Hocking County Dropped From EDA Eligibility List
The Economic Development Administration removed Hocking County from its qualifying list for most EDA aid after an annual review. The county remains eligible for planning and technical assistance while unemployment has fallen below the six percent threshold, though existing grants, like the $189,000 sewage project in Logan, stay in place.
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Hocking County
Economic Development Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
Hocking
U.S
EDA
Lockheed
Robert L. Podesta
Podesta
Ohio
Brown
Scioto
Logan
Appalachia
Merril Haney
US Armor Routs North Vietnamese Troops Near Tay Ninh
In three hours of fighting near Tay Ninh City thirty American armored vehicles raked North Vietnamese forces. The 88th Regiment, 9th Division suffered 42 confirmed dead and nearly 100 total in related clashes. US losses were one dead and one wounded.
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Saigon
Tay Ninh City
88Th Regiment
9Th Division
Tay Ninh
Nui Ba den
U.S
Khe Sanh
U.S. 5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Service Station Hit By Burglars
Hocking sheriff's department investigates a break in at Cherry's Texaco at the junction of Routes 33 and 328. Entry was gained by breaking the east side window and $810 in cash was stolen. Herman Henry of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation assists.
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Hocking Sheriff's Department
Cherry
Texaco
Herman Henry
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Death Claims Mrs. Roy Funk At Age 74
Mrs. Roy Funk 74 of Logan Rt. 1 died unexpectedly at 10 a.m. Monday during surgery at St. Anthony Hospital Columbus. Born December 3 1894 in Falls Two she was a daughter of Joel and Mae Harsh. Survived by husband Roy three daughters Helen Thompson Margie Funk Mona Hartman and five grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. Heinlein Funeral Home Rev D S Dunkle officiating. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
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Roy
Marie L.) Funk
Logan Rt. 1
St. Anthony Hospital
Columbus
Falls Two
Joel and
Mae Krinn Harsh
Trinity United Methodist Church of
Logan
Christian Culture Class
Women’s Society of the Church
Hocking Grange
Roy Funk
Charles
Helen) Thompson
New Jersey
Margie Funk
Robert
Mona) Hartman
Chesapeake, O
Heinlein
D. S. Dunkle
Oak Grove Cemetery
Licavoli Petition Heard By Court In Ohio
Attorneys for convicted slayer Thomas Licavoli argued in federal court that witnesses were coerced into testifying and that publicity around the 1934 case tainted the trial. The habeas petition seeks relief after his four Toledo gangland murders conviction, echoing a prior state appellate rejection.
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Columbus, Ohio
Thomas Licavoli
Licavoli
Toledo
California Budget Standstill Triggers Statewide Cash Freeze
California enters a new fiscal year without a budget as Governor Reagan rejects an emergency bill. Salaries halt and state payments stop amid Democratic demands for local school aid and tax relief. Assembly aides say funding could be restored in days, but no peaceful resolution emerges.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Assembly Democrats
Assembly Democrats Led By Assemblyman Jesse M. Unruh
Assembly
Victor Veysey
House
Unruh
Frank Lanterman
Senate
House Passes Surtax Bill Despite Senate Delay
The House narrowly approved a bill to extend the 10 percent income surtax 210 to 205 after a last minute Nixon plea. Senate action may take about three months with a 60 day extension likely sought. Nixon seeks 10 percent through December and 5 percent through next June.
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House
Senate
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Charles Installed As Prince of Wales at Caernarvon
Charles of Windsor was crowned Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle amid royal pageantry and bomb attack disruptions. Queen Elizabeth II placed the coronet and regalia on the heir as extremist violence marred the ceremony.
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Charles
Prince of Wales
Caernarvon
Wales
Charles of Windsor
Britain
Electrical Rain Storm Hits Valley
A storm in the Hocking Valley caused scattered damage and power outages. Ohio Power Co reports a lightning strike on a Miller Road pole disrupted service to 35 customers for about three hours. Telephone interruptions occurred and a blocking tree on Nickel Plate Road was cleared by morning. Partly cloudy cooler weather is forecast with highs in the 80s. 74 at 11:30 a.m. Monday’s high reached 95.
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Hocking Valley
Ohio Power Co
Miller Rd
Rt. 33
Nickel Plate Rd
New Panel To Probe Entire Pentagon Operation
Gil bert Fitzhugh, an insurance executive with no military service, is named to head a Nixon panel to study the Pentagon’s organization procurement and R D. The year long review aims to improve efficiency and reduce waste while the panel operates without pay.
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Pentagon
Washington
Gilbert Fitzhugh
Insurance Industry
Nixon
Princeton
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Fitzhugh
Vietnam
Licy
Laird
Defense Department
Hoover Commission
Department
Farflung
Department of Defense
Government eyes Ft Hayes land swap for federal building
In Columbus a GSA spokesman said the government seeks 48.5 acres of the soon closed Ft Hayes to trade for a downtown Columbus site for a new federal office building. The move dents the Columbus Board of Education bid for a technical school site.
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Columbus, Ohio
U.S
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
General Services Administration
Washington
Columbus Board of Education
Ohio Vote On Surtax Is Recorded
Washington AP reports six teen Ohio Republicans and one Democrat joined the majority to pass a bill extending the 10 percent income surtax. The Ohio delegation split along party lines with Ayres Betts Bow Brown Jr. Devine Harsha Latta Lukens Mce Culloch Miller Minshall Mosher Stanton Taft Whalen Wylie for. Ashley for. Ashbrook Clancy against. Feighan Hays Stokes Vanik against.
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Washington
Ohio
Charles A. Mosher
J. William Stanton
Robert Taft Jr
Charles W. Whalen Jr
Chalmers P. Wylie
Thomas L. Ashley
John M. Ashbrook
Donald D. Clancy
Michael A. Feighan
Wayne L. Hays
Louis Stokes
Charles A. Vanik
Rhodes Balks As Legislature Bids For Power
Ohio Senate worked to salvage the fiscal year as Gov. Rhodes balked at expanding the Controlling Board. The senate approved a 7 member board but Rhodes opposed legislative control. the state began the year without operating funds as unspent appropriations lapse.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Senate
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
State Controlling Board
House
Senate Republicans
Ted Gray
Piqua
Treasury
Senate
Midwest Governors’ Conference
Wichita
Kan
Controlling Board
Senate Finance Committee
Metalbestos Workers Reject New Contract in Logan
The William Wallace Division of Wallace Murray in Logan saw Local 98 members reject a proposed contract 74 to 34 after a tentative agreement. The plant employs about 150 and remains open. The offer included 67 cents per hour over three years with a 26 15 15 wage increase schedule plus modest benefits.
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William Wallace
Wallace-Murray Corporation
Logan
Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association
William Wallace Division
Metalbestos
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Rome
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Valley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of Defense
Frank Messer and Sons
Cincinnati
Salt Fork State Park
Cambridge
Department of Natural Resources
Springfield
Ill
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois Supreme Court
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
House Education and Labor Committee
Cape Kennedy
Fla
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