Laurel Township seeks transfer of most of district to Logan
Petitions with at least 55 percent of voters signatures request moving Laurel Township from West Hocking to Logan City School District. Areas excluded align with a Laurelville district petition, while defenders cite keeping Gibisonville eight grades and bus timing concerns for high school pupils.
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Laurel Township
Logan
Laurel
West Hocking
Logan City
James Frey
Melvin Meyer
Rockbridge
Richard C. Gerken
Meyer
Frey
Laurelville
Gerken
Laurel Two
McKinley Hansen
Gibisonville
Laurelville High School
Gibsonville
Kennedy and Johnson Lead Democratic Presidential Peek
Senate hopefuls Kennedy and Johnson appear to top the field as Democratic contenders present their wares at a Washington dinner. Humphrey and Symington also seek the nomination, with party leaders split over the best ticket to face Nixon in November. Gov Brown says the convention will not draft a candidate, hinting Stevenson and Brown are not favored.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Kennedy
Johnson
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Humphrey
Symington
Democratic National Committee
Richard M. Nixon
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Calif
Edmund G. Brown
Adlai Stevenson
Milk Farmers Form Giant Co op in Great Lakes Region
Organized dairy farmers in Cleveland Akron and Canton markets join to form the Great Lakes Milk Marketing Federation. Five co op members in Ohio Michigan and Indiana are chartered with about twenty thousand dairy farmers in the federation.
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Cleveland
Akron
Canton
Great Lakes
Lake Logan Freezes Caution Advised For Skaters
Lake Logan has frozen over for the first time this winter but authorities warn the ice is still thin. Skaters are urged to wait a few more days for the ice to thicken before using the lake. Ice skating has grown popular here in recent winters.
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Lake Logan
Postal Aides Probe Bond Chain Letter Scheme
Postal inspectors check Franklin Ohio post office for violations of mailing rules tied to a government bond chain letter. Reports say several hundred residents in Franklin Middletown and nearby areas joined a system where entrants invest $75 to gain more if the chain stays unbroken. Some attempted replacements with money orders followed a Federal Reserve notice discouraging bond sales for such schemes.
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Franklin, Ohio
Warren County
Federal Reserve Bank
Franklin
Middletown
West Virginia
Lockbourne Cited in 1959 SAC Accident-Free Record
Lockbourne Air Force Base in Columbus Ohio was named among 17 Strategic Air Command bases with an accident free record for 1959 in an SAC announcement Friday.
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Omaha
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Columbus
Ohio
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Strike Delays Bethlehem Shipyard National Build
Bethlehem Steel shipbuilders walk out delaying a billion dollars of ship construction including three nuclear powered vessels. About 17 000 workers across nine plants are affected with skeleton crews in some areas and key ships halted in Quincy Hoboken and West Milton. Union disputes include seniority and call in pay while wage talks pause.
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Quincy, Mass
Bethlehem Steel Co
Bethlehem
Hoboken
N.J
West Milton
N.Y
Quincy
Local 5
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilders
East
Boston
Mass
Sparrows Point
Key Highway
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Long Beach
Bainbridge
Luce
Springfield
Bethlehm Yard
Lausche Opposes 35-Cent Lunch Coin Say Students
Seventh and eighth graders at Mary Ann School Newark Ohio urged Sen Frank Lausche to mint a 35 cent lunch coin. He replied that it could set a precedent for varied school lunch prices and that life is a challenge.
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Lausche
Hope Rises As Fresh Air Reaches 406 Miners
Rescue teams in Coalbrook South Africa push to reach 406 trapped miners after rock falls sealed the shaft. Fresh air reaching the enclosed section brings cautious optimism, with horses found alive and efforts focused on breaking the barrier and drilling a shaft for air, food, and contact.
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Coalbrook
South Africa
Cuyahoga County Democrats Complete Kennedy Delegates Slate
Governor DiSalle announced his Cleveland area slate for the Democratic National Convention with four Cuyahoga districts competing against Ray Miller Sr. Delegates are pledged to Senator Kennedy, with at large representation ensuring a broad Cuyahoga County view unless Kennedy wins the nomination or withdraws.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Ray T. Miller Sr
Cleveland
Miller
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Chilly Florida May Warm Up
Florida reports a rare below freezing morning with Pensacola at 31 and Mobile at 29 while Miami logged 43. Strong cold blast hits crops causing multimillion dollar losses as growers smudge pots and smoke mantles rise under frosty northwest Florida skies.
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Florida
Sunshine State
Pensacola
Miami
Chieftains Cruise Past Middleport 74-59 in Hoops
The Logan Chieftains defeated the Middleport Yellow Jackets 74 to 59 to notch their ninth win and remain third in the Southeastern Ohio League. George Stump scored 23 and Johnny Nelson added 12 as Logan relied on defense and a critical fourth quarter to hold off a late rally led by Nelson and Blake.
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Logan Chieftains
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Chiefs
Logan
Jackets
Harry Westfall
LHS Cagers
Bill Blake
Chris Myers
Tom Donahey
George Stump
John Nelson
Yellow Jackets
Steve Dalton
Johnny Nelson
Blake
Middleport
Stump
Humphrey to Decide on Ohio Delegates After DiSalle Talks
Senator Hubert Humphrey said he will decide next week after meeting Gov. Michael DiSalle whether to seek delegates in Ohio's May 3 Democratic primary. DiSalle backs Kennedy and may hold Ohio's 64 delegates for the first or second ballot or release them. If DiSalle plans to hold them, Humphrey may allow some filings in Ohio districts, but not all.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio
DiSalle
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Los Angeles
Humphrey
Kennedy
Steelworkers Reject Pittsburgh Contract in Vote
United Steelworkers at Pittsburgh Steel Co and two smaller western Pennsylvania plants voted 4989 to 2472 against the last contract offer. The rejection is not binding. the union may strike when the Taft Hartley injunction expires next Tuesday.
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Pittsburgh
United
Pittsburgh Steel
Moltrup Steel Products Co
Beaver Falls
Joseph Reyerson and Son
Carnegie, Pa
Basic Steel Industry
Monessen
Allenport
Akron
Warren
Ohio
Worcester
Mass
Los Angeles
Moltrup Steel
Reyerson
Basic
USW
Air Crash Mysteries Like Jigsaw Puzzle
Investigators weigh two crashes in the Gulf of Mexico and North Carolina as a complex riddle. Pieces point to possible bombs, hypnotism, and elusive explosives, with suspects Spears and Frank under scrutiny and questions about conspiracies and timing.
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Washington
Gulf of Mexico
North Carolina
Spears
Frances
Taylor
Julian A. Frank
Westport, Conn
U S Envoy Returns as Castro Campaign Intensifies
U S Ambassador Philip W Bonsal flies home to brief Washington on Fidel Castros anti American drive amid talk of a possible diplomatic break. Castros campaign targets U S investments and the Guantanamo base, though the 1934 treaty keeps the base leased.
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Havana
U.S
Philip W. Bonsal
Fidel Castro
Washington
United States
Guantanamo Naval Base
Bonsal
State Department
Castro
Eisenhower
Cuba
Guantanamo Base
South Atlantic
New Drug May Curb Lung Cancer
In a Manchester hospital trial, tretamine derived from mustard gas was given to 43 advanced lung cancer patients. Led by Dr Gordon Jack, the team reported 30 showed improvement, 10 had halted or reduced tumors, and four had complete tumor shrinkage after one month. Findings published in Lancet urge caution due to early stage results.
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London
Gordon Jack
Manchester
Baguley Hospital
Lancet
Leslie Doyle
M. Palerwalla
Jack
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