Rainstorm Deepens Mississippi Flood Crisis
A new rainstorm wets the Delta as Mississippi floodwaters surge. About 5,620 homes evacuated in Missouri and Illinois plus 2,000 Louisiana prisoners moved on standby. Flash flood warnings cover Mississippi. damage tallies reach 120 million dollars with multiple communities urged to evacuate.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Louisiana
Mississippi
Angola
Arkansas
Louisana
Cron Resigns After Meet With Mayor
Rodney Cron, Hocking County Humane Society agent, resigned after Mayor Merril Haney refused to approve his appointment at a morning conference. Cron cited the Ohio Revised Code requiring mayoral approval in each municipality and noted Murray City and Laurelville had approved, while Haney did not.
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Rodney Cron
Hocking County Humane Society
Merril Haney
Haney
Cron
Murray City
Laurelville
The
Humane Society
Logan Daily News
Purse Snatching Attempt Reported Near Store
City police investigate an attempted purse snatching at 10 03 p m Friday in front of the Thomas Party Shop. Mrs Howard Kitchen 700 East Main Street was knocked down by two youths who tried to steal her purse and she was treated for a knee injury at Hocking Valley Community Hospital.
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Thomas
Howard Kitchen
E. Main St
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
New Rabies Vaccine Licenses for Pets
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department has announced licensing a new safe rabies vaccine for puppies and kittens to protect against the disease.
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Washington
The
Agriculture Department
Public hearing on Hocking River flood control project
A 2 p.m. Monday hearing at the Logan Armory will review the feasibility of widening and straightening about 18 400 feet of the Hocking River channel west of Mulberry Street to 120 feet and east of Mulberry to 160 feet. The plan also widens Oldtown Creek upstream of the river to 20 feet. Col Kenneth E McIntyre will chair the session with Army Engineers presenting tentative conclusions.
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Hocking River
Logan Area
Logan Armory
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Kenneth E. McIntyre
Huntington
Army Engineers
Logan
Mulberry St
Rt. 93
Oldtown Creek
Pioneer 11 Probes Jupiter Mission Open With Data Run
NASA reports Pioneer 11 has begun collecting measurements on radiation and space environment after launch from Cape Kennedy. The 570-pound craft passed the moon and aimed toward Jupiter as engineers resolved a generator deployment snag and prepared for a 620 million mile voyage.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jupiter
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Kennedy
Fla
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratories
Saturn
Moon
Sowle Slams Gilligan Plan For Small University Aid
Athens Ohio Gov John J Gilligan proposed a five percent rise in state aid to universities but Ohio University President Claude Sowle criticized the move. Sowle argued the plan freezes tuition increases and yields only about a two percent net increase after inflation.
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Athens
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Ohio University
Claude Sowle
Sowle
Nixon reshapes NSC staff and top posts
President Nixon increases the National Security Council staffing to five deputy assistants and elevates several officials including Brent Scowcroft Richard Kennedy Charles Cooper Lawrence Eagleburger Philip Odeen Helmut Sonnenfeldt and other senior aides. New appointments include Ikle resigning Smith and multiple undersecretaries in labor and the treasury.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
National Security Council
Henry A. Kissinger
National Security Affairs
White House
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Labor
Treasury
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Army
Kissinger
NSC
Air Force
Brent Scowcroft
Richard T. Kennedy
Charles A. Cooper
Saigon
Lawrence S. Eagleburger
Defense
Philip A. Odeen
Helmut Sonnenfeldt
Arms Control Agency
Fred Charles Ikle
Rand Corp
Ikle
Gerard C. Smith
Meat Boycott Nearing End Sees No Broad Price Drop
The week long meat boycott ends with leaders debating future moves while prices hold. AP checks show scattered changes. layoffs hit meat packing, and livestock markets run light as organizers plan Washington talks on rolling back prices to January 10 levels.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Banking and Currency Committee
FIT
Ethel Rosen
Women’s War
Chicago
Louisville
Patty Twyman
Linda Akulian
Consumer Federation of California
San Francisco
CFC
San Fran
Lodge's Dining Room To Close For Power Shutoff
The dining room at Hocking Hills Lodge Old Man's Cave will be closed Monday and Tuesday due to a power shutoff for repair work. It will reopen at 10 30 a m Wednesday.
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Hocking Hills’Lodge
Government Opposes Broad School Mergers Desegregation Case
The Nixon administration argues against large scale consolidation of urban black school systems with nearby white suburbs as a desegregation remedy. The brief supports targeted remedies and non merger approaches in the Richmond Virginia case set for April 23 before the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Nixon
Supreme Court
Richmond
High Court
U.S. District Court
Robert H. Merhige Jr
Chesterfield
Henrico
U.S. Circuit Court
Chinchilla Sales Under Cross State Investigation
West Virginia Attorney General Chauncey Browning said an out of state chief legal officer is investigating the Ohio Chinchilla Exchange in Columbus. He declined to name the state but warned of mounting complaints from customers. The firm has begun advertising in West Virginia papers offering chinchilla farming careers.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Ohio Chinchilla Exchange
Columbus
Ohio
Chauncey Browning
Browning
West
Youth Caught After Eluding Roadblock and River Swim
Lancaster youth James D. Logan, 20, was arrested after a two hour manhunt starting at 3:23 a.m. when he fled officers, drove recklessly, crossed a roadblock near Nelsonville, wrecked his car, swam the Hocking River, and hid in woods. He faces four charges including drunken driving and fleeing police.
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Nelsonville
Logan
Lancaster
Hocking County
Chan
Hocking
Fairfield County
Helicopter losses in Laos border reconnaissance raise fears
Near the Laotian border, two ICCS helicopters with at least 10 crew members reportedly went down after ground fire. The missions over Lao Bao, Quang Tri Province, involve Canada Hungary Indonesia and Poland delegates and civilian pilots. Officials warn contact was lost and details unclear.
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Saigon
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Quang Tri
Commission
Canada
Hungary
Indonesia
Poland
Lao Bao
South Vietnam
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