Ohio University eyed for $290 million atomic facility site
Rep Robert E Sweeney of Cleveland backs a Southeastern Ohio location for a $290 million Atomic Energy Commission project to boost the state economy. Ohio University staff, led by Martin L Hecht, provide data for a site near Athens while the Portsmouth Chamber and Pike County residents push the area. The choice aligns with the university's $21 million engineering science program and the administration job program push.
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Robert E. Sweeney
Cleveland
Ohio
Atomic Energy Commission
Sweeney
Ohio University
Martin L. Hecht
Vernon R. Alden
University
Institute For Regional Development
Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce
Pike County
Hecht
Washington
Southeastern Ohio
Alden
HUAC wraps Illinois hearings on communism without full testimony
The House Committee on Un American Activities closed three days of hearings in Illinois with only two witnesses testifying, both FBI informers. Police detained 38 demonstrators, some for singing inside the hearing room. Chairman Edwin Willis announced contempt actions against two walkouts, including Dr. Jeremiah Stamler.
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Court of Appeals
Chicago
House Committee On Un-American Activities
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Illinois
FBI
Edwin E. Willis
Dla
Willis
Jeremiah Stamler
Communist Party
Alfred M. Nittle
Laura Bough
San Francisco
two injured in Route 13 rollover near Santo Domingo
A northbound car left Route 13 near Route 33 Santo Domingo and rolled over injuring two men. Ronald Gene Poches 18 Jacksonville and Charles Gatchell Glouster were taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital. Poches had facial and arm abrasions. Gatchell a possible neck injury.
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Route 13
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ronald Gene Poches
Jacksonville
Charles Gatchell
Glouster
Poches
Gatchell
Beck
State Highway Patrol
Route 33
Copters Collide Kill 9 Yanks at Bien Hoa Base
Two U.S. Army troop helicopters collided six miles west of Chu Lai and at Bien Hoa killing nine Americans and wounding ten. Marines at Chu Lai reported heavier fighting with Viet Cong, while Seabees built an airstrip nearby.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Bien Hoa
U.S
Chu Lai
da Nang
Bien Hoa Base
118Th U.S. Army Helicopter Company
County Sanitarian Criticizes Athens Village Dumps
Messenger notes the county sanitation head condemns unsightly village dumps in Athens County on Page 2. other briefs include Head Start applications due Saturday from three Meigs County districts on Page 5 and a six man airport authority named in Hocking County on Page 16.
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Athens County
Meigs County
Hocking County
Man preplans funeral at Scioto County Fairgrounds
Gerald McKinney a 42 year old Springfield factory worker says he will die by June 6 and plans a celebratory funeral at the Scioto County Fairgrounds north of Portsmouth. He has arranged banjo guitar organ and vocal music with songs including Yellow Rose of Texas Red Roses for a Blue Lady and My Wild Irish Rose. He invites the public and aims to make the event less a somber affair more a lively memorial.
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McKinney
Springfield
Columbus
Scioto County Fairgrounds
Portsmouth
Texas
Isle of Capri
Gemini Flight Could Be Postponed By Battery Problem
Cape Kennedy officials postponed a Gemini 4 rehearsal flight for next week's orbital mission due to a bad battery cell. Mission director Kraft said a late decision would be made after battery replacement and further tests, with possible impact on the June 3 launch date.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
James McDivitt
Edward White
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
McDivitt
White
Kraft
Mission Control Center
Houston
Pentagon proposes reenlistee bonus up to six thousand three hundred
The Pentagon asks Congress to authorize a special reenlistment bonus for personnel with critical skills. Corporals and specialists could receive up to 6300 depending on skill importance, as part of a pay bill note.
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Washington
Pentagon
Armed Services
Congress
Mine Blast Kills 200 in Indian Coal Shaft Disaster
A predawn explosion at a Dhanbad coal mine likely traps or kills about 200 workers with a death toll possibly rising to 400. Officials cite coal dust and a shift-change timing as causes in the Bokaro Ramgarh group mine near Bokaro steel mill.
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New Delhi
India
Dhanbad
Ministry of Mines
Bokaro Ramgarh Group
Bokaro Steel
United States
Poverty threshold breach and wealth rise marked in Census data
Census Bureau figures show about 464 000 American families crossed the poverty line by rising their incomes above 3000 dollars last year. At the same time the number of families earning 10000 dollars or more increased by 1.4 million.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Johnson Orders Dominican Pullout Amid Terror Fears
President Johnson announced the withdrawal of 1700 U S troops from the Dominican Republic, saying more terrorist efforts and conquest could follow while urging new international machinery to meet fast moving events. He stressed rapid action when decisions are critical and warned of Communist threats across the hemisphere.
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Waco
Tex
Johnson
Dominican Republic
Baylor University
George Washington Baines
Bruce Palmer
U.S
Hugo Panasco Alvim
Brazil
Organization of American States
Caribbean
Dominican
Hemisphere
U. S
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Atom Plant
Mum
HUAC
Santo Domingo
OAS
Jose A. Mora
Ohioan
Ansbach
Germany
James T. Bucker
Girard
Luise Margarete Regler
U ‘P
New York
Robert F. Wagner
Robert Moses
Ohio General Assembly
Senate
Comite
Eine
Scotte
Elizabeth II
Britain
West Berlin
Prince Philip
Gerald McKinney
Sorrento
Italy
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Atlas Missile
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