Council Row Intensifies Over Capital Committee
Dem Councilmen denounce Johnson for appointing an all Republican capital improvements steering panel. Ed Dalton and Charles Eaton protest terms in last meeting minutes, while Mayor Haney condemns the move as overreaching and self serving. Johnson says the panel is to revive dormant projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Johnson
Capital Improvements Committee
Johnson
Charles Eaton
Ed Dalton
Eaton
Richard Schultz
James Irvine
Richard Collison
Wilbur Lanning
George Lohr
Dalton
Council
Lanning
James Parkinson
Schultz
Sinnott Resigns as City Sexton of Cemeteries
Raleigh B Sinnott resigns after 19 years as Oak Grove Cemetery sexton effective February 1 due to ill health. He began service February 1 1950 and will retire to live at his son Harold Sinnott 142 West Second Street. City official James Parkinson expresses regret and praise. No successor named.
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Raleigh B. Sinnott
Oak Grove Cemetery
James Parkinson
Sinnott
Sexton
Harold L. Sinnott
Second St
Parkinson
Oil Well Appeal Still Unresolved
City Council heard Kentucky Drilling and Operating Corporation appeal a zoning board ruling on oil wells. The council set another meeting for Friday at 6 30 p m to consider additional conditions or possible override, with company officials and opponents present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky Drilling & Operating Corporation
City Zoning Board of Appeals
Zoning Board of Appeals
Ross Phar
Kentucky Drilling
Dennis Phar
C. Gibson Downing
Lexington
Russell Young
Wayne Sinsel
Young
Charles Orwig
Dave Bell
Jack Dougherty
Council
Bill Robb
Ernest Evans
James Rd
Leonard Ferguson
First Baptist Church
Ingraham Smith
Ed Dalton
Richard Schultz
Zoning Board
Old-Line Communists Gain Upper Hand In Czechoslovakia
The orthodox pro Soviet faction gains influence in occupied Czechoslovakia with 100,000 Soviet troops backing a propaganda push. Conservatives charge reformists pressured Palach to end his life and warn dissidents to stop. Leaders Strougal and Husak push the party line on Radio Prague and in public speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Rehak
Associated Press
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek
Jan Palach
Palach
Hungary
Central Committee
Lubomir Strougal
Radio Prague
Gustav Husak
State Hearing On West Logan Set Aug 12
Hocking County officials must appear before the Ohio Water Pollution Control Board at 10 am on August 12 to address sanitary sewer facilities in West Logan. They must submit a copy of the disposal agreement with Logan officials and commence construction per approved plans. The April 9 1968 order remains in effect prohibiting pollution from new construction and connections to the Hocking River.
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Downing
Council
Hocking County
Logan
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
West Logan
Pollution Control Board
Hocking River
Deafness is Cured by Removing Ear Cork
Adrian Bennett of Bridgwater England, 23, had a cork in his right ear for 20 years causing hearing loss since age three. A new doctor syringed his ear and the cork, quarter of an inch long and cigarette-filter shaped, popped out. He reports immediate improvement and remains puzzled about how the cork got there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgwater
England
Adrian Bennett
Adrian
Area Streams On Rise After Steady Rains
Nine tenths of an inch of rain in the Logan area raised the Hocking River and tributaries to five feet by 11 a.m. and rising about two inches per hour. Flood stage is 10 feet. Hazardous driving conditions due to rain and fog followed, with 51 degrees and rain at 11 a.m. Highs and forecasts show a cool, cloudy pattern with periodic showers expected through Thursday.
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Logan
Hocking
Hocking Valley
Associated Press
Appalachians
Carolinas
New York
Midwest
Seaboard
Great Lakes
Gulf Coast
Intermountain
Idaho
Arizona
New Mexico
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Great Plains
Great Falls
Mont
Mercury
Havre
Canadian
Tet Truces Vary In Saigon Viet Cong Declare Shorter Ceasefire
The Viet Cong announce a Tet cease-fire from Feb 15 to Feb 22 Saigon time, while the South Vietnamese government says a truce will be observed but brief if violations occur US forces will honor Saigon’s cease-fire Tet marks Vietnam’s lunar new year and its largest holiday.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
Stock list edges lower in midday trading
The stock market moved unevenly in moderate activity on the NYSE. Gains led losses by about 60 issues, narrowing an initial advantage of roughly 175 points as trading continued.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Men invade Vassar as coeds face new rules invasion
80 male students from Williams Trinity and Colgate joined Vassar College for a new semester. They occupy two floors of a female dormitory with visiting hours easing and campus chatter about liberalized rules. A Williams student says life feels like a monastery amid mixed reactions.
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Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Trinity College
Hartford
Miss Whidden
Williams
Vassar
Jack Murray
Pueblo Pueblo Court of Inquiry resumes public session
After four days of closed hearings the Navy court of inquiry into the capture of the USS Pueblo returns to public session with Rear Adm. Frank L. Johnson on the stand. Lt. Les Osborn e outlines possible recommendations from laudatory actions to a court martial and possible punitive letters.
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Coronado
Calif
Navy Court of Inquiry
Pueblo
Frank L. Johnson
U.S. Naval
Japan
Richard Fryklund
Secretary of Defense
Navy
Pentagon
Washington, D.C
Baby
Johnson
Les Osborne
11Th Naval District Law Center
Court of Inquiry
John J. Hyland
Pacific Fleet
Osborne
Living Cost Rise Highest In 17 Years
The December rise in living costs slowed to two tenths of a percent, but 1968 posted a 4.7 percent annual jump, the largest in 17 years. Prices for food and housing led the month’s gains while weekly earnings rose 5.5 percent last year, eroded by higher costs. If such inflation continues, a predicted slowdown to about three percent next year remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arnold Chase
Lyndon B. Johnson
Council of Economic Advisors
Welfare Recipients Interrupt Ohio Pastors Convocation
Six Ohio welfare recipients disrupted the 50th Ohio Pastors Convocation in Columbus inviting pastors to join a February 10 demonstration at the Statehouse. The women, largely from Cleveland, interrupted a dialogue between Dr. George Webber of New York and Msgr. John J. Egan of Chicago discussing Renewal and Mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Statehouse
Cleveland
George Webber
New York
John J. Egan
Chicago
Columbus Theaters Face Demolition
Demolition is expected this spring on the Loew's Ohio and Grand Theaters on State Street in Columbus. The sites will host a new state office building, with ownership by 55 East State Co. and partners Leon Schottenstein, Ward C. Case, and William Case.
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Columbus, Ohio
Loew's
Ohio
Grand
55 East State Co
Leon Schottenstein
Ward C. Case
William Case
Iraq accuses Israel of threatening Jordan at Baghdad mass trial
Iraq claims Israeli forces plan to attack its 20 000 troops in Jordan as a mass spy trial begins behind closed doors in Baghdad. The trial allegedly targets 35 defendants, with 13 Jews among them, amid regional tensions after the executions of alleged spies.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Jordan
Egypt
Middle East
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
London
Revolutionary Court
Abdullah Salloum Samerrai
Israel
Samerrai
U.S. State Department
Washington
Beirut
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
United States
Britain
Paul VI
U.N
U Thant
Nixon meets NSC to map nonproliferation treaty push
President Nixon huddled with the National Security Council at the White House to plan the timing of seeking Senate ratification of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. He indicated a decision would come next week and favored ratification at an appropriate time. He spoke after visits to Capitol Hill and the House, where he began his national political career.
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Washington
Nixon
National Security Council
White House
Senate
NSC
Capitol Hill
U.S
Czechoslovakia
House
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