Bumper Holiday Crowds At Parks And Logan Celebration
Logan and Hocking County prepare for large Fourth of July crowds at recreation sites. Activities include Peewee baseball, slow pitch softball, baseball, a vocal concert, senior band performance, and an ice cream social. Fireworks cap the program. Lake Logan and Old Man's Cave report high attendance. Publication pauses for the holiday weekend.
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Logan
Hocking County
LHS
Chieftain Boosters
Logan All-Stars
Chesterhill
Tansky
Hilltoppers
Kornmiller
Lancaster Patriots
Hocking Hills State Parks
Lake Logan
Old Man’s Cave
Logan Daily News
Waverly High Accepts SEOL Membership Bid
Waverly High School will join the Southeastern Ohio League in 1970 71, replacing Nelsonville York as the Tigers depart to the Tri Valley Conference. The board accepted SEOL officials invitation after Nelsonville York announced its plan to leave the 44 year old league. Waverly sits in the Pike County seat and was one of two schools considered by SEOL officials.
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Waverly High School
Waverly
SEOL
Tigers
Nelsonville-York
Tri-Valley Athletic Conference
Pike County
Nelsonville - York
Nationalists Hit Red China Boats
Nationalist Chinese commandos sank two Red Chinese supply boats and one gunboat and damaged another gunboat in a raid Wednesday night at a Communist naval base on the Min River in Fukien Province. All raiders returned to base safely, intelligence sources said.
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Taipei
Min River
Fukien
Israel and Egypt Trade Fire Along Suez Canal
The Associated Press reports 12 hours of artillery and small arms fire along the Suez Canal with Israeli casualties claimed and Egypt silent. Tensions rise over the Egyptian air force leadership as UN Security Council considers an arms embargo on Israel over Jerusalem.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Israel
Suez Canal
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nassar
Mustapha el Hennan
Hassan Kamel
al Ahram
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
United Nations
Security Council
Bids Sought for Access Routes to Cincinnati Stadium
The Ohio Department of Highways reports bids will open July 15 on a $1.6 million project to improve access routes to Cincinnati's new municipal stadium.
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Columbus, Ohio
Cincinnati
Ohio Department of Highways
Ohio House Near Vote On Education Tax Bill
Hanoi will free 3 POWs as Independence Day observations unfold and U.S. military officials assess North Vietnamese infiltration. Radio Hanoi indicated Americans captured in North Vietnam but did not specify release timing or exact locations. Meanwhile, combat assessments show multiple regiments pulling back across the demilitarized zone with ongoing troop movements along the border regions.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Radio Hanoi
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Radio
17Th Parallel
South Vietnam
Ben Het
Loc Ninh
3Rd Corps
Hocking Boy in Poor Condition After Near Drowning
David Dalton age 12 son of Mr and Mrs Paul Dalton of Rockbridge Route 1 remained in poor condition at Children s Hospital Columbus after a near drowning at Lake Logan State Park. He was found submerged by his sister and a lifeguard around 4 45 p m Wednesday and transported first to Hocking Valley Community Hospital then to Columbus.
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David Dalton
Paul Dalton
Rockbridge
Soviets Seek Indian Nod for Eastern Asia Naval Base
An Asian diplomatic source says the Soviet Union asked India for permission to base a fleet in the Andaman Islands to control shipping lanes in East Asia and the western Pacific. Indira Gandhi reportedly resisted the base proposal as Delhi weighs Moscow's push for a security network.
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Washington
Soviet Union
India
East Asia
Western Pacific
Indira Gandhi
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Andaman
Moscow
China
Nixon
U.S
Suez
Southeast Asia
Persian Gulf
United States
Iran
Kuwait
U S Officials Eye Viet War Slowdown
Washington officials weigh signs that Hanoi is slowing the war amid drops in combat and North Vietnamese infiltration. Some see change of plans or manpower limits. others warn of a new offensive. McGovern’s Paris meeting with North Vietnamese negotiators draws Democratic critique.
