Nigerian Troops Reach Nsukka Front in Biafra War
Nigerian forces push toward Enugu with Nsukka's fall cited as gory by Lagos reporters. Trade Union Congress calls for nationalizing oil majors and expelling foreign intelligence, amid alleged Shell-BP concessions to Biafra.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Nkalagu
Enugu
Nsukka
Lagos Morning Post
Nigerian Trade Union Congress
Shell-Bp Group
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Peace Corps
Fire crews caught in crossfire during Detroit blaze
Detroit AP report from Linwood and Vicksburg describes firemen trapped by a gun battle as snipers fired on responders. Three officers were wounded, National Guard and police exchanged fire, while fire crews and a newsman sought safety amid the chaotic street fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank S. Joseph
Detroit
Linwood
Vicksburg
Virginia Park Avenue
National Guard
National
De Gaulle Sparks Protests Across Canada
Montreal crowds cheered as Charles de Gaulle voiced support for Quebec separatism during his speech. Pearson demanded a transcript while government leaders condemned the remarks as an intrusion. De Gaulle’s Viva le Quebec libre cry echoed to thousands in City Hall square during Expo 67 France Day events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens
Montreal
Charles de Gaulle
Canada
Quebec
Lester B. Pearson
de Gaulle
Pearson
Ottawa
John Diefenbaker
France
Quebec City
OSU Students On Honor Roll in Spring Quarter
Ohio State University honors list includes Suzanne Ball Logan Route 2 Roberta Holloway Logan Route 3 Paula Cotton 150% Third Ave Gallipolis Bruce Lloyd 350 N Fourth St Middleport David Evans 335 Fort St Nelsonville Jennifer Lohse Wolfe Drive Pomeroy. Students qualified with at least 3.5 average and 12 credit hours enrolled.
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Columbus — Area
Ohio State University
Suzanne C. Ball
Logan
Roberta J. Holloway
Paula J. Cotton
Third Ave
Gallipolis
Bruce M. Lloyd
Fourth St
Middleport
David G. Evans
Fort St
Nelsonville
Jennifer R. Lohse
Wolfe Drive
Pomeroy
Area Death Notices from Multiple Ohio Towns
Infant Keith Allen Ball dies at Mount St Mary hospital Amesville Route 1 family survivor list includes sister Rhonda Jones and grandparents Ball and Linscott. Graveside rites at Maplewood Cemetery Bishopville officiated by Rev Lory Bradford. Arrangements by Fawcett Stone Funeral Home. Everett Buffington, 76, owner founder of Buffington Greenhouses dies at home. Survived by wife Florence, children, siblings, seven grandchildren. Services at Crow Hassell Funeral Home. Edna Freer, 60, dies at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Surviving husband John and children and four grandchildren. Funeral services at Warren Funeral Home with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. James Morton Crump, 85, Hartford historian dies at Veterans Hospital. Survives wife Virginia and many relatives. Funeral at Foglesong Funeral Home. Edith May Bowles, 61, Albany dies unexpectedly. Survives husband Si and children including Richard in Vietnam, many siblings. Services at Alexander Presbyterian Church. Ora Ann Lance, 51, Tuppers Plains dies after long illness. Survives husband Frank, four sons, four daughters, grandchildren, siblings. Funeral at Tuppers Plains EUB Church. Burial Woodrum Cemetery Ivy Dale.
