Revision Of Ohio Tax Laws Termed Dead Issue In '68
Columbus Ohio AP A tax study promoting relief for property owners is labeled a dead issue this year as Ohio enters an election year. Gov Rhodes administration will push congressional redistricting and bond proposals while keeping many constitutional measures off the May ballot to protect highway and capital improvement funding. Other bills include water management pollution control teacher and public employee retirement school board bargaining and reviving the Ohio Building Authority for a new state office building.
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Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
John M. McElroy
Ohio Tax Study Commission
McElroy
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Ohio Building Authority
Sinnott Presses Action on Hocking Poverty and Public Housing
Sinnott urged quick moves to revive the Hocking County anti poverty program and the Logan Metropolitan Housing Authority. He called for meetings with Judge Rhea Bangert Brown Judge Harley Meyer Mayor Merril Haney and the Senior Citizens group to restart housing efforts. He noted Ironton has already won a federal grant while Logan awaits another round totaling about 1 500 000.
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Hocking County
Logan Metropolitan Housing Authority
Logan Senior Citizens Club
Sinnott
Rhea Bangert Brown
Harley Meyer
Merril Haney
Housing Authority
Senior Citizens Group
Ironton
Logan
Legislature faces crime agenda with open housing loss
Lansing notes the 1968 legislative agenda expands to crime and riots after open housing bill failed in a December House session. The Governor's Commission on Crime urges the 40 page report recommendations be sent to the legislature for action when it opens January 10.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
House of Representatives
Governor’s Commission On Crime
Freight Train Derails West of Columbus
A 91 car New York Central freight train derailed early Thursday just west of Columbus. Three cars left the track but no injuries were reported and officials had not determined a cause. The incident blocked traffic along Roberts Road.
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Columbus, Ohio
New York Central
Roberts Road
Suez Canal Could Open In About 50 Days
Cairo based Al Ahram reports the Suez Canal Authority nears a plan to guide 15 ships through a new exit route within 50 days. The American freighter observer may unload grain for India to use the route, while 14 other vessels stay loaded. Authority teams prepare to remove four sunken objects from the canal.
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Cairo
Suez Canal Authority
al Ahram
India
Red Sea
Canal Authority
Bitter Cold Grips Nation Amid Ice Storm Forcing Closures
The nation endures extreme cold with 33 below zero in Williston North Dakota and forecasts of sub 40 below readings. Ice and freezing drizzle shut schools in Kentucky Tennessee and Oklahoma, with highway closures and jackknifed trucks reported as a major hazard.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Appalachians
Williston
North Dakota
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennes
Virginias
Maryland
Tennessee
Nashville
Middle Tennessee
U.S
Bowling Green
Stock Market Slips as Losses Widen On NYSE Trading
The stock market extended its downtrend in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks at noon fell 1.0 to 322.0 as industrials declined 1.9, rails 1.1 lower, utilities up 0.6, with gold miners like McIntyre Porcupine moving higher and Homestake gaining.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
McIntyre Porcupine
Saxbe appoints aide to Ohio Bureau of CID
Columbus Ohio AP appointment of Dr Wendell Sowell age 50 of Mobile Alabama as assistant superintendent of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation announced Thursday by Attorney General William B Saxbe
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Columbus, Ohio
Wendell Sowell
Mobile
Ala
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
William B. Saxbe
North Viet Troop Attacks Near Da Nang Hit Bases
U S infantrymen clash with North Vietnamese forces trying to overrun three American bases near Da Nang. In the five northern provinces since the truce ended, Communist deaths reach at least 400. Casualties for Americans are reported as the battle continues with air support and artillery.
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Saigon
USS
da Nang
South Vietnam
Que Son
U.S
Charles Ryder
Americal Division
Ross
Leslie
1St Corps
Rhodes Accepts 1968 Favorite Son Role for Ohio
Gov. James A. Rhodes announced he will serve as Ohio’s favorite son candidate at the Republican National Convention while not seeking active national office. He will honor his Ohio contract and serve until January 1971. No opposition to Rhodes is expected in the May 7 Ohio presidential primary, with a 58-member delegation to the convention.
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Columbus, Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Rhodes
Barry M. Goldwater
Bowles Named US Envoy for Cambodia Talks
President Johnson will send Ambassador Chester Bowles to meet Prince Norodom Sihanouk in Phnom Penh over Cambodia as sanctuary for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces. Bowles has previously engaged on the sanctuary issue and with ICC members India Poland Canada.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Chester Bowles
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
U.S
United States
South Vietnam
Bowles
New Delhi
Sihanouk
India
International Control Commission
ICC
Hanouk
Poland
Canada
Paul L. Dollison 77 dies after heart attack
Paul L. Dollison 77 of 87 North St. died at 10 10 a m at Hocking Valley Community Hospital after a heart attack. A Logan post office clerk for 44 years and rural mail carrier, he founded and joined the Hocking chapter of the Izaak Walton League and belonged to the Logan Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife Eula four sons two daughters 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral arrangements by Heinlein Funeral Home pending.
