Four Athens High Students Arrested in Narcotics Case
Four Athens High School students aged 15 and 16 were taken into custody on delinquency charges tied to marijuana use. A 20 year old Athens woman was questioned and released. Police expect more arrests as the investigation continues at the Appalachian Lighthouse dance hall.
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Athens
Sam Buffington
Charles Cochran
Buffington
Rosser Bateman
Appalachian Lighthouse
Carpenter
N. Court Streets
Cochram
Seoul
Marines abandon Khe Sanh under North Vietnamese attack
U S and South Vietnamese forces withdraw from Khe Sanh as North Vietnamese troops press the town. About two dozen Marines and 40 militiamen pull out while 3,000 Marines at the nearby camp are stretched thin. Refugees flood into the combat camp and are airlifted to Da Nang as B 52 strikes pound the valley. A Marine A4 Skyhawk is shot down but the pilot is rescued.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
U.S
Laos
Associated Press
Robert D. Ohman
da Nang
Marine Combat
Demilitarized Zone
Air Force
Marine
Navy
South
Kasperak's Doctor Plans More Surgery
The Stanford transplant team led by Dr. Norman E. Shumway reported no heart rejection in the late Mike Kasperak's case and said findings may support a future clinical attempt. Kasperak, 54, died after kidney and liver failure and other complications, following a heart transplant using Mrs. Virginia White's organ. Dr. Shumway noted his patient survived a series of life threatening complications, and a British heart expert called Kasperak's survival remarkable despite fatal bleeding risks after such surgeries.
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Stanford
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Norman E. Shumway
Newsmen
Stanford University Medical Center
Kasperak
Shumway
Kaspeerak
Virginia White
Britain
Donald Ross
London
Romney Predicts Two-Man Race With Nixon For GOP Nomination
Michigan Governor George Romney says the GOP contest will basically be between him and Richard Nixon. He dismisses late entrants and hints Nelson Rockefeller might join if Romney falters, though Rockefeller plans to stay with Romney. Gallup finds Nixon preferred by 42 to 27 percent. Romney at 12 and Reagan at 8. Romney’s NH primary push begins with encouragement. Meanwhile Senator Eugene McCarthy moves his Democratic bid toward New Hampshire.
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Washington
Michigan
George Romney
Richard M. Nixon
Romney
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Gallup
Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
New Hampshire
Leonard W. Hall
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
LBJ Note Delivered To Kosygin
U S ambassador Llewellyn E Thompson delivered a secret message to Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in the Kremlin indicating it likely came from President Johnson. Officials offered no details beyond noting Thompson met Kosygin, marking his first formal meeting with Kosygin since February 18.
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U.S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kremlin
Thompson
Kosygin
Foreign Ministry
Ohio House Debates Redistricting Plan Amid Deadline
The Ohio House opens debate on the Congressional redistricting bill as the Senate backed administration proposals 18-15. Aimed to clear the measure before Friday’s federal court deadline, the Government Operations Committee will discuss at 4 p.m. with a floor vote possible Thursday. The plan, drawn by Governor Rhodes and Attorney General Saxbe, faces strong opposition and multiple amendments.
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Ohio
Ohio House
Senate
House
Charles Fry
Clark
James A. Rhodes
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Hamilton County
Rhodes
William B. Saxbe
Administration Starts Push for Tax Hike Amid Spending Upswing
Washington AP Administration officials in Congress press for a 10 percent income tax surcharge as part of a proposed 10.4 billion increase earmarked largely for Vietnam and domestic programs. Treasury Secretary Fowler and Budget Director Schultze argue deficits threaten the dollar while Fed Chairman Martin backs tax cut and spending restraint. Also, gold cover for Federal Reserve notes faces hearing to end 25 percent gold reserve requirement. Ohio forecasts mild to near normal week with temperatures in the 40s and rain in the south and showers in the north.
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Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Vietnam
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Charles L. Schultze
Johnson
U.S
Federal Reserve
William McChesney Martin Jr
House Banking Committee
Ohio
Launching On Module Set Today
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP the countdown moved toward an afternoon launch of America's first Lunar Module an ungainly ship 18 stories tall Saturn 1 rocket to place unmanned 16 ton vehicle in earth orbit for tests to verify lunar landing and liftoff capability Apollo 5 NASA aims to honor Apollo 1 crew killed in last year's fire with a memorial mission the LM engines would ignite to simulate lunar operations in a 64 hour flight plan.
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Fla
America
U.S
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air search for missing plane based from Richmond Airport
Civil Air Patrol crews used Richmond Airport as a base to search for a single engine plane believed down between Richmond Indiana and Hamilton Middletown Ohio. Ground teams worked through the night as darkness and fog hampered efforts. the pilot was Joe Mangus 42 of Middletown.
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Richmond
Ind
Civil Air Patrol
Hamilton-Middletown
Ohio
Joe Mangus
Middletown
Traffic Toll for Weekend Rises to 13 in Ohio
Five fatalities Sunday pushed Ohio's weekend traffic death toll to 13. The weekend featured milder weather than the year’s snow clogged prior period, marking an increase of three from the previous weekend.
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Columbus
Detroit Teamsters threaten strike over interim paper
In Detroit, Teamsters Local 372 president Clare O’Connor said the union may picket the sole remaining interim newspaper during the shutdown of the city’s two major dailies if the Daily Press does not hire all idled union members seeking work on the strike paper. In Sicily, survivors in western Sicily’s earthquakes refuse to leave muddy tent camps despite cold, rains, and aftershocks.
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Cincinnati —P
Cincinnati Teachers Union
Richard Kiley
Kiley
Paul Miller
Detroit
Teamsters Union Today
Clare O'Connor
Teamsters Local 372
Daily Press
Teamsters
Palermo
Sicily
Varying pay gaps eyed in OU non-academic staff survey
Today on the spot survey begins to determine pay inequities among OU non academic staff. The report notes coverage across campuses and references the Ohio River disaster victim tally. Weekend basketball results show Athens beating Logan and Toledo defeating Ohio. Kennedy appeals for a bombing halt in North Vietnam.
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Athens
Logan
Toledo
Ohio
Robert F. Kennedy
North Vietnam
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