Lockheed Georgia to End Logan Operations in May
Lockheed Georgia of Marietta Georgia will cease Logan plant operations in May due to Air Force cutbacks on C 5 orders and overall aerospace program reductions. 120 Logan workers will be offered an employment reverse plan as community leaders seek another plant to take over the facility.
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Lockheed-Georgia Co
Marietta, Ga
Logan
Air Force
L. O. Kitchen
Lockheed Georgia
Martinsburg
W. Va
Uniontown
Marietta
U.S. Air Force
Lockheed-Georgia
Chattanooga, Tenn
Koehring Co
Milwaukee
Koehring
Chattanooga
Lockheed
Kitchen
Soviet Vessels Refuse Escort to Adak Amid Seizure
Two Soviet factory ship Lamut and stern trawler Kolyvan refused to sail under Coast Guard escort from 91% miles off St Matthew Island after being seized for violating the U S 12 mile zone. Armed icebreaker Storis remains on scene with crews and fisheries officials detained aboard. If a warrant is issued, U S marshals may arrest the ships at Adak and pursue civil or criminal penalties including fines up to 100000 dollars and possible forfeiture of ships and gear.
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Juneau
Alaska
U.S
Bering Sea
Coast Guard
Lamut
Kolyvan
St. Matthew Island
Storis
Adak
Aleutians
U.S. Atty
Kent Edwards
Anchorage
U.S. District Court
Edwards
County School Board Elects New Officers
The Hocking County school board elected George Carter as president and Don Eggleston as vice president at its reorganizational meeting. It approved 1972 appropriations totaling 64 992 with salaries 42 698 supplies 7 300 equipment 300 and other charges and contingencies. Vernie Stahr was elected to the Pickaway-Ross Vocational School board for a Laurelville district term. Monthly meetings remain 8 p.m. on the third Monday. Ronald Hoffman earned a Laurelville bus driver certificate.
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Hocking County
Pickaway - Ross _ Vocational School board
Ronald Hoffman
Laurelville
Bond Issue Approved For New Gymnasium In Scioto Valley
In Chillicothe Ohio voters approved a 430000 bond issue to fund a new gymnasium and remodel a library building for the Scioto Valley Local School District by a 673 to 614 vote.
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Chillicothe
Earthquakes Strike Northwest New Guinea Area
Two quakes of 6.5 magnitude hit the northwest part of Australian New Guinea. Authorities reported no casualties. The epicenter was in an uninhabited zone about 80 miles west of Madang.
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Port Moresby
Colder Air Hits Central U S Again
The Associated Press reports another Arctic air push across the central United States bringing subzero temperatures from Montana to northwest Wisconsin. Readings stretched from the Continental Divide to Lake Superior and south to northern Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle as January mildness gave way to renewed cold.
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Associated Press
Continental Divide
Lake Superior
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Montana
Wisconsin
Light rain and cold wave sweep midwest and north
Light rain fell in the Hocking Valley with a 46 degree low and 49 under sun today. A forecast of cloudy warm weather with more rain threatens Thursday along the Canadian border as northern states face temperatures near 20 below zero in places. Cold-wave warnings cover North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Iowa South Dakota Wyoming and Nebraska. Light rain in Michigan's Upper Peninsula turned to snow with up to an inch of fresh snow across Montana.
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Hocking
Canadian
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Montana
Koufax Berra and Wynn elected to baseball Hall of Fame
Sandy Koufax Yogi Berra and Early Wynn advanced to baseballs Hall of Fame in the first multi election since 1955. The selection marks a historic moment for three players as the ceremony approaches and their careers are celebrated by fans nationwide. The AP report notes eligibility and the significance of this first joint election in decades.
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New York
Sandy Koufax
Yogi Berra
Early Wynn
Ohio AFSCME backs Muskie for president in city rally
Ohio officials of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees announce support for Democratic presidential hopeful Edmund S Muskie. The 11000 member union mirrors a similar Washington DC national leadership pledge.
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Columbus
Ohio
American Federation of State
Edmund S. Muskie
Washington
Market dips after two day rally as Dow slips
In New York the Dow Jones industrial average fell 6.77 to 910.45 at noon signaling a pause after a roughly 10 point rise over the prior two days. Trading was moderate as stocks sagged and the market cooled from recent gains. A farmhouse fire near the Indiana border in Celina Ohio killed a woman and three children, destroying the home.
