Ohio University Today Strikes Loom Over Fall Term
A Messenger Special Report portrays a tense picture at Ohio University as negotiations between Local 1699 and the university stall after August talks. With fall quarter opening Sept. 25, officials warn a prolonged strike could threaten enrollment and state aid while campus leaders seek a path to resolution.
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Messenger
Ohio University Today
Oscar McGee
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Afl-Cio
James Whalen
Ohio University
Vernon R. Alden
Abraham Clearfield
Ohio U
Rex Koons
Koons Music Store
David Stimson
Stimson
Alden
Ohio
Athens
Czechs Chart a Careful Course After Soviet Invasion
Czechoslovakia’s liberal leaders chart a cautious path toward ending Soviet occupation. Communists pledge withdrawal of 650,000 troops and reform, while retaining Moscow alliance and press censorship. Prague quiet as new school year begins with subdued protests and slogans removed. Moscow signals large party meeting to discuss the crisis.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Warsaw Pact
Central Committee
Dubcek
Vecerni Praha
Moscow
Literarni Listy
Writers’ Association
Pravda
Frantisek Hamouz
St. Wenceslas
Labor Day Weekend Traffic Toll Reaches 637
The Associated Press reports a Labor Day weekend toll of 637 deaths, a record for the three-day period, including 30 in Ohio. The figure tops the prior record of 636 in 1966, with 606 in 1967. Among the deceased in Ohio was Thomas Stover, 23, of New Marshfield Route 1, who died in a motorcycle crash in Athens.
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Bob Rogers
Athens
Thomas MacClean Stover
New Marshfield
West Union Street
Fairgrounds
Ohio
Thomas Stover
New Marshield
Linda Dew Named Queen At Jacksonville Old Settlers
Former Miss Parade of the Hills Linda Dew is crowned queen of the Jacksonville Old Settlers event as coverage notes a page 8 reference and local page references to transportation, education, and community happenings across Athens Middleport Chauncey Nelsonville Pomeroy and surrounding areas.
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Jacksonville
Old Settlers
Alexander School Board
Mason County
Kro- Baar
Lyi Escesset
Sheriff's Department
Meigs County
Baterial Coc
Ccc
Snces
Athens
Middleport
Chauncey
Nelsonville
Glouster
PT. Pleasant
Logan
Pomeroy Nee Enee
Berkeley Disorder Declared Amid Telegraph Avenue Violence
Berkeley city officials declare a state of civil disaster after two nights of violence on Telegraph Avenue. City Manager William C Hanley bans loitering between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m and bars assemblies parades and amplifiers on public property. Bombing water main damage, a policeman shot in the leg, four others wounded, and 30 arrests mark the unrest linked to a Chicago antiwar protest rally during the Democratic National Convention. Citizens seek to convert two blocks of Telegraph into a pedestrian mall near UC Berkeley.
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Berkeley
Calif
William C. Hanley
University City
Telegraph Avenue
Hanley
Chicago
University of California
San Francisco
Humphrey calls for blue ribbon probe of Chicago riots
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey urged a citizen led inquiry in New York on Labor Day into the roles of demonstrators police and media in Chicago's riots. He suggested a Ford Foundation led panel with lawyers sociologists police and media reps to provide an objective analysis.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Citizens Committee
Chicago
New York
Fifth Avenue
Humphrey
Publlc
Ford Foundation
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Wndt-Tv
Barry Gray
WMCA
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Darlington
D.C
Richard M. Nixon
Paris
Iran quake toll climbs as survivors search for missing
In Kakhk Iran the earthquake left about 11 000 dead or missing out of 7 000 residents. Only the mosque remains standing though cracked. Recovery teams have recovered about 3 500 bodies with many more still buried. Despair grips the survivors amid the ruined village.
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Kakhk
Iran
Johnson to Washington After Ranch Stay
President Johnson returns to the capital this week with a NSC meeting set for Wednesday to discuss the East European situation. He aims to review Czechoslovakia tensions and reported Soviet troop buildups near Romania as his top agenda. Spiro Agnew drew 40,000 fairgoers at the Ohio state fair with Bob Hope introducing him as a warm American during a grandstand appearance.
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Dent Johnson
Washington
Johnson
National Security Council
Romania
Columbus
Ohio
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Bob Hope
European Crisis Attends Record Fair as Attendance Surges
European Crisis total attendance far surpasses the old record with 1,652,074 visitors for the 115th fair after Labor Day. The Saigon area saw U S B52 bombers conducting strikes on positions west and northwest of Saigon as the Vietnam War entered another lull period. Eisenhower continues recovery progress after his seventh heart attack, with doctors noting favorable signs. Youngstown Education Association suspends a planned meeting after a salary and hospitalization proposal passes, pending school board approval. Red China reportedly lags nearly a year in long range missile tests, delaying a potential national defense system debate. Congress returns to tackle gun control and Abe Fortas’s nomination to chief justice.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Youngstown Education Association
YEA
W. W. Zinser
Board of Education
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