House Senate group OKs 9.1 billion budget in Ohio
A House Senate Conference Committee agreed on an 8.1 billion budget to fund state operations over the biennium. Senator Oakley C. Collins suggested financing via a sales tax, while others warned tax details were not yet settled.
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House
Senate
Oks
Columbus
Ohio
Oakley C. Collins
Ironton
Theodore M. Gray
Piqua
Gray
Lloyd Kerns
R-16
Richwood
Conference Committee
John J. Gilligan
Jackson Would Vote To Confirm Byrd For Supreme Court
Sen. Henry Jackson said he would back Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia if nominated for the Supreme Court. The remark followed calls from George McGovern and Fred Harris for Nixon to nom inate someone other than Byrd amid mixed signals on Byrd's viability.
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Washington
Henry Jackson
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Supreme Court
Jackson
Tampa
Fla
George McGovern
Fred Harris
Nixon
Administration
Byrd
Senate
Varous
McGovern
Sen
Hanover
N. H
South
Robert P. Griffin
Detroit
Chester Conklin Keystone Kop Dies at 85 in Hollywood
Keystone Kop Chester Conklin, silent film comic famed for pratfalls and pies, died Monday at 85 after semaphora and heart disease. Born in Oskaloosa Iowa, he began with Mack Sennett in 1912 earning up to 3500 weekly, later recalling perilous stunts and a long career in vaudeville and circus sideshows.
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Hollywood
Chester Conklin
Conklin
Keystone Kop
Motion Picture and Television
Mack Sennett
Helmet
Billy — Club
Venice
Calif.) Pier
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Keystone Studio
Thieu says re election shows public confidence in him
President Nguyen Van Thieu, appearing publicly for the first time since his victory, said the election returns reflect the people’s confidence in him. He noted that having more than 90 percent support is good for the country and makes him glad.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Newspapers Win Gilligan Praise During Newspaper Week
Gov. John J. Gilligan lauds the press as a defense of freedoms and the essential conduit of uncensored truth. He says reading a newspaper is exercising a fundamental right to complete information without fear of retribution.
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Columbus, Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Coal Talks Slated To Resume
Contract talks were to resume between the United Mine Workers union and coal operators to settle a 12 day old strike idling about 100000 workers nationwide. In Ankara Agnew pledged U S support for Turkey and NATO and ruled out unilateral U S troop withdrawals as very careless talk.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers Union
Ankara
Spiro T. Agnew
Turkey
United States
U.S
Europe
Obituaries and sports briefs from a local paper page
A fragmented classified page shows obituaries and sports items among a mix of comic and television listings. Readable names or details are limited, but the section hints at brief notices and sports scores or summaries from the era.
Consumer Plan Faces Tough Test in House Floor
Washington AP reports a decade of planning and intra party clashes over a bill to create a government consumer protection agency. The measure faces heavy House floor scrutiny with Nader pushing for stronger powers and Holifield defending the bill as strong and possible.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Government Operations Committee
Nader
Holifield
Seek Cause Of Marietta Explosion
Officials from the state fire marshal's office investigated debris for clues to the boiler blast that killed five at the First Baptist Church in Marietta Ohio. A cause statement was expected today or Wednesday as 14 others were injured with six hospitalized. five funerals are planned Wednesday in the undamaged church sanctuary.
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Marietta
Ohio
First Baptist Church
Chesty Puller Dies at 73 Veteran Marine Commander Remembered
Lt Gen Lewis B Puller renowned as the most decorated Marine died in Hampton Virginia of pneumonia at 73 after a long illness He earned 56 decorations across three wars and five Navy Crosses He is survived by his widow two daughters his son Lewis B Puller Jr who lost both legs in Vietnam and a sister
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Hampton, Va
Lewis B
Chesty
Puller
Marine Corps
Korea
Vietnam
U.S. Marine Corps
Marines
Kecoughtan Veterans Administration Hospital
William Howard Dabney
Fairfax
Michael Patrick Downs
Alexandria
Emily P. Fishburn
San Diego
Calif
Two Jail Inmates At Large In Wood County Escape
In Wood County two inmates remained at large after an early morning jail break at the Wood County Jail. Authorities had already captured three participants, including Joel Adams 26 Parkersburg Royal Cook 21 and Darrell W Dennis 22. Edward White 20 and Eugene F Wood 25 Springfield Va were still fugitives at 10 am. Jailer Walter Hall said three overpowered him and they vaulted a window while two escaped via the front door.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Wood County
Joel Adams
Royal Cook
Darrell W. Dennis
Edward White
Eugene F. Wood
Springfield
Walter Hall
Pressure Grows to Cut Social Security Taxes in U.S.
The Muskie Mondale plan proposes reducing or repealing Social Security taxes for nine of ten workers while hitting the 10th with higher payments. The measure faces opposition from AFL CIO and senior citizens groups who seek expanded benefits rather than tax cuts. The article traces a shift in voters’ tax burden and the politics of any overhaul.
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L.A
U.S
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Dmaine
Dential
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Muskie-Mondale
Afl-Cio
National Council of Senior Citizens
Congress
America
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Henry Thurnau
Gary Hellums
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