Bev Swackhamer Crowned 1976 Laurelville Old Time Festival Queen
A rain drenched crowd witnessed Bev Swackhamer, 16, crowned queen of the 1976 Laurelville Firemen's Old Time Festival. Attendants Sherrie Grate and Kimberly Thurston, judges Judy Hale, Karen Weekley, Zoe Ann Paxson, and Ralph Fielder, plus master of ceremonies Butch Valentine and Mayor West’s wife, attended. Grand marshal Woody Hayes will lead Saturday’s parade at 6 p.m. as the festival concludes.
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Bev Swackhamer
Laurelville
Miss Swackhamer
Earl Swackhamer
Laurelville Rt
Logan Elm High School
Sherrie Grate
Robert Grate
Stewart Rd
Kimberly Thurston
Ronald Thurston
Crawford Rd
Judy Hale
Lancaster
Karen Weekley
Zoe-Ann Paxson
Thornville
Ralph Fielder
Shawnee
Butch Valentine
Woody Hayes
Ohio State Buckeyes
Laurelville Firemen
Hocking County Sheriff’s Department
Daily News
Reggie Brown
Mass kidnapping feared as Chowchilla bus missing with 26 children
A Chowchilla school bus carrying 26 children and its driver vanished on the way home from a swimming outing. Deputies searched vast farmland through storms after finding the bus abandoned in a dry canal. FBI involvement was reported as investigators consider abduction a likely scenario.
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Chowchilla
Calif
Madera County
San Joaquin Valley
Ed Bates
Fresno
Dairyland Unified School
Nita Hansen
Frank Edward Ray Jr
Bates
Violent Weather Hits Ohio
A string of thunderstorms felled trees and downed power lines across Ohio Thursday night. Cooler air is expected to move in today ending the unsettled weather, with a chance of showers and storms possible in the south and east as the system moves out.
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Ohio
Storms Hit Logan With Heavy Rainfall Thursday
More storms drenched Logan Thursday afternoon and evening delivering 1.25 inches of rain. The forecast calls for sunny cool weather with highs near 80 and no rain Saturday in the valley. At 11 a.m. today the temperature was 72 degrees, contrasting with a muggy Thursday.
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Logan
Severe Thunderstorms and Tornado Warnings Hit Northern Ohio
A cool front clears the state this weekend with highs in the upper 70s to 80s and lows in the 40s and 50s. Six northern counties faced tornado warnings with no ground touchdowns in towns. A touchdown occurred in a Delphos area field. Widespread damage included downed trees and power lines. mobile homes overturned in Meigs County. Delphos and several cities reported power outages and hail up to three quarters of an inch.
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National Weather Service
Ohio
Allen County
Delphos
Meigs County
Ohio 124
Salem Center
Lima
Celina
St. Marys
Wapakoneta
Delaware County
United Way Board To Consider 1977 Budget
The Board of Trustees of the United Way of Hocking County will meet at 7 30 p m Monday August 2 in the F M Room of the Farmers and Merchants Bank. The primary agenda item is approval of the 1977 campaign budget.
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United Way of
Hocking County
F&m
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Logan School Board Approves Record 1977 Budget in Logan
The Logan School Board adopts a record 1977 budget of 4 264 055 including 2 million for teacher salaries at a special meeting. Receipts total 4 264 055 with state foundation 1 975 968 personal property taxes 298 512 and other revenue. Expenditures cover instructional 2 440 930 administrative services 139 600 transportation 473 000 and capital outlay 91 625 with planned moves of modular units and final payments on four modular units.
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Logan School Board
Two Logan Men Penalized in Altercation Case
Two Logan area men pled guilty in mayor's court on assault and disorderly conduct charges from an altercation at the Hideaway Lounge. Eddie W. Croucher and Larry E. Harden each fined 250 dollars and costs, seven days in jail with four days suspended.
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Logan Area
Mayor’s Court
Eddie W. Croucher
N. Walnut St
Larry E. Harden
Logan Rt. 3
Evans S. Hand
Johnny E. Mohler
Harden
Mohler
Richard Schein
Croucher
Louis Keyes
Carter and Mondale Eye Election Plans
Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter and running mate Walter Mondale map strategy after the 1976 Democratic National Convention. Carter returns to Georgia for post convention planning with DNC leaders. Carter and Mondale project a hopeful, non traditional campaign tone as they outline states to visit and campaign logistics.
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New York
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
White House
Carter
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
America
Democratic National Committee
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Mondale
Martin Luther King
Plains, Ga
Sen. Mondale
Plains
Atlanta
Washington
Reagan Says He Wants Presidential Debate With Carter
Ronald Reagan told Pennsylvania delegates at the Republican National Convention that he would debate Jimmy Carter and discuss the cost of the Democratic platform. He proposed contrasting their records on government size and deficits, presenting himself as the true foe of big government.
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Harrisburg
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
California
Pennsylvania
Carter
Georgia
Market declines as money supply rises
New York stocks moved broadly lower as fears over the money supply grew. The opening Dow fell about three points and the day ended with declines ahead of a Fed report showing a $2.6 billion weekly rise in the nation's basic money supply.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
West Logan sewer assessments approved by commissioners
Hocking County commissioners gave final approval on West Logan sanitary sewer assessments totaling 263346.75 at 12.35 per front foot. The 695717 project began over a decade ago and owners may pay by August 16 without interest or add the balance to real estate taxes over 20 years.
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Hocking County
West Logan
Chris
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