Congress Opens 1968 Session Amid Snow and Crises
The 90th Congress reopens for an election year facing war, inflation, crime, and racial unrest. A civil rights bill could trigger a filibuster while President Johnson seeks tax hikes, travel taxes, and other measures to stabilize the dollar. Treasury discussions with leaders begin as Congress eyes limiting proposals from last year.
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Henry H. Fowler
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Ohio Solons Face Showdown On Redistricting
Ohio lawmakers reconvene to tackle Congressional redistricting by Jan. 26 deadline set by federal court. Leaders aim to move a redistricting bill quickly while addressing highway funding 700 million and 265 million for capital improvements on the May ballot.
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Columbus
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Senate
Ohio Education Assoc
Quakes In Waves Kill 250 In Sicily
A series of powerful earthquakes struck western Sicily killing about 250 people and wrecking multiple towns including Gibellina and Montevago. The disaster prompted massive relief efforts as residents faced cold, homelessness, and widespread devastation across Salaparuta Poggioreale Partanna Salemi Santa Margherita di Belice Menfi and Santa Ninfa.
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Trapani
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Gibellina
Montevago
Salaparuta
Poggioreale
Partanna
Salemi
Santa Margherita di Beice
Menfi
Santa Ninfa
Viet War Action Scattered as U S Jet Shot Down
AP reports a MiG21 downed a U S Air Force F105 Thunderchief during a strike on Yen Bai airfield in North Vietnam. the pilot is missing. It marks the 786th American warplane lost in combat over North Vietnam, with Hanoi claiming three U S planes.
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Death Claims Joseph M. Brown 63
Joseph M. Brown 63 of Logan Rt 4 died at 12 45 p m Saturday in Columbus. Born July 6 1904 in Logan he served as Hocking County commissioner and on the election board. He was a lifelong Presbyterian and member of the Izaak Walton League and Fish and Game Association. Survived by wife Josephine two sons Richard Caldwell and Thomas Sandusky two daughters Mary Jo Donahue Springfield and Karen Hilton Columbus 11 grandchildren and a brother Harry Brown Logan Rt 4. Funeral Tuesday 2 p m at Roberts Funeral Home with Rev D S Dunkle. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call.
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Logan Rt
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D. S. Dunkle
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mrs. Eva Bowen Dies at 77 in Logan Ohio
Eva Bowen also listed as Eva Wright Bowen 77 of 95 S Mulberry St died at home at 1 15 p m Sunday after 18 months of ill health She was born October 2 1890 in Logan daughter of Clement and Mary Wright She survived by her husband two brothers Boyd and Wayne Wright and a sister Frieda Wright Funeral at Leonard Funeral Home Wednesday officiated by Rev John Lloyd Evans with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery Visitation Tuesday at the funeral home from 2 00 to 4 00 and 7 00 to 9 00 p m
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Eva Wright) Bowen
S. Mulberry St
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Mary Hutchison Wright
Logan
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Wayne Wright
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Leonard Funeral Home
John Lloyd Evans
Nelsonville
Oak Grove Cemetery
Moorehead Announces Candidacy for Hocking County Commissioner
Republican Jack Moorehead former Logan mayor announces bid for Hocking County commissioner in May primary. Moorehead served two mayoral terms and owns Jack's Auto Parts on FE Second St.
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Ohio Faces Heaviest Winter Snowfall With Closures
Ohio towns shovel out from up to 20 inches as schools close across rural areas and cities. Storm deaths reach at least 16, with ten heart attack fatalities linked to shoveling moistened snow. Logansport area hit hardest in Hocking County. Ohio University students arrested after a snowball clash. Power outages, collapsed warehouses, and transportation disruptions stretch across multiple states.
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Mansfield
Akron- Canton
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Athens
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Uhrichsville
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Roofs Collapse as Snow Cripples Hocking Valley Roads
A weekend storm dumped 20 inches in the Hocking Valley, closing schools in Logan and surrounding counties. Roofs and canopies collapsed under heavy, wet snow, power lines failed, and crews battled to keep main routes open as residents faced widespread outages and cautious driving conditions.
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Hocking County
Nelsonville
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