Bitter Cold Envelops Ohio With Snow in Cleveland
Harsh wintry weather swept into Ohio dumping more than three inches of snow in Cleveland and plunging temperatures below zero in the northwestern region. Toledo logged four below zero as wind chills and traffic delays plagued Interstates and city streets.
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Frigid Air Grips Valley After Storm
Frigid air moved into the Hocking Valley after a rainstorm changed to snow Thursday evening. Temperatures fell from 70 at noon to 12 by 7 am with lows near zero expected tonight. State crews treated routes overnight. roads were cleared by 11 am with a sunny 21 degrees. Clouds and colder conditions return with lows zero to 10 above and a high not above 15 Saturday amid possible snow flurries.
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Solicitor and Auditor Pay Corrected After City Action
The city solicitor Edwin Johnston will earn 5160 dollars annually and auditor Virginia Gano 6300 dollars after City Council amended Ordinance No. 56. The changes follow a closed session after the original passage and a veto override by the council, with Mayor Merril Haney seeking a court injunction to halt the increases.
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Nixon orders further Vietnam pullout likely to end war
President Nixon announces February through April withdrawals totaling 70,000, with 69,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam by May 1 and another pullout likely by mid April to leave 25,000 to 35,000 in country as the war shifts to an advisory role and MACV downgraded. Remaining prisoners keep a residual force to bargain for release.
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Reds Move Missile Nests Closer To Viet Border
North Vietnam moved mobile surface to air missiles near the DMZ in Indochina prompting two fresh aerial exchanges. An F105 escorted Navy bombers fired on a SAM site three miles north of the DMZ and an OV10 plane dodged a missile while directing strikes on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Ground fighting across central highlands to the Mekong Delta produced 110 enemy attacks in four days, with nine militia killed in Kien Hoa.
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Kennedy Declines Delegate Role for Democratic Convention
Senator Edward M. Kennedy says he will not head Massachusetts delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Miami but will stay active during the convention period. He filed an affidavit to withdraw his name from the Massachusetts primary ballot and emphasized his ongoing political activity in coming weeks. In Florida, George Wallace pressed his campaign while Hubert Humphrey sought to build support before the March 14 contest.
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Natural Gas Restrictions Under Study in Ohio
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio studies further natural gas sales limits to protect current shortages for residential users. Columbia Gas and Ohio Valley Gas seek to restrict new sales to residential customers, while current new commercial sales cap at 2,000 cubic feet per hour. A spokesman notes restrictions in effect since April 1970.
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Hospital Fund Drive Exceeds Twenty Five Thousand Dollars
Barton A. Hall reports the Hocking Valley Community Hospital relief fund has surpassed its initial goal with 25206.18 dollars raised to reduce old debts. He notes additional pledges are expected and the campaign will remain open at least through month end.
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Ohio House Rejects State Pay Raise Amid Redistricting Fight
In Columbus the Ohio House defeated a 10 percent across the board pay raise for state employees with an emergency clause battle over a redistricting plan. Speaker Charles Kurfess cited a 53 37 vote against and 66 needed. Debates touched on Dem-backed emergency clause and district changes between Portage and Summit counties.
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Cost of living proposal eyed for low wage exempt status
The Cost of Living Council proposes exempting workers earning under 1.90 per hour from wage controls as the Pay Board says it may need more information. The board approved wage freeze procedures allowing retroactive pay for raises already lost unless blocked by the board.
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Stock market gains in midmorning trading in New York
New York stock prices strengthened after a soft opening as trading remained fairly active. The Dow Jones industrial average rose to 905.48 at noon, up .30 points.
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Drug Education Series Off To Successful Start
Fifty-two people attended the first of ten weekly sessions on drug education at Hocking Valley Community Hospital. John Yates spoke on Why Drugs, noting there is no single cure rate and only three percent of addicts succeed on their own.
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Fire destroys Mohler's Motel on Hunter Street
A early morning blaze gutted Mohler's Motel at 821 W Hunter St. Three men Charles Roper Jerry Davis Jr and William Gardner were hospitalized with lacerations and smoke inhalation. Twelve guests were in residence as fire crews of sixteen extinguished the flames by 6 43 a m. The force indicated the fire started in the lobby and spread upward while investigators determine cause and damage.
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Home Tavern Liquor Permit Transfer Sought
The Ohio Department of Liquor Control processes an application to transfer two permits for Home Tavern at 363 Gallagher Ave. from Margaret Morehouse to Robert E. Campbell. The D-1 on premise and carry-out permit and the D-2 high powered beer and wine permit are affected.
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Discrimination Going To Dogs
In Santa Cruz California a protest by women’s rights activists targeted a city tax on female dogs. The council exempted women dogs with a veterinarian note proving they are past the change of life, reducing the license from ten to five dollars, matching male dogs.
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