Flooding Drives Clean-Up as Hocking River Crest Reaches 24.63
Southeastern Ohio endures a severe flood with at least one fatality in Vinton County and widespread damage across Nelsonville Amesville Chauncey Chauncey-Dover Glouster and nearby towns. Volunteers including 500 Ohio University students aided sandbagging and recovery as river levels rose and later receded.
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Paris Military Airline to Carry Civilians Amid Strike
France announces a military air service using C135F planes from Bretigny to New York to replace Air France during a nationwide strike. Flights will accept regular fares with priority for key business passengers. first flight Sunday from Bretigny.
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French Premier Clamps Down On Strikers
Paris braces as Premier Pompidou suspends the right of assembly and bans further student demonstrations in the Latin Quarter to curb nationwide strikes that idle up to 10 million workers. The violence leaves Matherson dead in Paris and Lacroix killed in Lyon. 447 injured and 795 arrested nationwide. Bordeaux Nantes Le Puy Strasbourg Toulouse report arrests over 280 amid claims of agitators and criminals.
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le Puy
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Outdoor Fun Magazine Expands With Extra Pages
The Messenger's Outdoor Fun adds eight pages to cover more summertime activities with maps charts and tips. To reassemble the two-section edition readers must place section two into section one by aligning pages 14 and 43 then insert pages 15 through 42.
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Early Bird: Messenger Advances Deadlines for Timely Sunday Paper
The Messenger editorial department moved up news deadlines to deliver the Sunday Messenger on time. Late Saturday afternoon sports results could not be printed due to the earlier deadline, but nearly all subscribers still received their papers despite Friday’s high water.
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Messenger
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B. H. Morehead
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Athens residents cope with floodwaters and relief efforts
Various notes indicate ongoing flood impact in Southeastern Ohio with local coping actions, while Athens residents face rising waters and community response as pages reference protective measures and relief tasks. Ohio University signals retirement of Carroll Widdoes from teaching to stay as tennis coach as baseball team awaits NCAA tournament word.
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King
Nancy Scott
Amesville
Southeastern Ohio
Carroll Widdoes
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