Ohio lawmakers return to tackle redistricting and pay raises
Ohio legislators resumed after a holiday break to consider congressional redistricting, a pay raise for state employees, and an election bill. The compromise redistricting plan may change as amendments surface while observers question moves against Rep. John Ashbrook. The pay raise would grant a 32 cent hourly or 10 percent increase, funded by a $50 million biennial budget.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Theodore Gray
Gray
Charles Kurfess
U.S
John Ashbrook
Johnstown
Gordon Scherer
Cincinnati
Ashbrook
Nixon
Kurfess
John Andrews
Andrews
Jackson Betts
Findlay
McCulloch
Betts
Pay Board Rejects 12 Percent Aerospace Raise
The Pay Board vetoed a 12 per cent raise for aerospace workers in a 9-5 vote, rejecting the labor motion without setting a new figure. Unions IAM and UAW plan a strategy session in St Louis with over 300 negotiators to decide next steps. Chairman Boldt abstained as business and public members opposed the labor bloc.
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Washington
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
United Auto Workers
St. Louis
IAM
George H. Boldt
Skyjack Joke Not So Funny
Darwin Berkeley Hyde Jr. 28 of Marietta Ohio was removed from an Allegheny Airlines flight to the Virgin Islands after allegedly joking about a bomb in his luggage. FBI agents arrested him and searched the baggage. no explosive found. He faces a U.S. code violation with possible 5000 dollar fine or five years in prison or both.
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Pittsburgh
Darwin Berkeley Hyde Jr
Marietta
Ohio
Allegheny Airlines
Airlines
Hyde
Virgin Islands
FBI
U.S
Muskie Enters Democratic Race With Campaign Kickoff
Sen Edmund Muskie formally launched his 1972 White House bid from Kennebunk Beach Maine vowing a new beginning and urging Americans to strive for Lincoln's ideal. He will file in New Hampshire and campaign across 34 states while facing Republican critique from Robert Dole.
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Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Coy No More
White House
United States
Maine
Muskie
America
Abraham Lincoln
Nixon
Robert J. Dole
Kennebunk Beach
New York
New Hampshire
New England
Massachusetts
Endicott Peabody
Peabody
Florida
Hubert H. Humphrey
FBI Probes Leaks From High Level Meetings
FBI investigates leaks of highly classified information tied to the National Security Council led by Henry Kissinger. Columnist Jack Anderson published verbatim notes from White House conferences on India Pakistan and the Middle East. State and Defense cleared. NSC focus remains.
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Washington
FBI
National Security Council
Henry Kissinger
Jack Anderson
White House
Middle East
Anderson
Departments of State and Defense
State
Pentagon
State Department
Kissinger
Vietnam War Pushes Nixon to End War Policy
North Vietnam demanded Nixon abandon Vietnamization and end the Vietnam War to secure the release of prisoners. Hanoi radio labeled Vietnamization a U.S. plot and urged a complete withdrawal and end to the war. In Saigon, U.S. Army medevac helicopters were stripped of guns and readied with leaflets urging Viet Cong restraint. A U.S. fighter-bomber conducted North Vietnam raids, while MIGs were seen near the Laos border.
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North Vietnam
United States
U.S
Nixon
Vietnam
Saigon
USS. Army
U.S. Command
Laos
Inch of Snow Slows Traffic NY Closed
Wintry weather moved into the Hocking Valley with an inch of snow and slick roads. Nelsonville York schools closed. state and county crews treated highways. temperatures fell to near freezing with light snow flurries continuing.
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Hocking
Nelsonville York
Fugitive California Lawyer Vanishes Amid Murder Case
California attorney Stephen Bingham, charged in the San Quentin killings, has disappeared with detectives reporting no evidence of life or death. D A says leads across the nation have yielded zero. relatives question motive while authorities pursue vague sightings from New York to Yosemite and Portland.
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San Rafael
Calif
Stephen Bingham
San Quentin
FBI
Marin County
New York
Yosemite Park
Dist. Atty
Bruce Bales
Bales
Bingham
Connecticut
Salem, Conn
George Jackson
Jackson
Soledad
Yosemite National Park
Portland
Ore
Kennedy Airport
Chicago
Arrests Expected in Lancaster Theft Case
Lancaster Ohio sheriff Dan Berry says arrests will follow in the theft of heavy custom made cabinets from Riviera Products Inc a division of Evans Products Co and embezzlement via false time cards As many as 20 of 130 Riviera employees may be involved and investigation began last August after officials reported production shortages.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Dan Berry
Riviera Products Inc
Evans Products Co
William E. Anthony
Berry
GOP Names Jane Leach To Election Board Post
Mrs. Jane Leach was elected as the Republican appointee to the Hocking County election board for a four year term replacing Dr. Thomas Price whose term ends February 29. The selection followed a GOP meeting at the Ohio Power building with 23 executive and central committee members present. Leach has held the role of secretary for the Hocking Hills Women's Republican club and long served as county committees’ corresponding secretary.
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Jane Leach
W. Main St
Hocking County
Thomas Price
GOP
Ohio Power Building
Leach
Hocking Hills
Clarence Blosser
Hocking
Charles Orwig
June Strait
Orwig
Strait
David Bell
George Riley
Nixon meets NASA officials to discuss future space programs
In San Clemente President Nixon summons NASA chief Dr. James Fletcher and deputy George Low to discuss post Apollo plans and potential emphasis on earthbound space technology applications as lunar missions wind down.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Space Agency
White House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
James Fletcher
NASA
George M. Low
Fletcher
St Matthew Lutheran Church Names New Canton Pastor
The Rev. Orville Lueck of Canton is named the new pastor for St. Matthew Lutheran Church. He and his wife will move into the parsonage at 230 EK Hunter St and be installed at a 10 15 a.m. service on Sunday Jan 16 with installing officer Rev. Paul Warner. A carry in supper at 6 p.m. Jan 16 honors the new pastor and guests include Hocking County Ministerial Association members.
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Orville Lueck
Canton
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Mr. Lueck
Bethel Lutheran Church
EK. Hunter St
St. Matthew Church
Paul Warner
Lueck
Fellowship Hall
Hocking County Ministerial Association
Capital University
Clyde Miller
Cleveland
Bevan and Two Associates Charged in Penn Central Scheme
Former Penn Central finance chairman David C. Bevan and two associates are accused of conspiring to divert more than 21 million from the railroad. District Attorney Arlen Specter says they will surrender for arraignment as Penn Central faces bankruptcy and a $66 million damages suit. Bevan, Hodge, and Lassiter are linked to schemes including an air system and a private investment club. Bevan calls the allegations incredible and seeks trial to clear his name.
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Philadelphia
Penn Central Finance
David C. Bevan
Bevan
Wall Street
Charles J. Hodge
Air Force
Albert Lassiter
Penn Central
U.S. District Court
Hodge
William R. Gerstecker
Lassiter
Beverly Hills
Calif
Hodges
Boca Raton
Fla
Dow Jones Industrial Average Surges Above 900
The Dow Jones average rose strongly with 30 industrials gaining 11.29 to 903.52 at noon. Analysts cited lower interest rates and rising consumer confidence as drivers of the rally, the last close above 900 being Oct 7, 1971.
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New York
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