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Washington
Nixon
South
Hanoi
William P. Rogers
U.S
Vietnam
Rogers
George S. McGovern
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Virginia
McGovern
Paris
State Department
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Dakota Democrat
SOS Program Seeks Help for Logan Summer Jobs
The Summer Opportunity for Students SOS program in Logan faces a stalemate with over 150 applications but few openings. Barb Helber and Bob Lindsey say the program, the only SOS in Ohio, matches high school students to work through employers who set pay. Call the Logan Ohio Bureau of Employment Services at 385-5609 to supply labor or job leads.
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Logan
Barb Helber
Bob Lindsey
SOS
United States
Ohio
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Ohio Patrol Plans Two Helicopters With Federal Grant
The Ohio state highway patrol was informed that it can buy two helicopters using a $280,000 federal grant from the Department of Transportation. Senator William B. Saxbe announced the news, underscoring the program funded to boost patrol aviation capabilities.
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Columbus, Ohio
State Highway Patrol
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
Federal Department of Transportation
Grandson Of Hocking Couple Wounded In Viet
Pte. Gary R. Hull son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hull of Columbus and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hull of Union Furnace is listed in fair condition from shrapnel wounds in Vietnam. He is hospitalized at Camp Zama Japan since April 12 and welcomes letters from friends at US 51884984, ¢-6 Medical Holding Co., Ward 2, US Army Hospital, Camp Zama Japan APO San Francisco 96343.
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Gary R. Hull
Paul Hull
Columbus
Carl Hull
Union Furnace
U.S. Army
Vietnam
U.S. Army Hospital
Camp Zama
Japan
6 Medical Holding Co
Ward 2
US. Army Hospital
APO
San Francisco
Calif
Ohio House to vote on school funding and cigarette tax hike
Ohio lawmakers move a $1.86 billion education plan funded partly by higher cigarette and corporate taxes. The bill finances kindergarten through college programs, capital improvements, and a $1.3 billion education allotment. Governors Rhodes vetoed driver license color photos funding earlier.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Board of Regents
Contingency Fund
James A. Rhodes
Harry L. Armstrong
Logan
Rhodes
Highway Patrol
House
Senate
Vietnam War Fuel Debacle Highlights Accounting Breakdown
Pentagon auditors labeled a total breakdown in the Vietnam POL system after tens of millions of gallons could not be tracked in 1967. They cited missing receipts and chaotic reports, noting $21 million in petroleum could be unaccounted for and that documentation and control were severely inadequate under hostile fire.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Pentagon
Air Force
William Proxmire
Dwis
General Accounting Office
Thailand
Secretary of Defense
Melvin Laird
Proxmire
Storms Mar Holiday For Some Areas
Thunderstorms hit the Northwest Midwest and Southeast as a Florida windstorm damaged trailers and homes near Balm and Gibsonton. Three injured. Temperatures ranged from 41 at Marquette to 100 at Needles with scattered storms expected into July Fourth.
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Northwest
Midwest
Florida
Balm
Gibsonton
Tampa
Winston-Salem
N.C
Great Lakes
Rockies
Appalachians
Marquette
Mich
Needles
Calit
North Korean Journalist Executed as Spy in South Korea
Seoul officials announced the hasty execution of Lee Soo keun a 45 year old former vice president of North Korea's official news agency. Lee was sentenced to death on May 10 for spying for Pyongyang and had vowed to appeal but did not.
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Seoul
Lee Soo-keun
Lee
Central
Pyongyang
Large Cat Tracks Spark Farm Warning Near Logan
Marvin Nungester of Hocking Game Protector reports large cat tracks found two weeks ago on the Jud Shriner farm about two miles from Logan on Rt. 664N. Danny Kline, an oil-well operator, saw the prints about 3.42 inches across suggesting a animal larger than a bobcat but smaller than a mountain lion. No similar tracks have been reported since.
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Jud Shriner
Logan
Hocking
Marvin Nungester
Danny Kline
Nungester
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Cambodia
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Asia
Ment
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Indonesia
Pakistan
Viet
Armstrong
THE
Hocking Valley
Korea
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