Airport funding debated as 141000 bid eyed
Hocking County officials discussed Engle Construction Co. bid of 141,880.22 for a new 4,000 by 75 foot east west runway with lighting and hangars extra. Authority chair Ned Cochran warned the county lacks funds. lighting could cost about 12,000 and total needs may reach 48,000 plus engineering. Local industry pledges were informal and a county vote would require ownership of the airport.
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Airport Authority
Ned Cochran
Hocking County Airport Authority
Cochran
Howard Blum
Engle Construction Co
Engle
Tom van Duren
Blum
Thority
Logan Trade Club
Howard Earnhart
Pick Gorton To Succeed Harold Holt
John Grey Gorton was elected leader of the Liberal party and expected to become Australia’s next prime minister after Harold Holt’s disappearance. He faces no major shift in foreign policy, including Australia’s Vietnam War stance and alignment with the United States.
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Canberra
Australia
John Grey Gorton
Liberal Party
Gorton
Harold E. Holt
John McEwen
McEwen
Country Party
Liberal-Country Party
U.S
Ambrose Hotel to Seek Roof Repair After Fire
Heat, electricity and water service are back in the Ambrose Hotel after a Saturday morning blaze. Hotel owners Mr. and Mrs. Warner Lehman say a temporary roof will be built on the damaged section once the insurance adjusters issue a final report and promise swift action.
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Ambrose
Warner Lehman
Lehmans
Lehman
Viet Battle Kills 17 Americans in Saigon Area
A 10 hour battle south of Saigon left 17 U S infantrymen dead and 27 wounded as American reinforcements arrived to help hold a Communist assault. In other fronts, U S forces reported 38 North Vietnamese killed and 3 American deaths in the 196th Brigade action.
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Saigon
U.S
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
9Th Division
U.S. 196Th Light Infantry Brigade
North Vietnam
Red River
Cat Bi
Fake Bomb Investigation Shuts Lancaster Selective Service Office
Postal authorities and Lancaster police cooperate on an investigation of a fake bomb found in a package delivered Monday afternoon to the Selective Service office in Lancaster Ohio.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Office of Selective Service
Ohio to Begin Work on New $25 Million Prison
Scioto County Lucasville site slated for a new maximum security prison to replace the Ohio Penitentiary. Construction could start around June 1, officials said.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Lucasville
Scioto County
Local Tax Changes Proposed In Study
Ohio residents face tax proposals amid a study of changes as weather fronts bring snow across the region. The article notes warmer temperatures in the northeast and ongoing cold snaps with accumulations up to six inches in Ohio, including Cleveland and Akron Canton areas. Schools closed previously due to extreme cold reopened as conditions improve.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Akron - Canton Area
Toledo
Mansfield
Zanesville
Hocking
Thirteen Die In Brooklyn Tenement Blaze
A fire in a ground floor paper carton shop ignited a Brooklyn tenement, trapping residents in 2 degree cold. Firefighters retrieved 13 bodies, including nine children and four adults, as 195 firefighters battled the blaze for hours, rescuing others amid icy conditions.
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New York
Brooklyn
Ralph Sorrentino
Greenpoint Hospital
Arctic cold freezes Northeast as snow blankets Ohio Valley
Snowfalls spread from Lake Erie to the Ohio River while a bone chilling Arctic wave grips the Northeast and parts of the South. Record lows vanish as Albany Massena Scranton and New York City report their coldest dates in years. New England schools close and city heat and transit are disrupted.
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Findlay
Lake Erie
Ohio River
New England
Watertown
Massena
New York
Albany
N.Y
Scranton
New York City
Seaboard
Dick Gerken Seeks Hocking County Prosecutor Nomination
Dick Gerken, of Logan Route 4, announces as a Republican candidate for Hocking County prosecuting attorney in the May primary. A longtime attorney, he was admitted to the bar in 1941 and has served as city solicitor and acting county judge. He and his wife Anna have four children, with Jeff at Harvard and Charles and Tom in Logan High.
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Richard Gerken
Logan Rt. 4
Hocking County
Gerken
Forrest Moore
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Franklin University
Capital University
Attorney Generals’ Association
New York Central
Cleveland
Logan
Marietta
Anna
Jeff
Harvard
Charles
Tom
Melinda
New-Style Budget May Reach 190 Billion Mark
Washington AP reports the new style budget plan to Congress late this month may reach or exceed 190 billion dollars with higher Vietnam war and domestic program spending. The administration says totals will stay below 200 billion for the next fiscal year starting July 1, as social security highways and unemployment compensation are included in the unified budget.
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Washington
Congress
Ure
Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Salons May Get Quiet Pay Hikes
Congress considers automatic salary increases for members every four years via a nine member commission appointed in July. The plan would set pay raises for Congress and top federal officials and would proceed if not rejected within 30 days. The commission would also set judiciary and Cabinet pay scales. Debate centered on accountability versus outsourcing raises to outsiders.
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Washington
Congress
House
Commission
House Senate
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Heart Patient Kasperak Remains On Critical List
STANFORD Calif AP Mike Kasperak 54 underwent a heart transplant Saturday night but slipped into critical condition Monday due to bleeding from the stomach and intestines linked to pre existing liver disease. He also shows kidney and lung complications though heart function remains workable.
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Kasperak
Stanford
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Norman E. Shumway
Stanford Medical School
United States
South Africa
Library Board Re-Elects All Officers
Logan-Hocking County district library board re-elected all officers for 1968. Officers are J. Grant Smith president, Mrs. Ralph Poston vice president, Miss Sarah Holmes secretary, and C. H. St. Clair treasurer-clerk. December circulation rose at the main library and bookmobile, 1967 totals up from 1966, with staffuster Dick Gerken James Stewart and St. Clair named to draft the 1968 budget. Librarian Jack Stephens ill in Columbus slowly improving.
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Logan - Hocking County
Dick Gerken
James Stewart
St. Clair
Jack Stephens
Doctors Hospital
Columbus
New Six Cent Stamps Ready for Public Sale
Logan post office officials announced new six cent stamps are now available in sheets. No books have been received to date. One cent stamps are also available for those who have a supply of five cents on hand.
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Logan
Sealy Panel Avoids Stand On Revision
Columbus Ohio AP Rep Albert H Sealy Jr chairman of the House Select Committee on Tax Revision released a Battelle study showing a statewide personal income tax possible via a county revenue scheme. The plan would replace local distributions with a state formula and include a 7 percent county tax on business net income and a 1 percent mandatory tax on adjusted gross personal income with credits for municipal taxes. Sealy said the report takes no stance on merits.
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Columbus, Ohio
Battelle Memorial Institute of Columbus
Albert H. Sealy Jr
House
Select Committee On
Ohio
Dayton Republican
Sealy
Ferry Service Set At Kanauga
The Public Service Commission approved Ohio Valley Towing to run a 24 hour ferry between Point Pleasant West Virginia and Kanauga Ohio for passengers and vehicles. No start date was announced.
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Charleston
W. Va
Point Pleasant
Kanauga
Ohio
Ohio River
Public Service Commission
Ohio Valley Towing, Inc
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Blaiberg
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