Randy Six enters insanity plea to two arson counts
Randy E. Six, 18, of Logan, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to two arson counts in Hocking County Common Pleas Court. A psychiatric exam is planned at Athens Mental Health Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Meyer
Hocking County Common Pleas Court
Richard Gerken
Randy E. Six
Logan Rt. 2
Athens Mental Health Center
Mohler’s
W. Hunter St
Falls Mill
West Logan
David L. Perry
Third St
Melvin Engle
Carl Engle
Logan Rt. 3
Paul L. Hunsaker
Meyer
Neal Dillon
Hubert Lappen
Perry
Lappen
John H. Warren
Amherst
Phil Henderson
Harley Ellinger
Logan Rt. 1
Henderson
Common Pleas Court
Peck
Aerosol Can Death Traced to 13 Year Old
In Eastlake Ohio 13 year old Timothy Collins died after sniffing an aerosol spray he read about in a newspaper article. Police found an aerosol can and bag near his body behind a East 337th Street apartment building. Coroner Maxwell Burnham attributed the death to cardiac arrest caused by inhaling the can's contents. The incident follows warnings by the American Heart Association about inert gas inhalation dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastlake
Ohio
Vernon G. Collins
Timothy
East 337Th Street
Lake County
Maxwell E. Burnham
American Heart Association
Senate Opens Full Debate on Vietnam War Policy
The Senate begins a full hearing on the Vietnam invasion and U S bombing, with 22 senators discussing Nixon policy as a potential year end funding cutoff looms. House Democrats plan a caucus on a 30 day war end deadline tied to prisoner releases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
South Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
Vietnam
Indochina
House
Sen
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Cranston
Dmz
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Administration
Union Officials Argue Wages Not Driving Meat Prices
AFL-CIO Amalgamated Meat Cutters officials James Wisehart and Arnold Mayer testified before a House subcommittee, citing Newark Dallas and Nashville examples where higher wages coexisted with similar or higher meat prices. They noted productivity gains kept wage-per-pound costs low, rising from 3.3 to 3.5 cents per pound between 1956 and 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
James Wisehart
Arnold Mayer
Afl-Cio Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher
New Jersey
Texas
Tennessee
House Livestock and Grains Subcommittee
Newark
N.J
A&p
Shop Rite
Food Town
Dallas
Tex
Nashville
Tenn
Kroger
Library Receives 1000 Dollar Bequest From Mary Pierce
The Logan-Hocking County District Library received a 1000 dollar check from the estate of the late Mary V. Pierce who died September 21 1971 at age 88. Her estate was valued at 412720.15 with other bequests to Immanuel United Methodist Church and a sister at Homestead Nursing Home. The library board thanked the donor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan - Hocking County
Mary V. Pierce
N. Mulberry Sr
Miss Pierce
Immanuel United Methodist Church
Fannie E. Pierce
Homestead Nursing Home
Lancaster
Library Board of Trustees
Apollo 16 Nears Moon In Orbit After System Checks
Apollo 16 astronauts John Young Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly sped toward lunar orbit after final checks on the Casper and Orion. They faced paint flaking a faulty radio antenna and a balky docking latch but remained on track for a Descartes landing and a 73 hour lunar surface mission with planned televised excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space Center
Houston
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Earth
Moon
Casper
Lunar
Young
Duke
Orion
Descartes
Mission Control
Stock Market Holds Even Keel In Dull New York Trading
Prices stayed level as investors pulled back with Dow Jones at noon up 0.98 to 969.90. Declines led advances on the New York Stock Exchange in a slow session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Economy Gains but Inflation Rises amid First Quarter Surge
The Commerce Department says GNP rose $30.3 billion in Q1 1972, an 11.8 percent annual rate, driven largely by inflation after the wage price freeze ended. Inflation hit 6.2 percent, the highest since late 1970, while personal income rose $3.3 billion in March to a $905 billion annual rate. Revised February income gained $9 billion due to retroactive Pay Board pay increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Nixon
Department
GNP
Hoai An Overrun By Red Troops
North Vietnamese MIGs and torpedo boats attacked U S destroyers off North Vietnam. One enemy plane was shot down and two torpedo boats possibly sunk. Hoai An district town in Binh Dinh fell to Communist forces as government defenses retreated. US advisors evacuated from Hoai An and Landing Zone Orange. Air strikes resumed against southern panhandle depots while Hanoi area remained off limits per Saigon reports. The Worden frigate explosion was attributed to friendly fire or malfunction.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Binh Dinh
Central Highlands
Hoai An
Orange
South Vietnam
Pony
Panhandle
Hanoi-Haiphong
Washington
Nixon
Hanoi
Worden
Supreme Court Nixes Mineral King Suit
The Supreme Court voided a Sierra Club suit aiming to block a $35 million Disney Mineral King ski resort project in California. The majority held the club failed to show it or its members would be harmed, ending the challenge 4 to 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Sierra Club
California
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Potter Stewart
Conservationist Club
Mineral King
Antiwar protests clash at Harvard and Maryland
Protests triggered by U S bombing of North Vietnam turn violent at Harvard as tear gas drives back 1 500 to 2 000 demonstrators outside the Center for International Affairs. Fourteen arrested at Maryland as 500 block Route 1 and 14 face assault and weapons charges. Columbia and Barnard on strike plans reference McGill opposition to disrupting others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
North Vietnam
Harvard
University of Maryland
Cambridge
Mass
Prestigous
Center For International Affairs
Henry A. Kissinger
NLF
Boston Common
Nixon
Harvard Square
Columbia University
Barnard College
Columbia
William McGill
McGill
Ivy League
Large Hail and Snow Mar U S Weather
Showers and thunderstorms disrupted Midwest conditions while the Northwest and Northern Plains faced wintry weather. Kansas reported golf ball sized hail, Oregon saw freezing temperatures, and parts of Wyoming and Nebraska got heavy snow with icy rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Associated Press
Nation
Midwest
Northwest
Rockies
Plains
Kansas
Brewer Co Low Bidder On Rt 664 Resurfacing Project
F H Brewer Co Lancaster was the apparent low bidder for resurfacing Rt 664 from Old Rt 33 in Logan to the Hocking Fairfield county line in Falls and Marion Townships with a bid of 84827.30 The Shelly Co Thornville was second at 85442.30 The state estimate was 87800 Seven firms bid to clean and paint 31 bridges in several counties and G P Painting Co Campbell Ohio was the low at 43425
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F. H. Brewer Co
Lancaster
State Highway Department
Columbus
Rt. 33
Logan
Hocking Fairfield County
Falls
Marion
Shelly Co
Thornville
Hocking
Athens
Vinton
Gallia
Meigs
Monroe
Washington
Morgan Counties
G&p Painting Co., Inc
Campbell, C
United Sheeting and Painting Co
Cleveland
Colonial Painting and Sheeting Co
Cambridge
Buckeye Painting Co
National Painting Co
Youngstown
Olympic Painting Co
Brookpark
Scordis
Ohio
Ohio Department of Highways
Davis Industries Corp
Dayton
South Burnett Road
Springfield
John G. Ruhlin Construction Co
Akron
Ashland
Richland
Harbor Supply Co
Napoleon
U.S. 33
St. Marys
Rockford
Walter Jones Construction Co., Inc
Wooster
Wayne County
Dial Construction Co
Stockdale
U.S. 52
Scioto County
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Minn
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