HVCH Operation Stable. Old Debts Remain to be Solved
HVCH officials report a stable operating basis after a March surplus of 29 116 79 before depreciation due to rate increases and better utilization. Yet past debts from opening in 1966 loom, with final year end 1970 figures pending and plans sought from OH A and other groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HVCH
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Dave Arledge
Board of Trustees
Arledge
Art Gasser
Ohio Hospital Association
Fierce Storm Rakes Plains No One Hurt
Tornadoes high winds snow and golfball-size hail hit the Northern Plains and the lower Missouri Valley as a late-April storm moved through. A tornado touched down about 25 miles northeast of Tulsa while temperatures varied from a wintry 23 at dawn to 48 by late morning.
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Plains
Missouri Valley
Tulsa
Hocking Valley
Severe Weather Drenches Midwest and South Florida
Hail storms battered Hutchinson Kansas City and Tulsa areas with minor damage while two planes endured a four hour cloud seeding flight over South Florida. Federal scientists reported up to three inches of rain but drought persists, farmers say more rainfall is needed to ease agricultural losses.
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Okla
Verden
Hutchinson
Kansas City
Tulsa
Wichita
Kan
Miami
South Florida
Gold Coast
Fort Lauderdale
Planning Body Named For Drug Council
An initial planning committee of 13 citizens has been named to develop the Hocking County Drug Council. Members include Kurt King Edward Ullman Donald Want Bess Gallagher Brent Runge James Irvine Willard Dutcher Shell Johnson Ed Johnston Roberta Rittershausen Sally Smart and John Yates. The council will meet at 8 p.m. May 6 in the Jaycee rooms to view a film and begin planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking County Drug Council
Marvin Smart
Bill Rittershausen
Kurt King
William H. Miller Jr
Edward Ullman
Donald Want
Bess Gallagher
Brent A. Runge
James Irvine
Willard L. Dutcher
Shell Johnson
Thaw in U.S.-Peking relations advances on UN seats
A presidential commission led by Henry Cabot Lodge urged allowing dual UN seats for mainland China and Taiwan based on allegiance to the UN charter. The report coincides with easing tensions as U.S.-China ties show signs of improvement including a U.S. ping pong team visit and relaxed trade embargoes.
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Washington
Washington- Peking
Nixon
U.N
White House
United Nations
United States
China
U.S
Newsmen
Edgar Snow
Life Magazine
Mao Tsetung
State Department
Snow
Peking
People’s Republic of China
Charles Bray
Bray
Blue chip stocks rebound as Dow gains to 944.42
New York AP reports blue chip issues recovered from early losses with a 0.42 rise in the noon Dow Jones industrial average to 944.42 as trading remained active.
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New York
Civil Service Exam Set for County Welfare Director Post
Hocking County officials were notified that a civil service exam will be held on or about June 19 for the county welfare director position. The post, currently filled temporarily by Carl E. Blosser, requires a college degree and two years of social work, or a master’s in social work and one year of experience.
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Civil Service
Hocking
Ohio Department of State
Carl E. Blosser
Margaret Webb
Paul A. Corey
Department of State Personnel
Otto A. Shaw
Corey
U.S
Ohio
Columbus
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Toledo
Akron
Dayton
Youngstown
Blosser
Ohio University
House Probers Told Of More Atrocities
A military judge directed a verdict of innocent on a charge of assaulting a Viet Cong prisoner at My Lai in 1968. Col. Wright let stand a maiming charge involving cutting off part of a finger during interrogation and limited deliberations to that count.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Eugene M. Kotouc
My Lai
Madison Wright
Kotouc
Humboldt
Neb
Wright
Norman Cooper
Southern Pines
N.C
Cooper
Maj
William Eckhardt
Starkville
Miss
Trial Starts At Lancaster
An all white jury begins hearing testimony in Fairfield County as Clifford Davenport and Gerrard Harvey stand trial for the August shooting of Cincinnati Patrolman Edmund Schindler. The case was moved from Cincinnati to Fairfield County Common Pleas Court amid defense requests for a change of venue. Schindler, injured in the attack, has returned to duty.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Cincinnati
Fairfield County Common Pleas Court
Fairfield County
Clifford Davenport
Gerrard Harvey
Edmund Schindler
Schindler
Highway Workers Win Court Test
Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Frederick Williams halted the transfer of six Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles employees claiming political motives. A May 6 hearing is scheduled as the Ohio Civil Service Employer Association reports a second court win this month in its fight against the spoils system.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Civil Service Employer Association
Franklin County Common Pleas
Frederick T. Williams
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Rockets Hit Allied Air Base Spark Massive Fuel Fire
Enemy shelling hit Da Nang and other bases as rockets touched off a fuel storage blaze at Da Nang Air Base. Hundreds evacuated as one tank explosion risk grew. Cam Ranh and Camp Eagle near Hue suffered minor damage with no clear casualties. Casualties noted in a south central convoy ambush. Cambodian battle near Phnom Penh reported with several dead and many wounded.
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Allied Air Base
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S
Cam Ranh
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Soen Trang
Binh Thuy
Mekong Delta
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Camp Eagle
Hue
Quang Ngai
Saigon
Cambodia
Pich Nil Pass
Phnom Penh
Rogers Outlines U.S. SEATO Policy On China
Secretary of State William P. Rogers told SEATO members that the United States aims to coax Communist China toward a constructive role in Asia and that the U.S. is nearing the end of its Vietnam involvement. He urged support for South Vietnam’s postwar economic development and noted hopes for improved U.S.-China relations.
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Paris
William P. Rogers
United States
China
Asia
Rogers
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
South Vietnam
SEATO
Nixon
Washington
Peking
U.S
Ohio Board Grants Reprieve for West Logan Sanitation Efforts
The Ohio Water Pollution Control Board grants another reprieve to West Logan commissioners and orders appearance at 10 a.m. October 12. They must file progress reports on July 1 and October 1 detailing steps toward sanitary sewage disposal facilities.
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Hocking County
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
West Logan
U S Plans More Cuts In Viet Air Operations
U S fighter-bomber sorties in Southeast Asia will drop about 25 percent next year to about 7 500 monthly, lowest since early in the air war. B 52 missions will ease to about 1 000 monthly as ground fighting winds down. American air power shifts toward North Vietnamese supply routes through Laos and Cambodia.
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Washington
US S
Southeast Asia
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Protesters Target Selec tive Service as May Day Protests Grow
Washington antiwar demonstrators attacked the Selective Service headquarters as part of a week of actions to shut down government agencies. In counter protests, lawmakers considered peace efforts while thousands of youths staged guerrilla theater in Capitol offices. Police arrested nine for shouting in the Senate and seven for blocking a Pentagon entrance amid the chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Capitol
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pentagon
Barry Goldwater
KR Ariz
Torture and Shellings Revealed by Ex‑Officials Panel
Former American intelligence specialists testified to torture and shelling of civilians in Vietnam at an informal congressional panel. Nathan Hale and Michael J. Uhl described interrogations, beatings, electrical torture, and other abuses. Other veterans recounted air strikes, shelling of villages, and killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
Nathan Hale
South Vietnam
Michael J. Uhl
Americal
Ronald Dellums
D-Calif
Congress
Dellums
Pentagon
Anthony B. Herbert
Herbert
House
Carl Albert
Albert
Robert B. Johnson
Ron Bartek
Tie
Gordon Livingston
Fred Laughlin
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Associated Press
Drug Council
County Welfare Department
County Auditor's Office
Ohio State Employment Service
Ohio Departments
Third St
Ments
William L. Chaze
George Esper
Dien Bien Phu
Ho Chi Minh
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