Aid For Aged Will Not Be Cut Rhodes
Gov. James A. Rhodes pledged that aid for the aged payments would not be cut, noting grants issued 30 days before the election will stand. He also said aid to the blind was spared and spoke on highway safety, liquor board reduction, and tentative plans for Cleveland and Cincinnati offices and buildings.
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Rhodes
Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Denver White
Athens
Uulliull II
Mmaalciine Tol County
Highway Safety Department
Highway Department
Liquor Board
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Birdman Granted Hearing in Book Rights Case
Robert Stroud known as the Birdman of Alcatraz will get a March 28 hearing in Kansas City Missouri over his bid to preserve rights to his prison authored book Strouds Digest on the Diseases of Birds published 1943 Federal judge William H Becker ordered a final hearing on a restraining order against prison officials Stroud 73 has served 54 years of a life sentence for murder and is at the federal medical center in Springfield Missouri.
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Associated Press
Robert Stroud
Roosevelt Drives Again Wins Back License After Test
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. aged 48 regained his driver's license in Washington after passing the District of Columbia driving test on January 22 and having the license reinstated on February 27 following a 29 month suspension for traffic violations. In Missouri, the Supreme Court struck down the 138 year old Sunday closing law, prompting cheers from retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr
District of Columbia
Roosevelt
Department of Motor Vehicles
Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Harsha accuses State Department over Brazil Russia funds
Republican Rep. William H. Harsha of Ohio charges the State Department with shaping news about U S funds intended to finance Brazil's trade program with the Soviet Union. He says officials knew funds would aid a Brazil Russia trade agreement and placed the claim in the Congressional Record.
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Washington
Ohio
State Department
U.S
William H. Harsha
Portsmouth
Brazil
Soviet Union
Russia
Harsha
France Hit By Short Strikes Disrupts Rail Service
Paris faced two hour strikes by coal miners causing widespread train delays and crowding issues as suburban and long line services faltered. Rail workers carried out sudden walkouts with no set shutdown times, extending the 12th day of the dispute with 200,000 idle miners and no government concessions. In Batavia, Robert Gower, Goshen schools superintendent, was fined $1 for assault involving a former student.
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Paris
France
Batavia
Robert Gower
Goshen
Flood Strains Logan W Va As Floods and Tornadoes Roar South
Torrential rains cause record flooding in Logan West Virginia with Guyandotte River at 35 feet, hundreds displaced, roads blocked, and guards assisting. Tornadoes sweep Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi with multiple deaths. Kentucky floods isolate towns after heavy rain. Dr. A J Mathis of Procter and Gamble to speak to ACS Upper Ohio Valley Section in New Martinsville.
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Logan
W. Va
West Virginia
H. Cudden
Guyandotte
Weather Bureau
Huntington
Big Sandy
National
Williamson
Point Pleasant
Southland
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Parrottsville
North Carolina
Kentucky
Virginia
New Martinsville
A. J. Mathis
Procter and Gamble Co
American Chemical Society
Upper
Ohio Valley
Pittsburgh Plate Class Co
Committee To Study Ohio School Extracurriculars
Wayne Shaffer president of the State Board of Education will appoint a special committee within a month to draft guidelines for Ohio high school extracurricular activities. Herbert Gary of Portsmouth High School heads the Ohio Association of Secondary School Principals which will assist. A survey of 1259 schools found 62 percent of 833 contacted had taken no steps to evaluate student activity programs.
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Columbus
Wayne Shaffer
Bryan
State Board of Education
Ohio
Herbert S. Gary
Portsmouth
Ohio Association of Secondary School Principals
Gary
Donahey Jr Heads Ohio Young Democrats
Richard S. Donahey Jr., engineering and pre law student at Ohio State University, elected president of the Ohio Federation of College and University Young Democratic Clubs. He hails from Logan and has previously led the Ohio State Young Democratic Club and worked on Lt. Gov. John W. Donahey’s campaign. His father is Dick Donahey, service director of Logan, and his grandfather Vic Donahey was a U S Senator and Governor.
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Columbus
Richard S. Donahey, Jr
Ohio State University
Ohio Federation of College and University
Young Democratic Clubs
Donahey
Logan
Ohio State Young Democratic Club
John W. Donahey
Dick Donahey
Nelsonville
Vic Donahey
Capsules For Moon Trip Are Ordered
Washington Gruman Aircraft Engineering Corp. wins a 387.9 million dollar contract to design and build 20 two man LEM capsules for moon landings. Nine of twelve ton capsules will be ground tested and eleven used on actual moon flights. The LEM detaches from the Apollo for landing and rejoining after surface exploration and ascent engine use. Boston An Eastern Airlines DC7 with 15 passengers and four crew slid into a snow bank at Logan Airport but no injuries were reported.
