UFO Sightings Across States Include Athens Hat Shaped Object
A bright object described as about the size of a highway patrolman’s hat was seen early today in the Athens area by six residents and patrol officers. Observers noted a motionless drift for about half an hour and possible atop lights, with Venus proposed as a possible explanation by officials. additional reports described unusual lights in Ann Arbor Bad Axe Flint Linden Los Angeles Las Vegas and near Nellis AFB. The National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenomena urged full government disclosure.
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Athens Area
Highway Patrol
Guy Martin
Charles Nishwitz
Route
Athens County
Harry Sayre
Athens Post
State Patrol
Sayre
Athens
Columbiana County
Pennsylvania
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Air Force
Venus
Blue Book
Dayton
Richard Landversicht
Ann Arbor
Mich
Washtenaw County
Sheriff's Office
Bad Axe
Flint
Jack Bingham Jr
Las Vegas
Nev
Ralph Salvory
Nellis Air Force Base
National Investigation Committee
Marines Battle North Vietnamese in Quang Ngai Killing 150 Reds
In Quang Ngai Province, Marine forces clash in Operation Indiana, killing an estimated 150 North Vietnamese regulars near the coast by land, air, and sea. A bold charge by Pfc. Alvin S. Lapointe of Sudbury, Mass., ends a Marine company’s pinned position by storming a bunker, killing two enemy gunners. Premier Ky warns of strong action against Buddhist protests as students call for peace.
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Quang Ngai
U.S
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
Viet Nam
Indiana
North Viet Nam
Alvin S. Lapointe
Sudbury
Mass
Leatherneck
Brezhnev Seeks Unity With China At Communist Congress
Moscow reports Brezhnev opened the 23rd Soviet Communist party congress urging new efforts to resolve the Sino Soviet split. He said the USSR is ready to improve relations with China but will resist imperialist aggression and supports Viet Nam settlement per North Vietnamese and Viet Cong goals.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
China
Brezhnev
United States
Soviet Union
DRV
South Viet Nam National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
U.S
Viet Nam
Viet
Palace of Congresses
Moscow Radio
Tass
Transmis
Sion
Peking
Hocking Grant UK Announced Approval of Planning Grant
Rep Walter Moeller announced federal urban planning grant for Hocking County to back a comprehensive planning and growth development plan. Funds total 22100 from HUD, plus 5100 cash from the county and 2300 in services. Ohio University Institute for Regional Development will administer the program.
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Hocking County
Walter H. Moeller
Ohio University
Institute For Regional Development
William E. McKinley, Jr
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Richard Holl
Logan
$50 000 Ransom Demands Kidnapped Daniel Goldman
Miami police ampliar search as ransom for Daniel Goldman rises to $50,000. Investigators set up a third phone line and monitored calls after the 18 year old was abducted at gunpoint from his home. Victim’s parents bound, detectives recorded every call in a tense mass inquiry.
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Miami
Fla
Daniel Goldman
Aaron Goldman
Daniel
India and U S to form 300 million education foundation
President Johnson and Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi announced a $300 million educational foundation to aid India, funded by Indian currency held by the U S government subject to approval. The move aims to expand U S aid amid India’s food shortages as talks continued at the White House. Ohio reports strong early 1966 manufacturing growth and job gains, with 362,800 net jobs created from 1963 to 1965 and 204,700 in 1965 alone, Development Director Neuenschwander said in Columbus.
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Johnson
President Johnson
India
Indira Gandhi
White House
Gandhi
Washington
Columbus
Ohio
F. P. Neuenschwander
James A. Rhodes
Klan leader sought in civil rights worker death
Federal and state officers hunted Sam Holloway Bowers Jr 41 imperial wizard of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi described as armed and dangerous charged as a fugitive in connection with the death of a Negro civil rights worker.
