Flood Worsens as Hocking River Near Record Levels
The Hocking River surged through Fairfield, Hocking and Athens Counties with predictions of 24 feet in Athens, near the 1913 flood level. Ohio University evacuated nearly 200 residents from Parks Hall as creeks flooded towns and highways. Rescue crews moved families to safety, Red Cross prepared 150 cots, and the National Guard aided evacuations in Rockbridge and South Logan.
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Defy Order Cutting Funds State School Chief Told
Ohio Schools Supt. E. E. Holt was instructed by the State School Board to defy a Controlling Board order cutting state aid payments. Board members and educators argued the action disregards legislative intent and could jeopardize public schools. Holt was to seek auditor authorizations for full foundation program payments, though the 1964–65 cost projection exceeds appropriations by 8.5 to 10 million dollars.
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GOP Jigsaw Assembly Begins in New Hampshire
Dixville Notch voters cast early write ins for Lodge Nixon Rockefeller and Goldwater as New Hampshire polls open. Across the state about 90 000 to 100 000 Republicans expected to vote despite wind rain and snow.
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Negro Leader Sees No Violence by Muslims in Civil Rights Quest
Elijah Muhammad, head of the Black Muslims, predicts that Negroes will pursue equal justice without violence. He comments in Phoenix after Malcolm X’s decision to split from the organization. Malcolm X plans to shift 22 million non Muslim Negroes toward self defense against white supremacy. Muhammad says his followers prefer peaceful solutions and questions the split’s impact on pending civil rights legislation.
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McNamara Holds Talks On Viet Nam
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara conducted major discussions at U S headquarters and the U S Embassy in Saigon on Vietnam war strategy. He canceled a field trip but sent aides to study the war against the Viet Cong with the Mekong Delta military regime and Maj. Gen. Nguyen Kha present.
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White House Runs Air Conditioning as Temp Rises
President Johnson kept lights on while economy drive turned up the thermostat. As temperatures hit 80 degrees, the White House activated air conditioning to cool the residence.
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Johnson
White House
Tests Advance For Glenns Dizz y Spells
In San Antonio Texas Marine Lt. Col. John H Glenn Jr began a three to four day battery of examinations including hearing and equilibrium tests for a brain concussion suffered in a February 26 bathroom accident in Columbus Ohio He was flown to Wilford Hall U S Air Force Hospital for treatment He remains dizzy when standing or sitting as doctors assess his condition X rays over the weekend were normal and officials remain optimistic about an April 1 retirement Glenn a Democratic senatorial candidate in Ohio plans to campaign soon after April 1.
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Ohio Flood Rising Closes Roads And Gates Placed
Ohio River rose rapidly with flooding threatening Pomeroy and Middleport as flood gates were installed in Point Pleasant and locking halted at Gallipolis roller dam. Crest projections reach 50 feet by Thursday threatening Main Street businesses and prompting road closures along Route 35 Route 2 and Route 17. Four barges broke loose downstream of the dam while residents moved from homes on Camden Avenue.
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Figures Hint Unemployment May Be Much Higher
Labor Department figures presented to Congress suggest total unemployment could far exceed the 4.5 million officially listed. The data include people not in the labor force, and union officials have long argued current measures undercount by excluding discouraged workers and part timers seeking full-time jobs. The incomplete figures indicate the least educated are most represented among those not in the labor force.
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Racial Bars Go Down At Kent State
Kent State University President Robert S. White set a deadline for fraternities and sororities to remove discriminatory clauses from their constitutions by the start of the fall quarter, about mid September. Trustees had ordered the deadline in January 1963, and groups failing to comply will lose university status.
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Oswalds Mother Testifies at Ruby Murder Trial
Mrs. Marguerite Oswald, mother of Lee Harvey Oswald, testified for the prosecution in Jack Ruby’s trial. She arrived in Dallas from New York and was sworn in as a witness, later escorted from the courtroom while refusing to discuss the case.
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White youth pleads guilty to manslaughter in racial attack
In Birmingham Alabama a 16 year old white youth named Michael Lee Farley pleaded guilty to second degree manslaughter for the shooting death of a black boy during last fall racial disorders. He was sentenced Monday to seven months in jail.
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