Rights Burying Upsets Leaders
AP report quotes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and civil rights leaders criticizing the defeat of the 1966 open housing bill in the Senate. They blame political expediency, warn of worsening racial tensions, and urge nonviolent action despite the setback. Roy Wilkins condemns Dirksen as a primary catalyst with widespread congressional complicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S. Senate
Washington
America
Martin Luther King Jr
Grenada
Miss
H. H. Brookins
United Civil Rights Council of
Los Angeles
Senate
Floyd B. MecKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Congress
King
Viet Nam
Whitney Young Jr
National Urban League
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Powell's Future In GOP Hands
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell faces a possible stripping of power as chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. Ten GOP members decide if Powell loses key powers, with Rep. Sam M. Gibbons leading the move and some 9 to 12 Democrats reportedly backing it. If voting occurs, 16 votes from 21 Democrats and Republicans combined are needed to win. Powell defends his record of advancing major education legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
House Education and Labor Committee
GOP
New York
Powell
Sam M. Gibbons
D-Fla
Gibbons
House
John W. McCormack
Moratorium on Picketing at Logan Lockheed Georgia Plant
Logan Lockheed Georgia plant imposes 30 day moratorium on picketing starting Friday with production slated to begin September 26. Union reps report tentative agreement ending picketing by Sept 16 and discussions to resolve jurisdictional disputes continue. Training cohorts at York High School progress with a third class planned next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Lockheed- Georgia
Lockheed-Georgia
Herb Brady
Brady
Donald Allum
Millwrights Union
International Association of Machinists
Lockheed
York High School
June Metzler
Doris Chute
Cook
Carl Walter
Floyd Walter
Iron St
Starr-Washington
Diller
PTA
Central
Logan First Of Rhodes Tour Stops
Governor James A. Rhodes launches his Report to the People tour from Columbus with a Sept. 27 stop in Logan for breakfast at Blosser's Restaurant and a speech at the Hocking County Courthouse. The itinerary continues to McArthur, Wellston, Gallipolis, Pomeroy, and Athens with additional talks along Route 93.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
James A. Rhodes
People
Columbus
Blosser’s
Hocking County Court House
McArthur
Rhodes
Wellston
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Athens
Steel Mills Lead Nation in Industrial Water Use
Commerce Clearing House cites a government survey showing steel mills consume more than 45 trillion gallons of water annually, about 32 percent of total industrial use. Chemicals and allied products use 3.8 trillion, food industry 760 billion, across 18 basic industry groups surveyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Commerce Clearing House
Two Veteran Drivers Cite Accident Causes In Interview
Two seasoned truck drivers James D. Palmer and Bernard L. Sprinkle with driving awards say impatience and negligence are major highway accident causes. They add that drunk driving contributes to many fatalities. VIENNA report notes 121,700 Austrian stamp collectors bought 99 million stamps for about 4 million dollars in 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Post Office Collectors Department
Postal Administration
Hocking County Fair Sees Attendance Rise and New Directors
Logan The Hocking County Fair drew 7180 paid customers over four days, an increase of 558 from 1965. The junior livestock sale netted 12727.89 from 119 animals. Seven new fair board directors were elected with three year terms for Clinton St Clair Lloyd Ellinger Grace Blum Joe Hutchins and John Whitcraft. Charles Rauber and Bob Blankenship won two year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Clinton St. Clair
Lloyd Ellinger
Grace Blum
Joe Hutchins
John Whitcraft
Charles Rauber
Bob Blankenship
Wife Finds Car Hidden in Garage After Theft Report
Louisville story notes a husband’s joke that his car was stolen until the couple discovered it in the garage. The misdirection prompts them to park in the garage nightly. A separate item mentions a historical society meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday in the courthouse auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
William Loder
Logan School Board Plans Reopen Closed Schools Next September
Logan board discusses reopening five closed elementary schools in September 1967 if funds permit. Superintendent Diller notes second semester reopening impractical without ballot approval, cites staffing needs and discusses public finances hearing with neutral moderator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan School Board
Dwight Diller
Derl Oberlin
Oberlin
Budget Commission
George Blosser
Gilliland and Schwalbach Welcome Sons at Local Hospital
Birth announcements from Hocking County Community Hospital report Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilliland of McArthur a son and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Schwalbach of McArthur Route 2 a son. Admitted Pearl Woods New Straitsville and Mrs. Larry Rinehart Galion. Dismissals include Mrs Mason Bownes Mrs Kenneth Stewart Jerry M Martin Mrs Elmer Schwalbach and son Garfield Dodrill Mrs Charles Mills Ralph Wyckoff Earl Grove Charles L Curran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gilliland
McArthur
Elmer Schwalbach
Pearl Woods
New Straitsville
Larry Rinehart
Galion
Mason Bownes
Kenneth Stewart
Jerry M. Martin
Garfield Dodrill
Charles Mills
Ralph Wyckoff
Earl Grove
Charles L. Curran
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Washington, D. C
P.O
William F. Arbogast
Evyt
Hocking
Livestock Leaders 4-H Club
Gene Bailey
Hocking County Fair
Harry Armstrong
Ruth Ann Gillogly
Greg McDanield
d’Lee Sharrett
Margaret Lehman
Scott Harden
Steel Mills
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve
THE
First National Bank
Nelsonville, Ohio
James Stilwell
Hocking County Court
Harley Meyer
Court of Common Pleas
Stilwell
Vaughn Collins
Terry Mapes
Nelsonville
Automobile Club
Hocking County Historical Society
Citizenship Council
Hocking County Community Hospital
L.s.green
Menthol
Hut
American Home Assurance Company
Funt
Southern Ohio
Electric
North Front St
Ohio
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