Favorable Medicare Report Highlighted for Hocking Valley Hospital
Hospital administrator David Arledge reported a highly favorable Medicare inspection for Hocking Valley Community Hospital with only four minor corrections needed, all already completed. The board lauded the medical staff and employees, noting the report is the staff’s achievement. The meeting agenda was light, with policy on delinquent accounts and routine renewal with Blue Cross approved. Occupancy rose in January from December, and progress on the long term care unit included a new boiler and upcoming roof deck and brick work. The Kachelmacher Clinic has grown with 67 new patients and 8 repeats after three weekly clinics. Twenty six appointments were scheduled this week with sixteen next week. Clinics occur Fridays under Dr John Crawley. An end-of-year 1970 financial report is near completion. Attendees included Arledge, Nadine Hampson, Dr Roy Bontrager, Dr Owen Yaw, and Prosecutor Chris Veidt. Dr Bontrager noted staff committees reduced to seven and all doctors fulfilling duties.
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Hocking Valley Community Hospital
David Arledge
Blue Cross
Arledge
Hos
Pital
Kachelmacher
Nadine Hampson
Roy Bontrager
Owen F. Yaw
Chris Veidt
Bontrager
Apollo 14 Moon Landing Practice Aims For Pinpoint Touchdown
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr Edgar D. Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa rehearse a new landing maneuver in simulators at Cape Kennedy Florida The plan calls for the command ship Kitty Hawk to dip toward the lunar surface before releasing the lunar module Antares for its descent The maneuver is designed to extend hover time and improve tracking for a safe touchdown in the rough Mare Imbrium region on February 5.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Moon
Fla Mauro Highlands
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
Shepard
Mitchell
Roosa
Stock Market Edges Higher Amid Heavy Trade
The New York market rose modestly with the Dow at 867.23, up 1.51, as advances outpaced declines 8 to 5 and volume topped 19 million shares. Analysts cited easy money and strong corporate earnings prospects driving gains.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Penalty Trial Set For Manson Followers
Los Angeles AP reports the Charles Manson murder case moves to the penalty phase with potential death in the gas chamber. Prosecutors say 50 witnesses are ready though the hearing may be shorter. defense vows to argue for life imprisonment and may call witnesses to cast doubt on guilt.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
California
Oklahoma warns six months to meet federal pollution guidelines
Oklahoma City groups report the Pollution Control Board requires federal authorities within 180 days to cut wastewater pollution from Tinker Air Force Base and other installations to meet U S water quality standards. Morocco crisis deepens Hassan II faces protests over U S bases with regional Arab pressure increasing against the alliance. Environmental groups contend Union Carbide uses economic and environmental blackmail over layoffs at the Marietta Ohio plant cited as federal air rule compliance cost.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Washington
State Pollution Control Board
U.S
Tinker Air Force Base
Union Carbide
Marietta, Ohio
Environmental Action
Friends of the Earth
Sierra Club
Zero Population
Senate Debates Rules Change To Curb Filibusters
A bipartisan group led by Senators Church and Pearson seeks a three-fifths vote to end Senate debates rather than the current two-thirds. Southern and small-state senators anchor the opposition as Congress begins anew.
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Washington
Senate
Frank Church
Didaho
James
Pearson
R-Kan
Groups urge pollution abatement worker protections
Four environmental and population groups urged Congress to consider laws protecting workers when firms are required to curb pollution. The proposals followed recent actions aimed at environmental cleanup and regulatory measures.
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Washington
Congress
Grand jury weighs witnesses in Kissinger kidnapping plot
A federal grand jury in Harrisburg reconvenes to decide if witnesses will testify in the case tied to a group that includes three Roman Catholic priests a former priest a nun and a Pakistani graduate student indicted on charges of kidnapping Henry Kissinger and sabotaging heating systems in federal buildings amid the Nixon era.
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Harrisburg
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Airliner Crash Kills Eighteen in Venezuelan Andes
An AP report from Merida says a Viscount turboprop with 42 passengers and six crew crashed into Cruces de Caji Mountain in western Venezuela eight minutes after takeoff. Rescuers found 30 survivors by Monday night.
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Merida
Venezuela
Andes
Cruces de Caji
Caracas
Kampala in turmoil after Obote ouster
Sporadic gunfire continued in Kampala as a military faction deposed President Milton Obote. Reports say fighting 40 miles away. city streets were crowded, shops open, and military vehicles patrolled the area.
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Kampala
Uganda
Milton Obote
Straitsville Native's Photos In Look Magazine
Straitsville native Jack Cheetham a New Straitsville High School graduate now based in Little Rock Arkansas is featured in Look magazine February 9 issue. He and wife Betty shot The Jesus Movement feature with travel and work through a New York firm and frequent Straitsville visits during the past summers.
