Ohio U Bobcats end season with triumphant welcome home
Coach Jim Snyder leads the Ohio University Bobcats into Athens after a NCAA Tournament run from Louisville. A 40-car caravan and emergency responders greeted the team at the gym for a celebratory rally. Snyder praised the players as the season’s finest group and promised better things next year.
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Studens
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Verlynn Witte
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Larry Kruger
Bill Whaley
Dale Bandy
Dave Katz
Mike Schuler
Loren Wilcox
Murray
Jim Culp
Pioneer V Sets Long Distance Radio Record
Pioneer V sped through space to set a new long distance communications record. It passed 409,060 miles out at 8 p.m. Sunday with signals rated excellent by reception stations in California and Hawaii. The satellite, powered by solar energy, was expected to pass the 500,000 mile mark and will have data taped for later analysis by space scientists.
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Hawaii
Cleveland Home and Flower Show Draws 174 598 Visitors
Cold weather and snow cut attendance at the Cleveland Home and Flower Show to 174 598 over nine days about 10 000 fewer than last year.
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Cleveland
Snowbound rescue teams reach North Carolina mountains
Air and ground mercy missions to snowbound families in North Carolina Tennessee and Virginia near completion. Governor Hodges said the situation is in hand as the Red Cross expects to reach the last 1 500 snow bound households today. Weather breaks allowed food coal and medical supplies to move in via helicopters Jeeps and Weasels aided by road clearing machines.
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Tennessee
Virginia
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Raleigh
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Avery
Watauga
WV Catholics Face Test in May Primary
West Virginia's May 10 Democratic primary is watched as a test of religion in campaigning with Kennedy seen as Catholic by a largely Protestant electorate. Humphrey leads the contest in name recognition, while Catholic voter support is expected to be limited in the state.
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West Virginia
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
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Minnesota
Methodist Church
West
Ohio Air National Guard Receives Satisfactory Rating
The 1 800 member Ohio Air National Guard earned a satisfactory rating after a five day federal inspection by a team from the 14th Air Force. The overall grade matches last year’s result. Inspections assess training, equipment use and related factors guiding federal support.
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Suggestion Boxes Pay Off In PAGE Arizona
Koerner Bombauel of the Bureau of Reclamation received $40 for a suggestion later adopted. He proposed placing suggestion boxes in government buildings in PAGE Arizona.
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Koerner Bombauel
Bureau of Reclamation
York Local District Move Approved by County Board
The Athens County board approved transferring Ward Two from Hocking to the York Local School District. The move followed heated debate, with five York officials leading an unplanned Athens meeting invasion to secure unanimous support. The transfer awaits final steps to formalize on June 30.
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Fair Sunday Weather With Snow Forecast In Ohio
A high pressure area over the Great Lakes gave Ohio fair weather Sunday with afternoon highs around 32 to 36 degrees in Columbus Chesapeake and Cincinnati. Snow was observed in Columbus Cleveland Toledo overnight and northern areas. Snow is expected Tuesday as a low pressure system moves east from Colorado with little temperature change.
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Rev Howard Bethel Dies in Erie at 81
ASHTABULA The Rev. Howard L. Bethel 81 retired in 1949 after an eight year Plymouth Ohio pastorate died Saturday in an Erie Pennsylvania hospital. His funeral is set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church where he served as interim pastor in 1955 56. A Belmont County native he was a registrar and teacher at Rio Grande College.
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Plymouth
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Erie, Pa
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Belmont County
Rio Grande College
Stations Had Payola
Rep. Oren Harris D Ark addresses the Cleveland Bar Association and estimates about 200 of the nation’s 5300 broadcasting stations have engaged in payola practices.
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Oren Harris
D-Ark
Assa
Defiance College Choir to Perform at Cherry Blossom Festival
The Defiance College Choir of 20 women and 17 men will sing at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D C on April 6 10. Conductor George G Arkebauer announced the invitation extended by Rep Walter H Moeller D Ohio.
