Rhodes to Seek U S Cleanup Aid After Cincinnati Twister
Gov James A Rhodes pledged federal disaster aid for Cincinnati suburbs struck by a weekend tornado that killed four and injured 264. City Manager Richard Krabach promised help beyond red tape as National Guard troops assisted in Hartwell Reading Silverton Deer Park and surrounding areas. The Red Cross reported about 1000 homeless cared for with many more sheltering with relatives.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Norman Taylor
Carolyn DeBorde
Delbert
Rodney
Hartwell
Reading
Silverton
Deer Park
Amberley Village
Arlington Heights
Madeira
National Guard
Robert Post
Rhodes
Toledo
Red Cross
Logan Area Swamped By 3.2-Inch Rainfall
The Logan area was hit by a torrential downpour Saturday night as a 3%-inch rainfall left many city streets flooded and caused some property damage. City crews worked into the night to open flooded storm sewers and maintain operations at pumps. Mayor Haney praised workers for preventing major damage as outages affected about 325 customers and 200 telephones. The storm cooled the valley with a 52 degree low and a 76 degree afternoon, followed by brighter weather on Tuesday.
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Logan
James Parkinson
Earl Beal
Main
Depot Sts
Mulberry St
Bowen
Culver Sts
Rachelmacher Park
Parkinson
Haney
Hocking Valley
Ohio Power Co
Big Bend Drilling Inc Formed in Columbus Area
Articles of incorporation filed with the Secretary of State in Columbus by Big Bend Drilling Inc. Incorporators include Leslie G Johnson Frances M Johnson and Brenda Starr with Johnson signing. Principal office at 53 E Main St Logan Meigs County taps its first oil well. John Murphy is president and Eddie Bell secretary treasurer.
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Columbus
Ted W. Brown
Big Bend Drilling, Inc
Leslie G
Frances M. Johnson
Brenda Starr
Johnson
E. Main St
Logan
John Murphy
Meigs County
Eddie Bell
Lancaster Grad Quizzed In Hollywood Slayings
Logan Police arrest Russell Smith and Theodore Jackson in connection with passing counterfeit money at Knotty Pine Sandwich Shop. A witness, Pearl Mays, alerted authorities after identifying a suspicious $20 bill. Counterfeit bills were recovered in a car and nearby areas. The suspects, with long police records, were handed to federal officers after Nelsonville and Columbus involvement.
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Columbus
Knotty Pine
Russell Smith
Theodore A. Jackson
Pearl Mays
Nelsonville
Roy Reich
Logan
Mays
U.S
Treasury
Pooler
Kelch
Money Buyers Gather Marks and Sell Pounds Worldwide
Speculators traded West German marks and sold Belgian francs and British pounds after the French franc devaluation. Brussels saw the Belgian franc hit the 50.375 per dollar limit as forward trading halted, while the pound fell briefly in London but stayed above intervention levels. British officials argued the pound remains strong, with a fall likely limited and no imminent devaluation expected ahead of July trade figures.
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London
Europe
Brussels
Bank of England
Zurich
Britain
Suspect Not Yet Linked To Tate Murders By Police
Police push manhunt for a suspect in the Sharon Tate killings and a later slaying five miles away amid reported blood messages. A 19-year-old suspect, William Easton Garretson Jr., has a minor arrest record and probation, with no confirmed link to both murders.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
William Easton Garretson Jr
Hollywood
Lancaster High School
Mary Garretson
S. Arlington St
Lancaster
Hocking Glass Corp
California
LaBianca
Bel Air
Nixon Outlines Duties of CEO
President Nixon announced a reorganization plan for the Office of Economic Opportunity to pursue social progress through a new Office of Program Development, a strengthened Planning Office, and an enhanced Health Services Office. He stressed innovation and a moonage spirit to better aid the poor, while keeping VISTA. The proposals follow his welfare policy disclosure and aim to set new performance standards and independent program appraisals.
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San Clemente, Calif
Nixon
Office of Economic Opportunity
Earth
OEO
California
VISTA
OFO
Office of Health Services
Gas explosion injures nine near Gallipolis
Five adults and four children were critically injured when gas fumes from a leaking stove exploded in a rural house shown by real estate agent Oscar Baird. The residents were rushed to Holzer Medical Center and Children's Hospital Columbus as the house and fire were contained.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Oscar Baird
Baird
Thomas Milstead
Larry Wilt
Holzer Medical Center
Milstead
Nancy Ellen
James Thomas
Wilt
Brian
Brett
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Fierce Red Attacks Hit U S Positions
In a Sunday assault along the Cambodian Laotian and DMZ frontiers, North Vietnamese forces killed 38 Americans and wounded 144. New regimental deployments and increased rocket and mortar barrages marked the largest 24 hour American death toll since June 18.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Hamburger Hill
da Nang
U.S. Command
Dmz
Unde terred fire near Ghor canal as border clash unfolds
Arab commandos near the damaged Jordanian waterway open fire on an Israeli border patrol in the Beisan Valley. The patrol returns fire. casualties not reported. The canal remains deserted after a bombing Sunday.
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Tel Aviv
Ghor
Beisan
Apollo 11 crew ends quarantine for homecoming celebrations
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins leave isolation and head to their families. A busy celebration schedule begins with a news conference luncheon ticker tape parade United Nations appearance and multiple city gatherings in the weeks ahead.
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Armstrong
Aldrin
Collins
Houston
New York
United Nations
Chicago
Los Angeles
Gary Firemen End Six Day Strike Amid Job Trials
Sixty five firemen return to duty while 79 suspended workers face trial starting today for participation in a six day strike over wages. Mayor Hatcher warned more suspensions could come as union and city officials discuss amnesty.
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Gary
Ind
Richard G. Hatcher
Adam Benjamin
Hatcher
Gary Board of Public Works
Death by Own Action Ruled in Tabor Retreat Case
Robert Hunt, 57, of Columbus, was found dead at 1 p.m. Sunday at Tabor Retreat in Wayne National Forest near Greendale. Coroner Dr. Owen F. Yaw ruled death by own action. Hunt, public relations officer for the National Detective Bureau Co., was shot in the right temple. a shot also pierced the car door glass. His body was taken to Jerry Spears Funeral Home in Columbus as investigators continue.
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Hollywood
Houchin
Miss Tate
Leno A. LaBianca
Rosemary
Bel Air
Robert Hunt
Columbus
Tabor
Wayne National Forest
Greendale
Owen F. Yaw
Hocking County
Paul Hartman
Hunt
Buckeye Trail
Richard Stephenson
Oroville
Yaw
National Detective Bureau Co
Jerry Spears
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Merril Haney
Big Bend Drilling Is Incorporated
Lice Records
Jackson
Ohio Penitentiary
Smith
Franklin County
National Assembly
Paris
Geneva
Frankfurt
France
Bryce Houchin
K. J. McCauley
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
New Bedford
Mass
Edmund Dinis
Mary Jo Kopechne
Dinis
Pennsylvania
Miss Kopechne
Dallas
Warren E. Burger
America
Astrodome
United States
Congress
Kaeh
Lunar
Cape Kennedy
Heather Owens
Charles A. Berry
Manned Spacecraft Center
Atlanta
Inter-Agency Committee
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