Flooding Eases as Colder Weather Arrives
High waters from the Hocking River forced three Rockbridge families to flee their homes with the Red Cross aiding them. The river near Logan neared flood stage early today but dropped, while surrounding roads remained closed or later reopened as conditions improved. Rain totaled 1.8 inches over two days with 38 degrees and a forecast for colder, cloudy weather.
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Hocking
Rockbridge
Logan
Red Cross
Laurelville
Salt Creek
Bremen Rd
Rush Creek Rd
Cherry Ridge
Maysville- Williams Rd
Dawley Run
Monday Creek
Hocking Valley
Ohio Flood Crest Reached As Rivers Decline
Ohio's flood crests are mostly passed as cooler temperatures arrive. Ice jams and runoff caused bank overflows in many communities during the crest, with 14 secondary roads still blocked Friday though water levels were dropping and roads were expected to reopen soon.
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Ohio
Weather Bureau
Lake Erie
State Highway Department
Council To Meet Over Oil Well Appeal Tonight
The Kentucky Drilling & Oper ating Corp. appeals to drill four wells on the Jack Dougherty and Fred Graham leases in East Gateway Industrial Park. Councilmen view sites at 6 30 p m then convene in Council chambers at about 7 p m. The public is invited to attend.
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Kentucky Drilling & Operating Corp
Jack Dougherty
Fred Graham
East Gateway
OU Airport Bids Opened Near Albany Ohio
The Rolland Getz Co. of Mansfield submitted the apparent low bid of 589226 dollars for general construction of Ohio University's new airport near Albany west of Athens.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio University
Albany
Athens
Rolland Getz Co
Mansfield
Viet Peace Talks Stall Amid Weekly Battle of Words
In Paris the four delegations met for over seven hours on the first anniversary of the Viet Cong offensive. Talks remained deadlocked with no progress, as Lodge and Lam urged demilitarized zone talks and foreign troop withdrawals, while Xuan Thuy and Tran Buu Kiem pressed on Hanoi's four point plan and political settlement conditions.
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Paris
Vietnam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
South Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
North
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Tran Buu Kiem
National Liberation Front
Hanoi
U S Troops Uncover Huge North Viet Base
U S air cavalrymen uncovered a vast four square mile North Vietnamese base northwest of Saigon in War Zone C. The site may hold 750 to 1 000 bunkers and could house 5 000 or more troops with a hospital dining halls and a command post. The base lies about 53 miles from Saigon and 14 miles from the Cambodian border as U S forces pace a winter spring offensive.
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Saigon
U.S
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Henry
Merron
Abduction and Rape Shocks Lancaster as Two Girls Vanish
Lancaster police report two sisters, ages 16 and 13, were abducted from their grandmother’s home by four young men who took them by car to an area near Columbus and raped the older girl. The 13-year-old was dropped in a Lancaster parking lot and the older girl remains missing. FBI involvement not mentioned.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Columbus
FBI
Soviet Lieutenant Fires at Kremlin Parade Then Dies
A Soviet Army lieutenant identified as Ilyin of Leningrad based engineers borrowed a policeman's uniform and fired at the motorcade carrying government leaders and cosmonauts last week inside the Kremlin Borovitsky Gate. He died after taking poison and was subdued by guards. Investigations seek motive and whether it was solo action or part of a plot.
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Washington
Washington Post
Post
Moscow
Anatole Shub
Ilyin
Leningrad
Kremlin
Borovitsky
Nixon Orders Plan To End Draft And Shift To Volunteer Army
President Nixon directs Melvin Laird to form a commission to craft a detailed action plan for ending the draft. The move accompanies other steps tied to campaign pledges including crime reduction and broader policy reviews.
