Rhodes offers to loan $133 million to speed Appalachian Highway
Gov. James A. Rhodes proposed to the Midwestern Governors’ Conference in Cincinnati that Ohio lend $133 million from state highway funds to accelerate the Appalachian Highway by three years. If repaid from Appalachian funds, the move would push the 1969 deadline to 1966? but the plan aims to boost southern Ohio industry and regional growth.
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Athens
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Appalachian
John L. Sweeney
Appalachian Regional Commission
Sweeney
Buckeye State
Ky s Men Seize Buddhist Leader in Hue Hospital
In Saigon and Hue, Premier Ky s soldiers arrest ex extremist Buddhist chief Thich Tri Quang in his Hue hospital room on day 14 of a hunger strike. The crackdown follows a four month uprising as rival Thich Tam Chau appeals for life and liberty of the monks.
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South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thich Tri Quang
Hue
Tri Quang
Thich Tam Chau
Bombers Collide Death Toll Drops After Chesapeake Crash
Rescue workers comb a Hampton Virginia suburb after a Marine Corps bomber crashed in flight, killing a mother and her infant son and injuring 40 others. Police report 11 still hospitalized, and no additional victims found after surveying destroyed homes near Buckroe Beach.
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Marine Corps
L. H. Nicholson
Nicholson
Buckroe Beach
Chesapeake Bay
McNamara Denies Europe Force Cuts Planned
Secretary of Defense McNamara told Senate there are pressures to reduce U S forces in Europe but the United States has no plans to cut combat capability there. He warned about balance of payments and rising airlift and sealift strains while preserving deployments to Southeast Asia.
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Europe
United States
Southeast Asia
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McNamara
Henry M. Jackson
National Security
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mike Mansfield
Germany
Washington
Viet Nam
Defense
Pentagon
Minimum Quality Standards Vital For Schools
U S Education Commissioner Harold Howell urged states to set a minimum quality level for public schools and to tax sufficiently to prevent any institution from falling below it. Cincinnati School Superintendent Wendell Pierce stressed governors play a key role in educational improvement and warned against reliance on federal solutions.
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U.S
Harold Howell
Howe
Tance
Washington
Wendell H. Pierce
The
Education Commission of the States
Pierce
Pollution Planning Proposed
A statewide anti pollution drive organized by the Ohio Water Commission begins with a Wednesday meeting. Governor Rhodes outlines a $1 billion plan with $20 million for the Hocking River and $88 million for the Ohio River system and tributaries. Industries will bear most costs with some local and federal aid. urban areas should achieve secondary sewage treatment by 1970.
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James A. Rhodes
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Ohio River
Ohio Water Commission
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De Gaulle Urges Soviet Help for Europe Crisis Solving
President Charles de Gaulle meets Soviet leaders in Moscow during an 11 day state visit and urges cooperation with the USSR to ease Europe's divisions. He cites detente and new relations with East European states while stressing the need to address Germany and long standing East West tensions.
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France
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Communist Party
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Nikolai V. Pogorny
Andrei A. Gromyko
Maurice Couve de Murville
Philippe Baudet
Kosygin
Stalin
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Germany
Mississippi marchers halt at Montgomery farm
Negro farmer H. L. Montgomery recalls predicting the Mississippi civil rights marchers would visit his farm near Louise, Miss. They camped for the night on his hog lot after deserting U. S. 51. With leaders absent, the day remained uneventful as organizers planned final flights and arrivals.
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Miss
H. L. Montgomery
U. S. 51
Memphis
Tenn
Jackson
James H. Meredith
Mississippi
Montgomery
New York
Dodd Probe Opens. Klein Not Called
The Senate Ethics Committee withheld whether Julius Klein, Chicago PR man, will be called to testify on his dealings with Senator Thomas J. Dodd. Chairman John Stennis said Klein is not under subpoena and the panel will decide on witness status when it reaches that point. The inquiry examines if Dodd used his position to aid Klein in retaining West German clients in exchange for gifts and favors.
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Senate
Julius Klein
Chicago
Thomas J. Dodd
John Stennis
Dmiss
Klein
Stennis
Connecticut
Athens council approves gas rate hike on split vote
City actions show a divided council as members approve a gas rate increase while debating fluoridation. Editorial content and local events are listed across pages with community schedules for Logan’s sesquicentennial and the Big Ben Regatta Week.
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Athens
Sas
Education grant funds aid 48 Ohio schools Appalachian region
The Economic Development Administration announced a 250 625 grant to equip 48 Ohio Appalachian area schools. The funds supplement a 417 708 grant from HEW and 67 083 state outlay, boosting local educational resources in the 22 county region.
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Economic Development Administration
Appalachian
Ohio
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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