Negotiations Fail as Rail Strike Expands to Two More Lines
A nationwide rail strike spreads as talks fail before a 6 a.m. deadline. Picketing begins at Norfolk and Western and Southern Pacific yards in Cleveland Roanoke and South Lorain. Six more railroads eyed for Friday action as mediation fails over work rule changes.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Norfolk & Western
Southern Pacific
N&w
United Transportation Union
Cleveland
Roanoke
South Lorain
Ohio
AAB
Labor Department
Labor
W. J. Usery
Usery
George Ives
National Mediation Board
Chicago and North Western
2nd Man In 2 Weeks Slain At Bloomingville Tavern
Reported violence escalates at the Bloomingville tavern as a second man is killed within two weeks. The incident follows rising inflation fears and debates over wage and price policies. President Nixon faces pressure to harden anti inflation measures without broad controls.
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Bloomingville Tavern
Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
White House
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Burns
British army widens offensive in Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland 1800 soldiers backed by police raided over 100 homes in a night operation as authorities promise more waves of sweeps to suppress terrorist strongholds, signaling London's resolve to keep the province in the United Kingdom.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
London
United Kingdom
Collins Denies Coal Mined In Wayne Forest
Ironton Ohio state Senator Oakley C Collins denied reports that his coal mining firm mined coal in a 32.6 acre Wayne National Forest section. He called the mining an error from 1968 or 1969 and said the firm has pursued an official statement to restore the land from the Forest Service.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Attorney General’s Office
Lima State Hospital
Atty
William J. Brown
John J. Gilligan
Collins
Wayne Forest
Ironton
Ohio
Oakley C. Collins
R - 18
Wayne National Forest
Dayton Daily News
Justice Department
Washington
Forest Service
Plan for August survey on Tri County Tech graduates employment
John J. Light reports an August survey will assess how Tri County Technical Institute graduates have found work. An earlier June survey showed 81 of 133 associate degree graduates offered jobs, while 52 others pursued college, service, or unspecified status.
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Tri-County Tech School
Tri-County Technical Institute
John J. Light
Institute
Tech School
U.S. Armed Services
Light
Tri- County
Ter
Tech
Tri-County Vocational High School
Supt
Thomas C. Porter
Airliner Hijacked From Miami Bound for Jacksonville
National Airlines says a DC8 jetliner with 87 people aboard was hijacked from Miami to Cuba. Authorities confirmed the incident and ongoing investigations.
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Miami
National Airlines
Jacksonville
Fla
Cuba
Gypsy moths ravage New England forests in waves
Aerial surveys show widespread damage across Connecticut Rhode Island and Massachusetts with 640000 acres blighted in Connecticut alone. Officials say the caterpillars devour foliage leaving trees bare while the blight worsens in southern New England.
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New England
Connecticut
John Anderson
Charles S. Hood
Massachusetts Department of Natural Resources
Cape Code
Rhode Island
Rudolph D'Andrea
Agriculture
College Graduates May Face Army Duty Soon
Washington AP Defense Secretary Melvin Laird says draft boards may recall some 1971 college graduates if Congress does not extend authority to draft 19 year olds before September. A Senate House stalemate over Vietnam withdrawal leaves deferments expiring and possible renewed induction.
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Laird
Washington
Congress
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Senate House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
U.S
Vietnam
Curtis W. Tarr
White House
Thieu Announces Re election Run With Huong as Running Mate
President Nguyen Van Thieu announced his bid for a second four year term in Saigon declaring he must protect the fatherland and people. He named former Prime Minister Tran Van Huong as his running mate, a choice seen as boosting his campaign. A second new South Vietnamese military drive was disclosed in southeastern Cambodia opposite the Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thein
Tran van Huong
Thieu
Huong
Cambodia
Mekong Delta
Taverns closures follow fatal stabbing at Laurelville area
Sheriff orders Dick's Tavern near South Bloomingville closed for two weeks amid a fatal stabbing during a tavern fight. Charles Danner, 28, died en route to Berger Hospital after being knifed in the left groin. Suspects Curtis and James Burkhart were detained. prosecutors expect arraignment on murder charges. Danner, son-in-law of James Woodgeard, had family ties to Laurelville community. Funeral set for Adelphi Community Church with burial in Green Summit Cemetery.
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Dick’s
South Bloomingville
Charles Danner
Laurelville Rt. 2
Berger Hospital
Circleville
Paul Hartmen
Curtis Burkhart
James W. Burkhart
Dayton
Blue Creek
Chris Veidt
Burkhart Brothers
Danner
James Gilbert Woodgeard
Barton Eugene Payne
Laurelville
Hartman
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Paul Raymond Hedges
Charles Norman Danner
Hocking County
Elmer
Lillian Bullock Danner
Rt. 2
Dale Riddle
Mary Louise Woodyeard Danner
Norma Louise
Mary Ellen
Charles
Annabell Ashmore
Bremen
Rt. 1
Darlene Som
Merlot
Marion
Georgia Ashmore
Laurelville Rt
Alma Smith
Houston
Tex
Shirley Withrow
Donald
Floyd
Boyd
Lawrence
Howard
Amanda
Merl Bullock Jr
Lebanon
Larry Bullock
David Bullock
George Bullock
Adelphi Community Church
Otis Clary
Green Summit Cemetery
Adelphi
The
Hill Funeral Home
Kingston
Two New Papers Slated In Vinton and Jackson Counties
Ed Chapman Jr announces two new papers the Wellston Sentry and the Vinton County Courier will begin publication the first week in August following the closing of the Wellston Sentinel and McArthur Democrat Enquirer. Wendell Harbert sues former owner B B Mills for 150000 over alleged misrepresentation in the sale.
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Ed Chapman Jr
Jackson Sun-Journal
Jackson Herald
Wellston Sentry
Vinton County Courier
Wellston Sentinel
McArthur Democrat-Enquirer
Wendell Harbert
Unsettled Summer Weather Across Nation With Showers
Warm weather prevails with scattered thundershowers across the nation. Two inches of rain drenched Cape Girardeau Missouri and Pine Bluff Arkansas overnight as damp conditions stretch from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes.
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Rocky Mountains
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Cape Girardeau
Pine Bluff
Ark
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Italy
William V. S. Tubman
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London Clinic
William R. Tolbert
Tubman
Logan
Harry Smith
Logan Trade Club
Kendra Price
Kenneth Price
N. Walnut St
Mary St. Clair
Shine Appleman
Shirley Fink
Associated Press
Vinton, Jackson Counties
Marie Woodgeard
Lord's
Bill Grove
Saving Hardware
Barbara Clark
G. C. Murphy Co
Sharff
Lawrence T. Webb
Logan Daily News
Lee Hamilton
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