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Walter H. Moeller
Ohio
Lost Plane Hunt Begins in Burley Flight
A search is under way for a light Piper Apache missing on a flight from Burley Idaho to Las Vegas Nevada. Aboard were Wes Stoddard 50 of Anchorage Alaska his wife Helen 49 their daughter Mrs Horace Cumbie 28 her son Randy 5 and Stoddard's sister Mrs Joseph V Lee.
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Alaska
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Randy
Stoddard
Joseph V. Lee
Child Dies After Ironton Fire In Ohio Home
Six year old Robert Moore ran back into a burning frame house near Proctorville to save a litter of puppies and died. Firemen cited possible kitchen wiring defect as the blaze cause in Ironton Ohio.
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Ohio
David Timothy Moore
Proctorville
Slayer To Face Preliminary Hearing In Babysitter Murders
Henry Clay Worth, 29, a steel plant worker, is charged with killing two babysitters, Linda and Penny Qualls. A preliminary hearing before Magistrate Harry D Day is planned, with possible grand jury action at the current term. Police report he had heavy drinking before the shootings.
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Henry Clay Worth
Harry D. Day
West Virginia
Russell L. Daugherty
Warth
Linda Qualls
Penny Qualls
Worth
Linda
Penny
Report Claims Ohio Roads Still Slippery
Ohio Road Department reports snow covered and slippery primary roads east of a line through Cleveland Ashland St. Clairsville and near Bucyrus Marion Mount Vernon Newark. Secondary roads near Mount Gilead Delaware Columbus Ironton Gallipolis Marietta also snow covered and slippery. West of Elyria Upper Sandusky Springfield roads wet and slippery but clear near Paulding Van Wert Kenton Sandusky Coshocton Zanesville Cambridge.
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Juror Threats Mark Finch Murder Deliberations
In Los Angeles a seven woman five man jury deadlocked on the murder case of Dr. R Bernard Finch and his alleged mistress Carole Tregoff after eight days of deliberations amid threats and shouting. Juror Genevieve Lang described a male juror threatening to throw her from the window of the locked room.
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R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Barbara Jean Finch
Louis Werner
Genevieve Lang
Baliffs
Five Day Forecast For Ohto With Snow Showers
Temperatures average below normal with highs around 45 and lows near 23. Expect little change through the week with a modest warmup by Friday or Saturday. Snow totals are forecast at about half an inch on Tuesday and again Saturday.
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Monoxide Gas Kells family at Syracuse
In Syracuse Glenn Cundiff acted quickly when his wife and infant began losing consciousness from carbon monoxide. He broke a bedroom window to alert responders and his action helped his wife and child, later taken to Meigs General Hospital with good condition. The Pomeroy squad arrived with an oxygen tank and assisted. The incident underscored the need for an emergency truck for the local squad.
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Man jailed for slapping during Liberty plant picket
NILES Ohio February 29 Judge John Masternick orders Frank Horvatich Youngstown a 30 day jail term and a $100 fine for slapping Norma J. Vizerik 24 Campbell during a strike at Liberty Manufacturing Corp Liberty Two The United Steelworkers have been on strike for nearly six months Horvatich drove his wife to work at the plant where she was hired after the walkout.
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Trumbull
John Masternick
Frank Horvatich
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Norma J. Vizerik
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Horvatich
Miners Trapped Six Days As Rescue Efforts Continue
Logan West Virginia AP reports 18 men entombed after a rock fall and fire at Island Creek Coal No 22 mine Holden. Rescue captain Elmer Layne describes thick smoke and obstacles as teams crawl and wade through water to reach trapped workers. Island Creek President Raymond Salvati says ventilation failures hinder air flow and insists the men are alive and will be rescued.
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Elmer Layne
Layne
West Virginia
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W. Va
Raymond E. Salvati
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