Transportation Agency Is Created in Ohio
Gov. John J. Gilligan signed a bill creating a State Department of Transportation. Rep. Gordon M. Scherer said the law meets a need for coordinating highways urban mass transit and planning. The department will have divisions of highways urban mass transportation and transportation planning led by deputy directors.
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Columbus
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
State Department of Transportation
Gordon M. Scherer
Cincinnati
109Th General Assembly
Gilligan
Robert Tenenbaum
Tenenbaum
Scherer
Longest Day Adds An Extra Second At Midnight GMT
The 1958 advent of atomic clocks prompts global timekeepers to insert a leap second at 8 p.m. EDT to keep earth rotation and atomic time aligned. Naval Observatory officials warn corrections risk errors for navigation, while WWV in Fort Collins disseminates the adjusted time signal worldwide.
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Washington
Greenwich
U.S. Naval Observatory
R. Glenn Hall
Ant
Observatory
Gernot M.R. Winkler
Dr. Hall
United States
National Bureau of Standards
WWV
Ft. Collins
Colo
Naval Observatory
Protestants Plan More Barricades in Northern Ireland
In Belfast the Ulster Defense Association vowed to escalate barricades around Londonderry Catholic Bogside and Creggan districts despite the IRA Provisional wing removing three barriers. Officials warned against blocking food and utilities, while the IRA said remaining barriers would stay and a broader cease-fire is observed.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Ulster Defense Association
IRA
Provisional
Creggan
Londonderry
Bogside
UDA
BBC
William Whitelaw
Britain
Free Derry
Post Office Moves to Full Walgreens on Court Street
The Athens Post Office branch at Logan's Bookstore relocates to Full Walgreens Drugs on S Court Street. Hours will be 8 am to 5 pm weekdays and 8 am to noon Saturdays. Also notes a Racine family vacationing in St Petersburg evacuated by Hurricane Agnes.
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Athens
Logan’s
Walgreen
S. Court Street
Racine
Ralph Webb
James Webb
Columbus
St. Petersburg
Florida
Gulf
Saigon Forces Press Ahead in Quang Tri Offensive
Helicopters ferried paratroopers behind armor within four miles of Quang Tri City as South Vietnamese forces push to recapture Quang Tri Province. U S B 52s pounded the zone. five enemy tanks were knocked out. 250 North Vietnamese killed, 29 South Vietnamese dead, 93 wounded. On An Loc front a Vietnamese commander once linked to two U S MPs was killed by a direct rocket hit. Lt Col Nguyen Viet Can had faced murder charges in 1969.
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Saigon
Quang Tri City
South Vietnam
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Highway 1
My Chanh
Quang Tri Province
Nguyen van Thieu
Hue
Quang Tri
Quang Tri Front
An Loc
Nguyen Viet Can
Door Stays Open On Death Penalty
The article notes the Supreme Court’s undecided stance on the death penalty with concurring opinions. It highlights ongoing legislative uncertainty and calls for standards to guide juries and judges. It mentions President Nixon and Justice Powell Jr. dissenting views on future policies and existing death-row cases.
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Congress
Nixon
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Storm Floods Athens Area Power and Phone Lines
A late Thursday storm cut power and telephone service in parts of the Athens area with an hour and a half outage west toward Shade and Whitehall and east toward Amesville. Lightning struck power lines and caused the disruption. General Telephone logged scattered outages mainly near The Plains. Severe hail hit the Albany area as the storm moved in from the southwest.
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Athens
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Shade
Whitehall
Amesville
General Telephone
Plains
Albany
Marietta Hosts Pomeroy Shrine Officers In Instruction
Mrs. Frank Cheesebrew deputy of District 16 White Shrine of Jerusalem led a school of instruction for Marietta Chapter 12 officers on Wednesday. She was joined by Mrs. Bernice Winn and Mrs. Pearl Reynolds of Pomeroy. A hailstorm damaged 30 acres of corn on the Ralph Keefer farm on Shelby Road, with Keefer estimating a total loss as the fields lie a mile away largely untouched.
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Pomeroy
Frank Cheesebrew
White Shrine of
Ralph. Keefer
Shelby Road
Keefer
Humphrey Sees Nominating Chance Improve Amid Doubts
Humphrey said his prospects have improved after California votes but tempered the claim saying his statement did not reflect his full view. He defended the convention process and warned against bolt actions while noting his willingness to support the nominee if the rules are fair. The article also covers McGovern’s delegate tally, Illinois challenges, and reactions from other races including Agnew’s critique of candidates.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Humphrey
McGovern
California
Daley
Illinois
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Muskie
Pennsylvania
New Orleans
Dorothy Taylor
Louisiana
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Transportation Agency
Food Giant Supermarket
RC Cola
BILL
Burger
U.S. Supreme Court
Lucasville
Marietta
Pittle Pink Boutique
N. Court St
Nulook
Elura
David McLaughlin
State of
Nulook Fashions, Inc
Mclaughlin
Welsomville
Department of Education
National Education Association
Spiro T. Agnew
Uniondale
N.Y
North Vietnam
U.S
Inter Bank
Logan, Ohio
Federal Reserve System
Bancohio Corp
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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