Search for missing Coolville youth in fatal Athens County fire
Athens County officials pursue leads on Michael Derrald Gallaher a 19 year old from Brimstone Ridge near Coolville who may have escaped a Thursday morning blaze that killed Beno Lena Robert and Sheila Gallaher and left Eric unharmed. Firefighters led by John Coen found a completely destroyed two story home with no immediate sign of Michael and investigators say foul play is not indicated though his fate remains uncertain. Deputy sheriffs plan to search nearby woods and waste no time as state fire marshal inspects the scene for cause and delays in funeral arrangements are announced.
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Athens County
Coolville Area
Michael Derrald Gallaher
Reno Gallaher
Brimstone Ridge
Coolville
Beno
Lena
Robert
Sheila
John Coen
Gallaher
Eric
Ivan Gallaher
Brimstone Rd
Michael
Allies Vanquish VC Forces in Tay Ninh Jungle Action
In War Zone C near Tay Ninh City U.S. Green Beret advisers and approximately 240 irregular Vietnamese troops clashed with Viet Cong forces. Allied forces reported light casualties while artillery and air strikes pounded the enemy. Separate missions saw U.S. 1st Cavalry and 25th Infantry operating along the central coast and highlands. Thanksgiving convoy casualties and vehicle losses were updated with lower figures.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Tay Ninh Province
Tay Ninh City
Tay Ninh
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Binh Dinh
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
U.S. Marine Corps
The
Dalat
Page Communications Engineering Inc
Page
First Cavalry
An Loa
Britisher Ends Talks In Moscow
British Foreign Secretary George Brown departed Moscow after three days of talks with Soviet leaders on Viet Nam nuclear weapons and other issues. He said the visit was highly useful and the talks with Premier Kosygin and Foreign Minister Gromyko were frank and friendly. No immediate details emerged.
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Moscow
George Brown
London
Viet Nam
Alexei N. Kosygin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Brown
Kosygin
Gromyko
Daylight sighting of the Mason Monster near Point Pleasant
The so called Mason Monster was seen in daylight by Tom Ury of Clarksburg on Route 62 near Homer Smith farm at 7:15 a.m. He described a 10 foot wingspan and a helicopter like rise. Earlier reports from Point Pleasant residents described a man like body and red eyes. A fireman noted an out of state family saw the creature near Krodel Park. Biologist Dr. Robert Smith offered a sandhill crane theory.
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Point Pleasant
Mason
Tom Ury
Clarksburg
Homer Smith
Millard Halstead
Ohio River
Kirkland Memorial Garden
TNT
Ury
Roger Secarberry
Steve Mallette
Mason County
Krodel Park
Robert Smith
West Virginia University
Smog Blanket Covers New York City Area
The New York metropolitan area faced heavy pollution with an index about 314 times the normal level as authorities warned heart and lung patients to stay indoors. A warming trend and possible rain were forecast to relieve the inversion that trapped emissions over the middle Atlantic coast.
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New York
New York Metropolitan Area
Ohio jobless total drops in September
Ohio October unemployment estimated at 108000 or 2.6 percent of the civilian labor force, down from September. Total employment and nonagricultural wages held steady at about 4,053,000 and 3,557,000. Seasonal gains for schools offset losses in canning and steel with manufacturing layoffs and labor disputes influencing totals. Over the year the rate fell from 3.0 to 2.6 percent.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Bureau
Division of Statistics
Mobs Demand Arms as Jordan Troops Move Through Ramallah
In Ramallah Arab Legion troops patrolled the streets firing over the heads of demonstrators demanding arms to fight Israel. No casualties were reported as unrest continued, with a strict curfew reimposed by midmorning after three days of antigovernment protests.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Arab Legion
Ramallah
Israel
Deadly Gas Threatens Scranton
In Scranton Pennsylvania authorities manned a wide cordon and evacuated homes after carbon monoxide fumes from an underground coal mine fire rose into the city. Ten holes were drilled to locate the fire and vent fumes with plans to drill up to 120 holes.
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Scranton
James J. Walsh
National Guard
Pennsylvania
Highways Toll Tops 200 Mark
The nation’s Thanksgiving weekend traffic deaths rose past 200, reaching 226 by mid Sunday, with 47 under age 18. The 102 hour period began 6 p.m. Wednesday and ends midnight Sunday. Ohio logged at least 10 deaths by Thursday night, second to California’s 13.
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Ohio
California
Truck driver credited with saving four before train derailment
Granville Ohio trucker James Martin 32 says he merely did his fair share helping four crash victims cross US 30 near Plymouth Indiana as a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train derailed after striking their car. Carlos Kitchen 21 of Chicago aided. Mary Alice Evans injured.
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Granville
Ohio
George
James Martin
Plymouth
Ind
Martin
Carlos Kitchen
Chicago
Mary Alice Evans
Williamson
W. Va
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fort Wayne
Mystery Bird Spooks Ohio Motorist Prompts Expert Query
An Ohio University biologist notes sandhill cranes rarely migrate near the area and seldom linger. The sighting has sparked speculation about a large creature possibly from outer space or an extinct pterodactyl, but the driver remains convinced it is real.
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Ohio University
Outer Space
Johnson meets budget officials to discuss federal budget
President Johnson meets budget director Charles L. Schultze and Robert C. Weaver to review the federal budget. He spent Thanksgiving at the LBJ Ranch, and reports say he is feeling well after throat and abdominal operations on November 16.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Charles L. Schultze
Robert C. Weaver
Department of Housing and Urban Affairs
Lbj Ranch
Robert H. Fleming
Two Shot By Sniper On Bus In Cleveland
Joseph Centa aged 75 died while a 16 year old boy was wounded on St. Clair Avenue by gunfire from a passing Cleveland Transit System bus. Detectives believe Centa and Dennis O Flanagan were shot by the same assailants using a .22 caliber pistol.
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Cleveland
Joseph Centa
St. Clair Avenue
Cleveland Transist
Centa
Dennis O’flanagan
Canada May Recognize Peking
Prime Minister Lester Pearson signals Canada may recognize the Peking regime if Communist China is not seated in the United Nations, citing impatience with continued isolation.
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Ottawa
Canada
Lester Pearson
China
Peking
United Nations
83 Die In Czech Air Crash
The Bulgarian airliner crash in southern Czechoslovakia killed 83 people, with a Hungarian report noting one passenger left at the last stop before the disaster Thursday night.
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Czech
Vienna
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Athens recreation budget doubles as full year program
The Athens city recreation budget doubles for the year 1967, funding expanded programs and activities as the city opens a full year of activities. The item appears in the Inside Today section with other city news and local listings.
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Athens City
Florence
Italy
Cincinnati
Tommy Helms
MEIGS
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