Laurelville Schools Face Loss of State Aid If Levy Fails
Laurelville district warned by Thomas J. Quick that failure to renew a 2.6 mill operating levy will drop state foundation funds below the 17% mill minimum. If the December vote fails, funds end Jan 1 1970. even a 1970 levy wouldn’t qualify until 1971. After Jan 31 funds run out, options include borrowing or relocating students. Newton Falls city schools in Warren close for funds shortage until Jan 5 affecting 2,000 pupils and 133 staff.
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Laurelville
Thomas J. Quick
Ohio
James Frey
Hocking County
Quick
Ohio General Assembly
Glen Christy
Board of Education
Rose
Christy
Warren
Newton Falls
Accidental wounding of hunter in Green Two forest
Sheriff Paul Hartman reported the incident in Green Two's Little Tom Woods as accidental. Bill Day, 23, of Buch tel, remains in critical condition after being shot in the stomach by James L. Rutherford, 15, from Uniontown, with a 12 gauge shotgun during a deer hunt.
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Paul Hartman
Bill Day
Buchtel
Day
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
James L. Rutherford
Uniontown
Akron
Green Two
Little Tom Woods
Ford
Hartman
Bill Jones
Rutherford
Plane Used To Search For SEO Poachers
A state forestry plane is used to spot night poachers in Southeastern Ohio, aiding 39 arrests since Monday. Everett Ridge says pilot Lee Tates and a game warden scan 19 counties at night, signaling enforcement cars for arrests when flashing lights are seen. Plans call to continue after deer season ends.
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Athens
Ohio
State Division of Forestry
Everett Ridge
Wildlife District Four
Lee Tates
Ridge
Hunters Bag 4 More Deer In Hocking
Four more deer were taken in Hocking County Thursday raising the six day gun season total to 35 in the harvest. A comparison notes 44 deer were bagged during last year’s five day season. Eugene T. Smith of Nelsonville checked an 11 point buck with Marvin Nungester. Hunters at Dale’s Ashland service station included James A. Bunn, Logan with an eight pointer, Jim Heinlein with a four pointer in Marion Township, and Larry D. Angel of Columbus in Starr Two.
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Hocking County
Eugene T. Smith
Nelsonville
Viet Cong Announce 6 Day Holiday Truce
Washington AP Army board prepares testimony from 1st Lt. William L. Calley Jr charged with premeditated murder of at least 109 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai. Capt. Ernest Medina testifies he did not order a massacre and did not see one, denying any orders from higher up. Medina, not charged, spoke at a Pentagon news conference amid ongoing inquiries into the March 1968 incident.
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Washington
Army
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
Ernest Medina
Lai
Special Army
Medina
Peers Board
Pentagon
My Lai 4
Boston
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
Cailey
Vietnam
Grand Jury Told Of California Slayings
Los Angeles prosecutors seek indictments against Charles Manson and others for the Tate and LaBianca murders. Susan Atkins, 21, vowed to testify to the grand jury and may waive self incrimination rights. Atkins says Manson used hypnotic control while she and the clan committed the killings.
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California
Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Richard Caballero
Susan Denise Atkins
Miss Atkins
Miss Tate
Roman Polanski
Caballero
Tate
Los Angeles Times
Terry Melcher
Doris Day
Lena LaBianca
Rosemary
Hollywood
Manson
LaBiancas
Social Security Boost Moves With Tax Bill
Senate Democrats rush a rider to the tax reform bill to raise Social Security benefits by 15 percent effective January 1. Action intended to assure passage before the 1969 session ends amid GOP parallel moves.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Rockbridge Man Dies of Heart Attack at 74
Carl Carpenter, 74, of Rockbridge Route 1, died after a heart attack in downtown Logan. He collapsed at Spring and Main streets and was pronounced dead on arrival at 10:20 a.m. at Hocking Valley Community Hospital. Local ambulance took him to the hospital. Funeral arrangements by Leonard Funeral Home are in complete.
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Carl Carpenter
Rockbridge
Spring and
Main Sts
Leonard Funeral Home
Jury Duty Drawings Scheduled Dec 19 in Hocking County
Names of 90 eligible Hocking County voters will be drawn from the jury wheel at 10 a.m. Friday Dec 19 to serve during the January term of the common pleas court. The first 30 names become prospective grand jurors and the remaining 60 are on call for petit jury duty.
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Hocking County
Common Pleas Court
Jury Acquits Man Accused As Gang Chief
A Franklin County jury found Charles R. Stanley 35 of Galena not guilty of conspiracy to defraud the state of sales tax in a stolen television sale. His wife Dorothy was previously dismissed on the charge. The cases were part of a multi state burglary ring probe tied to an attorney general investigation led by William Saxbe.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Charles R. Stanley
Galena
Dorothy
Fred J. Shoemaker
Stanley
Attorney General's Office
William Saxbe
State OKs new office building plan in Columbus
The Legislative Office Building Committee authorized buying three properties in downtown Columbus to create a 14 to 24 story state office building. A tunnel would connect it to the Statehouse, the Statehouse annex would be razed, and the site landscaped.
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Columbus
Ohio
Legislative Office Building Committee
Capital Square
Statehouse
Weather outlook for Hocking Valley with warm, cloudy weekend
Forecasters predict cloudy and warmer conditions for the Hocking Valley on Saturday with rain possible Sunday. Temperatures reached 33 degrees by 1pm after an overnight low of 16, and Thursday’s high was 01.
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Hocking Valley
U.S. Allies Plan Two Day Christmas New Year Cease Fire
Viet Cong announced three day truces for Christmas and New Year two days longer than Saigon. The Christmas truce runs from December 23 noon to December 27 and the New Year truce from December 30 to January 2. The U.S. will join Thieu's cease fires. Reports say North Vietnamese officers executed deserters, with guards deployed to prevent further desertions. Fighting continues along the Cambodian border west of Saigon.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Thieu
Ha Tay
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
South
Hue
Trial Scheduled Next Monday on Cutting Charge
George Hopkins of Nelsonville faces trial in Hocking County Common Pleas Court for cutting with intent to wound Steve Houseman of New Plymouth with a broken beer bottle on July 16. Hopkins pleaded not guilty at arraignment. Judge Harley Meyer will hear the trial without a jury.
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Hocking County
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