Red Cross Flood Relief Outlined To Committeemen
Red Cross outlined flood relief plans to county committeemen. Shelter operations ran at West School and Laurelville High gym with food deliveries by Red Cross and Civil Defense. Volunteers trained to register victims and coordinate aid across Logan, Rockbridge, Laurelville, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Red Cros
Dis
Wayne Whitcraft
West School
Logan
Rockbridge
Laurelville
Civil Defense
Duck
George Crow
Logan Jaycees
Port Columbus
Whittraft
Department of Agriculture
Hocking County
Red Cr
Walnut
Firestone
Hooper
Maryland
Whatcraft
Alden Veach
Jack Glick
Paul Hartman
Michael Scapparotti
Jack Holiday
Morten Epstein
Miss Hooper
Irene Mathias
William Marlowe
American Red Cross
Jack Holaday
Howard Blum
Frank Harden
Harold Wilson
Fanny Spears
Department of Public Welfare
Jean Baker
Dessie Waldron
Michele Scapparroutt
Don Skiver
Rockbirds
Murray City
Memorial Day Ceremony Held Under Rain at Nelsonville Bridge
Memorial Day services at Nelsonville were held despite heavy rain. American Legion Post 229 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3467 led brief rites for Navy war dead at the Route 278 bridge, with VFW in charge of the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Gion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Navy
Route 278
J. Lloyd Evans
Mr. Evans
Calvin Lancaster
Dale McNamee
Wilbur Mender
Clyde Shingler
Robert Wend
Veterans Post
Ohio
Lake Hope Drive
Public Sale in Ohio Valley Farm Equipment Auction Notice
A public auction in June near McConnelsville lists sale of farm equipment including Ford tractors and plows, a 1948 Chevrolet pickup, horse drawn gear, dairy machinery, tools, hay, and household items. Terms: cash. items from two families and late Mrs Bertha Yarnell included. Public sale details note dates, locations, and vendors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McConnelsville
Pennsville
Chesterhill
Todds
Ford
McCormick
Ford Tractor
Ferguson
John Deere
Gibson
Simmons
Bart
Vcan
Rusan
Bertha Yarnell
Bill Jones
Rain Turns Resurrection City Into Mudhole in Washington
Near steady rain for two weeks has turned the Poor People's Campaign encampment into a 15 acre mudhole. Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, SCLC leader, says demonstrations will continue until Congress meets demands for extensive anti-poverty programs. Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr visited the encampment for the first time as about 2,000 demonstrators endure the weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Seppy
Washington
Ralph David Abernathy
Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Congress
Martin Luther King, Jr
Resurrection City
Lincoln Memorial
Memorial Day protest moves indoors as rain soaks Lincoln Memorial
A rainstorm floods the Washington Mall during King campaign memory events. Mrs. King speaks beside the memorial while protesters regroup. Abernathy leads a march to the Agriculture Department and vows the encampment will not end before June 16. Congress considers an overnight camping ban on federal or DC property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abernathy
House Public Works Committee
District of Columbia
House
Senate
Congress
Supreme Court
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Elizabeth Firestone
Miriam Wooper
North%ton
Llocking County
Richard Nelson
Fort Street
Nelson
Vietnam
Mount St. Mary
Rolland Decker
Edward Cox
Ruth Allen
Gladys Edwards
Roy McGill
Stewart
William O’nail
Elmer Balch
Millfield
Jeane McQuaid
Buchtel
Helen Peacock
Grousier
Josephine Gault
Youngstown
Samuel Balch
Opha Baker
the Plains
Diane Rife
Charles Morris
New Straitsville
Wilma Harvey
Anna Coomer
Hatfie White
Roma Gabriel
New Marshfield
Pamela Tolliver
Ray Hartman
Anna Hanning
George Igel
Gladys Hastetter
James Powell
Harry Pollock
Earl Davis
Leonard Dempsey
Helen Conaway
Robert Blackford
Linda Brown
Robin Tigner
Verna Canter
Blanche Humphrey
Fred Davis
Don Nixon
Lena Wolfe
Pearley Wogan
Elmer Saldh
Donald Jordan
Larry Waske
Joseph MacGhae
Max Bishop
Dave Cerney
Fiesse Eed Chisran
Strang
Elizabeth R. Jorden
Fic
Miller Poultry
Athens
Higgins
White's Mill
Signa
Lure
Hochon Voulny
Messenger
Amesville
By Bob Rogers
King
Constitution Hall
Aaron Copland
Lincoln
Agriculture Department
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