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Paul L. Dollison
North St
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Coalton
Jackson County
L. G. Dollison
Logan
Hocking
Izaak Walton League
Logan Presbyterian Church
Eula
Tage) Bort Dollison
Dean L
Verle B
Richard M. Dollison
Ray P. Dollison
Tecumseh, Mich
Robert
Ruby Nelle
Rochester
Washington D.H
Wilbur
Katy Jo) Lightfoot Jr
Heinlein
Lunar Module Test Delayed To Jan 18
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP NASA postponed the unmanned Lunar Module flight by 24 hours to January 18. The vehicle will launch aboard a Saturn 1 booster for a six and a half hour Earth orbit test to verify readiness for crewed missions. NASA officials said no significant problem prompted the delay.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Space Agency
U.S
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
TV Net Squabbles Over Heart Graft
South Africa's Dr. Blaiberg recovers well after a heart transplant as NBC fights to protect its exclusive TV coverage deal. Court action seeks to block a photographer who allegedly breached the Blaibergs' image rights before and during the historic operation.
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Cape Town
South Africa
National Broadcasting Company
Groote Schuur Hospital
Philip Blaiberg
Christian Barnard
Blaiberg
Louis Washkansky
Washkansky
NBC
Rusk to Meet Brown in San Francisco
Foreign Secretary George Brown will meet U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk in San Francisco after Brown visits Japan. Brown departs Tokyo January 12 and will meet Rusk on his way home the following weekend.
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London
George Brown
U.S
Dean Rusk
San Francisco
Brown
Japan
Foreign Office
Tokyo
Rusk
U.S. Weighs Britain Arms as Bid Opportunities Open
Washington reports no ironclad deal to buy more arms from Britain. the Defense Department says the U.S. will let British firms bid for orders in competition with U.S. manufacturers. The added $100 million targets a total of $825 million in purchases, with bids possible on ships, aircraft, engines, electronics, ammunition, and tires.
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Washington
United States
Britain
U.S
Defense Department
Pentagon
Film censorship under attack in bid to tighten city rules
AP reports distributors banished in Chicago and restricted in Dallas ask the Supreme Court to set clearer guidelines for city film censorship this year. Dallas argues bans should cover only films deemed obscene by Supreme Court tests and calls Dallas standards vague. Chicago complains its appeal process is too slow allowing films to be kept from theaters beyond constitutional limits.
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Washington
Chicago
Dallas
Supreme Court
Romney A Setup For Nixon Drive In New Hampshire
Michigan Governor George Romney trails Richard Nixon in polls and suggests he is an underdog. The Ripon Society argues Romney could be a setup for Nixon in New Hampshire mirroring Kennedy Humphrey dynamics in 1960. Romney plans a five day opening campaign trip to New Hampshire starting January 11.
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Romney
New Hampshire
Washington
Michigan
George Romney
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Ripon Society
West Virginia
John F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Kennedy
Capital of Cambodia Seen as Likely Spot for Talks
Laotian sources say Hanoi asked Laos Cambodia and Burma if their capitals could host preliminary peace talks. Nguyen Chan, North Vietnamese chargé d affaires, reportedly suggested Vientiane as a site, but officials think Phnom Penh is likelier. Souvanna Phouma reportedly discussed the idea at a New Year reception.
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Vientiane
Laos
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Burma
Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Nguyen Chan
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
Phnom Penh
Next Of Kin May Receive Ohio Payment
Ohio auditors expect to back a cash memorial for next of kin of Vietnam war victims. They plan to urge payments only to survivors at the January 15 session, with the amount potentially up to 1000 dollars per eligible case. About 700 Ohioans may qualify. WWII and Korea relatives received 400 dollars.
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Columbus, Ohio
Roger Cloud
William B. Saxbe
Cloud
Ohio
Fire damages shelter house near Rockbridge
Firefighters rushed to the roadside park shelter house on Route 33 south of Rockbridge at 11 30 a m. The blaze started from a salamander left burning by contractor Alan Stone Co causing shingles and other materials to ignite according to Hocking County Sheriff Paul Hartman.
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Rockbridge
Rt. 33
Hocking
Paul Hartman
Alan Stone Co
Hartman
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