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Nixon
Washington
Melvin R. Laird
White House
Atty
John Mitchell
Laird
Vietnam
Postal Service
Johnson Administration
Marietta Blast Injures 12 at Union Carbide Plant
A blast at the Union Carbide Corp plastics and chemicals plant in Marietta Ohio injures 12 workers, with one in critical and four seriously hurt. David Lewis of Belpre says fumes overwhelmed him but he was treated and released in Parkersburg West Virginia.
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Marietta, Ohio
Union Carbide Corp. Plastics and Chemicals
David Lewis
Belpre
Lewis
Parkersburg
W. Va
Oil Spill Threatens California Coast Wildlife and Beaches
Oil leaking from a undersea well off Santa Barbara spills 21,000 gallons daily over 200 square miles of Pacific waters. Washington experts and California officials race to seal the leak and protect gray whales and seabirds as aircraft disperse oil.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Pacific Ocean
Washington, D.C
Walter J. Hickel
Ronald Reagan
Union Oil Co
California
Fish and Game
Longtime Rockbridge Rural Mail Carrier Retires After 42 Years
Beryl A. Tucker of Rockbridge retires today after 42 years delivering mail. He began in 1927 after teaching five years, used a horse drawn mailwagon then a horse and buggy, kept Nell and Min for weather deliveries, and later owned 19 cars including a Model T. Tucker earned a National Safety Council award for 39 years of accident free driving and plans fishing and other hobbies in retirement.
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Beryl Tucker
Rockbridge Rt. 1
Postal Service
Rockbridge
Beryl A. Tucker
Hocking County
Tucker
Kline
Good Hope
Nell
Min
National Safety Council
John N. Eberst Named Sexton At Oak Grove
John N. Eberst is appointed sexton of Oak Grove Cemetery to succeed retiring Raleigh Sinnott. A Logan native and World War II veteran, Eberst owns Keller and Weltner Monument Co since 1958 and is a Logan High School and Ohio University/Chicago Technical College graduate. His wife Ruth Blosser and two sons Larry and John David are noted.
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John N. Eberst
Hill St
Oak Grove
Raleigh Sinnott
Eberst
Logan
John KE. Eberst
Ohio University
Chicago Technical College
Keller and Weltner Monument Co
Monument Company
County Engineers
Ruth Blosser
Larry Edward
Logan Rt. 3
John David
Walnut St
Logan High School
James Parkinson
Kremlin Chiefs Discuss Middle East Crisis with Nasser
Soviet leadership sent a message through Alexander Shelepin to President Nasser after a Kremlin meeting on the Middle East. Al Ahram notes Brezhnev’s message content was not disclosed and discusses potential U S Soviet moves and missile talks linked to the regional crisis. Beirut Premier Karami wins confidence 60 30 as Israel front lines see saboteur activity. Haaretz reports Al Fatah operatives numbered 300 to 500 on Lebanon Israel frontier. United Nations Security Council anticipates early Big Four consultations, possibly between the Soviet and U S delegates.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
Middle East
Cairo
al Ahram
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
Alexander Shelepin
Nasser
U.S. National Security Council
Washington
Nixon
Johnson
Muhammed Hassanein Haikal
Beirut
Rashid Karami
Israel
Tel Aviv
al Fatah
Jordan
Lebanon
Haaretz
Mt. Hermon
United Nations
Security Council
Max Jakobson
Finland
Jakobson
U.S
France
United States
LHS Alumni Meet Scheduled May 31
Logan High School Alumni Association sets Saturday May 31 1969 for the annual meeting and dance. Tim Roberts is association president and asks all classes planning reunions to notify him at 385 7561. Other officers include Carl Dicken secretary and David Derr treasurer.
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Logan High School Alumni Association
Tim Roberts
LHS
Carl Dicken
David Derr
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Associated Press
North Viet
Frank Henry
Franklin, N.C
Rick Merron
Red Army
Marietta
David Hull
Man
Don
Youngstown
Daniel
West Lafayette
Keith
Oswego, NL
Roverts
U.S. Weather Bureau
Sterling Park
Larry
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Sexton
Mideast
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