Tax Rates Lower in Hocking County For 1969
Treasurer Ralph Moorhead announced that 1969 tax rates for Hocking County districts show overall declines. County hospital and veterans related levies each drop .2 mill, with Logan city schools down .5 mill. West Hocking transfers push its rate higher. Overall range spans 29.9 to 49 mills across districts with detailed changes listed.
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Logan
Laurelville
West Hocking
York
Logan City
Rainbow
Swan
Washington
Murray City
Benton
Falls
Oroville
Good Hope
Green
Starr- Washington
Laurel
Marion
Fairfield Union
Berne Union
Perry
Laurelville Village
Salt Creek
Starr
Ward
Murray City Village
William Wahl Dies on New Year's Day at 81
William Wahl born 1888 in Perry County New Straitsville Rt 1 died at 5 30 am on January 1 1969 in Athens age 81. Survived by wife Bertha Mae Johnson Wahl six sons and four daughters 31 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral at Leonard Funeral Home 11 am Saturday with burial in Gore Cemetery. viewing after 7 tonight.
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William Wahl
New Straitsville
Rt. 1
Athens
Perry County
Lawrence and
Mary Rinck Wahl
Bertha Mae Johnson Wahl
David
Brooklyn
N.Y
Harry
Long Island
Joshua
John
Akron
James
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Don Wahl
Logan
Vivian Wahl
Columbus
Byron
Goldie) McKinley
Arch
Opal) McKinley
Rosemary Bourne
Albert
Maxville
Lewis
Mt. Pleasant
Robert
Zanesville
Mary Whalen
Minnie Withem
Charles
Dale
Thelma
Jacob
Francis
Clara
Leonard Funeral Home
Nelson Crites
Gore Cemetery
Brown Favors Later Primary Change in Ohio
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown on Thursday supported shifting Ohio’s primary from May to August. He argued campaigns exhaust the public, a reform echoed in a letter from Sidney Weil Jr. co chair of Hamilton County Democratic Party proposing the change.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ted W. Brown
Gunman Hijacks Greek Airliner to Cairo
A lone Greek gunman hijacked an Olympic Airways DC6 from Crete to Athens and forced landing in Cairo. Earlier reports cited two Arab gunmen, but a government spokesman confirmed a Greek intruder with a pistol demanded the flight head to Cairo.
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Athens
Olympic Airways
Crete
Cairo
Stocks Rally To Open 1969 In New York
The New York Stock Exchange opened 1969 with a strong rally as early gains outnumbered losses by over 300 issues. The AP average for 60 stocks at noon rose 1.3 points to 358.6, with industrials up 3.2, rails up 0.2, utilities up 0.2, and most leaders posting fractional gains. Brokers attributed the move to reinvestment demand and the absence of tax loss selling from 1968.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
New Yorker Kills 4 Then Shoots Self Rampage Ends in Westernville
Ralph MacLachlan a 37 year old meat cutter killed his estranged wife and three others in a Wednesday night rampage in Westernville New York. He then shot at troopers during a pursuit and killed himself after a standoff in Remsen. Police linked the killings to a two week separation with his wife.
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Westernville
N.Y
Ralph MacLachlan
MacLachlan
New York
Jane Turke Ringrose
James Pepper
Pepper
Adirondack
Dominick DePaola Jr
Thomas Buck
Remsen
DePaola
Buck
Oneida
Five People Injured In Holiday Accidents In Hocking County
A quiet New Year’s observance in Hocking County saw four traffic accidents with four minor injuries and one service member hurt in a one car crash on Rt 33 near the Good year plant. A city two car crash on Homer Ave caused several injuries and the juvenile driver was cited for failure to yield. A hit and run on Zanesville Ave left Penny Starr’s car damaged and a one car wreck on Old Bremen Rd demolished the vehicle.
