Logan School Board Approves Amended 2.1 Million Budget
The Logan city school board unanimously approved an amended general fund budget of 2,180,316 for 1972, based on an additional 300,000 in state foundation funds. If state aid does not materialize, the board will revise the plan. action previously postponed pending legality checks with LEA input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan City
Don Young
Young
Logan Education Association
LEA
Tion
General Fund
Rotary
Can't Stop Income Tax Says Senate Republicans
Ohio senators concede the House tax package will pass, with Democrats and Republicans allied to push a 1 to 4 percent personal tax and 4 to 8 percent corporate tax. Leaders deny political manipulation claims as dissidents call for the removal of GOP chair Andrews and Speaker Kurfess over the Gilligan tax plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Columbus
Ohio
House
Donald
Buz
Lukens
Middletown
Anthony Calabrese
D-22
Cleveland
John Gilligan
Associated Press
GOP
John Andrews
Charles Kurfess
Andrews
Kurfess
James Rhodes
Rhodes
Hailstones Reported Near Rockbridge Area
Hailstones as big as quarters struck the Rockbridge area during a 10 30 p m storm causing dents on a car owned by Harold J Miller and heavy paint scratches and downed tree limbs. Hail also reported in the Toad Run area near South Perry with little damage in Logan. Rainfall in Logan reached three tenths of an inch. Overnight low 54 degrees. It was 75 degrees at 11 a m with forecast for partly sunny skies and little temp change Saturday.
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Rockbridge
Harold J. Miller
Toad Run
South
Perry
Logan
Rail strike against Union Pacific and Southern Railroads
Union Pacific and Southern Railroads face a potential strike after negotiations failed to resolve work rules, wages, and conditions. UTU President Charles Luna, Transport Secretary Volpe, and five railroad leaders urged a halt to actions as 190,000 UTU members across roads weigh harsher job rules and slower limits amid broader industry tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Union Pacific and Southern
Charles Luna
Afl-Cio
United Transportation Union
Luna
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Labor Department
Norfolk & Western
Southern Pacific
UTU
Chicago and North Western
Southern
Record crowds at Hocking Hills in 1970
Attendance at Hocking Hills State Park topped one million for 1970, with 455,508 visitors in the first six months up 59,234 from the prior year. May led with 151,112, while earlier months showed gains or close comparisons to 1970 figures.
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Hocking Hills State Park
Eight LHS Classes Plan Reunions and Alumni Dance Weekend
Logan High School Alumni Association organizes eight class reunions this weekend with a Saturday dance at Logan armory from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. and a Sunday 1:30 p.m. business meeting in the LHS auditorium. Joe Krieg leads the event with remarks, reports, and election of officers for 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan High School Alumni Association
Logan Armory
Larry Richards
LHS
Joe Krieg
LHS Alumni Association
Judy Miller
Marion
Moose Lodge
Strike Affects Phone Service as Vandalism Rises
Isolated vandalism marked the AFL CIO Communications Workers strike as Bell System negotiators met over wages and benefits. Major damage hit Elgin Illinois with a firebomb assault on a company garage and arson charges against twoemployees for cable fires. Across the country, cable cuts and vandalism disrupted thousands of subscribers while talks continued. meanwhile West Coast longshoremen began a 16th day of a strike idling 100 ships in 34 ports and triggering widespread layoffs and vacation orders.
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AFL - Cio
Elgin Central
Mundelein
Aurora
Libertyville
Ill
Vineland
N.J
Grethna
Neb
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Ohio Bell
Akron
Youngstown
Cleveland
Canada
Mexico
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Pacific Maritime Association
B52s Strike Red Bases in North Vietnam Raid
U S B52 bombers hit North Vietnamese positions in the northern South Vietnam theater in the heaviest raids in five days. The mission dropped 360 tons of bombs on troop concentrations depots bunkers and antiaircraft sites from near the DMZ to southeast of Khe Sanh as a South Vietnamese 1 500 man task force pulled back from a brief incursion into Cambodia.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Senate Farm Bill Edits Expand Food Stamp Aid
The Senate approved a 13.6 billion farm appropriations bill with added half a billion for food stamps and continued subsidy support. Adjustments include lowering subsidy ceilings to 20000 while shaping final terms with a House measure and administration line. The vote stood 78 to 2. The package moves to conference.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
Nixon to visit Peking amid China normalisation push
President Nixon announced plans to visit Peking within 10 months at Chou En Lai’s invitation to seek normalisation of U S mainland relations. Kissinger aided a secret Beijing stop during a 10 day world trip, with the plan potentially shaping the 1972 campaign and Viet Nam peace talks. New York trading followed upbeat expectations as investors welcomed the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Peking
China
Chou’ En-lai
U.S
Mainland China
Chou
Henry A. Kissinger
National Broadcasting Co
Burbank
United Nations
United States
People’s Republic of China
Chou En-lai
Flasher Lights Set for Midway U S 38 and Rt 180
State Senator Harry Armstrong of Hocking County said flasher lights will be installed at the Midway intersection of four lane U S 38 and State Rt 180. The warning lights will likely move to Rt 180 from the Rt 6648S and Rt 33 site after the new interchange opens. The 66433 interchange work is near completion with berming seeding and guard rails being installed ahead of opening to motorists this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Armstrong
Hocking County
Midway
Sen. Armstrong
Rt. 33
Nixon announces trip to Communist China shocks Asia
Asian governments react with mixed feelings as Nixon reveals plans to visit Communist China. Nationalist China protests, South Korea calls it shocking, while Japan New Zealand and Thailand welcome steps toward improved China relations. The Philippines Indonesia and Hong Kong view potential peace and broader cooperation as a positive shift. Moscow cites anti Soviet suspicions but offers no immediate comment.
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Tokyo
China
Nixon
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
Far East
James C. Shen
Washington
Taipei
Chiang Kai- Shek
South Korea
Foreign Ministry
Seoul
Toshio Kimura
Sir Keith
Holyoake
New Zealand
Thanat Khoman
Thailand
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Leslie Bury
Australia
Peking
People’s Republic of China
Hong Kong
U.S
Moscow
Kremlin
Washington-Peking
Soviet Union
Tass
Draft Lottery Set In August Amid Draft Law Uncertainty
The Selective Service says the 1972 draft lottery will proceed August 5 despite a stalled draft act extension. Congress may not act until fall, yet thousands await plans as calls for July and August remain uncertain and Defense requests for 16,000 draftees face delay.
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Washington
Selective Service System
Selective Service
Congress
Thuse
Senate
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
Selective
Curtis Tarr
Tarr
Defense Department
Army
Nixon
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
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Logan School Board
Union Pacific
Hocking Parks
VFW Hall
Brandt
Mecca
Blosser
Party Room
Betty Rempel
Ocaw Union Hall
American Legion Home
Logan Federal Community Room
Hocking Hills Country Club
THE
Tween
Union and Company
Federal Reserve Board
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Department of Agriculture
South America
Kissinger
UN of
New York
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