04 Jan 1969
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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1969
Page
1
Allied forces intensified sweeps in the U Minh forest along the Mekong Delta in hopes of uncovering more U S and South Vietnamese prisoners held by Viet Cong. So far one American and six Vietnamese have been rescued and several caches of weapons found.
In Chicago Nixon toasted President Johnson and praised his effort toward peace as he prepares to assume office on January 20. He hinted vacancies in some Cabinet roles and expected appoints including Elliot Richardson as undersecretary of state and U Alexis Johnson as undersecretary for political affairs.
Detroit AP reports final 1968 domestic figures and import sales indicate a record auto total of 9.6 million, with U S manufacturers noting 8.6 million cars sold in 1967 and foreign sales boosting the overall outlook.
A fire estimated at 300000 dollars heavily damaged four downtown Pt. Pleasant stores on Friday. The blaze started in an apartment above City Pharmacy likely due to a night light left burning. Music Box suffered the worst damage while Cohen's Drug Store City Pharmacy G C Murphy Co and Ben Franklin Department Store were affected. Fire units from Gallipolis Pt. Pleasant Mason City and the Navy Yard fought the flames.
New York AP reports more than 300 occupants of 13 tenements were evacuated Friday night after a series of blasts on Manhattan's Lower East Side as repair crews hunted a gas leak detected earlier.
Maj James A. Rowe, freed after five years in Vietnamese captivity, arrives at Kelly Air Force Base Texas. He recalls the rescue by helicopter and is taken to Brooke Army Medical Center for examination. He weighs about 140 pounds now after 125 pounds at six months in captivity.
Harold Hitchens, retiring Athens County engineer, was selected as Perry County engineer by the Perry County Democratic central committee last night. He succeeds the late John W. Taylor who died December 24. Hitchens, a Perry County native, has been living in Newark and had previously filled a vacancy in Athens County left by the death of Harry Dust.
Influenza pneumonia has claimed 3 594 lives in 122 cities since Dec 7 almost double the normal rate. The National Communicable Disease Center says peak may come in a week or two and compares the outbreak to 1967 68 Asian flu. Louisiana Mississippi and Hawaii report no Hong Kong flu cases.
Logan Jaycees appeal for volunteers to help remove the city's Christmas decorations. Workers should meet at 9 a.m. Sunday in front of the courthouse.
The city council as a committee agreed to negotiate a contract with county commissioners for treating West Logan sewage. county officials must be answered before Jan 14 when they appear before the Ohio Water Pollution Control Board. No cost details were resolved and the annexation stipulation was dropped.
Premier Chung II-Kwon warned Seoul will not hesitate to take retaliatory actions if North Korea continues its provocations. The statement signals heightened tensions between the Koreas amid ongoing cross border incidents.
Washington AP reports the 91st Congress opens with Adam Clayton Powell back in the House, a liberal Senate leadership, and key votes on pay raises and nuclear nonproliferation. Kennedy and Scott win No 2 posts signaling potential liberal strength, while Dirksen retained as Senate minority leader.
Dolly Saxbe and her three children watched Friday as Vice President Humphrey administered the oath to her husband William B. Saxbe, 52, ending Frank Lausche’s long Democratic tenure and placing him beside Ohio Senator Stephen M Young.
Adam Clayton Powell wins seating to the House after a five hour dispute and a $25,000 fine for misuse of funds. He is seated with the condition that the fine be paid from his $30,000 yearly salary, despite opposition from several Republicans and Democrats.
A bitterly cold airmass swept the central states bringing subzero readings from Kansas to the Great Lakes. Snow fell in Atlanta during the night as arctic air moved in, with a season low of 4 degrees and a noonday rise to 12 degrees under clear skies. Sunday forecasters expect mostly clear and cold weather with a low near zero.
Cold rain and a new polar surge grip the Southeast and midcontinent with subzero winds in the northern Plains and Midwest. Snow stays limited to the Great Lakes region while Pacific Northwest drivers face ice and fog as temperatures swing from 22 below in Aberdeen South Carolina to 73 in Key West Florida.
A scheduled civil service exam for city firemen drew no applicants. None of the six men who had applied appeared, and the test will be rescheduled. The fire department currently has two openings.
George Lewis a master of the clarinet and one of the last of the old Dixieland greats was buried after a funeral procession that included three Dixieland marching bands. The service featured bands playing mournful tunes then bursting into cheerful blasts after leaving the cemetery.
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