Ohio Supreme Court to hear apportionment case February seventh
News briefs recap an Ohio Supreme Court hearing set for February 7 on the validity of the states legislative apportionment system. Attorneys for Senate Minority Leader Frank W. King respond to an appeal from a lower court ruling that invalidated the single member district plan used in last years elections. Also in Columbus plans are announced for a national ecumenical conference September 5 to 8 on the Ohio State University campus, expected to draw 2500 to 3000 clergy and lay leaders from across the states. In New York attorney William Vanden Heuvel will fly to Germany to assist Mrs. John F Kennedy in negotiations with Der Stern over serialized portions of The Death of a President. The magazine, which bought rights from Look, has refused to delete passages Mrs. Kennedy views as too personal.
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Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio Senate
Frank W. King
Toledo
Lucas
10Th District Court of Appeals
Ohio State University
New York
William Vanden Heuvel
Germany
John F. Kennedy
Magazine
der Stern
Look
Bank Holdups Net Nearly Twenty Thousand in L.A. District
In Los Angeles Lennox District police report two separate bank robberies. A gunman escaped with 1795 dollars before noon and a second gunman fled with 12030 dollars about three hours later.
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Los Angeles
U.S. National Bank
Lennox
Ky narrowly escapes mortar incident near Saigon
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky escaped injury when an Australian mortar misfired near him. Bodyguards shielded Ky as the round malfunctioned, causing no injuries. He later joked with reporters during a visit to Australian and New Zealand units about 30 miles east of Saigon.
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Nuidat
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
New Zealand
Saigon
John Good named to Hocking Valley Bank board
Logan city budget page notes a $250 000 increase over 1966 levels. Ohio University wins 94 93 at Grover Center led by Mark McClintick in a MAC basketball thriller against Marshall. Local sections list areas Athens Glouster Logan and other towns with theater and women features.
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Lawhead Press
Hocking Valley Bank Board
Logan
Ageiaer
Mark McClintick
Ohio University
Marshall
Grover Canter
Fiei
Mao delivers ultimatum as loyalty pledges flood Chinese army
Mao Tse-tung issued a final ultimatum to enemies and called on the army to crush them while arms units pledged loyalty across China. Beijing reports say Mao restructured the cultural revolutionary committee of the armed forces and Shanghai saw fighting as quarantines and travel limits were imposed. The move signals possible weakness in Lin Piao's grip on the army and shifts in civil purge dynamics amid a spate of strikes and clashes.
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China
Mao
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Communist Party
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Shanghai
Lin Piao
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Lin
Bombers Hit Iron Triangle In Vietnam Drive
American bombers pulverized the iron triangle as U.S. ground forces pressed a five day sweep north of Saigon uncovering Viet Cong camps and rice stores. Casualty figures show weekly declines. 67 Americans killed, 479 wounded, with nearly 200 Communist dead and 40 prisoners. In California, Reagan effigy vandalism and a student kidnap incident at Sacramento State College sparked protests over tuition.
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South Vietnam
Iron Triangle
U.S
North Vietnam
Lodge predicts decrease in American casualties this year
AP Special Correspondent John M. Hightower reports Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge forecast a downtrend in U.S. casualties in Vietnam in 1967 as military wins progress. He outlined four war fronts, noted about 400,000 U.S. troops and roughly 100 weekly deaths, and cautioned pacification and terror-weeding require time while military gains may rise.
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Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Vietnam
Lodge
Associated Press
Saigon
United States
Johnson
U.S
South Vietnam
Mount St Mary to Add Therapy Unit With Hill-Burton Grant
Nelsonville moves toward a new physical therapy unit at Mount St. Mary Hospital with Hill-Burton aid of 45592 toward a 278240 project. Administrator Mother Euphemia says Appalachian funds are a near certainty and no public drive is planned. Expansion funds exist from local gifts as the hospital plans a mortgage loan to cover remaining costs.
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Nelsonville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Hill - Burton
Nelsonville Board of Trade
Alice Kelso
Appalachia
Parkersburg
W. Va
Columbus
M. Euphemia
Mount St. Mary
1871 Law May Aid Marchers
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court will decide if 1871 civil rights laws allow suits against judges and police for actions during demonstrations. The case stems from four Episcopal ministers arrested at a Jackson Mississippi depot in 1961 amid a racially mixed civil rights prayer pilgrimage.
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Supreme Court
Nelsa A. Rockefeller
New York
Jackson
Miss
New Orleans
Detroit
Mississippi Valley
Carl Rachlin
New York City
Rachlin
Three Persons Killed in Black Muslim Feud Case
ST. LOUIS Me Three persons have been killed in violence apparently stemming from an internal dispute in the Black Muslim sect.
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ST. Louis
Congress Weighs Social Security Increase Amid Budget Strains
Washington AP reports Congress moves toward early hearings on President Johnson's 20 percent Social Security rise proposal, with a 6 percent Vietnam tax surcharge sidelined. The plan boosts minimum checks to 70 from 44, expands Medicare to disability recipients, and may raise payroll taxes. House Ways and Means will also review Medicaid program limits as hearings set for February and an April start for tax changes to hit by July 1.
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Congress
Johnson
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Vietnam
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Ways and Means Committee
Byrnes
Judge Weighs Baker Case Dismissal Motion
In Washington US District Judge Oliver Gasch considers dismissing criminal charges against Bobby Baker due to electronic eavesdropping in the case. The motion is under advisement.
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Washington
Oliver Gasch
Bobby Baker
Strip Mine Land Law Proposed
Washington AP reports Senator Lausche with Young and Scott introduced a bill to regulate future coal strip and surface mining and to reclaim lands and waters harmed by mining. It would require federal standards, offer federal aid to reclaim about 3.6 million acres, and condition aid on strong state laws. Ohio notes 33 500 unreclaimed acres amid 200 000 in the state burned by mining.
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Washington
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Stephen M. Young
Hugh Scott
Lausche
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