Ohio lawmakers push death penalty repeal and voting age cut
State Senator Oliver Ocasek announced resolutions to abolish capital punishment and lower the voting age to 19, both requiring constitutional amendments and voter approval. He noted prior failures but cited past momentum, while House Speaker Kurfess urged bill submissions for a productive session.
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Columbus, Ohio
Oliver Ocasek
Ocasek
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Douglas Applegate
Steubenville
William B. Nye
Summit
108Th General Assembly
House
Charles F. Kurfess
Wood
Robert G. Jones
Logan Variety Show Tryouts Set for Thursday at Westminster
Initial tryouts for the annual Logan show Away We Go run 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Westminster House of the Logan Presbyterian Church. Directed by Bob and Pat Shannon, the Feb. 22 show proceeds to the Cancer Crusade.
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Logan
Westminster House
Logan Presbyterian Church
Bob
Pat Shannon
Cancer Crusade
Quiet Vietnam day yields two skirmishes and two shellings
U S and South Vietnamese forces reported only two small skirmishes and two shellings on a day during the Paris talks lull. A Phantom jet crashed into an American artillery camp, killing two U S soldiers and a Vietnamese civilian, while two helicopters were shot down earlier in the week.
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Saigon
U.S
Paris
1St Air Cavalry Division
Mekong Delta
Tan Canh
Thanh Tri
Tan Son Nhut
Air Force
82Nd Airborne Division
South Vietnam
Two Logan youths placed on probation for railroad vandalism
Two 14 year old boys from Logan were found delinquent in Hocking County Juvenile Court for vandalism thefts and arson at C O Railroad yards. They were placed on probation and their parents ordered to pay 500 to the railroad in 25 monthly installments. Damages from October and November exceeded 2000 as teletype and telephone equipment were destroyed switches stolen and a fire started in a railroad yard building.
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Logan
Rhea Bangert Brown
Hocking County
C&o
Settlement Reached At Lancaster Glass Plant Strike Ends
Lancaster Ohio tentative contract reached after days of bargaining between Lancaster Glass Corp and the American Flint Glass Workers Union. The strike, idling about 700 workers since September 11, moves to ratification Friday with terms not disclosed.
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Lancaster, Ohio
Lancaster Glass Corp
American Flint Glass Workers Union
Wreckage After Two Trains Collide Near Ross County
About 40 freight cars derailed when opposite trains side swiped five miles east of Chillicothe Ohio. A tank car containing propane ruptured and leaked while ammonia cars were also reported leaking. Tower operator Hobart Davis was rescued after being buried in brick and twisted steel and listed in serious condition.
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Chillicothe
U.S. 35
Ross County Sheriff's Department
Sheriift
Hobart Davis
Waverly
Chillicothe Hospital
Davis
Heavy Snow Warnings In Ohio Amid Cold Snap
Central and Northwest Ohio faced four inch plus snow accumulations as Western areas saw the first flurries this afternoon. Icy roads linger in Hocking Valley where a four below zero low was recorded. schools in Starr-Washington and Nelsonville-York canceled due to ice while others remained open.
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Ohio
Northwest
Hocking Valley
Logan
Starr-Washington
Nelsonville-York
Gunman Slays 2 FBI Agents in Washington
Two FBI agents were shot to death in a southeast Washington apartment building, as police hunted a 29 year old man who had escaped from Lorton reformatory. The suspect, armed with three pistols, fled before officers entered. The agents’ identities were not released.
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Washington
FBI
District of Columbia
District Reformatory
Lorton
Demo National Chairman Resigns
Lawrence F. O'Brien resigns as Democratic National Chairman, notifying Hubert Humphrey in a letter dated last Saturday. Vice President Humphrey accepts the resignation while three leading contenders for the post emerge Sen. Fred Harris Rep. James G. O'Rourke and former North Carolina Gov. Terry Sanford are named as possible successors.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Fred Harris
James G. O'llara
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Humphrey
O'Brien
Hocking SCD Banquet Honors Essay Winners
Over 200 attend the 25th annual Hocking Soil and Water Conservation District banquet at Logan High School. Ruby Wesselhoett won senior division for "The Other Heritage" and Ken Roth won junior division for "Be Nice to Turtles" as more than 800 essays were entered.
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Hocking Soil and Water Conservation District
Logan High School
Ruby Wesselhoett
Ruby
Carl J Wesselhoett
Logan Rt. 4
Logan Junior High
Ken Roth
Turtles
Ken
Lester Rotholf Logan
Garen K. Eggleston
All Starr Washington High School
Editor W C Baggs Dies In Florida
William Calhoun Dages editor of the Miami News died in Miami Florida at age 48 He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for helping mediate preliminary talks between Hawaii and Washington as a war critic in his columns He served as a World War I bomber pilot and opposed American bombing of North Vietnam.
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Miami
Fla
William Calhoun Dages
Hawoii
Washington
Miami News
Newpaper
Johnson
North
Vietnam
Congress weighs costly school construction plan in early talks
Democratic leaders prepare a $14 billion five year school construction bill and extend antipoverty measures while promising cooperation with Nixon. Senate and House leaders push for party alternatives and study reforms as the new administration outlines its approach.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
House Education and Labor Committee
Johnson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Democratic Policy Committee
Nixon
GOP
Loase
Education and Labor
Carl D. Perkins
Hopper
Stocks Slide After Brief Tech Rally In Afternoon
In New York traders cashed in profits after a brief technical rally in the stock market. The session began with gains led by tech issues but soon faded as sellers moved to unload shares, leaving the market down from its early strength.
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New York
Judge Parker Hospitalized Amid Lewis Trial Delays
Judge Marl D Parker of Waverly is hospitalized after a light stroke while the Sterling Lewis trial and related appeals proceed. Prosecutor Forrest Moore says closing briefs were submitted and the judge requested extra information on the state's brief. Libby Lewis appeals and Sappington’s trial date remains unset.
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Marl DD. Parker
Waverly
Sterling Lewis
Docking County
Forrest Moore
Parker
Moore
Jude
Fike County
Libby
Sappington
Stocking Valley Community Hospital
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Libby Lewis
Hocking County
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Wallace Gillogly
Hocking Soil & Water Conservation District
Gillogly
Darke
Boulder
Colo
James A. Madden
Greeley
Interstate 25
Denver
Demo
Ners
Harry Armstrong
Tennyson Guyer
Findlay
Armstrong Guyer
Cooper Tire and Rubber Co
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W. C. Baggs
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