Nixon Aides Deny Post Watergate Shakeup Reports
Washington AP Nixon aides deny White House plans to replace top staff over Watergate and dispute claims of Nixon involvement in possible clemency offers. The piece notes Roger’s rumored chairmanship and quotes Dole on Nixon’s possible ignorance of the plot. The Washington Post reports campaign spending to sway opinion on Haiphong mining and a Times ad funded by campaign funds.
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Nixon
Washington
White House
William P. Rogers
Robert Dole
Bkan
Republican National Committee
Washington Post
Nixon Campaign Committee
Haiphong Harbor
New York Times
the Post
Citizens
General Accounting Office
Post
Jeb Stuart Magruder
OEO Fate Depends On Congress After Court Ruling
A judge refused to halt the order halting dismantling of the Office of Economic Opportunity. Congress must provide funds to keep OEO alive beyond June 30. The ruling blocks closing regional offices and program shifts planned for April 28. The Justice Department can appeal within 60 days. Howard Phillips warned of possible office closures.
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Washington
Office of Economic Opportunity
Congress
William B. Jones
OEO
Jones
Justice Department
Department
Howard Phillips
FDA to announce total ban on DES in livestock feed
The FDA is expected to announce a total ban on the livestock growth drug DES later today. A ban would raise meat costs by hundreds of millions annually, government and industry estimates say. DES has been used to fatten cattle faster, and a prior ban on its use in animal feed took effect January 1 due to illegal residues linked to cancer.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Rabies Clinics Set For Dogs and Cats in Two Villages
Hocking County health official Don Robers announced rabies clinics this weekend in Murray City and Laurelville. At Murray City Town Hall from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday dogs on leash. cats in covered boxes. At Laurelville Town Hall from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, $2 per animal.
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Laurelville
Murray City
Don Robers
Hocking County
Murray City Town Hall
Laurelville Town Hall
Robers
Stock Market Slumps as Dow Dips at Open
New York stock prices extended declines with the Dow Jones average near a point lower at the open. The NYSE showed losers leading gainers by about a two to one margin.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Hocking Board Approves S W Transfer To Logan
The Logan City Council approved rezoning the former hospital area to R-3 high density residential for a senior citizens housing project by the Logan Metropolitan Housing Authority. The plan includes a five story building with 50,000 square feet of living space and 13,000 square feet for community activities, totaling about 1.6 million dollars. Demolition will start once HUD funds are released.
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Logan Metropolitan Housing Authority
Senior Citizens
Gerald Sinnott
Senior Citizens Housing Project
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
Thomas
E. Main St
Willis Dicken
W. Hunter St
West End
Hocking River
Rt. 664
Hocking County
Ed Dalton
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Dicken
Ralph Moorehead
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Worthington Park
Kissinger and Viet Nam Peace Talks Planned in Paris
White House says Dr. Henry Kissinger and Hanoi's Le Duc Tho are to meet in Paris in mid May to discuss Paris peace accord implementation. Assistant Secretary William L. Sullivan will meet Hanoi official Nguyen Co Thach in Paris on Friday to review adherence and pave a Kissinger Tho session.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Paris
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Asst
William L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Ziegler
Indochina
United States
Talks Set for Carbo Union Nego Session in Lancaster
George Bell a federal mediator has scheduled a negotiating meeting between Carborundum Co officials and Local 7630 of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union for 9 30 a m Thursday May 3 at the Holiday Inn in Lancaster. About 350 production workers at the Carborundum plant have been on strike since their contract expired at midnight March 17.
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George Bell
Carborundum Co
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Holiday Inn
Lancaster
Carborundum
France moves to tax flyers for Roissy noise relief
France imposes a passenger tax to fund relocation or soundproofing for Roissy area residents as Europe’s largest airport nears opening. The plan targets Orly Le Bourget travelers with a 22 to 66 cent levy and faces questions on distribution and effectiveness.
