Reception for Astronauts Turns Into Love-In in New York
In a Walldorf Astoria reception, astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders signed autographs for hours as Gov. Nelson Rockefeller noted the shift from state dinner to love-in. Lovell quipped he would be left slightly incapacitated from signatures and hugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Borman, Lovell and
Anders
Nelson A. Rockefeller
James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
William A. Anders
Lovell
Earth
Mars
Kidnap Case Hears Barbara Mackle Buried Alive Details
In Miami a U S commissioner heard testimony on the Barbara Mackle case with notes about a girl buried alive and how to bail out a coffin. Gary Krist 23, an escaped convict, faced the judge as witnesses recounted the Dec 17 kidnapping and burial on a Georgia hillside.
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Miami
U.S
Gary Krist
Barbara Mackle
Krist
Barbara
Georgia
Death of Mrs Jean Parkinson Jones at 47 in Buckeye Lake
Mrs Jean Parkinson Jones 47 of Buckeye Lake formerly Logan died at 7 05 am Friday in Benjamin Franklin Hospital Columbus after two months as a patient Born April 29 1921 in Columbus she was daughter of Homer and Nellie Wilson She leaves husband Robert Jones and two sons Daniel Parkinson Nelsonville and Jodey Jones at home Funeral service 2 pm Monday Charles R Boring Funeral Home Thornville Rev Robert Pflueger officiating Burial Lutheran Reform Cemetery Thornville Friends may call after 7 tonight at the funeral home
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Jean (Parkinson) Jones
Buckeye Lake
Logan
Benjamin Franklin Hospital
Columbus
Homer
Nellie Hughes Wilson
W. Main St
Old Hocking Valley Hospital
Grace Lutheran Church
Thornville
Lancaster Glass Contract Ratified
The three month strike at Lancaster Glass Co. ends as Local 506 of the American Flint Glass Workers Union approves a contract 320 to 118 in a general membership meeting after an all night negotiating session.
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Lancaster Glass Co
American Flint Glass Workers Union
Commonwealth Splits On Rhodesia Crisis at Commonwealth Summit
London reports show Britain facing a deep rift with many Commonwealth partners over Rhodesia. African and Asian leaders fear Prime Minister Wilson may strike a deal with Rhodesian leaders, risking expulsion from a multiracial Commonwealth. Wilson keeps Fearless plan alive with conditions, pledging continued sanctions and delaying independence until Africans are ready.
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London
Britain
Rhodesia
Harold Wilson
Commonwealth
Wilson
Ian Smith
Fearless
Smith
Two Brothers Deny Calf Theft in Hocking County Court
John Joy and Roy Joy of Logan Rt. 3 plead not guilty to stealing two calves valued at 150 dollars from James Acker on Jan. 5 and are jailed on 500 dollar bond each while awaiting counsel. Calves recovered near Roy Joy home. Joy also pleads guilty to a bad check charge, with sentencing deferred pending witness Poling statement.
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John Joy
Roy Joy
Logan Rt. 3
Hocking
James Acker
James Stilwell
Paul Hartman
Harley Poling
Joy
Logan
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Stilwell
Poling
Automakers Charged With Conspiracy Over Pollution Devices
The Justice Department sued General Motors Ford Chrysler American Motors and the Automobile Manufacturers Association in Los Angeles charging they conspired to restrain trade and stall pollution control device development. The suit alleges agreements to delay devices and limit patent rights and publicity, with several dates cited for 1962 to 1967 model years.
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Washington
The
Justice Department
Big Four Automakers
Los Angeles
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
American Motors Corp
Automobile Manufacturers Association
California
Thomas C. Mann
Nixon asks Bliss to stay as Republican chair
President elect Nixon asks Ray C Bliss to remain as Republican National Committee chairman for an extended period. Bliss, 61, has led since April 1965 and favors organizational work over public speaking. Some aides favored a reshuffle or a new public spokesman role, but this plan was dropped.
