Nixon halts Florida canal project after $50 million spent
President Nixon ordered the Corps to abandon the 107 mile Florida shipping canal cutting through the Oklawaha Valley amid ecological concerns. About 26 miles were completed with roughly $50 million spent of an estimated $180 million cost, while environmental groups vow continued litigation for precedent.
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Mayport
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U.S. District Court
Environmental Defense Fund
Florida Defenders of the Environment
William Partington
Florida Group
Mills Jury Is Seated for Mills Murder Trial
A 12 member jury plus two alternates were seated for the Oliver Mills trial in McArthur over the shotgun slaying of Vin ton Sheriff Harold Steele last August. The panel visited the crime scene with Judge Robert Tague cautioning it not be evidence. Opening statements begin Thursday.
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Oliver Mills
Vinton
Harold Steele
Robert Tague
Mills
Stanley Markins
Radcliff
Richard Sizemore
Willard Peck
Tague
Four Day Week Proposed In Chrysler UAW Talks
Chrysler Corp and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative contract for 110000 workers and agreed to form a six member panel to discuss a four day work week 40 hours over four days with three off.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers
Union and Company
Mrs Betty Hogan Dies At Age 84 In Murray City
Mrs Betty Hogan 84 of Murray City widow of John Hogan died Tuesday in Homestead nursing home Lancaster after weeks as patient. Survived by two brothers and four sisters, funeral Saturday at St Philip Neri Church Nelsonville with burial Beech Grove Cemetery Pomeroy. Logan Women of the Moose to hold memorial service at lodge Thursday then go to Nelsonville funeral home.
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Murray City
John Hogan
Homestead
Lancaster
Hogan’s Restaurant
Kathryn Campbell Shuttleworth
Charles
Porter Shuttleworth
Orlando
Fla
Jennie Collins
Margaret Burton
Athens
Anna Andus
Barberton
Hazel Hayes
Syracuse
St. Philip Neri
Frank Baudo
Beech Grove
Pomeroy
Johnson Funeral Home
Nelsonville
Logan Women of the Moose
Lodge
Hogan
Scientists See Water in Moon Rocks
In San Diego a group of scientists led by Dr. Albert F. E. Engel of Scripps Institution of Oceanography report possible lunar water trapped in rocks. Dr. Harold Urey and Dr. Gustaf Arrhenius back the view, noting dense regions and hydrous minerals in Apollo samples suggest underground water may exist on the moon.
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Albert FE. J. Engel
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Harold Urey
Indi
Cates
Moon
Gustaf Arrhenius
Ile
Deep South Hit by Severe Freeze Across Broad Area
An arctic cold snap blanketed the Deep South and much of the nation. Temperatures fell to teens from Virginia to Georgia while frost lit northern areas and Miami saw upper 30s. Atlanta stayed below freezing with snow flurries near Brunswick, Georgia.
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Mississippi Valley
Atlantic
Virginias
Georgia
Atlanta
Brunswick
Florida Line
Ohio Weather Outlook Points to Rain Thursday
The Hocking Valley warms from 16 to 22 degrees with a low tonight in the upper teens to lower 20s. A warmup continues Thursday with highs in the 30s to near 40s and a chance of rain across central and southern Ohio, while northern areas may see snow Thursday.
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Iowa
New England
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Oregon
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Yuma
Ariz
Ohio
Atlantic Coast
Anderson Tops Devine for House GOP Conference Chair
In Washington Rep. John B. Anderson of Illinois defeated Ohio’s Rep. Samuel L. Devine 89 to 81 to win re election as House Republican Conference chairman. The vote followed a conservative challenge within the GOP to unseat Anderson and shape leadership for 1973.
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Devine
Washington
John B. Anderson
Illinois
House Republican
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Samuel L. Devine
House
Albert
John Conyers Jr
Michigan
Conyers
Mississippi
Rules Committee
William M. Colmer
Democratic Party of
Dr William Sharp Dies at Nelsonville
Dr William T Sharp 62 a stall physician at the Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital Nelsonville died unexpectedly last night after a heart attack He was born in Kimberly West Virginia served as WWII flight surgeon and headed Salisbury NC VA hospital staff He leaves wife Lucile Dome three sons Dan W C and David a daughter Susan Coker a brother Edward and five grandchildren Funeral at Nelsonville Presbyterian Church burial Green lawn Cemetery with visitation at Johnson Funeral Home and Heart Fund tribute requested
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Nelsonville
Kimberly
W. Va
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Cora Blake Sharp
Nelsonville High School
Ohio State University
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Veterans Administration Hospital
Salisbury
N.C
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Nelsonville Presbyterian Church
Scioto Masonic Lodge
Chillicothe
Chillicothe Commandery
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Aladdin Temple of Columbus
Athens County Shrine Club
Lucile Dome
Dan
Waukegan
Ill
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Cincinnati
David
Chapel Hill
Susan Coker
Richmond
Edward
John Lloyd Evans
Greenlawn Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
Heart Fund
U S Cobra Gunships Aid Cambodian Offensive
Cambodian and South Vietnamese forces report heavy fighting in Cambodia with 119 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed at three points. U S Cobra helicopter gunships bombard positions as Marines land to push north of the Pich Nil pass while U S aircraft provide support from 7th Fleet ships.
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Cambodia
Pich Nil Pass
Phnom Penh
Associated Press
Ghislain Bellorget
Holger Jensen
Washington
Nixon
U.S
7Th Fleet
Jerry W. Friedheim
Defense Department
South Vietnam
Appointments Urged For Kachelmacher Clinic
Due to high demand, physicians at the Kachelmacher Memorial varicose veins clinic at Hocking Valley Community Hospital request appointment visits to ensure thorough examinations. The next clinic starts Friday at 10 a.m. Thirty five patients were seen in earlier sessions. call 385-5631 for appointments with Mrs. Lucille Blanton or Mrs. Nadine Hampson.
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Kachelmacher
Nils L. C. Rachelmacher
Lucille Blanton
Nadine Hampson
Lawmakers consider welfare abortion payments and broader crime probes
Ohio State Rep. John Galbraith proposes a bill to pay welfare mothers up to 300 for legal abortions arguing cost recoupment within three years. He also sponsors bills to legalize abortion while Rep. Alan Norris calls for an organized crime probe. Senate bills address urban open space and funding for land projects.
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Ohio
John Galbraith
Ohio House
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Galbraith
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Alan KE. Norris
K-59
Westerville
William J. Brown
Senate
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Attorney General
Ralph S. Regula
Navarre
Paul Matia
Lakewood
M. Morris Jackson
Cleveland
Ohio Workers Training Committee
Stock Market Holds Steady Amid Heavy Trading
New York shares traded with heavy volume and the averages remained virtually unchanged as the market paused in the after noon session AP reports.
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