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New Straitsville
Look
Jack Cheetham
Betty
Jack
New Straitsville High School
Pearl Cheetham
Mary Williams Cheetham
Straitsville
Ohio State University
Little Rock
Ark
New York
Pearl
Cheetham
Marjorie Holst
Ohio Pen Guards Strike Drags On At Columbus Prison
Ohio Penitentiary guards entered a second day of walkout affecting 140 of 360 workers. Gov. Gilligan’s aides met with corrections officials to assess security as disrupted services linger.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Bennett J. Cooper
Harold Cardwell
Highway Patrol
Robert Chiaramonte
Washington
Ohio National Guard
Congress Rules Change On Teller Votes In House
Congress reforms reduce off the record amendments and require recorded teller votes for 20 members. Committees keep private sessions but must publish roll calls showing each member’s vote. Nixon in first 1971 message calls for early enactment of 40 bills and finish unfinished business of the 91st Congress.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Nixon
Cease-Fire Agreed in South Vietnam as Tet Begins
U S and South Vietnamese forces join Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in a 24 hour cease-fire to mark Tet. Saigon proposes freeing ill and wounded prisoners of war by both sides. Cambodian fighting continues with three positions attacked near Phnom Penh. U S and South Vietnam suspend combat operations while air strikes persist in Laos and Cambodia.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
U.S
Laos
Gun Expert Testifies In Oliver Mills Trial
Firearms investigator Steven Molnar Jr. was to continue testimony in the first degree murder trial of Oliver Mills, accused of slaying Vinton County Sheriff Harold Steele last August. The court adjourned Monday until 1 p.m. today.
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Mcarthur
Ohio
Steven Molnar Jr
Oliver Mills
Vinton County
Harold Steele
Molnar
Fire Destroys Wagner Barn In Bloomingville
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed a barn adjacent to Lewis Wagner's general store in South Bloomingville. Laurelville firemen arriving with two tankers and about 20 men contained the blaze and wet down the store and a garage to prevent spread. Wagner estimated losses at 5000 dollars and a state fire marshal may investigate arson.
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Lewis Wagner
Wagner
Hocking
Fire Department
Largest satellite in geostationary orbit project begins
The world’s largest communications satellite reached a preliminary orbit after launch from Cape Kennedy aboard an Atlas-Centaur rocket. A ground station in Andover Maine will fire its motor to place the 3,094 pound craft into a stationary 22,300 mile high orbit serving as a relay for telephony television radio and other signals across the Americas Europe and Africa.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Andover
Maine
Amercas
Europe
Africa
International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium
Gas Line Blaze Knocks Out South Central Power Line
A ruptured 16 inch gas line ignited near Lancaster Ohio creating orange flames hundreds of feet high and triggering widespread power outages across Fairfield and neighboring counties. Power was restored 53 minutes after the explosion affecting 13 500 customers. Distribution Pipeline Co. and local fire units contained the blaze.
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South Central Power Line
Lancaster
Ohio
Fairfield County
Fairfield
Canal Winchester
Columbus
Franklin Coun
South Central Power Co
South Central
Electric Co-Operative
Laurelville
U.S. Rt. 33
King Arthur's
Dennis Murray
Logan
Columbia Gas of
Wide Wind Damage Hits Hocking Valley Area
Winds gusting up to 50 mph cause widespread minor damage across the Hocking Valley as Arctic air moves in. Downed limbs and small trees blocked roads. crews cleared Rt 33 and several state highways by noon. minor insurance claims and telephone outages reported. a house trailer was blown over near Five Mile Inn.
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Llaydenville
State Highway Department
Hlesboro
Starr
Rt. 278
Nelsonville
General Telephone Co
Five-Mile Inn
Old Rt. 33S
Great Lakes storm coats Midwest in heavy snow and freezing temps
The Associated Press reports a Great Lakes storm blanketed the northern Midwest with deep snow and plummeting temperatures toward zero. Cold wave warnings blanket the northern Plains and Midwest as windproduced near blizzard conditions occur from northern Wisconsin to Upper Michigan. Duluth records ten inches through Monday while precipitation extends from the lower Great Lakes to the northern Appalachians and rain affects the Southeast and Pacific Northwest.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Midwest
Plains
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Duluth
Minn
Lower
Appalachians
Louisiana
Middle Atlantic States
Ohio Braces for Arctic Cold With Wind and Snow
The weather bureau warns of a deepening Arctic air mass moving into Ohio on strong westerly winds from a Great Lakes low. Cold wave and high wind advisories urge temperatures down to five below to ten above tonight, with 30 to 40 mph gusts, possible snow, and up to four inches in the snow belt. Highs Wednesday near ten to fifteen with flurries and continued wind. Ohio felt milder Monday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Great Lakes
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Joint Economics Committee
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Violet
Liberty
Greenfield
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Bloom
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Lockbourne Air Force Base
County Rd
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