Guard on Welfare Fears For Life After Prison Duty
Joseph W. Smith, a Lucasville Ohio prison guard, describes daily danger at the Southern Ohio Correction Facility where 2 guards were killed and a third left for dead. He works 40 hours weekly and earns $3.64 an hour plus a janitorial job, with six children and food stamp eligibility. He opposed welfare due to past ridicule and says he would die before returning to welfare.
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Fred Grimm
Huntington
Herald-Dispatch
Lucasville, Ohio
Joseph W. Smith
Smith
Southern Ohio
Arthur Sprouse
Sprouse
Gary Underwood
Ohio
Lucasville
Nixon Faces New Evidence On After-The-Fact Break-In
The House Judiciary Committee releases volumes of impeachment evidence showing President Nixon privately approved the 1972 Ellsberg burglary after the fact. Ehrlichman and Petersen corroborate Nixon's late admission while public statements deny advance knowledge.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
House
Henry Petersen
Watergate Grand Jury
Justice Department
John D. Ehrlichman
Petersen
Daniel Ellsberg
Ehrlichman
Ellsberg
Pentagon
House Judiciary Committee
Stolen 1973 Thunderbird Burned Near Wellston
A 1973 Thunder Bird owned by J E Groom was stolen from Simmons Motel in Wellston around 2 a.m. and later found gutted on Route 327 near Byer. Eight youths from the Dayton Fairborn area and local males were questioned as Wellston police, with authorities reviewing possible charges.
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Wellston
J.E
Ned) Groom
Circleville
Simmons
Byer
Max Downard
Dayton-Fairborn
Sherman Lott
Roger Emmett
Jackson County
Groom
Residents Return From Hawaiian Holiday Tour
Five Nelsonville and nearby residents completed a two week Bob Braun Hawaiian Holiday Tour visiting Maui Kona on the big island and Oahu before returning home. The group included Lucille Dixon Florence Brown Vera Langley Kathleen Nutter and Margaret Meders.
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Nelsonville
Lucille Dixon
Florence Brown
Vera Langley
Murray City
Kathleen Nutter
Carbon Hill
Margaret Meders
Jackson
Hawaii
Bob Braun
Maui
Kona
Big Island
Oahu
Bible Lecture Is Announced In Nelsonville
Jehovahs Witnesses schedule a one hour Bible lecture this Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Hocking Valley Motor Lodge. Speaker David White will discuss Will You Be A Survivor Of The Last Days. Admission is free.
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Nelsonville
Jehovah's Witnesses
Hocking Valley Motor Lodge
David White
Historical Society Plans Flea Market for July
LOGAN The seventh annual flea market sponsored by the Hocking County Historical Society will be held July 28 at the fairgrounds. The event runs 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Lunch will be served and a farmers market will be available. Antique cars will be displayed by the Hocking Valley Historical Vehicles group.
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Logan
Hocking County Historical Society
Fairgrounds
Hocking Valley Historical Vehicles
Highway fund fight stirs state budget and highway talk
State Sen. Harry Armstrong proposed a bill to earmark half interest income for Appalachian Highway construction, a plan killed in committee amid administration opposition. Rep. Arthur Bowers faced a similar defeat over proposed transfers from the general fund to fund roads. Rothermund cites a budget shift that places social programs above transportation, hindering highway work.
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Harry Armstrong
Logan
Senate Finance Committee
OCA
Armstrong
Rothermund
Gilligan
Department of Finance
Arthur Bowers
Steubenville
General Fund
Claire M. Ball, Jr
Athens
Bowers
Ball
James Rhodes
Makarios Seeks UN Censure Over Greek Junta Actions
Cyprus on edge as national guard raids houses in Nicosia and across towns arresting leftist supporters of Makarios. Greek officers lead the revolt and 1,000-plus arrests mark a massive crackdown while Makarios and Ecevit push for peaceful restoration of democracy in Cyprus.
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Makarios
Mediterranean
Cyprus National Guard
Nicosia
Bulent Ecevit
London
Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Ankara
Ecevit
Cyprus
Athens
Turkey
Nikos Sampson
Wilson
Greece
Callaghan
House of Commons
Development Symposium Scheduled at Muskingum College
Democratic candidate Richard F. Celeste will keynote the second annual Child Development Symposium at Muskingum College New Concord July 25 36. The two day event features 24 workshops on parenting nutrition health children rights mental health and arts with seven and a half hours of study for infants to pre schoolers. Consultants from five states will run sessions with on campus housing films exhibits and vendor displays. Sponsors include the Ohio Department of Economic and Community Development Buckeye Hills Hocking Valley Regional Development District Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission and the Tuscarawas Valley Regional Advisory Committee. For more information contact Bob Alexander.
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Richard F. Celeste
Muskingum College
New Concord
Florida
Illinois
Kentucky
Washington D.C
Ohio
Ohio Department of Economic and Community Development
Buckeye Hills- Hocking Valley Regional Development District
Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission
Tuscarawas Valley Regional Advisory Committee
Bob Alexander
Emergency Calls Record From Athens Ohio Fire Dept
Wednesday shifts show multiple EMS runs. Lisa Korn tested for insect bite reaction at O Bleness hospital. An unnamed patient was transferred to Mount St Mary from Church of Christ Christian. Henry Phelps injured in auto crash traveling from Richland Avenue to O Bleness. Jak Katzenbach ill at Mount St Mary after call from 200 East State Street.
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Lisa Korn
Oak St
Church of Christ Christian
Townsend Place
Mount St. Mary
Henry Phelps
Racine
Richland Avenue
O'Bleness
Jak Katzenbach
State St
Ill
Pearl Vercoe obituary for Buckeye Lake area
Services for 85 year old Pearl Vercoe of Buckeye Lake will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Emerson and Newkirk Funeral Home. Burial will be in Glen Rest Memorial Estates, Columbus. She was born in Morgan County to John and Al LeFever Price and is survived by daughter Eileen Winkhouse of Charlotte North Carolina, granddaughter Cheryl Pieratt of Oxford, great grandchildren, and nephew Gale Price of Athens. Her husband Arthur preceded her in death on March 17.
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Buckeye Lake
Pearl Vercoe
Emerson and Newkirk
Kirkersville
Glen Rest Memorial Estates
Columbus
Morgan County
John
al LeFever Price
Arthur
Paul
Eileen) Winkhouse
Charlotte
N. C
Cheryl) Pieratt
Oxford
Gale Price
Athens
Dems To Form Township Group In Athens
Democratic voters and interested citizens are invited to a preliminary meeting for a township wide organization tonight at 7 30 p m at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co office on May Avenue in Athens. The meeting will discuss function by laws and survey the need for such a group. For information call Tom Antoinette or Greg Hill.
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Athens
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
May Avenue
Tom Antoinette
Greg Hill
Low Bidder Named for Waterloo Route 56 Slide Work
Joe Skinner Inc of Belmont was the apparent low bidder for a slide correction project on Route 56 in Waterloo Two Ohio. The bid was 56 622 dollars versus an estimated 120 000 dollars. The work involves correcting embankment failure over 275 feet by excavation to solid foundation adding drainage and reconstruction. Completion targeted by October 31.
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Joe Skinner Inc
Belmont
Waterloo
Ohio Transportation Department
Route
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