Meigs Local Schools shut as teachers strike over pay
About 3,000 Meigs Local pupils faced an unexpected day off as teachers and non teaching staff walked out over salary and insurance demands. The strike affects nine schools in the district while buses were not run. Picket lines formed at Meigs High Middleport and several elementary schools.
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Meigs
Beulah Jones
Pomeroy
Board of Education
Meigs County
Meigs Local Teachers Association
Ohio Association of Public School Employes
Meigs High
Rock Springs
Salisbury
Meigs Junior High
Middleport
Bradbury
Harrisonville
Rutland
Salem Center
Middleport Presbyterian Church
Pomeroy City Hall
Wesley Sims
Columbus
Freed POWs Reach Hanoi After Laos Laos Release
The Communist forces freed 49 American POWs in Hanoi including nine Americans captured in Laos and a Canadian missionary. The group joined 27 military personnel and five civilians released earlier, totaling 587 Americans liberated since February 12 under the repatriation program.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Hanoi
Laos
Pathet Lao
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Air Force
Walter M. Stischer
Austin
Tex
United States of America
Lloyd D. Oppel
British Columbia
Samuel A. Mattix
Wounded Knee Talks Press for Peace Settlement
Negotiations began between U S officials and rival Indian groups at Wounded Knee to end the 29 day siege. Kent Frizzell described two sessions near the village and Rapid City as a sign of progress amid internal splits and new leadership claims. A federal marshal was wounded in ongoing gunfire after AIM leaders reportedly fled. Authorities reported a light aircraft delivered arms to the militants.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Kent Frizzell
U.S
American Indian Movement
AIM
Rapid City
Sen
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Russell Means
Dennis Banks
McCord to testify in closed Watergate interview
Convicted Watergate figure James W. McCord Jr. agrees to answer questions under oath for a Senate investigation panel. Fr Howard Hunt Jr. will return to a grand jury as Liddy declines to testify citing self-incrimination. Senate Republicans press for Dean to testify to clear up executive privilege disputes.
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Washington
James W. McCord Jr
Senate
Watergate
Howard Hunt Jr
House
Dean
William S. Moorhead
D-Pa
John N. Erlenborn
R-Ill
Nixon
Liddy
McCord
John J. Sirica
Eckhart Nomination Faces Senate Vote
Gov. John Gilligan nominates Henry Eckhart to chair the Public Utilities Commission as the appointment heads to an uncertain Senate vote in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus, Ohio
John Gilligan
Henry Eckhart
Public Utilities Commission
Senate
Action Ads Prompt Voters Amid ERA Debate and Eckhart Vote
Samuel Mills criticizes sales tactics while lawmakers clash over the Equal Rights Amendment overshadowing a Senate vote. The Ways and Means Committee rejects Eckhart appointment 5 to 2, with a confirmation vote set. Eckhart’s term and pay rise follow Gilligan’s re appointment after his partial term.
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House
Senate
Ways and Means
Eckhart
Rules Committee
Gilligan
McGough Seen as New GOP Head in Ohio
State Sen. Michael J. Maloney said Kent McGough of Lima appears set to be named state GOP chairman by consensus, avoiding a power struggle. Former candidate Charles D. Ross exited, and efforts to draft Ray Bliss failed. The post vacated earlier by John Andrews.
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Columbus
Ohio
Michael J. Maloney
Cincinnati
Kent McGough
Lima
GOP
Maloney
Associated Press
McGough
Charles D. Ross
Montgomery County
U.S
Robert Taft Jr
Ray Bliss
Taft
Bliss
John Andrews
Toledo
Brando Declines Best Actor Oscar for The Godfather
Militant Indian protests and Wounded Knee backdrop frame Brando’s refusal read by Sacheen Littlefeather at the Academy Awards. Cabaret wins eight Oscars including best actress for Liza Minnelli as Brando sits out.
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Hollywood
Marlon Brando
Brando
Motion Picture Academy
Los Angeles Music Center
Liza Minnelli
Germany
Sacheen Littlefeather
Albert S. Ruddy
Joel Grey
OSU coach Fred Taylor stays at Ohio State
Ohio State basketball coach Fred Taylor announced he will remain at the university after a news conference about 9 a.m. He had been considered for Northwestern's head coach job following Brad Snyder's resignation, with Taylor saying sleep was scarce the night before.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State
Fred Taylor
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
Taylor
Brad Snyder
Northwestern
Armed Thais Hijack Bus on Bangkok Airport Run
A group of armed Thai men hijacked a northeast Thailand bus with 30 passengers and forced it to Bangkok airport seeking a flight to Peking. Police and security forces began pursuing the hijackers as the situation developed.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Peking
End Predicted Near In Yablonski Case
A high government source says the Yablonski murder case is close to wrap up with more arrests likely, though not immediately. The note follows the Erie conviction of William J. Prater for first degree murder in the 1969 slayings and ahead of Albert Pass’s June trial.
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Pittsburgh
Yablonski
William J. Prater
United Mine Workers
la Follette, Tenn
Erie
UMW
Joseph A. Yablonski
Prater
Albert Pass
Union
District 19
UMW Policymaking International Executive Board
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Dorothy Chaney
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Patton
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Saginaw
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