Athens flood control gets initial $200000 appropriation
The House Appropriations Committee approved 200000 dollars for the Athens flood control project on the Hocking River for fiscal year 1968. Rep. Clarence Miller said construction should start next year as part of a multi year plan, including river relocation and an earthen dike.
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Athens
Hocking River
Clarence Miller
10Th Congressional District
Miller
Hocking
U S Officials Reassess Arms Traffic Role
Washington says the administration is examining its part in the global arms trade while noting no immediate changes. In Florida, Explorer 35 nears lunar orbit to study radiation risks ahead of manned missions as NASA reports strong signals and progressing distance.
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Washington
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Government probes unions for racial makeup
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will mail questionnaires next month to 52 000 union locals with over 16 million members to examine racial diversity. The EEOC can seek court orders to compel disclosure and may pursue contempt of court against noncompliant unionists.
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Washington —P
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Princess Grace in Hospital After Miscarriage
Princess Grace of Monaco, Grace Kelly, is in satisfactory condition in a Montreal hospital after a miscarriage. ARainier spokesman said she will stay several days. She fell ill after Expo 67 ceremonies with Prince Rainier and two children. Grace, 37, expected her fourth child in January.
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Montreal
Grace of
Monaco
Prince Rainier
Grace Kelly
Rupert Allen
Grace
Plane Had Previous Collision
Winston-Salem report notes Piedmont Airlines 727 known as Manhattan Pacemaker had a prior crash incident. It was struck by a car on May 25 while towed to maintenance near Smith Reynolds Airport, causing $25,000 damage and hospitalization of the driver. The aircraft was out of service a week.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Piedmont Airlines
Hendersonville
Smith Reynolds
Blue Ridge
Inside Today McBEE CONSTRUCTION halted amid union strike
Meigs County woman and an Oroville man died in separate auto accidents. Blue Ox put out to pasture. President Johnson pays tribute to Secretary of the Navy John T. McNaughton killed in an air crash.
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Meigs County
Oroville
Johnson
Secretary of Navy
John T. McNaughton
Navy Secretary Among 82 Plane Dead in NC Crash
Hendersonville AP report says 82 people perished when a Piedmont Airlines 727 collided with a small Cessna 310 over western North Carolina. Among the dead were Navy Secretary-designate John T. McNaughton and his family. The crash near Hendersonville occurred after takeoff from Asheville en route to Washington. Investigators recovered flight and voice recorders. both aircraft disappeared in the mountains as witnesses described a fatal midair impact and ensuing debris.
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N.C
Asheville
Atlanta
Washington
Missouri
John T. McNaughton
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Stokely van Camp Co
National Transportation Safety Board
John H. Reed
Maine
Harold Roberts
FFA
Guardsmen Keep Watch Over Tense New Jersey Riot Area
Police and National Guardsmen patrolled a sealed 112 block Negro area in Plainfield after a house to house search led to disorder and renewed anger. Three carbines were recovered along with three other guns as residents debated why the operation ended.
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Plainfield
N.J
D. B. Kelly
Kelly
University Aircraft Study Recommends Closer Check
Ohio University released a long state audit on aircraft use with no major findings but many recommendations for tighter control. The 282 page report calls for stricter trip scheduling, revised departmental billing, and improved travel documentation across units.
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Ohio University
Columbus
Nelsonville Forge Plan Dies After Financing Raised
Nelsonville's bid for a Hocking Valley Forge plant collapsed after founder Richard DeGroot of Cortland New York canceled plans. NDA had secured 50 000 dollars in financing plus a 135 360 SBA loan and 15 040 bank loan to cover machinery and operating capital for 25 jobs making electrical insulators. The association thanked local donors and noted the area fulfilled its funding commitments before the project ended.
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Cortland, N. Y
Hocking Valley Forge
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Development Association
NDA
The
Board of Trade
DeGroot
People’s Bank of
Athens
Logan
SBA
Development Group
Koreans repulse Viet Cong ambush in Quang Ngai Province
SAIGON AP reports Ten South Korean Marines ambushed about 150 Viet Cong in jungle near Quang Ngai City killing 32 and capturing four. A US paratrooper unit freed 22 emaciated Vietnamese captives from a Red prison camp, including three women. Koreans suffered no casualties. US war death toll shows a lull with 175 killed, 1,443 wounded, 38 missing last week.
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Quang Ngai
Quang Ngai City
U.S
Meigs County Woman and Oreville Man Die in Separate Crashes
A Meigs County woman, Marie Timmons Taylor, 19, died after being thrown from her husband’s car in a Bashan Long Run Road wreck. Evan P. Jones, 71, of Oroville, died from injuries in a Route 93 car truck collision near the Perry County line. Sheriff Hartenbach said Taylor's husband Carol Joseph Taylor, 22, tried to stop the vehicle after it left the road. Ezekiel Ewing Hospital treated him for leg injuries before transfer to the county jail for further inquiry.
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Meigs County
Oreville
Marie Timmons Taylor
Long Bottom
Bashan-Long Run
Evan P. Jones
Oroville
Hocking County
Perry County
Robert Hartenbach
Henry Ewing
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Pomeroy
Taylor
Ewing Funeral Home
Powers Make Last Attempt At Action
United Nations New York AP reports the Soviet Union and the United States made a final bid to secure U.N. action on the Middle East. An emergency General Assembly session to send the Arab Israeli peace dispute back to the Security Council showed no signs of progress. Gromyko and Goldberg met, but talks yielded no breakthrough. Israel warned it would not withdraw from occupied lands without parallel Arab peace moves. Dayan stated Israel could hold its occupied territory for a long period. Cairo informants said Arab leaders would continue the struggle to regain territory. Al Ahram said Egypt would not reopen the Suez Canal until Israeli aggression ends.
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United States
U.N
Middle East
General Assembly
Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Gromyko
Israel
Gideon Rafael
Council
Moshe Dayan
Tel Aviv
Isael
Cairo
Egypt
Algeria
Iraq
Syria
al Ahram
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Suez Canal
Keyplian Gas Attack Is Charged
ADEN AP sources report 150 killed and over 350 injured in a Yemeni civil war gas attack on Hajjah, 40 miles northwest of Sanaa. Greenish brown phosgene described as the agent, with royalists accusing Egyptian pilots aiding the Republican regime. Royalists say such strikes, including gas bombings, have caused hundreds of casualties. The Red Cross confirmed a gas bombing in northern Yemen last month but did not name village or planes involved.
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Hajjah
San’a
Yemen
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Bob Rogers
William Napier
James Buchanan
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