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Washington
Gruman Aircraft Engineering Corp
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Apollo
Earth
Boston
Eastern Airlines
Logan
Dems Claim Other States Grab Workers
In Columbus political leaders accuse the Rhodes administration of firing policies driving professionals from Ohio. They cite help wanted ads showing West Virginia Indiana and Colorado seeking engineers doctors psychologists and social workers. They call the actions wasteful and not austerity.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Frank W. King
D-Lucas
House
A. G. Lancione
Belmont
West Virginia
Indiana
Colorado
James A. Rhodes
Air Force launches Atlas ICBM in routine training
At Vandenberg Air Force Base California a Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile was fired Monday night toward an unspecified target area in what officials called a routine training launch.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Seven Athens County schools lose charters effective June 1964
The Ohio state school board revoked the charters of seven Athens County districts for failing to meet 22 minimum standards, effective June 30 1964, while York Albany Nelsonville and Athens city districts were not affected. The action follows inspections showing varied violations and low high school enrollments, with Albany the only charter-keeping district under 240 in grades 9-12. The board also adopted 11 education goals aiming for 1970, including raising high school enrollment minimum to 500 students.
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Ames-Bern
Carthage- Troy
the Plains
Rome-Canaan
Shade
Trimble Two
Waterloo
Athens County
York and Albany
Nelsonville
Athens City
George Christman
Christman
Albany
Ohio
May Require Entrance Exam for Ohio State Universities
Ohio's state-assisted universities may soon be allowed to require entrance examinations after the measure nearly passed the Senate in 1961. Introduced as the 105th General Assembly opens its 10th week, the bill prompts debate over whether universities should admit only those with entrance tests or continue the current diploma-based system. Education officials note the strain of high demand and long-standing calls to curb low-achieving admits.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Senate Education
Ross Pepple
R-Allen
105Th General Assembly
Ohio Health Director Accepts Pennsylvania Deputy Post
Dr. Ralph E. Dwork, longtime head of Ohio Department of Health, will become Pennsylvania deputy secretary of health at a $19,664 annual salary. He plans to start April 8, succeeding Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, who leaves for a Jefferson Medical College professorship. Dwork’s Ohio term runs to November 1964.
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Columbus
Ralph E. Dwork
Ohio Department of Health
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
William Scranton
Dwork
Ohio
C. Earl
Albrecht
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Department of Health
Auto Laryo Se Ysary
OGGT
Great Britain
Australia
Vehicle Inspection Bill Advances In Ohio Legislature
A House subcommittee completed work on a revised bill requiring annual or biannual motor vehicle inspections in Ohio. The measure limits inspection station practices, grants the highway patrol superintendent power to revoke private agency licenses, and imposes fees of 15 dollars to the state and 1.50 dollars per inspection with 1.35 going to the station. Cities running their own stations would be licensed and motorists would pay a 1.50 inspection fee.
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Columbus
House
Ohio
House Highways Committee
Don K. Cooper
Ashland
State Highway Patrol
Ohio DAR State Conference Opens With National Safety Leader
Mrs. Harry Artz Alexander chairs the Mississippi State Daughters of the American Revolution National Safety Council and will be the main speaker at the Ohio DAR state conference today in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Harry Artz Alexander
Mississippi State Daughters of the American Revolution National Safety Council
Ohio
Old Factory Site Claim Sparks North American Factory History
An assistant professor at Case Institute of Technology says 9000 year old flint blades found near Coshoc-ton Ohio are remnants of what could be North America’s first factory. The Ohio Fair Fund distribution of 698437.10 dollars to 92 county and independent fairs was announced by State Auditor Roger W. Tracy. Perry County received 2500 dollars.
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Cleveland
P—An
Case Institute of Technology
Coshocton
Ohio
North America
New Lexington
Ohio Fair Fund
Roger W. Tracy
Perry County
Draft Bill Passes House With Narrow Dissent
The four year extension of the draft law passed the House 387 to 3. Only Homer E. Abele H R Ohio H R Gross R Iowa and George E. Brown Jr D Calif voted no. The Senate Armed Services Committee opens hearings with Norman S. Paul leading.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Norman S. Paul
Homer E. Abele
Ohio
H. R. Gross
Iowa
George E. Brown Jr
Dcalif
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