thomas and Moore oust county School Supt Robert L Weinfurtner and name George E Christman as his replacement amid questions about process and transparency. The meeting echoes 1970 events when the same trio opposed state aid for a pilot education center, with limited comment from involved officials. Esther Dailey was absent and would have opposed the motion. Pratt claims to know the reasons but will not discuss them.
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Curt Heady Messenger
Athens County School Board
Robert L. Weinfurtner
Weinfurther
George E. Christman
Christman
Clyde Pratt
Ed Thomas
Lewis Moore
Thomas Moron
Pratt
George Christman
Weinfurtner
the Messenger
Darley
Thomas
Moore
Hocking-Athens-Perry
Weinfurmer
Newsman
British Battle Rioters in Londonderry Clashes Escalate
In Londonderry police and British troops clashed with rioters using rocks and missiles as tensions rose. Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark said the government is at war with Irish Republican extremists seeking a united Ireland. The Defense Ministry announced 600 more troops dispatched to Ulster, joining 7,000 already there amid exhausted forces after Belfast violence that left four dead Friday night. Chichester-Clark, at Stormont Castle, promised the government would never surrender to Irish Republicans.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
James Chichester-Clark
British Defense Ministry
London
Ulster
Chichester-Clark
Stormont Castle
Kennedy Charges Laos Aid Misuse
Senator Edward M. Kennedy accused a large share of U S relief funds for Laos of aiding Laotian military forces under CIA supervision. He cited a four year total of 27.4 million dollars diverted from refugee aid to cover paramilitary support, while AID disputes a broad refugee classification and says most beneficiaries are dependents of fighters. The GAO report Kennedy cites allegedly documents the diversion, though the AID spokesman maintains some fighters receive aid as part of refugee relief.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
U.S
Laos
Central Intelligence Agency
Kennedy
Massachusetts Democrat
Agency For International Development
Kenedy
GAO
Congress
In Laos Crisis Nixon Faces Souvanna Approval Hurdle
Reports from Vientiane indicate a potential South Vietnamese invasion of Laos may await Premier Souvanna Phouma's consent with President Nixon to make the final call. Saigon denies cross border claims as tensions mount amid mounting uncertainties. A separate report from Tuscania Italy notes a major earthquake striking central Italy causing at least ten deaths and over 80 injuries.
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Vientiane, Laos
Vientiane
Souvanna Phouma
Nixon
Souvanna
Tuscania
Italy
Tus Cania
Rome
Moonwalk Mission Ends Apollo 14 Heads Home
Apollo 14 crewmates Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa lifted off from the moon ending a 33 4 hour surface stay and begin a 21 day coast back to Earth with 108 pounds of lunar rocks. They set up a science station collected samples and filmed the lunar surface before Antares self destructed in orbit providing data for scientists and marking the mission as the most successful of the three moon landings.
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AP Wirsphore
Alan B. Shepard
Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Antares
Edgar D. Mitchell
Shepard
Mitchell
Roosa
Fearless One
Moon
Sip
Lunar
Earth
Cone Crater
Reactivated Khe Sanh Threatened By North Vietnamese Artillery
North Vietnamese artillery opened fire for the first time in the northwest of South Vietnam, risking the U S base at Khe Sanh nine miles northeast of the outpost Rock Pile. One U S soldier died and three were wounded as mortars hit three South Vietnamese out posts. Fog hampered action while a cache of 135 mortar rounds was found near Route 9.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Khe Sanh
Laos
Taos
Rock Candy Mountain
U.S. Americal Division
Route 9
Presidential Panel Urges Abolition of Regional Commissions
A presidential panel says the six regional commissions form an unnecessary administrative layer in the federal grant process and should be cut. It urges executive management grants to governors and a redefined Economic Development Administration role, combined with national revenue sharing. Governors favor ARC and revenue sharing, arguing a decision sharing mechanism benefits program management.
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Washington
White House
Economic Development Administration
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Appalachian Regional Commission
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
ARC
John Ebrichman
Fevor
Commission
Presidential Council En Executive Organization
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