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Hocking County
Logan
Ronnie Kuhn
E. Hunter Sr
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Rt. 33
Goodyear
Homer Ave
Second St
Leslie F. Johnson
Mound St
Janice L. Daubenmire
N. Orchard St
Daubenmire
Bruce Daubenmire
Evelyn White
Deborah White
Miss Johnson
Penny S. Starr
Gore
Zanesville Ave
Oak St
Hocking
Bitter Cold Grips Much of the Nation
Bitter cold and gale force winds griped two thirds of the country with heavy snows in parts of the Northeast. Temperatures plunged to near zero from the northern Rockies to New England, with 14 inches of snow in Boonville and six in Erie. Erie airport closed as lake winds reduced visibility while six skindivers jumped into 33 degree waters.
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Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Weather Bureau
Rockies
New England
North Carolina
Lakes
Erie
Ontario
New York
Pennsylvania
Boonville
Erie International Airport
Erie Skindivers Club
Lake Erie
Gasoline Prices Rise in France Amid Tax Increases
Paris reports gasoline prices climbing to 85.65 cents per gallon as the government raises taxes on a wide range of consumer goods.
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Paris
France
Losses Reflect Saigon's Effort in 1968 War
Saigon reported 1968 ended with the lowest U.S. weekly death toll since bombing ceased, while South Vietnamese losses rose to 279 dead in the week, the highest in 13 weeks. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese deaths exceeded 2,100, and the cease-fire was only nominally observed. The report notes renewed air and artillery activity around Da Nang and Saigon, with continued combat as the year closed.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Ha Bae
U.S. Marine
Marble Mountain
da Nang
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Arkansas Tremor Shocks State with No Major Damage
An earthquake rattled buildings and nerves across Arkansas for five to 40 seconds but caused no injuries or major damage. State police reported cracked walls and dishes, while thousands of residents phoned authorities and news outlets with shock and concern.
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Little Rock, Ark
Arkansas
Detroit poverty program under scrutiny reveals misuse
Federal GAO findings show hundreds of high school graduates and some college students drew government paychecks through Detroit Neighborhood Youth Corps, with lax screening and little follow up. Weak oversight allowed sponsors to fund most costs and some graduates to qualify despite income rules.
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Washington
Detroit
Congress
General Accounting Office
Nyc
Associated Press
GAO
Chicago
Mayor's Committee For Human Resources Development
City Board of Education
Archdiocese of
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Mayor's Committee
Ing College
MCHRD
New Effort Made To Get Talks Moving
Paris report says U S Ambassador Cyrus Vance met North Vietnamese envoy Col Ha Van Lau at a secret rendezvous south of Paris in an effort to revive stalled Paris peace talks The session follows Saigon resistance to roundtable talks and US mediation to shift toward a more inclusive conference format.
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Paris
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Vance
Ha van Lau
Sceaux
Saigon
Viet Cong
United States
Ellsworth Bunker
Nguyen van Thien
Soing
National Liberation Front
Card Rooms Rhodes For Baseball Czar
A circulating card in Columbus urged Jim Rhodes for baseball commissioner, signed by Rhodes for Baseball Committee chaired by John W. Brown. Observers call it a hoax and neither Brown nor Gov. Rhodes aide McElroy knows of it or supports the move.
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Columbus, Ohio
Baseball
Jim Rhodes
Rhodes
Baseball Committee
John W. Brown
Columbus
John McElroy
James A. Rhodes
McElroy
Middle East Turmoil Escalates With Israeli Strikes
Israeli warplanes attacked Arab positions in Jordan near Beit Yosef after gunfire on an Israeli patrol. Jordanian reports accuse Israeli helicopters of strikes in the south. a Jordanian soldier was killed and a civilian and another wounded. Insurance premiums for ships under Israeli or Arab flags rise sharply following Beirut airport raids.
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Associated Press
Jordan
Jordan River
Beit Yosef
Sea of Galilee
Israel
Massada
Galilee
Amman
Gharandal
Aqaba
Security Council
Beirut
London
Middle East
Czech Leaders Retain Control in New Federal Lineup
Prague AP reports after Czechoslovakia's broad government change, premier Oldrich Cernik's federal cabinet shows no surprise members and preserves the balance between progressives and conservatives. The reform aims for more Czech and Slovak autonomy while federal programs stay with the cabinet.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Oldrich Cernik
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New Yorker
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Hocking Valley
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