City and County Officials Attend Phone Rate Hike Hearing
Seven witnesses testified as the Public Utilities Commission opened hearings on General Telephone Co. of Ohio’s $9 million rate request. City officials objected noting unjustified increases and lack of study time. a 30 day extension was granted to file a decision.
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Witneses
Public Utilities Commission
General Telephone Co
Ohio
Chris Veidt
Hocking County
Edwin
Hull
General Telephone
Congress Urged to Approve Public Works Grants
Washington AP Congress seeks 950 million in federal grants for public works in areas with 8.75 percent unemployment or higher. The bill would fund 80 percent of project costs for permanent facilities and favor labor-heavy projects. Rep. John J. McFall leads House effort with 150 signees. Senate sponsor Sen. Jennings Randolph.
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Washington
Congress
John J. McFall
D-Calif
House
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Public Works Fund
Rep
Harold T. Johnson
Dcalif
Nixon
Deep South Still Shivers In Frosty Cold
Deep South cold spell continues with temperatures in the 20s as far south as central Florida. Day tona Beach records 27 while Key West posts 49. Ohio reports a moderating trend with 22 to 29 in early morning readings and a chance of rain as a front reaches the state.
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Deep South
Florida
Daytona Beach
Dickinson
N.D
Mercury
Key West
Seaboard
Miami
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio-Pennsylvania
City approves traffic light plan contract with state highway department
Contract signed today by Service Director James Parkinson authorizes detailed traffic light plans with the state highway department. James Guthrie will serve as consultant, funded by State Issue I, with a $71,000 grant and any shortfall covered by the city.
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James Parkinson
State Highway Department
James Guthrie
Parkinson
Howard Gifford
Division 10
Marietta
Guthrie
J. Phillip Richley
Arabs Bomb Meron Settlement in Israel Deep raid reported
Arab guerrillas from Lebanon set off two bombs beside a house in Meron six miles from the border. An army unit found three more bombs and disarmed them. Israeli raids across the Lebanon border followed as Egypt urged the U.N. to push a firmer peace process.
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Tel Aviv
Lebanon
Meron
Israel
Egypt
U.N
U.N. Security Council
Council
Mohammed H. el- Zayyat
Security Council
Golda Meir
Gunnar VY. Jarring
Jerusalem
Middle East
Fickel Loomis Re-Elected Logan Federal Directors
Fickel and Loomis were re-elected to three year terms as directors at Logan Federal Savings and Loan Association. Other directors named were Weltner Later Hankison. The report showed deposits rose by over 2 million in 1970 and total assets near 20 million. A memorial noted the late Walter A. Leonard who served 82 years as a director and died last July 7.
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Bince Fickel
Roy R. Loomis
Logan Federal Savings & Loan Association
W. Denzil Weltner
Earl D. Later
Rudolph Hankison
Fickel
Weltner
David Lovett
Geneva Nunester
Margaret Sparnow
Walter J. Palsley
Lovett
Logan Federal
Athens
Hope Spencer
Karolyn Gordon
Madelyn Redd
Sandy Conner
Carol Hilton
Logan
Walter A. Leonard
Tax Reform Hearings Signal Shifts in Ohio Revenue Plans
Ohio lawmakers heard nine witnesses on tax reform including Warren Smith of the AFL-CIO who urged new taxes on corporate income and lower elderly real estate taxes. They argued wage earners shoulder the burden while tax reform could be a stopgap. Governor Gilligan signaled support for shifting taxes toward personal income and questioned local rate increases. He spoke in Cleveland on industrial growth and a systematic approach to development while notingOhio lags behind peers.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Citizens Task Force On
Organized Labor
Warren Smith
Ohio Afl-Cio
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
John C. Mahaney Jr
Ohio State Council of Retail Merchants
Cleveland
Greater
Crowds pack Conley's half price clearance on Logan Main
Huge turnout at Conley's on Logan's Main Street for a half price clearance sale. Shoppers began queuing more than an hour before opening, forcing limited entry as hundreds jammed the store beyond capacity throughout the day.
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Logan
Conley
Logan Daily News
Stocks Steady Higher At Noon In Moderate Trading
New York stock prices moved ahead in a moderate session with the Dow up 2.05 at 852.00 and the AP 60 stock average rising 0.7 to 298.4. NYSE advances led decliners by about 3 to 2 at noontime.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Dr Walter Howe Dies At Nelsonville
Dr Walter Howe of 200 W Washington St Nelsonville was found dead Wednesday night from an apparent heart attack. Funeral arrangements are being completed by Warren Funeral Home Nelsonville.
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Walter FE. Howe
Washington St
Nelsonville
Warren Funeral Home
British Strikers May Get Foreign Support
London AP reports foreign unions may back British postal workers as a day-old walkout enters a stalemate. The cabinet refused intervention as mail and cable services halted and phone lines largely stayed on automatic systems.
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London
Britain
Post Office
Cabnet
Republic Steel hikes steel plate price by sixty cents per cwt
Republic Steel Corp announces a 60 cent per hundredweight price increase for steel plate effective March 1. The firm notes the rise mirrors moves by other producers and clarifies it does not produce structural steels sheet piling or floor plate.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Republic Steel Corp
Republic
Bronco Billy Anderson Dies at 88 in Hollywood
Hollywood mourns Gil bert M. Bronco Billy Anderson age 88 known as the father of Westerns. He starred in The Great Train Robbery in 1903 and led, wrote, directed or starred in about 400 horse operas in a five year burst. He received an honorary Oscar in 1958 for pioneering film work.
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Hollywood
Gilbert M. Bronco
Billy’ Anderson
Anderson
Orwig Named As Republican Central Committee Chairman
Charles Orwig was elected chairman of the docking County Republican central committee during a meeting at the Ohio Power Co. auditorium. Tom Grey was named vice chairman and Clarence Blosser led the county executive committee with 23 members and several officeholders present. Kathleen Patton was named central committee member for Marion Township. The group set filing rules for the February 3 primary and scheduled another meeting for January 26 at 7 50 pm at the Ohio Power Co. office.
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Charles Orwig
Docking County
Republican Central Committee
Ohio Power Co
Tom Grey
Clarence Blosser
Kathleen Patton
Marion Twp
Harry Mundy
Blosser
Nixon Prefaces State of Union With Call for Change
President Nixon told his Cabinet that the country needs a change in government due to perceived inefficiency. He outlined a budget and program for the coming year and urged an imaginative approach to govern for another century, signaling plans for 1972.
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Washington
New Left
Nixon
Byrd Wins as Senate Democratic Whip in Surprise Vote
The 92nd Congress opens with Edward M. Kennedy ousted as party whip. Robert C. Byrd, conservative from West Virginia, elected whip in a 31 to 24 secret ballot, defeating Kennedy who had held the post for two years.
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Washington
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Nixon
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Ile
Kennedy
Nixon preps State of the Union with new revenue sharing push
President Nixon plans a revolutionary approach to government and will outline his 1971 program in the State of the Union address to Congress on Friday. After a White House staff meeting, Ziegler said the plan includes a bold expansion of revenue sharing with state and local governments, potentially directing as much as 50 billion dollars annually if enacted.
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Nixon
White House
Republican Party
Ziegler
Congress
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