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Chesterhill
Keith Allen Ball
Ronald
Marilyn Linscott Ball
Amesville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Rhonda Jones
Ralph Ball
Israel Linscott
Glouster
Florence Ball
Ida Linscott
Millfield
Mary Joe
Maplewood Cemetery
Bishopville
Lory Bradford
Fawcett-Stone Funeral Home
Point Pleasant
Everett E. Buffington
Jefferson Blvd
Buffington Greenhouses
William R. Buffington
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Marietta
Ohio
Trinity Methodist Church
Clifton
E. Joseph Buffington
Fred Batey
New Haven
Crow- Hassell
C. S. Thompson
Kirkland Memorial Gardens
Nelsonville
Edna Freer
Buchtel
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Charles Warner
First Christian Church
John
John Jr
Ann Hartman
Warren Funeral Home
J. Lloyd Evans
Greenlawn Cemetery
Hartford
James Morriston
Jim) Crump
Veterans Hospital
Huntington
Crump
Mason County
American Legion Post 23
VFW
DAV
Minturn Masonic Lodge
Royal Arch Masons
Franklin Commandery
West Virginia Historical Society
Pine Grove Methodist Church
Virginia Carlton Crump
Foglesong
Warren Zinn
Suncrest Cemetery
Albany
Edith May Bowles
Louisville
Owen Downey
Chillicothe
Marie Dailey
Mildred Staneart
Glenna Mayles
Hemlock Grove
Erma Carsey
Bowles
Bertha Myrtle
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Paul Williams
Hughes Funeral Home
Tuppers Plains
Ora Ann Lance
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Advent Christian Church
Ivy Dale
W. Va
EUB
James
Ollie Moore McKown
Frank
Joe
Jackie
Reedsville
Roger
Air Force
Groveport
Michael
Judy Elkins
Eau Gallie
Fla
Ruth Griffin
Barbara
Columbus
Cynthia
Woodford McKown
Dunbar
Nora Crites
Coolville
Rena Nichols
Birch River
Cary Summers
Gavley Bridge
Woodrum Cemetery
White Funeral Home
Reedsville Visitors and Baseball Highlight Local Notes
Recent visitors include Mr. Ted Sedgwick of New Castle Pa and Mr. Blaine Newell of Athens to Mrs Rushin Shumways. Kentuckian Glenn Barton called on Mr and Mrs Ralph Barton. Renee Fraley of Portsmouth visited Basil and Mrs Green. Mrs Walter Brown and David stayed with Bill and Mrs Bill Thomas in Shaker Heights. Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies shut out the New York Mets six times including a perfect game in 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
Rushin Shumway
Ted Sedgwick
New Castle
Blaine Newell
Athens
Glenn Barton
Ralph Barton
Renee Fraley
Portsmouth
Basil Green
Walter Brown
David
Jim Bunning
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Mets
Summer riots cause nearly 170 million in nation damage
The AP notes nationwide racial violence has caused about 169.85 million dollars in estimated losses with Detroit alone over 150 million. Newark 15 million, Cincinnati 3 million, Tampa 1 million, Dayton 350 thousand, Buffalo 250,900, Erie 150 thousand, Cairo 100 thousand. HUD says no federal aid is available. The piece cites victims planning relocation or rebuilding as insurers assess future rate impacts.
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New York
Detroit
Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
Newark
N.J
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dayton
Buffalo
N.Y
Erie
Cairo
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington
Morris Spielberg
Newark Businessmen’s Emergency Committee
Insurance Information Institute
POMEROY Hubert Law rence dies after long illness
Hubert Lawrence 60 of West Mifflin Pa died at Aftinwall Veteran's Hospital following a long illness. He was a Clairton produce dealer for 38 years and bought produce in Meigs County until recently. Survived by wife Ann, son Hubert of California, three brothers Clyde Gordon Kenneth, and sister Mrs Herbert Swan. Services at Wetzel Funeral Home Wilson with burial at Sand Hill Cemetery Long Bottom.
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Pomeroy
Hubert Lawrence
Aftinwall Veteran’s Hospital
West Mifflin
Charles H
Eva Bigley Lawrence
Long Bottom
Lawrence
Clairton
Meigs County
Ann Mueler Lawrence
Hubert
California
Clyde
Gordon
Warren
Kenneth
Chester
W. Va
Herbert Swan
Water main break on Route 93 prompts repairs
Contractors working on the Route 93 project broke a water main causing spurting water but no loss of water reported in the surrounding area. crews are on scene to restore service as needed and assess damage.
