Lockheed to Hire 20 More at Logan Plant
Logan plant plans to add at least 50 workers within 30 days due to extra work from Marietta. 36 Assemblies for the C 5A transport will be produced locally with the new workload. 80 workers presently employed. first hires start April 15 with weekly additions. Other notes cover Delta order for 24 L 1011 jets and Lockheed plans for a regional parts supply center.
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Lockheed
Logan
Logan Lockheed
Marietta
J. D. van Voorhis
van Voorhis
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Delta
Los Angeles
Calif
New York City
Lockheed Board
Daniel J. Haughton
U.S
Eastern Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
Air Holdings, Ltd
Atlanta, Ga
Haughton
Lockheed-California Co
Burbank
Lockheed-Georgia Co
Marietta, Ga
South
Lockheed-Georgia
Senate Tax Bill Winds Through Congress Amid Election Pressures
The Senate backed a tax hike and spending cuts by 57 to 31, proposing a 10 percent income tax surcharge, a $6 billion spending reduction, and continued excise taxes. House opposition and election concerns cloud prospects for final passage as conference talks begin.
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Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
Ways and Means
Congress
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Dohio
Signals From Space May Be Galactic Beacons
Charlottesville Virginia AP a government space scientist says it is remotely possible newly detected mysterious signals from outer space may be galactic navigational beacons guiding manned spaceships along the Milky Way. He notes another remote possibility the signals are communications among four inhabited planets and their contacts with others.
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Charlottesville
Virginia
Outer Space
Milky Way
Kenneth Kellermann
Earth
Kellermann
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Green Bank
W.va
American Astronomical Society
University of Virginia
United States
Kosygin Plans Pakistan Visit in April
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin will visit Pakistan from April 17 to 21 as announced by the Foreign Office. President Ayub Khan invited him during his Moscow visit last year. Kosygin is on a weeklong trip to Iran.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Alexi Kosygin
Foreign Office
Ayub Khan
Kosygin
Moscow
Iran
West Hocking School Board President Resigns Over Transfer
West Hocking Board President Lee Carpenter resigned citing dissatisfaction with how the Hocking County board handled transferring Laurel and Benton Townships. He agreed to stay until April 30, the transfer date, while questions were raised about delaying until June 30 for Good Hope Two. The county board previously faced a 30 to 40 citizen protest over putting the issue on the ballot.
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West Hocking School Board
Lee Carpenter
West Hocking
Hocking County
Carpenter
Laurel and Benton Twps
Floyd Masure
James Frey
Laurel and
Benton Twps
Good Hope Two
Frey
McCarthy Wins Wisconsin Primary As Nixon Dominates
In Wisconsin Eugene J. McCarthy secures 57 percent of Democratic votes and 3,112 of 3,291 precincts counted, while Richard Nixon wins 80 percent of Republican votes with 3,094 precincts reporting. Wallace earns scattered, under one percent in both parties.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Eugene J. McCarthy
Wisconsin
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
New Hampshire
McCarthy
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
California
Ronald Reagan
Harold E. Stassen
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
John W. Reynolds
Buckles Named Jackson High Football Coach
Ben Buckles former Logan Chieftain star is hired as the new head football coach at Jackson High School succeeding Bob Callahan Buckles comes from Lakewood High School where his teams went 19 6 2 over three seasons His 1966 squad tied for Licking County co champion at 8 1 he earned co coach of the year honors Buckles also serves as president of the Licking County Coaches Association He played at Ohio University and later for the Columbus Colts and teaches health and general science at Lakewood He is married to Clara Burgess from Logan.
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Ben Buckles
Logan Chieftain
Jackson High School
Bob Callahan
Buckles
Jackson
Lakewood High School
Hebron
Licking County
Lakewood
Licking County Coaches Association
Coshocton
Ohio University
Logan
Columbus Colts
Vernon Buckles
Logan Rt. 2
Clara Burgess
May Ballots Available for Servicemen in May Primary
Hocking County elections director Dean Dollison announced armed service absentee ballot applications are available at the election board office for the May 7 primary. Applications will be honored until noon May 4. faraway service members may have a relative submit the application. Disabled and civilian absentee voting starts Monday with applications due by 4 p.m. May 2.
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Dean Dollison
Hocking County
Armed Service
Election Board
Dollison
Board of Election
Vietnam
Northwestern Joint Vocational School District Dissolved
The Northwestern Joint Vocational School District serving Lima Allen County Bluffton and Ada voted to dissolve. The board will petition the state school board for dissolution, after a failed May bond issue and operating levy. Lima schools argued facilities are adequate and would bear most of the tax load.
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Lima
Ohio
Northwestern Joint Vocational School
Allen County
Bluffton
Ada
State School Board
Peace Hopes Bring Record Surge In Stocks
Wall Street posted its largest buying surge as peace hopes for Vietnam spurred gains. Trade topped 10.64 million shares, with the Dow up 12.95 to 876.91 and the Associated Press average rising 4.3. Gold miners fell while Treasury bonds strengthened as markets reacted to the peace move.
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New York
Wall Street
North Vietnam
United States
General Motors
Dow Jones
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
U.S. Treasury
American Stock Exchange
Spring Storm Slams Rockies and Plains
A major spring storm lashed the Rockies and plains with heavy snow in northern areas and thunderstorms in the south. Snow caused highway closures out of Laramie Wyoming, while a tornado watch affected four states Texas Oklahoma Missouri and Arkansas. A tornado struck a church complex near Panhandle Texas as winds and hail pummeled the region.
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Rockies
Plains
Laramie
Wyo
Wyoming City
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle
Amarillo
NLRB Orders Election at Circleville GE Plant
The National Labor Relations Board ordered a bargaining election among 1000 GE Circleville plant production and maintenance workers. They will vote April 10 on representation by the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Board
General Electric Company
Circleville
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America
North Vietnam signals openness to peace talks
Hanoi said it is ready to send representatives to meet U.S. counterparts to confirm Washington will halt bombing and all military actions as a condition for talks. The statement, broadcast in Vietnamese via Radio Hanoi, urged U.S. and world opinion to back peace efforts while vowing continued defense of North Vietnam and reunification efforts.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
U.S
Japan Broadcasting Corp
Hanoi
America
United States
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Johnson
State Department
Radio
De Gaulle Praises Vietnam Bombing Halt As Step Toward Peace
Paris AP reports Charles de Gaulle praised the U S move to limit bombing of North Vietnam as an act of reason and political courage. He called the halt a first step toward peace though not general or unconditional, hinting North Vietnamese conditions for talks.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
Vietnam
Johnson
North Vietnam
de Gaulle
Logan Soldier Receives Bronze Star for Vietnam Heroism
Former Logan resident Platoon Sergeant Thomas W. Thornton is awarded the Bronze Star Medal with V device for valor during the Nov 21 1967 Hill 875 battle near Dak To Vietnam. He aided wounded men, directed their evacuation, and protected others under heavy enemy fire at An Khe.
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Thomas W. Thornton
Logan
Vietnam
C. H., Schweiter
173Rd Airborne Brigade
An Khe
Thornton
Dak To
United States Army
Linda
Amanda Rt. 1
Rose Thornton
Lancaster
Sheila
Nelsonville
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Delta Air Lines
Charles H. Dolson
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Senate UK
Jackson Grid
Joint Vocational School
THE
Hocking Valley
NLRB
Khe Sanh
Viet Heroics
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