Johnson vows restraint and unity with business leaders
President Johnson addressed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Constitution Hall promising government restraint and responsibility while urging businessmen to exercise caution in decisions affecting the economy. He noted the costs of discrimination and underused labor, and signaled openness to more trade with Communist nations, though remaining noncommittal on specifics.
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Johnson
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Constitution Hall
White House
America
Meigs Caravan Departs for Columbus Bond Show of Support
A horse drawn caravan from Pomeroy travels along Rt 33 to Columbus with a police escort to depict the old highway. Arriving in Logan Tuesday at 4 p.m., the group plans a ceremony at Worthington Park and will present Gov. Rhodes with a proclamation of Meigs County backing a 500 million highway bond.
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Columbus
Athens
Athens County Fairgrounds
Hocking County Fairgrounds
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Nelsonville
Fred Crow
Bill Childs
Wayne Swisher
Fred Leifheit
Pomeroy-Middleport
Fairgrounds
James Rhodes
Meigs County
Logan City
East Gateway
Worthington Park
Harry Armstrong
Jack Moorehead
Clarence Blosser
Plans For Cleanup Week Announced In Logan
Logan to hold Cleanup Week starting May 4 with Service Director Ed Rutgers announcing. City crews will collect on the four wards May 4 to May 8, with Saturday May 9 for a citywide canvass to recover items missed the first time.
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Logan
Ed Rutgers
Second Ward
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Red China Mum On Effort To Referee Soviet Dispute
In Vienna the Romanian Communist party newspaper states Red China has not replied to a Romanian proposal for a three party meeting with the Soviet Union to mediate the Sino Soviet dispute. Moscow and Peking trade verbal blows as Peking accuses Khrushchev of Trotskyist links.
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Vienna
Austria
Romania
Scienteia
Ist
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Khrushchev
Mao Tze-tung
Peking
Peking People’s Daily
Leon Trotsky
Trotsky
Lenin
Stalin
Mystery clothes pile on creek bank fans unsolved case
A missing man case centering on Joseph Wayne Norris 20 Hillsboro continues as a fisherman found clothes by Paint Creek near Bainbridge Ross County. Footprints led to the water, prompting deputies to investigate.
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Chillicothe
Fred Heinzelman
Paint Creek
Bainbridge
Ross County
Ohio joins federal Appalachia program in LBJ poverty plan
President Johnson advances a nearly one billion dollar Appalachia relief bill outlining $840 million for highways, $71 million for antipoverty efforts led by Sargent Shriver, and funds for water systems, sewer projects, timber management, coal research, and rural development across nine states from western Pennsylvania to Georgia and Alabama.
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Johnson
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Appalachia
White House
George Reedy
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Georgia
Alabama
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Death Claims Robert Good At Age Of 92
Robert Good 92 of Logan Route 4 died at 5 20 am Sunday at Hocking Valley Hospital after a 12 day stay. Surviving are his wife Theresa Margaret and eight grandchildren. Funeral services 10 am Wednesday Heinlein Funeral Home Rev Willard Drefke, burial Forest Rose Cemetery Lancaster. Friends may call after 7 pm today.
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Logan Rt. 4
Hocking Valley Hospital
Robert
Johanna Lutz Good
Rock House
Laurel
Hocking County
Rockbridge
Theresa Margaret Stahr
Heinlein
Willard Drefke
Forest Rose Cemetery
Lancaster
Ohio Governor Pushes Special Session Items
Gov. Rhodes outlines items for a possible special session including Congressional redistricting highway funds higher teacher pay and strengthening the Teachers Retirement System. Also seeks ADCU liberalization oil and gas regulations strip mining rules real estate tax reform and salaries for county officials.
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Ohio
James A. Rhodes
General Assembly
Rhodes
John M. McElroy
U.S. Supreme Court
McElroy
School Foundation
ADCU
Soviet engineers blast to drain flood toward Samarkand
Pravda reports a massive landslide damming the Zeravashan River near Samarkand as engineers blast a canal to divert water. Tass says a 100 mile upstream lake grows behind the dam, threatening an unprecedented flood in the Zeravashan Valley near the ancient city.
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Samarkand
Zeravashan River
Pravda
Tass
Soviet Union
Red China
Afghanistan
Darnvorz
Zeravashan Valley
Lodge Wins GOP Nod At OU Mock Parley
Henry Cabot Lodge won the presidential nomination at a mock Republican National Convention at Ohio University. The U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam was chosen on the sixth ballot after a marathon session that began Saturday. Gov. George W. Romney of Michigan was named for the vice presidential nomination.
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Ohio
Henry Cabot Lodge
Ohio University
U.S
Viet Nam
George W. Romney
Michigan
Rainy Weather Stretches Across Eastern Half of U S
Wet system blankets the eastern half of the nation with heavy rains in the central Gulf Coast and Mississippi Valley. Week end downpours triggered river and stream flooding. milder weather forecast for the Hocking Valley on Tuesday.
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Gulf Coast
Mississippi Valley
Rain Grants Heavy Weekend Across Gulf Coast and Midwest
The Mississippi coast saw about seven inches of rain in Biloxi on Sunday while Pensacola Florida recorded nearly 3 inches in six hours. A broad rain belt stretched from the Mississippi Valley into the Missouri Valley with light showers across the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes region. Two tornadoes touched down in Texas as strong winds buffeted many areas. Early temperatures ranged from the 20s in the northern Rockies to 80 in southern Florida.
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Pensacola
Fla
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Missouri Valley
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Great Lakes
Texas
Rockies
Florida
U S Aid To South Vietnam Tops Three Billion
The United States has surpassed 3 billion dollars in aid to South Vietnam. The program differs from others by linking economic aid with anti guerrilla warfare and grassroots deployment, totaling about 400 million annually. More than 200 U S personnel operate in the provinces to aid natives.
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Washington
U.S
South Viet Nam
Alliance For Progress For
Latin America
Indochinese
Catholic Schools Ordered To Integrate In Diocese
The Mobile Birmingham diocese announces mandatory integration of its Catholic schools next fall. Archbishop issues the order via a letter read in mass across churches in Alabama and northwest Florida. The diocese serves about 25 000 students in roughly 80 elementary and 13 high schools.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile-Birmingham
Alabama
Florida
Ohio joins Appalachia program after Rhodes backed vote
Leaders from 18 Southeastern Ohio counties and officials from Athens gathered at Ohio University to approve Ohio’s participation in the federal Appalachia program. Governor Rhodes announced the decision after a closed council session, with highway as a key focus and Rep. Hays urging join now for federal highway funds.
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James A. Rhodes
Ohio University
Baker Center
Wayne Hays
Rhodes
Ohio Valley Research and Development Council
Appalachia
Vernon R. Alden
Alphus Christensen
Rio Grande College
Frank du
Hays
Highway Committee
Bridgeport
Cincinnati
Pearl Masketer
W. E. Reed
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Rep
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