Lancaster to Logan field trip reveals ancient rivers and glacial history
A nature column guides an adult group along Rt 33 toward Logan to explore the Hocking Hills. The piece details paleogeography from preglacial valleys to Wisconsin ice, with notes on gravel origins, shale and sandstone outcrops, and local quarries like Sharp.
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Logan
Rt. 33
Lancaster
Hocking Hills
Presbyterian Arch
Haydenville
Athens County
Hocking
White's Hill
Horseman Quarry Ridge
Hocking River
Wisconsin
Ohio
Horn’s Mill
Wright Farm
Lorcaster
DiSalle Hints Possible Special Session Over Lobbyist Case
Columbus report says Gov. DiSalle may call a special session if a Franklin County grand jury finds evidence of illegal activity between lawmakers and lobbyists. The panel resumes today after hotel executives and a newspaper editor testified about records covering Jan 1 to Aug 1.
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Columbus
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
Franklin County Grand Jury
Webster's Dictionary
Earl W. Allison
Don Weaver
Columbus Citizen
Allison
Weaver
Downtown Toledo Opens Pedestrian Malls To Boost Trade
Toledo launches a 45 day trial of four downtown pedestrian malls with grass trees benches and a kiddie playground. The project includes a penguin pool and art statuary while curbs sidewalks and plantings transform Adams Street and Madison Avenue.
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Toledo, Ohio
Toledo
Toledo Museum of Art
Adams Street
Madison Avenue
Huron
St. Clair Streets
American Institute of Architects
Ned Sheldon
Lucas County Commissioners
Sheldon
Ohio
Dreamland
Gunsmoke Street Fuss Heading For Showdown
In Winston Salem members of Bible Missionary Church on Gunsmoke street oppose the name and favor Joylight, while residents on Maverick street prefer Gunsmoke and reject changes. The County Board will consider the issue.
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Gunsmoke
Winston Salem
N.C
Bible Missionary Church
Maverick Street
Widow from Germany comes to the United States with four children
In New York AP report 70 year old Lokie Lynch of Oxford Mississippi says he never planned to marry Astrid Manns a 40 year old German widow who arrived with four of her five children and 13 suitcases. Lynch says publicity was wrong and there was no marriage plan while Manns and her kids travel on a two year visa.
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New York
Mississippi
Astrid Manns
Germany
Lokie G. Lynch
Oxford
Miss
Santa Claus
Ind
United States
Lynch
Labor Control Battle Brews in House Rules Hearing
The House Rules Committee prepares to set debate limits and amendments for labor control legislation. The measure, approved 16-14 by the House Labor Committee, would curb hot cargo clauses and extortionate picketing, require unions to file extensive financial reports, and push NLBR jurisdiction into most labor disputes. Support from Sam Rayburn contrasted with wide opposition among committee members.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
House Labor Committee
Rules Committee
Labor Committee
Labor
Senate
National Labor Relations Board
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Cooler Weather Returns With Warm Weekend Forecast
After a cool pleasant weekend, temperatures rose to 89 degrees yesterday and may reach or exceed that today. Partly cloudy skies bring scattered showers and thunderstorms. Tomorrow looks mostly sunny warm and humid with a chance of isolated storms late in the day. Tonight's low is expected in the high 60s.
Four Die In Head On Crash Near Jackson Ohio
A head on collision on U S 35 near Jackson killed three men and a woman. Victims were Raymond Tomlin 25 Randall Bright 32 Donnie Shuler 24 Nina Schmidt 31. Surviving and critically injured was Leo Hall 41.
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Jackson
Ohio
Highway Patrol
Raymond E. Tomlin
Randall M. Bright
Detroit
Mich
Donnie R. Shuler
Dayton
Nina M. Schmidt
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Leo E. Hall
Columbus
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Tomlin
Bright
Shuler
Miss Schmidt
U.S. 35
Here
Hall
Schmidt
Eisenhower Takes Direct Hand in Policy on Khrushchev Visit
President Eisenhower steps into direct foreign policy talks with Khrushchev ahead of any summit. Khrushchev is expected in Washington around Sept 15 with a 10 day U.S. tour. plans include talks with Eisenhower, and separate meetings with British and French leaders and Adenauer in Paris.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
Nikita Khrushcev
Europe
State Department
Khrushchev
Moscow
U.S
Paris
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Union
Western Europe
Velva Brashares Resigns From Gibisonville H S After 31 Years
Velva Brashares of Gibisonville resigns after 31 years in Hocking County schools. She spent 23 years at Gibisonville High as English and social science teacher and senior class adviser. She earned a master's degree at Ohio University in 1949 and may move to Arizona after retirement.
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Velva Brashares
Gibisonville
Hocking County
West Hocking
Gibisonville High School
Falls Two
Ball School
Gore
Ohio University
Irma FE. Voigt
Otterbein College
Typhoon Ellen Threatens Okinawa With Strong Winds
Okinawa braces for Typhoon Ellen as it approaches the U S military island with sustained winds up to 135 mph. Forecasters expect the storm to make landfall early Wednesday.
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Naha
Okinawa
Ellen
U.s.military Island
Ohio Legislature Passes Limited Insurance Reforms
Columbus AP notes the 103rd General Assembly debated auto insurance rate controls without passing a key measure. Six months in, the House approved a 30 day waiting period on rate filings, but the Senate did not act. Other laws loosened home loan collateral, allowed group life for credit unions, and let fire insurers buy stock, while public adjuster controls stalled.
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Columbus
Ohio
103Rd General Assembly
Michael V. di Salle
House
Senate
DiSalle
Storm Strikes Camp Killing Two Girls Near Akron
A dawn lightning strike at Camp Julia Crowell near West Richfield left two Girl Scout campers dead Sally Parker and June Gamble and two others injured Marilyn Featherston Lynn Wiesenberger. The camp housed 125 scouts and officials reported the lightning hit a tree then flashed into two tents.
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Akron
Ohio
Sally Parker
Cleveland Heights
June Gamble
Media
Marilyn Featherston
Walton Hills
Lynn Wiesenberger
Rocky River
Featherstun
Medina Community Hospital
Miss Wiesenberger
Julia Crowell
West Richfield
Summit County
Ohio 303
Ruth Kirkpatrick
Jim Murray Injured When Car Hits Rt. 75 Bridge
Jim Murray son of Mr and Mrs Fred Murray of South Logan was admitted to Hocking Valley Hospital after his car wrecked on Rt 75 S near the William H Mowrey residence eight miles south of Logan. He sustained a fractured left arm multiple cuts and bruises and possible internal injuries with the attending physician reporting the condition fairly good.
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Jim Murray
Fred Murray
South Logan
Hocking Valley Hospital
Murray
William H. Mowrey
Logan
C & O Plans Furloughs Over Nationwide Steel Strike
Chesapeake and Ohio Rail Way announced a nationwide steel strike will force furloughs for about 980 employees at various points August 10 to 21. Layoffs will be mainly in Huntington West Virginia Raceland and Russell Kentucky and Grand Rapids Michigan shops. Logan employees unaffected, says James F McNamee, C O freight agent.
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Huntington
W. Va
Raceland and Russell
Grand Rapids
Mich
James F. McNamee
Logan
Steel Talks Resume Amid Strained Steelworker Bargaining
In New York AP reports negotiators from the Steelworkers Union and the basic steel industry met in a tense session. The third joint meeting since a strike halted about 90 percent of U.S. steel production three weeks ago failed to break the deadlock.
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New York
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Brushy Fork
Horn
Grand Jury
Shucks
Jackson Area
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Jefferson Two
Carl
Richard Getter
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