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Hattiesburg, Miss
FBI
Sam Holloway Bowers, Jr
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
DST Bill Compromise Attempted in Congress
Washington reports Senate and House conferents will meet Tuesday to craft a compromise on uniform Daylight Saving Time nationwide. Both chambers already passed related bills.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
House Votes On LBJ Rent Supplement Plan
The House votes today on funds to finance President Johnsons proposed rent supplement program for low income families. The outcome is expected to be very close and serves as a major test of congressional willingness to fund new domestic programs while continuing the Vietnam War.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
Ohio Selective Service issues April induction call
Columbus head quarters issued a gross call for 1792 men to yield a net draft of 1037 for April, down from March’s gross 2121 and net 1234. Last April Ohio had a gross 1768 to meet 884 inductions, with county totals including Athens 12, Gallia 3, Hocking 1, Jackson 4, Meigs 3, Morgan 2, Perry 6, Vinton 1, and Washington 4.
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Columbus
Ohio Selective Service
Ohio
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
Meigs
Morgan
Perry
Vinton
Washington
Nelsonville council finance committee to study pay raises
Nelsonville’s finance committee is slated to study requests for pay raises. The brief notes ongoing discussions as the council reviews compensation adjustments amid budgeting considerations.
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Pirooe
Athens
Registra- Hocou
Saun
Nelsonville Council
Middleport Bank
Hostility To China Advocated
Three Senate Foreign Relations witnesses urged a tougher stance against Red China. Yale professor David N. Rowe called U S policy toward the Peking regime extremely hostile, while former Rep. Walter Judd urged intensified air power against North Vietnam and its war plants. George E. Taylor urged continued aid to South Vietnam and allied nations facing Communist pressure backed by force. The testimonies came as Republicans sought to counter earlier witnesses advocating containment without isolation. A separate item notes a July 9 wedding date for Vice President Humphrey’s son Robert to Donna Erickson, with the ceremony planned at St. Olaf Church in Minneapolis.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
United Nations
Yale
David N. Rowe
United States
Peking
Walter H. Judd
R-Minn
North
Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
University of Washington
George E. Taylor
South Viet Nam
J. W. Fulbright
Red China
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert
Donna Erickson
Hampton, Minn
Raymond Erickson
St. Olaf Catholic Church
Minneapolis
Two Killed In Wrek Point Pleasant Collision
Two Milton Route 1 men died in a car truck crash on the Ash ton Upland Road in Kinson County's southwestern sector Tuesday morning. Deceased were Russell Meadows and Charles Coward. The truck driver, Howard Bechtle of Point Pleasant Route 2, sustained minor injuries.
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Wrek Point Pleasant
Milton Route 1
Ashton-Upland
Kinson County
Russell Meadows
Charles Coward
Howard Bechtle
Point Pleasant
Peking Rejects U S Thaw Aims Over Taiwan
Peking in an official Peopleś Daily editorial rejected U S overtures for closer ties and demanded Washington abandon Formosa. The paper tied any normalization to a U S pullout from Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait, citing U S hostile policy as the source of tension and opposing visits between personnel from both nations.
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Tokyo
Red China Today
U.S
Formosa
China
Taiwan
Taiwan Strait
Peking People’s Daily
Route 33 Improvements Planned Across Three Counties
A $28 million Route 33 development program for Athens Meigs and Hocking Counties will proceed over three years. Four lane expansions are planned from Fairfield County to Pomeroy and along the Appalachia Highway from Givens to Belpre. Existing jobs include Fairfield County to Route 180 in Hocking County and Deanville to Chauncey, with several other bypass and extension projects in Athens State Hospital grounds The Plains and Rock Springs corridors. Public hearings have been held for the Albany to Coolville section, a $30 million segment on the Appalachia Highway.
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Athens
Meigs
Hocking
John Dowler
Division 10
Deanville
Chauncey
Logan
Haydenville
Dowler
Middleport
Pomeroy
Athens State Hospital
Plains
Rock Springs
Appalachia
Givens
Pike County
Albany
Jackson County
Coolville
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