Strip Mine Bill Sent To Gilligan
The Ohio General Assembly completed action on a strip mine control bill and a consumer sales practices act before starting a four week break for campaigns. The strip mine bill, approved 82-0 in the House with Senate Amendments, heads to Gov. Gilligan for signature. It sets strict reclamation rules and gives the forestry and reclamation chief authority to enforce them.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio General Assembly
House
Senate
John Gilligan
State Division of Forestry and Reclamation
Kenneth Creasy
Delaware
Sam Speck
New Concord
Oakley Collins
Ironton
Senate House Conference Committee
Forestry and Reclamation
Tornadoes Hit Illinois Iowa and Indiana Across Midwest
Violent storms spawned tornadoes across Illinois Iowa and Indiana along a cold front. One death nine injuries reported while counties faced power outages and structural damage including a bowling alley wall blown off in Crawfordsville Indiana.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Nado
Polo
Barnard
Ind
Newton County
Crawfordsville
Grissom Air Force Base
Galva
U S Air Units Alerted For Viet Duty
North Vietnamese forces capture Loc Ninh district town 75 miles north of Saigon and open a new front as U S warplanes launch 600 strikes in North and South Vietnam and Laos. Navy fighters and a rescue helicopter are shot down. six Americans missing. Casualties heavy. Fire Base Hung Tam abandoned near Loc Ninh.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S
North
South Vietnam
Laos
Loc Ninh
Viet Cong
le Trung Hien
Hung Tam
Ohio Senate nicknames divide two Harrys over strip mine bill
Sen. Harry Armstrong is dubbed High Wall Harry while Sen. Harry Meshel is called Jai Lai Harry over strip mine legislation. The two sat on the subcommittee reworking the bill with Sen. David Holcomb absent. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce leans against repealing the income tax, warning of revenue losses and higher taxes from shifts in sales and business exemptions.
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Associated Press
Harry Armstrong
Logan
Harry
Senate
Harry Meshel
Youngstown
Jai Lai Harry
Harrys
David Holcomb
Dayton
Robert Wilhelm
van Wert
Fred Hadley
Bryan
Ohio
Chamber
Jack Reimers
Mansfield
Reimer
GAO Finds Postal Service Misusing nonprofit rates
GAO reports the Postal Service loses millions yearly by allowing ineligible groups to mail at nonprofit rates. In fiscal 1970 nonprofit mail costs exceeded revenues by 53 million dollars, with 115 questionable groups among 1,135 checked.
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Washington
Postal Service
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
Business League
Market pulls back after two-day rally on profit taking
New York stocks reversed gains as traders booked profits. The noon Dow Jones average stood at 955.22, down 4.22 points, with NYSE advances leading declines about 3 to 2 as analysts expected a renewed move higher soon.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Pay Board Panel Approves Ohio Teacher Wage Boosts
The Pay Board panel approved minimum starting salaries for Ohio teachers rising to 5800 with master’s degrees, and to 7008 by July, retroactive to January 1. The action also raises 4000 administrators and affects 393 districts, with districts allowed to exceed guidelines and report overages to IRS.
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Ohio
Columbus
Martin Essex
General Assembly
George M. Sarbalas
Logan School Board
U.S
Saribalas
Internal Revenue Service
Jet Attack Squadron Dispatches to Southeast Asia
Washington AP reports a Kansas based squadron of F105 jet attack planes left McConnell AFB Kansas for Southeast Asia amid rising U S air buildup. Officials hint more air units may deploy while defense chiefs condemn the North Vietnamese offensive and vow continued bombing.
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Washington
Southeast Asia
U.S
23Rd Tactical Fighter Wing
McConnell Afb
Kan
Pacific
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Melvin R. Laird
South Vietnam
United States
Trailing Arbutus Blooms This Week in Hocking Hills
The wildflower trails show trailing arbutus blooming this week in the Hocking Hills. The article notes spring arrival and mentions large mouth bass taking artificial bait in Lake Logan's upper end with water around 44 degrees.
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Hocking Hills
Division of Wildlife
Lake
Logan
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Gilligan
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Franklin County
Hocking
Mercury
Nelsonville
Red
New Lake
Old Man’s Cave State Park
Old Man's Cave
Armstrong
Wilhelm
Hadley
Robert Netzley
Laura
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Ene
Ployer
Essex
Vietnam
Nixon
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