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LOGAN
Bond Forfeitures In County And Municipal Courts
A list of bond forfeitures from Howard, Wood, and neighboring counties shows eight defendants in the county court with charges including speeding muffler defects and improper passing, and five defendants in the municipal court with squealing tires and speeding noted along with respective bail amounts. Defendants include Howard Lee Martin Jr from Lookout West Virginia and Dennis Lee Dowler from Athens Route 3 among others in the region.
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Howard Lee Martin Jr
Lookout
W. Va
Dennis Lee Dowler
Athens
Robert Earl Smith
Marietta
Carl Lester Weber
Grand Park Blvd
David F. Booth
Millicent Marjorie Peer
Middleport
Dale Ae Oa
Torch
Baxe Kozieit
Davisville
Donald L. Cooper
Parkersburg
Frederick Boudt
Vienna
Richard €. Wheatley
Howard E. Holsberry Jr
Lakeview
Traffic Fines John Stephen Rowe in Toledo Parking Case
John Stephen Rowe 22 of Toledo fined five dollars and costs after police cited failure to set brake for parking.
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John Stephen Rowe
Toledo
Densil Murphy Bond Forfeiture in Cannon
Densil Murphy, 45, of Cannon Kentucky faced bond forfeiture after a police report listed intoxication. A $57 bond was forfeited in connection with the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Densil Murphy
Cannon, Ky
Market summaries from Ohio and Cincinnati auctions and prices
In Columbus, Ohio grain prices shift with No 2 red wheat 1 to 2 cents lower about 1.36 to 1.38 per bushel, No 2 yellow corn mostly steady to 1 cent lower around 1.15 to 1.18, No 2 oats mostly 0 to 1 cent down 64 to 70, and No 1 soybeans 2 to 4 cents lower at 2.59 to 2.65. Cincinnati reports cattle and calves mixed, slaughter steers and heifers slow but near steady, cows very slow and 25 to 50 cents lower, bulls weak to 50 cents down. Steers 900–1100 lb 25.50–26.00, 900–1200 lb 23.00–25.00. Heifers 750–900 lb 24.00–25.10, 600–900 lb 22.00–24.00. Cows 16.50–18.00, bulls 21.00–22.50. Calves, weaners slow, some sales steady to 1.00 lower, 35.00–36.00. Hogs 1600 head, barrows and gilts 25 down, No 1–2 200–240 lb 22.60, sows scarce, 25 down, 300–400 lb 17.75–19.00. Sheep 225 slaughter lambs steady to weak, spring lambs 90–105 lb 24.00–25.00, choice 23.00–24.00.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Cincinnati
USDA
City Manager and Lawyer Named Trustees of Holzer Foundation
Gallipolis officials Gary R. Short and William P. Cherrington were named trustees of the Holzer Hospital Foundation Friday. Short, city manager since 1962, has a Ford background and Ohio State honors. Cherrington, a longtime local lawyer and former probate judge, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Ohio University in 1933 and is a Michigan Law School graduate. The addition brings the board to 15, with Susan as Ohio assistant attorney general and many local appointees already serving.
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Gallipolis
Gary R. Short
William P. Cherrington
Gallia County
Holzer Hospital Foundation
Short
Ford Motor Co
Dearborn
Mich
Ford
French Colony Industries
Celanese Corp. of America
Lawrence County
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
International City Managers Assn
Cherrington
Gallia Academy
Ohio University
University of Michigan Law School
H. W. and
W. P. Cherrington
Common Pleas
Susan
Ohio
Short and Cherrington
Henry W. Cherrington
Charles E. Holzer Jr
E. E. Davis
Charles Holzer Sr
Alma McCormick
Harland Martin
A. A. Cornett
Neal Taylor
Jack Stiff
Two Thefts Probed At Logan
Two break ins in Logan are under investigation by Hocking County officers. A safe was stolen from Geiger Brothers on Ohio Avenue Monday night. about 25 dollars inside. Entry likely via a broken window. safe moved through the machine shop to a loading ramp. A second theft, by city police, involved a coin machine at the E Second Street coin laundry with an undetermined sum taken. container left near the parking lot. officials suspect youths.
