Hocking Christmas Spirit Snowstorm Hits Midwest and Northeast
Winter storms pummeled the Midwest and Pacific Northwest as a season opener slid from the Northeast under heavy snow. Snow totals reached 6 to 18 inches from Pennsylvania to New England with wind gusts and warnings across six states from Minnesota to Kentucky.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
New England
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Minnesota
Kentucky
Lower Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
British Columbia
Puget Sound
Sound
Washington
Viet Cong cease fire nears amid low Vietnam action
U S bomber raids along the Cambodian border intensify as a three day Viet Cong cease fire approaches. South Vietnam sets a 24 hour Christmas Eve truce while U S estimates isolated incidents and a Mekong Delta clash yields heavy enemy casualties.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Mekong Delta
Hocking Business and Industry Extend Christmas Greetings
Logan Daily News publishes its annual Christmas Greetings Edition featuring nearly 200 firms and individuals in Hocking County. The 24 page edition, produced during a plant remodel, honors business and industry as the community’s backbone and will reach homes, former residents, hospitals, and service members abroad.
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Logan Daily News
Hocking County
The
Daily News
Hocking Hills
Hocking Sons and Daughters
Fred Weaver Will Remain Sanitarian Through 1970
Fred Weaver will continue as sanitarian for the Logan Hocking County health department through March 1970. He will work two days weekly in Hocking County and will be the county's only sanitarian after David Mingus resigns at the start of the year. The board also appointed Mrs Josephine Mathias as clerk statistician to replace retiring Lorena Larimer. Dr Owen F Yaw as acting health commissioner and nurses Betty Howard and Ada Rheinscheld were rehired for the coming year.
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Fred Weaver
Logan - Hocking County
Edwin Johnstons Awarded Top Prize In Jaycee Home Decoration Contest
Winners of Logan Jaycees third annual Home Christmas Decorating Contest announced. Edwin C Johnston family won first prize a $50 Logan Home Furnishings gift certificate and a plaque from Logan General Electric. Second went to Harold Heinleins for an electric can opener donated by Ohio Power Co. Third received a Brandt's Restaurant dinner for two.
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Logan Jaycees
Edwin C. Johnston
E. Second St
Logan Home Furnishings
Jaycees
Logan General Electric
Harold Heinleins
Mound St
Ohio Power Co
Charles Rutter
Adams Ave
West Logan
Israel rejects U.S. peace plan as tensions rise
Israel denounces U S Middle East peace proposals as appeasement and prejudice to peace. Prime Minister Golda Meir cabinet rejects four power talks and warns against imposed settlements. In raids, Israeli commandos strike Egyptian bases on the Red Sea coast amid deteriorating U S Israel relations.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
United States
Middle East
Egypt
Red Sea
Golda Meir
Jordan
Soviet Union
Britain
France
New York
Washington
Santa Sends Deer To Check Logan Landing Conditions
A deer was sighted in downtown Logan last night likely examining landing conditions for Santa's Christmas Eve trip. Sheriff Paul Hartman reported the animal passed between the county jail and courthouse, paused before the Keynes residence, and returned toward the North Pole after being fed corn by the Keynes family.
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Logan
Paul Hartman
Robert Keynes
Keynes
Keyneses
North Pole
Rhodes Task Force to Meet U S Pollution Board
Gov. Rhodes announced a meeting between Ohio’s Water Pollution Task Force and the U S Water Pollution Control Administration in Columbus to launch a joint federal state campaign against Ohio water pollution.
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Columbus
Ohio
U.S. Water Pollution Control Administration
James A. Rhodes
Congress Passes Tax Bill Clears Barriers to Adjournment
Washington AP reports Congress cleared final barriers to adjournment after passage of the large tax reform bill. The Senate approved the measure 71-6 and the House 381-2, despite civil rights debates over Philadelphia plan provisions, with Nixon expected to sign into law. Ohio senators Saxbe and Young split on the vote.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
White House
Philadelphia
Congress
Spiro T. Agnew
Capitol
Treasury
Ohio
William B. Saxbe
Stephen M. Young
Hocking Receives State Approval for Six Projects
Hocking Engineer George Mara announced six projects of a countywide program using State Issue I funds have been approved for programming. The Logan traffic lights project is tentatively approved by the state highway department.
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Hocking
George Mara
Logan
State Highway Department
Hocking River
Wandling Rd
Haydenville
Creamery Hill Rd
Adelphi
Laurelville
Walhending Ave
N. Walnut St
Vine St
Highway Department
Hunting accident claims life of Buchtel man
William L. Day 23 of Buchtel died after a deer hunting accident in Greendale. He was treated at Mount St Mary and University Hospital Columbus after surgery. Day, a Nelsonville-York graduate and worker for Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric, is survived by his wife Carolyn, a son, siblings, and several half siblings. Funeral services were set for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Nelsonville with burial in Greenlawn Memory Garden.
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William L
Bill) Day
Buchtel
University Hospital
Columbus
Greendale
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Columbus Hospital
Guy and Mary Day
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Poston
Nelsonville-York High School
Carbon Hill Gun Club
American Rifle Association
Carolyn Steinbrink Day
William T
James
Robert
South Euclid
Gordon Sullivan
John L
Leroy
Frank
Malchy Sullivan
Charlotte Campbell
Dorothy Young
Athens Rt. 2
Johnson Funeral Home
Nelsonville
Roy Ballard
Greenlawn Memory Garden
Many Groups and Individuals Aid Needy in Hocking County
Groups and people in Hocking County contribute to the Christmas effort to help the less fortunate. Logan Jaycees and several clubs supply toys and food, while the Welfare Department receives gifts from numerous organizations and individuals, including school programs, Rotary, and the Secret Santa drive.
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Hocking County
Hocking
Business & Professional Women’s Club
Venus Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Dr. C. F. Shank
Among Ourselves
Logan Kiwanis Club
Logan Jaycees
Logan East Elementary School
Logan Fire Department
Secret Santa Organization
Wtvn Radio and Television
Columbus
Antioch Grange
Immanuel United Methodist Church
Hocking County Child Welfare Department
Degree of
Pocahontas
Emblem Club
Business & Professional Women's Club
Logan Rotary Club
Episcopal Church Women
American Legion Auxiliary
Homemakers Club
Premier Mothers Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Hocking Valley Historical Vehicle Society
C. P. McNeil
Robert W. Keynes
Charles Orwig
John C
Man Convicted in 1964 Ambush Slaying in Ohio
Ironton, Ohio AP report says 44 year old Donald D. Wilson of Ironton was found guilty of first degree murder by Lawrence County Common Pleas Court for the 1964 ambush killing of his brother Cyril.
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Ironton, Ohio
Donald D. Wilson
Ironton
Lawrence County Common Pleas Court
Cyril
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Hocking Valley
Bear Run Women
Santa
Logan Rt. 4
Betty Goss
Minnie Fetheroll
Fannie Blackstone
Bear Run Rd
Edwin Johnstons
Jaycee
Brandt
Paul R. Goss
Church St
H. Dean Vaughn
N. Wood St
Bill Helber
Angle Ave
John W. Sloan
Hill St
Greenman Family
N. Market St
Dale Derr
Florence Ave
Joe Bazell
Norwood Ave
Griggs
Charles Moore
Evans S. Hand Jr
Tansky Motors
Jim van Kanel
Bill Collier
Chris Veidt
Jack Beverly
Jerusalem
Deer
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Labor
Mike Mansfield
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