Point Pleasant High evacuates 771 students over bomb hoax
Authorities evacuated 771 students from Point Pleasant High School on Jackson Ave after two bomb reports. Police fire and state police searched the building while students were moved to the auditorium nearby. The first call at 8 55 a.m. was deemed a hoax, then a second claim prompted evacuation.
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West Virginia
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Sir Winston Churchill suffers blood clot in brain at 90
London reports Sir Winston Churchill, aged 90, has a cerebral thrombosis and circulatory weakness after a cold. Doctors say he remains able to show his V for Victory sign when viewed from Hyde Park Gate, though his condition is serious and noted as a possible heart and artery issue.
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House of Commons
Head-on Route 33 Crash Kills One In Circleville
A fatal two car collision on Route 33 near the Five Mile Inn left Thomas Bergerns age 31 of 345 East Main Circleville dead on arrival at Hocking Valley Hospital. Four others hospitalized with one in critical condition. One vehicle bore Ohio plates the other West Virginia. Bergerns worked for Palmer and Donovan May Co of Columbus. Sir Winston Churchill, long retired London, shows signs of age with cold and poor circulation despite recent health scares.
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Hocking Valley Hospital
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Five-Mile Inn
Ohio
West Virginia
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E. Main St
Circleville
Palmer and Donovan May Co
Columbus
Congress Approves Four Year Extension of Arms Agency
President Johnson urged Congress to extend the life of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency for four years with $55 million in funding. He argued nonproliferation is essential to U S security as the U S and allies cite achievements like the 1963 nuclear test ban treaty and the Hot Line with Moscow.
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Fire at State Mental Hospital Costs Two Women
A hospital fire in a women’s dormitory caused two fatalities and forced the evacuation of about 1200 patients into sub freezing air. Fire crews contained the blaze on the third floor linen closet and prevented a larger disaster.
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State Mental Hospital
Actress June Allyson Hospitalized After Kidney Stone Attack
Summit New Jersey actress June Allyson, aged 40, was hospitalized Thursday night after a kidney stone attack in a play house dressing room. She is in satisfactory condition and resting comfortably at Overlook Hospital. Washington reports Charles A Halleck makes history by moving into the unfinished Rayburn Office Building as the new House Republican leader.
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Playhouse
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Charles A. Halleck
House
GOP
Rayburn
Trimble Junior Chamber of Commerce Granted Charter
Junior Chamber of Commerce in Trimble receives an official charter signaling formal club recognition and planning for civic activities.
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Athens
Statewide Hunt On For Stickup Men
Marietta report of a robbery at the Reno Motel where three men in their 20s tied and robbed proprietor Ernest Rathbone of 150 dollars after entering the office asking for help. Mrs Rathbone freed him and deputies issued a statewide broadcast as area agencies hunt the trio. Temperature outlook shows five day forecast with below normal readings and light precipitation.
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Ohio River cleanup near completion after 16th ORLANCO report
ORLANCO reports 99 percent of communities along the Ohio and tributaries treat sewage, up from less than 1 percent in 1948. The $1 billion effort covers eight states with 92 percent of 1700 industrial discharges meeting minimum interstate standards. Delegates plan anti-pollution focus on river refuse and set a Mahoning River pollution conference for February 16 in Youngstown.
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Youngstown
Jeanette McDonald Dies at 57 in Houston Hospital
Hollywood mourns as actress singer Jeanette McDonald dies at 57 in Methodist Hospital Houston after heart ailment. Gene Raymond travels with her body. McDonald underwent heart surgery prep but was postponed. Nelson Eddy expresses shock and distress at the loss of his film partner.
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Houston Hospital
Hollywood
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Jeanette MacDonald
Houston
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Beverly Hills
Methodist Hospital
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UN centers on health as talks foretell uneasy UN fate
UN diplomats expect the organization to survive amid disputes over peacekeeping assessments and Indonesia's withdrawal. Past crises are cited, including 1950 boycotts, Khrushchev’s 1960 troika plan, and Dag Hammarskjold’s 1961 death. Russia’s recent $5 million contributions signal no collapse.
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Soviet Union
France
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Labor leaders push quick repeal of Taft-Hartley 14B
Several hundred AFL-CIO leaders travel home after a Washington conference pledging rapid action to repeal Section 14B of the Taft-Hartley Act, the right to work provision. Chairman Adam Clayton Powell said hearings begin January 25 and the bill would reach the House floor by March 1.
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Vocational High School Aid Plan Heads to State Department
Five county superintendents in Athens Perry and Hocking Counties prepare an application for a tri county vocational high school funding under the 1963 federal act To secure state and federal aid they plan to submit by January 25 The effort involves areas of Athens County excluding the city of Athens Southern Local Perry County and parts of Hocking County excluding Laurelville plus Nelsonville and Logan The plan seeks 50 percent aid under state rules or up to 80 percent federal 20 percent local under pending Appalachian legislation
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Logan
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Hocking County
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Ohio
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