Ohio Senate Debates City Income Tax Increase on First Day
On opening day in Columbus the Ohio Senate introduced a bill to raise city income taxes from 1 to 2 percent with a majority vote approval for higher tiers and a 55 percent margin to expand beyond 1 percent. Other measures include TB testing for school staff, protections against unsolicited merchandise, and limits on train crossing delays.
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Senate
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio General Assembly
John H. Weeks
Cleveland
Weeks
Albert H. Sealy Jr
Dayton
House
108Th General Assembly
Bills Would Reform Ohio Election Laws
Nine reform bills heading to the Ohio House seek broader voter eligibility by easing registration rules for students and movers. Proposals include mandatory statewide registration by 1972, voting location choices for students, early registration, branch offices, strict voting witness rules, early results posting, and five year disabled voter certificates.
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Ohio
House
Senate
Ohio House State Government Committee
Ted W. Brown
Lloyd George Kerns
Peoria
Brown
U.S. Supreme Court
George C. Wallace
County Boards of Elections
Board of Elections
U.S
New Prosecutor Chooses Logan Federal Office
R Ned Cochran the newly elected Hocking County prosecutor will keep his office in the Logan Federal building and run a private practice with Don Patterson. Mrs Cochran will serve as clerk and secretary. The court set 6800 dollars as the 1969 budget for assistants clerks and stenographers in his office.
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R. Ned Cochran
Hocking County
Logan Federal Building
Air Force UFO Study Finds No Evidence Of Extraterrestrial Ships
A two year Air Force funded study led by Dr. Edward Condon reports no scientific proof that flying saucers are visitors from another world though it does not deny life beyond Earth. The 1000 page report was given to a National Academy of Sciences panel for appraisal with release planned this Friday.
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Washington
Associated Press
Air Force
Edward A. Condon
University of Colorado
National Academy of Sciences
Academy Committee
Condon
U.S. National Bureau of Standards
Prime Rate Rises to 7 Percent at Major Bank
New York bank First National City Bank announces a 7 percent prime rate up from 6 4 percent, signaling higher borrowing costs for individuals as the stock market moves lower on the news.
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NEW York
First National City Bank of New York
U S Troops Narrow Red Force in Mekong Delta Clash
In the Mekong Delta a 600 strong U S task force attacked a Viet Cong company of about 100 to 130 men, claiming 48 enemy killed while eight Americans died and 11 were wounded. Helicopters and flares aided the operation as the Viet Cong slipped away before dawn. In Saigon a suspect was arrested in Education Minister Le Minh Tri’s assassination, with police guarding cabinet ministers thereafter.
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Saigon
Mekong
U.S
Delta
U.S. 9Th Division
9Th Division
Mekong River
le Minh Tri
Tri
Premier Yafi of Lebanon to quit post
Premier Abdullah Yafi submitted his resignation amid criticism over the Bei rut international airport raid. A government spokesman said President Helou had not yet accepted it, while Beirut papers floated a national coalition and a possible successor Rashid Karami with a tougher stance toward Israel.
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Yafi
Lebanon
Abdullah Yafi
Beirut International
Charles Helou
Beirut
Rashid Karami
Camille Chamoun
U.S
Israel
Saigon Reaches Peace Plan Denied by Ky
Saigon denies Ky authored a three part peace plan for Vietnam though he says the idea is under study by the Thieu government. Paris talks would involve US South Vietnam and North Vietnam in military questions while Saigon and Hanoi meet perhaps on a neutral ship. NLF would meet in South Vietnam to discuss political and security issues, a move Hanoi and the NLF would oppose.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Paris
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
South Vietnam
National Security Council
United States
Hanoi
North
National Liberation Front
Johnson
NLF
NLEF
House Votes To Double Nixon Salary
The House approved doubling Nixon's presidential pay to 200000 a year plus a 50000 expense allowance and a 40000 travel allotment. The measure, passing by voice vote with one dissent, must clear the Senate and be signed before Nixon is sworn in.
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Washington
House
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Senate
George Washington
Harry S Truman
Nixon
Frederick R. Kappel
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Kappel
Congress
H R. Gross
Iowa
Electoral reform hopes rise after electoral vote clash
Washington lawmakers push for changes after a maverick elector's defection fails. Senate Minority Leader Dirksen and supporters claim electoral reform is inevitable in the 91st Congress, while Muskie remains cautiously optimistic as O’Hara plans a constitutional amendment backing direct presidential elections.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
House
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
James G Olara
D-Mich
O'Hara
Lloyd W Bailey
Rocky Mount
N.C
George Wallace
Nixon
First 1969 Hocking County traffic fatality reported
Winter storm delivers icy roads and fresh snow across the Valley where Murray City resident John Patrick Poppery 56 died in an auto truck collision near the Hocking Athens line. Tractor trailer driver William F. Tyo 25 cited for speed under conditions.
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Hocking County
John Patrick Poppery
Murray City
Hocking
Athens County
State Highway Patrol
William F. Tyo
Zanesville
Tye
Poppezy
Joseph and
Velma Poppezy
John'’s
Hocking St
Nelsonville
Murray City Eagles Aerie 144
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church
Gladys
Joe
Cleveland
Frank
Novelty, O
Wthel Powers
Ashley
St. Philip Neri Church
George Marzlut
Greenlawn
Johnson
Floyd Disbennett
Lovwan Rt 3
Locking Valley Community Hospital
W. Hunter St
Lambert's Food Center
Tlh
Locking Sheriff’s Department
Mohler
Sheriff's Department
Richard H. Hand
Logan Rt. 3
Goodyear
Rt. 33
Violet I. Staten
Athens Rt. 2
Richard H. Wolford
Columbus
Bad Weather Rolls Through Northeast and Northwest
Winter storms scatter rain and snow across the Northeast and Pacific Northwest. A new arctic blast pushes into the Plains and Midwest. Snow blankets regions from Michigan to New York and into the central Appalachians.
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Maine
Virginias
North Carolina
New York
New England
Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Rockies
Montana
Iollaho
Plains
Midwest
Iowa
Fargo
Atlanta
Northeast
Pacific Northwest
Michigan
Appala
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John P. Popoczy
Hocking Valley
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Mercury
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