Commissioners Complete Purchase of James Building
Hocking County commissioners Friday completed the purchase of the James Building adjacent to the Courthouse for 55000, with tenants to vacate by March 1. They approved jail renovation plans funded by a 23550 federal LEAA grant and local match, and discussed EPA grant prospects for a West Logan sewer project along with other county projects.
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Hocking County Commissioners Friday
Old James
Logan
Otto Shaw
Commissioners
County
E. Main St., Inc
Raymond Horstman
Prindie, Patrick and Partners
Columbus
Horstman
Administration of Justice Division
Ohio Department of Economic and Community Development
Chicago
George Mara
Hocking
Com
EPA
West Logan
Mara
Dick Brandt Sr
Hocking County Fairgrounds
Fair Board
Old Pickett Rd
Haydenville
Alcohol tobacco and drugs freed from controls
The Cost of Living Council exempted alcoholic beverages tobacco and drugs from mandatory wage price controls while phase 3 rules apply to items produced for human ingestion excluding those categories. Large food oriented firms and those earning substantial revenue from food fall under controls. ice used in drinks may be subject to controls if the supplier is large enough.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Council
Spanish Industrialist Freed By Separatists
Felipe Huarte, a wealthy Spanish industrialist, was released after ten days in captivity by Basque guerrillas. Ransom of 793000 dollars was paid, and 114 dismissed workers from Huarte's Pamplona plant were rehired with benefits for 145 workers.
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Pamplona
Spain
Felipe Huarte
Huarte
High Cost Financial Help For Ohio Farmers
Ohio farmers may receive aid from the Farmers Home Administration and state funds to ease weather losses. FHA has about 2 million for emergency loans at 5.87 percent, aimed at next year’s crops, with no further loans expected this year. The Ohio Rural Rehabilitation Corp plans to guarantee up to 50 million in commercial loans with 1.5 million, meeting about 200 million in needs. Local officials note the aid is limited despite potential impact.
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Columbus
Ohio
Eugene Abercrombie
Farmers Home Administration
Ralph Stacey
FHA
Stacy
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Ohio Rural Rehabilitation Corp. Fund
Ers
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Atty
William J. Brown
Brown
USDA
Abercrombie
State Department of Agriculture
Vietnam POWs To Enter U.S. For Homecoming At Travis
Officials outline security and privacy for returning prisoners of war at Travis Air Force Base California. The first POWs expected within two weeks will be processed on C141 jets and remain largely out of public view behind barriers. Reunions with families will be private and interviews require medical and intelligence clearance.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Vietnam
San Francisco
Air Force
William Beslie
Leslie
Travis
David Grant Hospital
Pentagon
Central U S Faces Wintry Blasts Across Regions
The Midwest sees wind and heavy snow as winter returns, while rain drenches the East and West coasts. The forecast Sunday calls for cloud and cool conditions with possible rain turning to snow in the Hocking Valley. current temps around 48 with a 44 overnight low.
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Gulf Coast
Southwest
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Cal
Hocking Valley
Weather brings cold snap and light snow across central region
Cold fronts and storm systems sweep the center of the nation returning Arctic air. Up to three inches of snow reported in Akron Colorado and Sydney Nebraska while two inches cover Goodland Kansas. Pacific Northwest rain and Ohio Valley to Atlantic Coast showers follow record January warmth earlier this week.
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Akron
Colo
Sydney
Neb
Goodland
Kan
Pacific Northwest
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Coast
Pledge for Farm Tax Relief at Ohio Farmers Union
Ohio Farmers Union President Carlie Nash pledged an all out effort to secure property tax relief for farmers. He cited 1971 data showing farmers paid 27 percent of net income in property taxes and warned that without action family farms could vanish. Nash spoke before about 500 at the state convention advocating a constitutional amendment to tax rural land by use rather than open market value.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Farmers Union
Carlie Nash
Ohio
Nash
State Farmers Union
Death Claims Griffith L. Doc Williams
Griffith L. Doc Williams 68 of 732 Virginia Ave Lancaster died Friday evening at Lancaster Fairfield Hospital. Retired auto salesman he is survived by his wife Nellie G. Williams two daughters Delores Mathias and Patricia Hilgenberg both of Lancaster two sons Allen Keith of Beirut Lebanon and J Leland of Charlotte Michigan 16 grandchildren a brother David and a sister Edna Wickline of Rio Grande he was predeceased by a daughter Marilyn Adams Services 1 p.m. Monday Wise Theller Funeral Home burial Oak Grove Cemetery viewing times today and Sunday at the funeral home
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Griffith L
Doc) Williams
Virginia Ave
Lancaster
Logan
Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital
Nellie G. Williams
Ned
Delores) Mathias
Ralph
Patricia) Hilgenberg
Alvin
Coramay) Abbott
Westfield
N.J
Allen Keith
Beirut
Lebanon
J. Leland
Charlotte
Mich
David
Edna Wickline
Rio Grande
Marilyn Adams
Wise-Theller
Oak Grove
Edward G. Robinson Dies at 79 in Hollywood
Hollywood mourns Edward G. Robinson, veteran actor of stage and screen, who died at Mt. Sinai Hospital at 79 from cancer. Funeral set for Sunday at Temple Israel with Charlton Heston delivering the eulogy. burial planned in New York. Known for mobster roles in Little Caesar and varied turns in Dr Ehrlichs Magic Bullet and Five Star Final.
