Ohio lawmakers consider county utility tax to fund services
Ohio legislators opened a drive for new local taxes with a proposed 1 to 5 percent utility levy on telephone gas electricity water and sewage bills. Rep. Walter L. White chairs the Taxation Committee and says counties could impose the tax without a public vote to bolster county revenue for welfare and education funding. Rep. Robert E. Netzley proposes a 1 percent income tax subject to voter approval for counties and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
White
Robert E. Netzley
R-7
Miami
Draft age bill may shield students from draft deferments
Congress aims to have a draft bill on President Johnson's desk by Wednesday. If signed, students seeking undergrad deferments would avoid local draft board rulings and avoid staying in the upper half of their class, while emphasis shifts to 19 year olds. Cincinnati sees $2.4 million in riot damages after four nights of unrest. Cleveland police report a plastic explosive scare involving Madeline Komaromy and six children, noting miswired device and likely wrong target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON+P
Congress
Johnson
Cleveland
Madeline Komaromy
Athens City Council approves July 1 pay increases
Athens City Council votes to implement pay raises effective July 1. The measure, announced on page 2, accompanies discussions on municipal budgeting and employee compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Defuse Mideast Bomb Plea At United Nations
The United States urged the United Nations to defuse hostility in the Middle East and press toward a durable peace. Ambassador Goldberg told the 122 nation General Assembly that unity for peace requires action rooted in the UN Charter and historical context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
United States
Middle East
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
General Assembly
Israel
Alexei N. Kosygin
Sponse
Goldberg
Johnson
Assembly
Soviet Union
Kosygin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Harold Wilson
Paris
de Gaulle
New York
United Nations, N.Y
Dean Rusk
U.N. General Assembly
NBC says Garrison case rests on unverified testimony
NBC asserts Jim Garrison built his case against Clay Shaw using testimony that failed lie detector tests and that Garrison knew of this. Shaw faces conspiracy to murder JFK over Dallas 1963, with Garrison denouncing NBC's documentary and DC figures involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Broadcasting Co
New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Clay L. Shaw
Garrison
Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Clay Shaw
Racial Violence Strikes Atlanta Amid Night of Riots
Crowds of about 350 mostly youths threw rocks and bottles at stores and police cars in a Negro neighborhood shopping center in Atlanta. Police opened fire to restore order after three nights of clashes. two injured including ABC newsman John Casserly. eight arrested. Carmichael spoke at a church but was not seen at the scene. In Montgomery, Alabama, 250 to 300 marched on the Capitol. 12 arrested, Rev. Richard Boone among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Associated Press
Atlanta
Stokely Carmichael
Carmichael
Montgomery
Ala
Ira DeMent
Richard Boone
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Night battle near Saigon leaves 169 Viet Cong dead
A U S Army Navy task force reports 169 Viet Cong killed in a fierce night fight about 19 miles south of Saigon. Twenty eight American troops killed, 126 wounded, four helicopters down as U S forces push through the Mekong Delta amid heavy air strikes and river operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
1St Corps
Binh Dinh
Policemen Strike Paralyzes Detroit Patrolling Force
Detroit’s police force dwindled by about one third as over 800 patrolmen walked off the job over higher pay demands. City officials sought a permanent injunction after a temporary restraining order. up to 400 Michigan National Guardsmen could be on four hours notice, with aid from the State Police if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
al Leggat
Michigan
Logans County airport bid exceeds estimate on runway project
The only bid for the Hocking County airport paved runway came from Eagle Construction Co. at 153560, above the 143977 estimate. County officials may seek a grant extension as they cannot accept the overrun and bid changes would delay three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Eagle Construction Co
McArthur
Forrest Moore
Richard Zinn
DC Board of Education Ordered to Reshape Public Schools
A federal court order demands the Washington DC Board of Education overhaul student tracking based on aptitude tests, integrate faculties, and increase busing to mix racial groups. Judge Shelley Wright directs a plan by October 2 to end de facto segregation in the capital schools. Julius Hobson praises the ruling as a breakthrough for urban minority students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District of Columbia
Board of Education
Shelley Wright
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Julius W. Hobson
Hobson
Supreme Court
High Court
Wright
Capital Schools
Education Board
Senate to probe unfulfilled repairs on US funded equipment
Senate subcommittee plans hearings July 27 into use of more than 2.5 million dollars in repair work on surplus construction equipment sent to Vietnam Asia and Europe under the Agency for International Development. Joseph Lippman cites rusting cranes trucks and jeeps left inoperative at depots in Yokohama Inchon Okinawa Amsterdam and Rota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Vietnam
United States
Subcommittee On
Agency For International Development
Asia
Europe
Joseph Lippman
Subcommittee
Lippman
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Armed Services
Yokohama
Japan
Inchon
Korea
Okinawa
Amster
Dam
Netherlands
Rota
Spain
Saigon
Lipmann
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ree
Margaret Creek
Pomeroy Council
Middleport
Wahama
Jeee
Abby Eee
Renee Ene Television
Heloise
Renee Eee
Chauncey
Nelsonville
Glouster
Pleasant
Logan Seeseseenene
Pomeroy
Mideast
U.N
Wilson
State Department
Bob Rogers
John Casserly
American Broadcasting Co
State Capitol
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Leggat
New
Logan Airport
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!