Battle over post office site ends in bid for building
Competing interests in Athens clash over the old post office, now surplus property. Ohio University expected to gain it for offices and classrooms, but a General Services Administration notice opens the asset to public bids. City and county officials must act by March 30 with sale likely by July as the Stimson Avenue facility opens.
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Ter
GSA
Dominic A. Tesauro
University
Walter H. Moeller
Moeller
Stimson Ave
Viet Nam Ambush Slaughters 51 Troops North of Saigon
Viet Cong ambushes along a road north of Saigon kill 51 government troops and wound 30 including an American Ranger officer. Ten soldiers are missing after the Tan Uyen attack on multiple outposts and the district town. A relief column responded with Ranger and infantry units as details remain sketchy.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Tan Uyen
Dong Nai
Rights Debate Marking a Time In Minattes
Washington Senate debated civil rights in its 56th session with slow pace as parties await Tuesday session. Republicans aim to sell amendments to improve passage prospects while Southern foes press for an explicit jury trial guarantee for criminal contempt. Democrats may convene separately to discuss the proposed package led by Everett M Dirksen.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Bar To Seek Court Change
The Ohio State Bar Association approves a plan to reorganize Ohio courts by merging lower courts into common pleas courts. It calls for a constitutional amendment redefining powers of the Supreme Court and appellate courts and common pleas. Other measures raise judges salaries create a tax appeals court a state board of claims and seek a newsman attorney conference on court reporting principles.
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Ohio State Bar Association
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Common Pleas
State Supreme Court
Courts of Appeals
Courts of Common Pleas
Tax Appeals Court
State Board of Claims
Ohio public school employer group opens convention
The Ohio Association of Public School Employer began its annual convention in Columbus with active sessions. Columbus School Superintendent Harold H. Eibling was slated to give the opening address.
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Columbus
Ohio Association of Public School
Harold H. Eibling
State Facing Jam On Roads In Heaviest Traffic Period
Columbus Ohio reports the heaviest traffic period in state history as Highway Patrol Supt Anson B Cook urges renewed motorist attention to traffic safety. He calls for full cooperation of the public and enforcement agencies to cut the toll as more cars fill the roads. A blast at a missile site in Frederick Oklahoma destroyed a 5 million Atlas facility on Thursday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Highway Patrol
Anson B. Cook
Pancake Declared Winner In Ohio Democratic Primary
Charles Pancake of Nelsonville Athens County has been declared official winner of the Democratic state senatorial race in the 9th 14th 15th 16th District. The board of elections announced a 521 vote margin from a 30000 vote Democratic primary across 11 counties. Pancake faces Republican nominee C Stanley Mechem of Athens County in the final Senate election.
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Charles Pancake
Nelsonville
Athens County
Pancake
Board of Elections
Athens
Delaware
Fairfield
Hocking
Licking
Monroe
Morgan
Muskingum
Noble
Perry
Washington
Robert Schenk
C. Stanley Mechem
Senate
State weighs plan to place girls in private homes
The state considers major reforms to the Girls Industrial School in Delaware with about 350 teenagers potentially moved to private institutions and foster homes. The plan may also relieve overcrowding at the Boys Industrial School in Lancaster.
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Columbus
John M. McElroy
James A. Rhodes
Delaware
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
NATO Ministers End Conference In The Hague
NATO foreign ministers wrapped up a three day meeting in The Hague amid unresolved issues threatening alliance unity. The talks concluded without overcoming key disagreements before the U S and British elections this fall.
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NATO
Hague
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U. S
GOP Baker Case Bid Stirs Senate Bedlam
A Republican bid to reopen the Bobby Baker investigation sparked Senate turmoil before a 42 to 33 defeat. Democratic Leader Mansfield clashed with Senator Case as Edward Kennedy presided. the table vote blocked extending the probe into campaign funds and broader actions.
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Senate Bedlam
Bobby Baker
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Clifford P. Case
R-N. J
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Baker
John J. Williams
R-Del
Senate Rules Committee
GOP Critics Hit Poverty On Johnson Farm
Two Republican congressmen report deplorable poverty among tenants on Alabama farmland owned by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. An aide to the First Lady says tenants may stay at their own request despite plans for the property. The lawmakers toured the site near Montgomery, noting dilapidated shacks and lack of facilities, while opposing the antipoverty bill and funding.