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Roissy
France
Europe
Paris
Villeneuve le Roi
Orly
Villeneuve
Orley
Pierre Bories
le Mesnil Amelot
le Bourget
Bories
Saigon proposes 10 point plan for elections in South Vietnam
Saigon Deputy Premier Nguyen Lau Vien presents a 10 point settlement plan at Paris talks calling for internationally supervised general elections within four months. The plan seeks withdrawal of North Vietnamese troops and demobilization of equivalent South Vietnamese forces before voting. The draft drops reference to the current South Vietnamese constitution and proposes a 90 day deadline for a preliminary accord by April 27. In Cambodia, Lon Nol announces power sharing with three anti Communist rivals and suspends the National Assembly and Senate for six months to form a guiding committee.
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Paris
South Vietnam
Nguyen Lau Vien
Saigon
Chateau de la Celle St. Cloud
Vien
Weather Woes Rise In Midwest
Heavy thunderstorms linger in the lower Mississippi Valley after wind, rain and tornadoes cause eight deaths and nearly 50 injuries across Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas. Two Army helicopters collide near Fort Hood, killing eight soldiers and injuring five amid turbulent weather. Tornadoes strike Sumner Mississippi wrecking a school injuring about 40 pupils and two teachers after a tornado drill.
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Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
Ft. Hood
Tex
Sumner
Miss
Storm Threat Hovering Over Hocking Valley
Weather outlook predicts cloudy skies and possible showers for Thursday in the Hocking Valley with highs near 60. At 11 a.m. today it was 48 degrees, one fourth inch of rainfall since morning, and Tuesday’s high reached 72. Two mobile classrooms with 100 pupils were evacuated minutes before the storm and were destroyed. Tornadoes earlier in southern Arkansas injured five. Mississippi rainfall neared an inch, aiding river swell at Joplin Missouri. Flash floods watches issued for Arkansas and northern Mississippi. levees north of St. Louis overflowed, flooding 30,000 acres. Elsberry, Missouri, evacuated as river rose.
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Hocking Valley
Arkansas
Mississippi
Joplin
St. Louis
Elsberry
Tokyo rail strike triggers mass disruption in Osaka
Tokyo commuters clash with staff as Japan National Railway workers stage a second day slowdown. An engineer fled after passengers pulled him from a car while windows were smashed at Osaka stations. Police mobilized about 1000 officers as the system halted.
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Tokyo
Japan National Railway
Osaka
Japan
Charter Revocation Appeal Rescinded and District Transfer
The Hocking County school board rescinded its appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court on Starr Washington charter revocation and voted to transfer the district to Logan city schools. Transfer becomes effective in 30 days unless a petition is filed by a majority of qualified voters.
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Hocking County School Board
Ohio Supreme Court
Starr - Washington
Logan City
S-W
Logan
Willard Dutcher
Fred Good
Union Furnace
Tri-County Vocational School
Carbon Hill
Rockbridge
Laurelville
Logan Elm
Pickaway County
Hocking County Common Pleas Court
State Board of Education
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Common Pleas Court
SW Board
LHS
Volunteers Launch Mosquito Drive in Gambier Ohio
Gambier Ohio AP volunteers from Kenyon College and Gambier began a spring effort to curb encephalitis carrying Aedes mosquitoes. They mark breeding sites and collect trash as Dr John Ackerman notes widespread rain and standing water raise mosquito numbers with risk of encephalitis. He cites past California encephalitis cases and explains fogging as a cautious control method to reduce mosquitoes without harming beneficial insects.
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Gambier, Ohio
Kenyon College
Gambier
Department of Health
Columbus
John Ackerman
Lake Erie
California
Ackerman
Ohio
Ackeran
URW And Goodyear Reach Agreement Averted Strike
In Cincinnati Ohio the United Rubber Workers and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co reached a tentative contract averting a strike that could have idled 23000 workers. The deal provides a total wage increase of 78 cents an hour for all but one of Goodyear’s 15 plants over three years, spokesman Tom Fitt says.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
United Rubber Workers
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Goodyear
Tom Fitt
Police Chief Acquitted in Newport Bribe Case
Newport Night Police Chief Donald Faulkner was acquitted by a Campbell Circuit Court jury of accepting bribes. The verdict ends the case against Faulkner and clears the city department of wrongdoing charges.
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Newport, Ky
Campbell Circuit
Newport Night
Donald Faulkner
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