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Hollywood
Edward G. Robinson
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Temple Israel
New York
Charlton Heston
Robinson
Little Caesar
Dr. Ehrlich
Naish Veteran Actor Dead at 76 in California
J Carrol Naish, a prolific Irishborn actor famed for playing Mexicans and Charlie Chan on screen and the lively Italian in Life with Luigi, died at 76 after a long battle with emphysema. He spent over three decades in the film industry and appeared in more than 250 movies, earning two Academy Award nominations.
Oleo Heir Michael Brody Jr Ends Life After Dollar Promise
Michael James Brody Jr., 24, heir to the Oleo margarine fortune, killed himself in Shokan New York. Three years earlier he had inspired a fake $1 fortune by inviting people to a Scarsdale mansion and writing checks that bounced. He claimed the idea came while he was high on drugs.
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Kingston
N.Y
Michael James Brody Jr
Scarsdale
Brody
Robert Dubois
Here
Shokan
Steubenville Air Pollution Orders Curtailed Operations
Gov. John Gilligan ordered four county industries to curtail work after readings showed particulates and sulfur dioxide at 292 micrograms per cubic meter. The area averaged 329 this morning despite a light drizzle as officials responded to deteriorating air quality. Some other items include a CDC note on London flu deaths and a Northern Ireland shooting incident details.
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Steubenville, Ohio
Steubenville
John Gilligan
Pentagon Papers Case Judge Orders Officials to Testify
U S District Court Judge Matt Byrne orders two high government officials to testify Monday on whether information critical to the Ellsberg and Russo defense has been hidden. The court directs J Fred Buzhardt to appear.
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Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
J. Fred Buzhardt
Nixon Proclaims National Day of Prayer for Vietnam Peace
President Nixon designates 7 p.m. Eastern as national moment of prayer and thanksgiving marking a 24 hour period on cease fire day in Vietnam. The First Family will attend a service at Key Biscayne Presbyterian Church in Florida with Rev. John Huffman leading prayers.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Pat
Julie Nixon
F Eisenhower
Key Biscayne Presbyterian Church
Florida White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Florida
Washington
Vietnam
Congress
America
John Huffman
Key Biscayne
White House
Homestead Air Force Base
Biscayne
Paris Signs End to Vietnam War With U S Forces Withdrawal
In two sessions at a Paris hotel near the Arc de Triomphe the United States South Vietnam North Vietnam and the Viet Cong signed the overarching agreement to end the fighting and withdraw U S forces. A separate session produced documents that ended diplomatic peace efforts begun in 1968. The main accord set GMT midnight as the ceasefire and included protocols for prisoner releases and the four nation control bodies.
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Paris
Vietnam
U.S
Arc de Triomphe
United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Greenwich
Binh
Canada
Indonesia
Poland
Hungary
Communist forces seize Tay Ninh amid push before cease fire
Communist troops assaulted Tay Ninh city and its Cao Dai temple and attacked nearby towns across South Vietnam in what U S officials called a land grab ahead of the cease fire.
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Saigon
Tay Ninh
South Vietnam
U.S
Logan Men Meet In Saigon Army Hospital
Maj Lynn Strait, a Logan native and chief resident at a Saigon Army Hospital since 1971, set a broken bone for Sp4 Tim Woodgeard after an injury last week in Vietnam. Tim reported a cordial visit with the physician who shares the Logan connection.
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Logan
Saigon Army Hospital
Ray Woodgeards
John Straits
Maj
Lynn Strait
Tim Woodgeard
Saigon
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Idaho
Oleo
Defense Department
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Internal Security Division
U.S. Department of Justice
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Center For Disease Control
London
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
County Armagh
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