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E. Second Street
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce Elects Officers and Directors
Jack Carsey was re elected president of the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce at a Monday night meeting. New officers named include William Grueser as vice president Mrs Lawrence Hoffner as secretary and Kermit Walton as treasurer. Directors elected will serve until July 1969. remaining terms run to July 1968. Complementary memberships awarded to George Hargraves C E Blakeslee Mayor Charles Lager Pete Shields and the Meigs County Commissioners president.
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William Grueser
Lawrence Hoffner
Kermit Walton
Chamber
Robert Wingett
John Blaetmar
Robert Jacobs
Theodore Reed
Albert Martin
Jack Kerr
Walton
Carsey
Grueser
Fred Crow
Richard Chambers
Norbert Compton
Perry County Court News and Local Cases
A Perry County Common Pleas Court jury trial hears Curtis Bosley and two others in alleged break ins at Thornville and Columbus. Separately, county sales tax receipts rise 1.2 percent to 206495 for 1966-67, and thefts reported at Central Silica and New Lex Auto Wrecking Co. A 100000 traffic suit filed by the Yosts against Sally George stems from a 1965 collision at state routes 13 and 204. Emmett Allen seeks divorce from Helen Marie Allen, married August 15, 1966.
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Common Pleas Court
New Lexington
Curtis Bosley
Columbus
Clark Lamme TV and Appliance Inc
Thornville
John W. Wooden
Abner Bryant
Common Pleas
Perry County
John D. Herbert
Central Siilica Co
Court Road 36
Tom Wilson
Lloyd Mack
Lex Auto Wrecking Co
Kenneth S
Betty Joanne Yost
Somerset
Sally J
Public Auction at Jr. Fair Bldg Athens Ohio
Public auction at the Jr Fair Building Fairgrounds Athens begins at 10 30 selling furniture chairs tables desk typewriters exercise machines bicycles TVs beds and many odds and ends plus new material proceeds go to Athens Band Boost Amos Sorrell present address unknown endant Proceeds go to Band Boost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Ohio
Standard Oil
State
RCA
Philco Electric
Harold B. Luckett Goddard-McCutcheon
Aucts
Fairgrounds
Athens
C. E. Sheridan
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West Berlin
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Japanese Socialist Party
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Kozo Sasaki
Shichiero Matsumoto
Matsumoto
London
Britain
House of Commons
Blaze
Area Osu
Mrs
James M. Crump
Ora A. Lance
Mrs. Lyle Balderson
Buffalo, N.Y
Wetzel Funeral Home
Wilson, Pa
Sand Hill Cemetery
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
William Hershberger
New Glarus
Wis
Wisconsin
Holzer
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Carsey
Perry County Court News
Emmett Allen
Thornport
Helen Marie Allen
Lancaster
Messenger
Johnson Funeral Home
Rev
Paul Johnson
Carl Markle
Miller Poultry
Athens, Ohio
Sebring Building Center Inc
Highland Data
Ackleys
Lottridge
Red Haven
Brown's
Malta
Rainbo
Sharpsburg
Bartlett
Harold Goddard
Jim McCutcheon
Kathryn Drake
Barlow
Homer B. Gall, Jr
Court House
Ida Bolin
Hooper St
Athens County
Sichie Ee É
Sa Ount
Kossuth Dowler
Chauncey
Eugene Dowler
Harold J. Rose
Said County
Gerald Leon Rupe
U. S. Army Personnel Center
Travis Air Force Base
Fairfield
Sandra D. Rupe
Court of Common Pleas
Brownfield, Kosydar, Folk & Yearling
James P. Bally
Alwida Sorrell Buchtel
Amos Sorrell
Minnaig
Amos Sorrel
Alwilde Sorrell
Gerald A. Mollice
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