Hocking River Basin Study Explained To Logan Rotarians
Donald T. Williams outlined Army Engineer Corps inland waterway functions for Logan Rotarians as part of the Hocking River Basin survey funded by a $50 000 Congress appropriation. The talk covered flood control, recreational potential, reservoir sites on Clear Creek Buck Run and Scott’s Creek, and cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service. Williams noted 28 999 miles of inland waterways and 296 authorized flood projects with 45 completed and 6 under construction, highlighting Huntington flood walls valued at 8 5 million and the economic benefits of reservoirs.
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Army Engineer Corps
Logan
Donald T. Williams
Huntington District
Hocking River
Hocking County
Hocking Basin
Williams
Hocking
Rush Creek
Soil Conservation Service
Army
Logan Reservoir
Clear Creek
Buck Run
Scott's Creek
Athens
Ohio U.’s
West Green
Burr Oak Lake
Army Engineers
Nelsonville
Department of Agriculture
U.S
Ohio River
Huntington
Bill Bozett
Rotary Meeting
Don Donelson
Hide-A-Way Hills
Barton A. Hall
Bill Miller
Joe Christner
Tom Lockard
Wellston
Macmillan Purge Sparks Fresh Tory Criticism in UK
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan reshaped Britain's Conservative government by firing nine ministers, four of them at Cabinet level, bringing top discharges to 16 since Friday. Critics say leadership is weakened, while supporters call the moves necessary amid public dissatisfaction and interim election fallout.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Algeria officers meet to seek unity in rebel and army split
In the Atlas mountains south of Algiers a secret meeting of military leaders formed an emergency Council of Vilayas to reconcile Algeria's quarreling factions. Dissident Ahmed Ben Bella allies urged displacement of Premier Ben Youssef Ben Khedda.
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Algiers
Algeria
Wilayas
Vilayas
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Youssef’ Ben Khedda
Kennedy health plan vote looms as Senate clash unfolds
Senate battle over the administration's elderly health care compromise heats up with leaders predicting a close result. A defeat could derail Kennedy's broader program while a victory would keep hopes alive for action in the House. The plan funds hospital care for seniors via Social Security taxes and includes a private option.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
House
Mike Mansfield
Montana
White House
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Congress
X15 Pilot Achieves Astronaut Rank With 58 Mile Flight
Veteran X15 pilot Robert M. White reached 58 miles above Edwards Air Force Base becoming the first winged craft astronaut. Unofficial reports list altitudes above 285,000 feet, surpassing the prior 246,700 feet record and placing White among five Americans with space wings alongside Shepard Grissom Glenn and Carpenter.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Robert M. White
White
Alan R. Shepard Jr
Virgil I. Grissom
John H. Glenn Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Mike DiSalle Visits Logan for 4-H Band Meeting
Governor Michael V. DiSalle arrived in Logan with the county sheriff and city police to greet residents. He spoke at Worthington Park after a walkabout with local figures including Rolland Bright and Barton A. Hall while Mike Hartman pledged not to wash his right hand for two weeks after meeting him.
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Logan
DiSalle
Hocking
Otto Shaw
Richard Cole
Springfield
Supreme Court
Francis Myers
Michael V. DiSalle
Rolland Bright
Worthington Park
Barton A. Hall
Mike Hartman
Paul Hartman
John McGhee
Richard Gerken
Gerken
Ohio
Michael DiSalle
Thomas Worthington
Hocking County
Gov
Weather Outlook in Ohio With Fog Burnoff and Mild Temperatures
Official Weather Bureau notes fair cool dry conditions across Ohio. Morning fog along the Ohio River clears after sunrise with highs in upper 70s to low 80s and lows near 60. Northerly winds from a Canadian Great Lakes high pressure bring lower humidity through Wednesday while crowds attend a 4-H rally in Zanesville and Columbus.
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Columbus, Ohio
Official Weather Bureau
Ohio
Ohio River
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Zanesville
Columbus
Toledo
Canada
Great Lakes
DiSalle Targets Mechem as He Champions Ohio Growth
Governor DiSalle campaigned in Southeastern Ohio promising growth, jobs, and education funding. He criticized Republican leadership for funding but not financing, praised local leaders, and planned stops across 10th District with a Huntington TV broadcast to cap two days of campaigning.
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Barton A. Hall
Francis Myers
Hocking
Ohio
Hocking County
DiSalle
Rolland Bright
Gov
Athens County
Mechem
Republican Party
Lancaster
New Lexington
Athens
Baker Center
McArthur
Jackson
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Ironton
Huntington
W. Va
John Ayers
di Salle
Richard T. Cole
Springfield
Ohio Supreme Court
Delbert Fordham
Otto Shaw
Carl Engle
4-H
Jim Horwell
Michael V. DiSalle
Senate
C. Stanley Mechem
GOP
Ohio University
Logan
Stanley
Rip van Winkle
Risch Drugs Burglarized for Narcotics and Cash
Burglars smashed into Risch Drug Store at 24 West Main Street, taking an unknown amount of narcotics including codeine morphine and dilaudid along with about $21 from two cash registers. Ohio Bureau investigators aided by fingerprint findings pursue leads, with police noting similarities to other area robberies.
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Risch Drug Store
W. Main St
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation & Identification of
London
Roy Kelch
Athens
Lancaster
Personal incomes reach new June high in 1962
The Commerce Department reports June personal incomes rose to a record annual rate of 440.4 billion dollars, up 24 billion from June 1961 and 700 million for the month. Industrial production also advanced to a record, though gains lagged May and earlier year increases.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Explosion kills two at Grant Town mine in West Virginia
An explosion outside the Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates mine at Grant Town kills Gay Ice, 44, of White Hall, and Robert Jones, 32, of Farmington, as a 75 ton seal slab upended and sent them 275 feet into an abandoned shaft. Five others are injured, one seriously.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Grant Town
Gay Ice
White Hall
Here
Robert Jones
Farmington
Body found of another American serviceman in Viet Nam crash
Searchers recovered the body of a fifth American serviceman after a U S Army helicopter was shot down by Communist forces. The incident left five Americans dead and four missing across three air crashes in two days.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Peru Cabinet Resigns as Coup Looms Over Election
Lima reports a military coup imminent after the Peruvian Cabinet resigns as President Manuel Prado resists armed forces demands to nullify the June 10 national elections.
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Lima
Peru
Manuel Prado
Rusk Seeks Gromyko Hint on Berlin Tensions
Secretary of State Dean Rusk hopes a weekend talk with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko will reveal whether Moscow plans to escalate trouble over Berlin. The exchange occurs amid rising Cold War tensions and potential diplomatic actions.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Kennedy skips news conference this week
The White House reports President Kennedy will pass up a news conference this week, opting for no formal briefing and no scheduled media remarks.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
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Macmillan
Lord Lambton
Daily Mail
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Mike
Hocking County 4-H
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Risch
Wayne McDaniel
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