Nixon Tours Flood Areas As Flood Damage Climbs
President Nixon surveys the Mississippi Valley flood zones by air as authorities report about 10 000 people displaced and damages exceeding 200 million dollars. Seven states face record crests and federal aid steps are outlined, with warnings of worse conditions if rains return.
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Bill O’shea
Associated Press
Nixon
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Missouri
Illinois
St. Louis
Washington
Meridian
Miss
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Hannibal
Quincy
Ill
U.S. Corps of Army Engineers
Corps of Army Engineers
National Weather Service
Louisiana
Millions of Japanese workers strike for higher wages
Millions across Japan take a three day holiday as a 72 hour transport strike begins the spring wage campaign. Government and private rail workers lead the walkout joined by harbor, telecom, post, hospital, and public service employees.
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Tokyo
Laurelville Man Held After Stolen Goods Arrest
Lloyd E. Hartshorn 26 of Laurelville Rt. 2 is jailed on 2500 bond after pleading not guilty in Hocking County to receiving and concealing stolen property. Over $1000 of merchandise stolen from Overman Sohio near Laurelville recovered in a search. Break in cited to Pickaway County. warrants exist for four other suspects.
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Laurelville
Rt. 2
Hocking County
Hocking
Lloyd E. Hartshorn
Paul Hartman
Overman
Sohio
Pickaway County
John Campbell
Hartman
Pickaway
Teachers Protest Cutback At Fairfield School For Boys
The State Teachers Guild of Ohio plans a rally at the Statehouse in Columbus to protest the proposed elimination of 25 teaching positions at the Fairfield School for Boys. The guild affiliate of the Ohio AFL-CIO represents teachers and social workers at state institutions.
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Columbus, Ohio
State Teachers Guild of
Ohio
Statehouse
Fairfield School For Boys
Ohio Afl-Cio
Doug Sigler Nets Second Career Perfecto In Bowling
Doug Sigler rolled a 300 in Scenic Lanes for Shake Shoppe in the City League. It was his second career perfecto, following a Jan 3 1971 300 at Tiki Lanes, Lancaster, and came amid a 715 series with 18 consecutive strikes.
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Fred Thomas
Scenic Lanes
Doug Sigler
Logan
Shine Appleman
Logan Men’s Bowling Association
Maples
Shake Shoppe
Sigler
Lancaster
Kegler
Bob
Big
Daddy) Stewart
New York
Brooklyn
Doug
ABC
Cincinnati
Daylight Time Arrives Sunday
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday with clocks moving forward one hour. The shift affects most states while Hawaii and Arizona do not observe it. Indiana and Michigan vary by county near the Central Eastern border.
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Associated Press
Hawaii
Arizona
Indiana
Michigan
Former Governor Arthur James Dies at 89 in Plymouth
Arthur H. James, who led Pennsylvania from 1939 to 1943, died at his Plymouth home aged 89. The former governor, a Wilkes-Barre native, passed away today with family at his side.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
Plymouth
North Vietnam denies Kissinger Tho meeting talks
Paris AP says the North Vietnamese Embassy rejected any knowledge of a Kissinger Tho meeting to discuss enforcing the cease fire. The denial came as Sullivan and Thach met to carry out the Paris cease-fire agreement amid broader Vietnam War tensions.
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Paris
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
United States
William Sullivan
Nguyen Co Thach
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Nixon
White House
Sullivan
Thach
Kissinger-Tho
Kissinger
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Tho
Washington
3rd Annual Mingo Relays Go Ahead Amid Bad Weather
The Logan Jaycee Mingo Relays set to start 11:30 a.m. at LHS athletic field despite rain. Eight teams including Athens, New Lexington, and Logan Chieftains expected to compete. events begin with field events at 11:30 a.m. and prelims in running events leading to finals at 1:30 p.m.
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Logan
George Stump
Chieftain
Coach Stump
Jim Whitcraft
Chris Tolliver
Bruce Walker
Mingo
LHS
Athens
New Lexington
Logan Chieftains
Jackson
Nelsonville-York
Meigs
Miller
Wellston
Admiral Fletcher Dies at 87 After WWII Command Roles
Adm. Frank Jack Fletcher, 87, a task force commander at Coral Sea and Midway, died Wednesday. He earned the Medal of Honor at Veracruz in 1914 and the Navy Cross in World War I. The article also notes race prelims and finals scheduling with events and times.
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Washington
Frank Jack Fletcher
Coral Sea
Midway
Veracruz
Mexico
Metal Powder Union Rejects Latest Offer
Members of Local 1251 International Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted not to accept the latest contract proposal from Metal Powder Products Corp. About 80 union workers began a plant strike March 1 after the contract expired. Union President Robert Shultz said the majority felt the offer was not enough. MPP general manager T H Wallace said the proposal was significantly better than the original offer. No further meetings are planned after a federal mediator meeting in Columbus on Tuesday.
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International Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Metal Powder Products
MPP) Corp
Robert Shultz
T. H. Wallace
MPP
Columbus
Shultz
Stock Market Slips as Inflation Fears Grow
New York stocks tumbled as investors fret over inflation and higher interest rates, triggering broad declines across major indices and prompting analysts to warn of sustained selling pressure.
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New York
Shaul reshuffles Ohio Real Estate Aides
Commerce Director Dennis Shaul, backed by Gov. Jim Rhodes’s successor, forced the resignation of J David Maffeo and fired Christian Redkey while transferring Joseph Coyner and Alexander Martin Jr. The moves target questionable practices in real estate broker and salesman licensing. Shaul promoted Joseph Ford to assistant secretary and chief investigator and Veronica Dever to superintendent of enforcement.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dennis Shaul
John Gilligan
Shaul
J. David Maffeo
Maffeo
Betty
Joseph
Christian Redkey
Joseph Coyner
Alexander Martin Jr
Commission
Joseph Ford
Veronica Dever
Ford
Miss Dever
Ing
Redkey
Vernon B. McMillen
McMillen
James Rhodes
Resignation First Step in Watergate Wiretap Affair
Washington AP reports Jeb S. Magruder resigns from the Commerce Department in the widening Watergate wiretap case. The move marks the first high official departure amid disclosures of the affair.
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Washington
Nixon
Jeb S. Magruder
Commerce Department
Washington Post
New York Times
New York Daily News
FBI
L. Patrick Gray III
E. Howard Hunt Jr
John Ehrlichman
John W. Dean III
Ehrlichman
White House
Dean
Gray
Hunt
Magruder
James J. Bierkower
Mitchell
H. R. Haldeman
the Post
Haldeman
Silbert
John J. Wilson
Grand Jury
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