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New York
Dow
Celina Ohio
Indiana
Small Retailers, Rentals Exempted From Controls
The Cost of Living Council announced exemptions for small retail firms with annual sales under 100000 and about 45 percent of rental units from price and rent controls.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Skylab Crew Selections Draw Criticism
Skylab selections drew fire from several science team members who say the first three man crew lacks strong scientific credentials. Commander Charles Conrad leads the first mission with Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz. Alan Bean, Owen Garriott, and Jack Lousma on the second. Gerald Carr, Edward Gibson, and William Pogue on the third.
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Joseph Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Alan L. Bean
Conrad
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Gerald P. Carr
Edward G. Gibson
William R. Pogue
US Phantom Downs MIG in Air Duel Near Hanoi
A US Navy F4 Phantom shot down a MIG21 in a blazing air duel about 170 miles north of the DMZ near Quan Lang air field. Eight Soviet built SAM missiles and antiaircraft fire hit eight American aircraft. one A7 suffered minor damage, all returned to carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin. The action marked the MIG's first downing in 20 months amid the Ho Chi Minh trail air campaign.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Robert O’brien
O'Brien
Ho Chi Minh Supply Trail
Laos
Demilitarized Zone
Enterprise
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Nixon
Indian Ocean
Pakistan
India-Pakistan
Tonkin Gulf
Vietnam
Philippines
Environmental review hike for Salt Creek Valley dam plan
More than 60 people joined a three mile Buckeye Trail hike in sub zero cold to assess the Salt Creek Valley dam project north of Londonderry Ross County. The event sponsored by Sierra Club and Buckeye Trail Association featured federal state and local officials outlining plans and potential impacts.
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Salt Creek Valley
Londonderry
Ross County
Salt Creek Narrows
Central
Job Practices Bill Faces Senate Obstruction And Filibuster
Senate opponents vow stiff resistance possibly a filibuster to a bill expanding federal enforcement of fair employment practices and extending protection to 20 million workers. Supporters expect votes to pass despite minifilibuster while House action alters path to compromise, with foes drafting amendments and some Southern senators considering antibusing provisions.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Rochelle Hudson Dies Film Star of 30s and 40s
Rochelle Hudson, brunette film star of the 1930s and 40s who later co starred in the TV series Thats My Boy, died at age 55 in Palm Desert California. Riverside County sheriff s office said she may have suffered a heart attack and an autopsy would be performed. She was found dead Monday at her Palm Desert Country Club home. She co starred with Will Rogers Fredric March and other leading men of the era.
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Palm Desert
Calif
Rochelle Hudson
Riverside County Sheriff's Office
Palm Desert Country Club
Miss Hudson
Will Rogers
Fredric March
Two Chicago Students Charged in Water Poison Plot
Two city college students, Steve Pera and Allan Schwander, were charged with conspiracy to commit murder for allegedly plotting to contaminate Chicago's drinking water with typhoid germs. The men formed an organization named RISE and planned to inoculate members to create a “master race.”
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Chicago
James J. Jardine
Cook County
Steve Pera
Evanston
Allan Schwander
Schwander
North Side
Edward V. Hanrahan
RISE
Robert J. Sulski
Jack Schmetter
Sulski
Pera
Mayfair City College
Nixon Announces Dual State of the Union Plan
President Nixon will deliver a live in person State of the Union address to Congress at 12 30 p m and a lengthy written message for every congressman. White House aides say the plan targets TV radio audiences and detailed agenda items reflecting unfinished business with an opposition Congress.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Senate House
White House
Der
Ronald L. Ziegler
Woman Loses Benefits Case in Hocking County Court
A two day trial ended with Flora B. Thompson denied workers compensation for lung damage from Goodyear plant work in 1967. Ten jurors signed the verdict in the Hocking County Common Pleas Court. A separate paternity trial is set for Monday in the same court.
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Hocking County
Common Pleas Court
Flora B. Thompson
Nelsonville
Logan Goodyear
Common Pleas
Delma Buck
Carroll
Conrad Hewlett
Church St
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