Ohio House Rejects School Tax Bill Changes
Ohio House rejected 85 Senate amendments to a 2.27 billion education tax bill in a 53 to 25 vote. A conference committee will reconcile differences as the Senate prepared a floor vote on extending open housing protections. The action coincides with highway funding and police pension funding moves awaiting House action.
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Ohio
Columbus
Senate
House
Mark C. Schinnerer
Lakewood
Schinnerer
Ways and Means
State OKs Planning Aid for Upper Salt Creek Watershed
Ohio Director of Natural Resources Fred E. Marr announced approval of a Public Law 566 planning assistance application for the Upper Salt Creek Watershed across Ross Pickaway Fairfield Hocking and Vinton counties. The plan seeks flood prevention water management and related benefits with support from the Soil Conservation Service.
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Fred E. Marr
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Salt Creek
Ross
Pickaway
Fairfield
Hocking
Vinton
Soil Conservation Service
Marr
Ohio Water Commission
Laurelville
Upper Salt Creek
Secretary of Agriculture
Morr
Nixon warns Viet Reds as 1500 more GIs leave Vietnam
Saigon AP reports 750 more American troops departed Vietnam under President Nixon’s plan to trim U.S. forces by 25 000 by August. The 4th Battalion 39th Infantry of the 9th Division flew from Bien Hoa to Hawaii for Schofield Barracks ready reserve. Total withdrawals reach 7 400 since June 8. Fighting around Saigon persists with 63 enemy and nine American deaths in an eight hour clash 30 miles west of Saigon near the Cambodian border.
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Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
39Th Infantry
9Th Infantry Division
Bien Hoa Air Base
Hawaii
Schofield Barracks
Ronald W. Crooks
Albany
Calif
U.S. Infantrymen From the 25Th Division
25Th Division
South Vietnam
Agent Poses As Hippie To Investigate Narcotics Traffic
Ohio narcotics investigators say drug abuse is spreading from college students to high schoolers. An undercover agent infiltrated Ohio University groups in Athens County and gathered names and facts before his cover was cracked and he was reassigned. Prosecutions hinge on detailed evidence and dates.
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Ohio University
Columbus
Ohio
al Cook
Atty
Paul Brown
Cleveland
Canton
Hamilton
Athens
Cook
Athens County
Clair M. Ball, Jr
Ball
David Dowd
Stark County
Hamilton County
Melvin Ruger
Franklin County
Cincinnati
Ruger
FBI
County offices reshaped as court action looms
Hocking County commissioners moved to meet Judge Rhea Bangert Brown by renting three rooms in the Logan Federal building to house the county school superintendent’s office and moving the county recorder, election board, and probate and juvenile court offices into newly vacated spaces. A landfill operation plan advances with public hearings planned, while transfer of the Lutz property and welfare department leadership changes are discussed.
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Hocking County
Rhea Bangert Brown
Paul Hartman
Recorder
Election Board
Brown
James Stilwell
Hartman
Senate
Board of Commissioners
Forrest Moore
David Mingus
Sanitarian
Owen Yaw
Lutz
W. Second St
Israeli Jets Strike Guerrilla Strongholds Near Mt Hermon
Israeli aircraft crossed into Syria and Lebanon striking Arab guerrilla concentrations in the Mt Hermon foothills. The 15 minute raid followed a rise in sabotage with eight incidents cited since July 1. It marked the first air attack inside Lebanon since last December retaliatory action reported by the army.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Mt. Hermon
Lebanon
Beirut
Greece
Sunny Warm Up Predicted for Hocking Valley
The Hocking Valley is forecast for sunny and warmer weather on Thursday. Temperatures reached 78 degrees at 11 a.m. under clear skies, up from Tuesday's 75 degree high, with an overnight low near 58.
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Hocking Valley
Dirksen Rescued by Capitol Police Amid Farm Parity Protest
Capitol police cleared a path for Sen. Everett Dirksen as about 200 farmers and families from Illinois confronted him in the Senate reception room. Dirksen defended a parity-linked farm bill backed by the American Farm Bureau Federation and refused a grain buy or cash change from protesters.
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Washington
Capitol
Everett M. Dirksen
U.S
Illinois
Dirksen
Senate
American Farm Bureau Federation
Dow Jones Falls Through 800 Threshold In Sharp Trade
The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled past the 800 mark as trading stayed active. By noon the DJI stood at 792.85, down 9.11, with declines outpacing advances and the 1969 high of 968.85 noted as a distant peak.
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New York
Mariner 6 Returns Mars Images New Cap Edges
Mars bound Mariner 6 sent long shot photos showing a ragged southern polar cap edge possibly due to mountains or craters and a dark spot at the cap center. A second batch of closer pictures is expected tonight as the craft nears Mars for a life capability check.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 6
Earth
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mariner
Nixon visits Saigon first U.S. president to enter South Vietnams capital
President Nixon flew to Saigon and told troops that no further peace concessions would be offered. He toured a field hospital and a war orphan home with Mrs Nixon, met with President Thieu, and spoke from Di An base about continuing peace talks while asserting the extra mile has been reached.
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Nixon
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
di An
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Bangkok
Thailand
Asia
Thieu
Independence Palace
Washington
Paris
White House
Robb Withdraws From City Council Race for New Cummins Post
Bill Robb of Logan accepts a supervisor of cost accounting role at Cummins Diesel Engine Co in Columbus Indiana starting Monday and withdraws from the GOP race for president of City Council. The party must name a replacement by August 20. Robb, a former City Council president, has a Logan family and 12-year-old son Brent.
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Charles W
Bill) Robb
Jennison Ave
Cummins Diesel Engine Co
Columbus
Ind
Robb
Dean Collison
Hocking County
James Johnson
Rolland Schorr
Collison
Central Committee
Logan
Reynoldsburg
Logan Goodyear
Brent
Robert
Connie) Burton
Robbs
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