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David Martin
M. G. Snyder
Alabama
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington
Dave Martin
Nebraska
Kentucky
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Martin
Snyder
Charlie Cutler
Mrs. Johnson
Cutler
Johnson
300 Laotians Die In Battle
VIENTIANE Laos Western military sources say about 300 right wing army members were killed or wounded in a jungle clash near the border with Communist North Vietnam. Some 300 to 400 Meo anti Communist tribesmen reportedly died as well. If confirmed, it would be the largest casualties in a single Laotian civil war engagement.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Viet Nam
Shriver Deflects VP Bid Questions in Atlanta
Sargent Shriver, Peace Corps director and anti poverty program head, dodged reporters questions during a Atlanta visit about possibly becoming the Democratic vice presidential candidate.
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Atlanta
Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
Johnson
Post Office Deadline Postponed Amid Athens Dispute
A one month delay to June 15 on the Athens post office building settlement follows talks among Mayor Raymond Shepard Ohio University President Vernon Alden and County Commissioner John Cline. They proposed joint ownership and payments totaling 20000 yearly for 10 years in exchange for university control. gifts of WOUB and Children’s Home properties with rents and removals outlined.
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Raymond Shepard
Chicago
Ohio University
Vernon R. Alden
John Cline
Alden
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Board of
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Shepard
Cline
City of
Athens
University Board of Trustees
Oregon GOP primary seen set for record turnout
Oregon voters eye a record 265000 GOP turnout in a six candidate presidential primary with Henry Cabot Lodge leading in polls but tailing off in some surveys. Nelson Rockefeller urges support, while New York delegates and other candidates Nixon Nixon, Smith and Scranton appear on the ballot. Johnson runs unopposed in the Democratic slate.
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Portland
Oregon
Republican Free For - All
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
California
Barry Goldwater
Richard
Rockefeller Briefed on U S Security by Johnson Officials
The Johnson administration provides Gov Nelson Rockefeller with an insider view of U S security and world affairs at the State Department briefing by Dean Rusk George Ball Robert McNamara and CIA director John McCone The New Yorker begins the Republican nomination bid with this briefing following Rockefeller's Oregon primary campaign.
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Johnson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
U. S
New Yorker
Rockefeller
Oregon
State Department
Dean Rusk
George W. Ball
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Beeted-Up Air Power Planned In Viet Nam
U S officials plan to boost South Vietnamese Air Force striking power by about a third adding 75 Skyraider dive bombers to exceed 100 this summer. Training of Vietnamese pilots will double from 400 to accelerate combat missions while U S advisers shift emphasis to let U S crews return home when Vietnamese capability grows.
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United States
South Viet Nam
Associated Press
U.S
U. S
U. S. Air Force
Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
Srengthen
McNamara
Young urges ouster of Ohio Democratic chairman Coleman
Sen Stephen M Young asks state central committee members to replace Coleman with Morton Neipp or Joseph Sarosy. He notes Coleman holds both state chairman and national committeeman posts and argues the job requires full time dedication, urging Columbus meeting decisions ahead of election day.
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Washington
Stephen M. Young
William L. Coleman
Ohio
Morton Neipp
Joseph Sarosy
Columbus
Coleman
Young
Area Student Scores High in State Scholarship Test
John D. Cunningham of Glouster is among 25 students with top scores in the final district state scholarship test on May 2. Cunningham earned 128 of 135 in first year French. David Stimson of Starr Washington placed 14th of 1332 in chemistry, Jeffrey Gerken of Logan 14th in geometry, and Janie Holloway of Logan ranked fourth in second year Spanish.
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Columbus
John D. Cunningham
Glouster
Cunningham
David Stimson
Starr Washington
Jeffrey Gerken
Logan
Janie Holloway
Judge Begs For New Trial Delay In Crabbe Case
London reports Madison County Probate Judge Charles Crabbe found guilty of driving while intoxicated. Sentencing deferred to give defense time to seek a new trial. Local authorities and legal proceedings referenced.
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London
Madison County
Charles Crabbe
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