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New York
Nixon
Republican National Committee
Ray C. Bliss
Bliss
National Committee
Bud Wilkinson
White House
Athens flood control work up for bids
Tenth District Congressman Clarence E. Miller announced bids for the Athens flood control project will be issued soon by the Huntington District office of the U S Army Corps of Engineers. The plan uses Hocking Conservancy District funds now and federal money later with bids opening about February 6. The project calls for clearing and excavating about five miles of the new river channel in Athens and related work.
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Clarence E. Miller
Athens
Huntington
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Chief of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
Miller
Washington
Hocking Conservancy District
Hocking CIC Financially Sound
The Hocking County Community Improvement Corporation reports solid finances after five years. For the year ended Sept 30 1968 it had cash receipts of 389591.73 with total cash available 394324.71 and expenditures 390885 leaving 3441.00 on hand. Debt payments included 283560 to Akron Savings and Loan and 54744 to SBA Farmers & Merchants Bank and Logan Federal.
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Hocking County Community Improvement Corporation
Logan ‘Trade Club
Brown - Armstrong, Associates, Certified Public Accountants
Athens
Nelsonville
Logan
Hocking Cic
Goodyear
Lockheed
CIC
Akron Savings & Loan
Federal Small Business Administration
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Logan Federal Savings & Loan
Max Davidson
Art Gas
Open House Set At Tri County Vo Tech Center
Tri County Vocational School and Technical Institute hosts an open house from 1 to 6 pm on Sunday January 26. Superintendent T C Porter says all instructors and staff will be on hand with students in workshops to demonstrate machinery and a large turnout is anticipated.
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Tri-County
Vo-Tech Center
Tri- County
Community Chest Meet Due Tuesday
Annual meeting of the Tocking County Community Chest will be held at 7:45 pm Tuesday in the Red Cross office. Officers and trustees will be elected for 1969 and a report will be given on the 1969 fundraising campaign.
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Tocking County
Democrats Launch Two Step Attack on Taft Hartley
House Democrats press a dual plan to repeal Taft Hartley section 14B and amend section 1B to undo its protections while advancing bills to aid farm worker organizing and ease secondary boycotts on construction sites. The move follows past heavy resistance and unsettled union dynamics led by AFL CIO president George Meany.
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Washington
House
Congress
Meany & Co
George Meany
Afl-Cio
U.S. Squad Overrun in Mekong Delta
An American squad of nine GIs and two Tiger Scouts was overrun in the Mekong Delta. Six Americans and one Scout were killed, the rest wounded, after radioing a distress call near 30 miles southwest of Saigon. The battle came amid a heavy overnight spike in rocket and mortar attacks on airfields, camps, and towns.
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Saigon
Mekong
9Th Infantry Division
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Paris
Binh Thuy
Delta
Can Tho
My Tho
Weather Record: Sunny Skies Amid Continued Cold
Mostly sunny and continued cold weather is forecast for the Blocking Valley tonight and Sunday with a low around zero to above. Overnight low logged at 1 degree and today’s morning reading near 3 above. Friday’s high reached 20.
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D Nan
Brandeis Protest Persists After Faculty Vote
Negro militants at Brandeis University in Waltham mass kept up a building seizure as 158 to 7 faculty vote rejected demand for an Afro American studies department. Sixty five students held a campus building containing the switchboard and a $200000 computer into a fourth day.
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Brandeis University
Swarthmore College
U.S
Brandeis
Waltham
Mass
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Queens
Tel Aviv
Jordan River
Ktes
Cape Kennedy, Fla
Navy
Lancaster Glass
South Africa
New
Hocking Cic Financially Sound
Senate
Meany
Johnson
John Conyers
D-Mich
Detroit
Mea
Phillip Burton
Education and Labor Committee
Labor
Burton
New Jersey
Frank Thompson, Jr
Labor Committee
WSL Supreme Court
Dwight Dobisenhower
Itin Od
Barry Goldwater
ReAlia
May
Mekong Delta
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