Leslie Hitchcock Wins National Merit Scholarship Award
Leslie Sue Hitchcock of 395 N Orchard St is named a National Merit Scholar finalist receiving a four year scholarship sponsored by Goodyear. She will attend Michigan State University for pre medicine and is a fifth honor student at Logan High School.
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Leslie Sue Hitchcock
Euclid Hitchcock
N. Orchard St
Edward C. Smith
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Miss Hitchcock
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Michigan State University
Logan High School
Ohio
LHS
Leslie
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
Byrd Joins Foes of Kleindienst Nomination
Senate Democrat Robert Byrd opposes attorney general nominee Richard Kleindienst unless White House aide Peter Flanigan testifies on his role in ITT antitrust settlements. Byrd would vote against if Flanigan refuses to testify or be allowed to speak.
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Washington
Senate
Richard G. Kleindienst
White House
Peter Flanigan
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Byrd
Kleindienst
Flanigan
Judiciary Committee
ITT
United States
John W. Dean III
Nixon
Two Firms Ordered to Cut Prices by Price Commission
Washington AP Moving swiftly the Price Commission ordered Browning-Ferris Industries Houston and Harvest Markets Buffalo to roll back prices within 10 days and report monthly profit margins until further notice. The action follows CAL Council chief Rumsfeld's disclosure that up to 20 percent of large firms posted excess margins in Q1.
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Washington
Price Commission
Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc
Houston
Harvest Markets, Inc
Buffalo
N.Y
Cost of Living Council
Donald Rumsfeld
Bremen Men In Quartet Arrested On Drug Charges
A Bremen man and three Fairfield County residents were arrested on possession of hallucinogens after a traffic stop at Gun Barrel and Miller’s Siding. John Moyer, 21, is free on 500 bond and faces May 15 trial. Others, William Hubble 20 Kermit McCafferty 21 and Richard Bigham 21, await preliminary hearings April 20 and remain in Fairfield County jail.
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Bremen
Fairfield
Lancaster Municipal Court
Fairfield Sheriff's Deputies
John Moyer
William Hubble
Kermit McCafferty
Rushville
Richard Bigham
Fairfield County
Gun Barrel
Miller's Siding
Skyjacked Frontier 737 Reported Over New Mexico
Frontier Airlines 737 was hijacked by two men who demanded a Los Angeles destination. The FBI and Phoenix police did not confirm passengers aboard. Flight originated in Denver with stops at Albuquerque Tucson and Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Frontier Airlines
New Mexico
Los Angeles
FBI
Frontier
Denver
Albuquerque
Tucson
Antitrust Suit Names Goodyear and Major Tire Firms
Five large tire manufacturers are targets in a federal antitrust suit filed by attorneys for more than 1 000 bus companies. The Transit Authority of Cleveland leads the suit on behalf of about 1 100 transit systems nationwide. Plaintiffs seek unspecified damages over alleged price fixing and monopolistic conduct affecting about 20 million dollars in annual tire business. Defendants include Uniroyal Goodyear Firestone B F Goodrich and General Tire.
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Philadelphia
Transit Authority
Cleveland
Ohio
Uniroyal, Inc
New York
Akron, Ohio
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Bb. F. Goodrich Co
General Tire and Rubber Co
Violent Storms Lashes Southern Ohio and Surrounding Areas
Severe weather hit southern Ohio with high winds and heavy rain during a tornado watch. Flooding affected central and south central regions, with streams over banks and roads under water from Upper Sandusky to the Ohio River.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
National Weather Service
Sandusky
Bucyrus
Ohio River
Scioto River
Columbus
Walnut Creek
Fairfield
Hocking
Perry
Meigs
Gallia
Lawrence
Washington
Monroe
Vinton
Jackson
Athens
Weather Service
Hocking River
Mill Creek Valley
Pickaway County
Sheriff's Office
Ashville
Fairfield County
Ross County
Chillicothe
Cassville
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Canadian
Minnesota
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
International Falls
Minn
Kentucky
Tennessee
Appalachians
Newport
Tenn
Tennessee-North Carolina
Lone
Monticello
Clearing Skies Avert Serious Flood In Valley
Heavy rainfall earlier in the Hocking Valley caused river overflows and localized high water. The Hocking River crested near flood stage but was falling. Rt. 93 briefly closed and outages were limited to a few fuse junctions. No fires or major damage reported as skies cleared by noon.
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Hocking Valley
Hocking
Logan
State Highway Department
Rt. 93
Rush Creek
Bremen Rd
Schmelzer
Maysville-Williams Rd
County
Enterprise
Nelsonville
Hock
Ing
Ohio Power Co
Dicken
General Telephone Co
Mercury
Testifies Big Man Gave OK in Yablonski Case
Annette Gilly testified that she was told the union was behind the Yablonski murders. She said her father claimed the killings had the approval of the big man, a reference she links to Tony Boyle. Federal charges expand probe, with William Prater arrested and more indictments anticipated.
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Washington, Pa
Annette Gilly
United Mine Workers
Joseph A
Jock’’ Yablonski
Yablonski
Cleveland
Boyle
Gilly
Big Man
Lake City
Tenn
William Jackson Prater
UMW
District 19
Prater
Pittsburgh
FBI
Washington, D.C
Huddleston
la Follette
Knox County
Knoxville
U.S
Harve M. Duggins
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court
Robert L. Taylor
North Vietnamese drive into An Loc alarms Saigon
North Vietnamese forces storm An Loc and seize half the provincial capital with tanks as field reports say airfield and northern sections fall under enemy control. South Vietnamese troops fight back with American air strikes and report casualties while U S bombers strike deeper into North Vietnam.
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Saigon
An Loc
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Allied Losses In Vietnam Skyrocket
AP reports last week saw record allied casualties with 12 Americans killed in combat, 32 wounded, and 19 missing in action. South Vietnamese losses rose 73 percent to 641 killed and 2,166 wounded, while enemy casualties climbed nearly 40 percent to 2,987. Total counts: Americans 45,691 killed in action. South Vietnamese 138,454. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong 808,663.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Nixon Secret Paris Talks Proposal Reported Rejected
Ambassador Porter said Nixon made a secret proposal to the North Vietnamese to resume Paris talks. He claimed the response was a North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam two days after the offer. Porter suggested the move aimed to counter perceived sabotage claims and spoke after returning from the United States.
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Paris
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Republic of
South Vietnam
William J. Porter
United States
Porter
State Department
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Indian Creek
Jackson County
Wellston
Highway Patrol
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