Japanese Jetliner Crashes Killing 162 Aboard
A All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 collided with a Japanese F86F over northern Japan. 162 aboard including 155 passengers and seven crew. 56 bodies recovered by nightfall in rugged terrain 300 miles northeast of Tokyo. One foreigner, Donn M. Carpenter of Detroit, survived the incident pilot bailed out unharmed.
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Tokyo
Japan
All Nippon Airways
Donn M. Carpenter
Detroit
Mich
Air Self-Defense Force
Hokkaido
Line
Yoshiwara Bereaved Family Association
Rail unions press Nixon as nationwide strike grows
President Nixon met with rail and union leaders as 10 railroads faced walkouts. Governors warn the impact ranges from critical to disastrous while McCracken estimates a possible 50 billion dollar hit to GNP if the stoppage lasts through August. Local effects include layoffs in Georgia and Seattle tied to the UTA action.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
United Transportation Union
James D. Hodgson
Paul W. McCracken
President’s Council of Economic Advisors
McCracken
General Motors
Ronald L. Ziegler
Hodgson
Congress
UTA
Santa Fe
Alton & Southern
Houston Belt & Terminal
Elgin
Joliet
Eastern
Duluth
Mesabi & Iron Range
Bessemer
Lake Erie
Steel Pact Decision Set to Address Contract or Strike
The AFL-CIO United Steelworkers called 600 local leaders to decide whether to accept a contract or strike the steel industry. Major firms prepared to shut down if a strike occurs as White House monitors potential impacts on the economy. President Nixon urged an inflationary restraint and a mid night Saturday strike deadline looms. The union represents 350,000 workers in nine firms with spillover to 150,000 more.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers Union
White House
Nixon
Cool Air Rolls East Low July readings sweep midwest and plains
The Associated Press reports cool autumn like weather spreading east across the nation’s midsection. Temperatures dropped into the 40s and 50s from the Southern Plains and Rockies to the Great Lakes with Chicago tying July 30 low at 57 and Oklahoma City at 61.
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Associated Press
Plains
Rockies
Great Lakes
Chicago
Mercury
Oklahoma City
Weather Outlook for Hocking Valley Saturday Showers Possible
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with little temperature change and a chance of showers Saturday in the Hocking Valley. At 11 a.m. today the temperature was 70 with drizzle, following an overnight low of 53. Thursday’s high reached 79.
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Hocking Valley
Midwest Thunderstorms Hit Several States
Cities enacting today include St. Joseph Missouri age 54 and Grand Island Nebraska age 52 as scattered thundershowers soak sections of the Midwest and coasts of the South and Northeast.
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St. Joseph
Grand Island
Neb
Midwest
Congress Impasse Confuses Draft-Age Men in Hocking County
Mrs. Edwad S. McBride of the Hocking County Selective Service Board says congressional delays on extending induction authority cause uncertainty among local draft age men. She notes continued registration and classification, with pre induction physicals for those needed, and explains that only induction authority expired while the system remains in operation. Office hours are 9 am to 4 30 pm Tue Thu and alternate Fridays.
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Edwad S. McBride
Hocking County
Selective Service Board
W. Main St
Selective Service
Curtis Tarr
Defense Department
McBride
Apollo 15 Lunar Landing Nears Risky Descent
Apollo 15 astronauts Scott and Irwin prepared for a high risk touchdown over Hadley Rille with a goal to land near the mountain front and within a mile of a canyon edge. Worden accompanied the live TV as the craft adjusted orbit to ensure ignition for Falcon.
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Mission Control
Falcon
Apennines
Scott
Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Hadley Rille
Senate panel seeks to cut off foreign military aid
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led by Sen. J. W. Fulbright, may cut off all foreign military aid unless Defense Secretary Laird provides requested information or President Nixon invokes executive privilege. Fulbright has sought the data since April and July. Laird has not responded.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Arkansas Democrat
Laird
Senate Judiciary
Fulbright
Executive Branch
Congress
North Vietnamese Attack Repulsed near Pleiku
About 400 North Vietnamese forces attacked South Vietnamese rangers in the Central Highlands before dawn. Air and artillery drives drove them back, with Lt. Col. Le Trung Hien reporting 50 enemy dead in a 25 minute battle about 30 miles south of Pleiku. Three ARVN soldiers were killed and 20 wounded.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
le Trung Hien
Pleiku
Senate Fails to Cloture on Lockheed Aid Bill
The Senate voted 53 to 37 against cloture keeping debate open on a bill to guarantee 250 million dollars in Lockheed loans, with supporters planning another cloture attempt as House action on aid proceeds. Senators Proxmire Sparkman Tower voiced opposition to the broad loan guarantees while White House clearance aided early momentum.
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Washington
Senate
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
House
Lockheed
Proxmire
Senate Banking Committee
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Banking Committee
John Tower
Texas
White House
Tower
Interchange Opens at Route 33 and 664
The U S 33 664 interchange opened to traffic without fanfare on Thursday afternoon eliminating a dangerous intersection since four lane Route 33 was completed in 1968. The interchange should improve access to Hocking Hills State Park and Lake Logan.
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Hocking Hills State Park
Lake Logan
State Grand Jury To Probe OU Deals
Ohio Governor directs the attorney general to empanel a grand jury in Athens County to review insurance banking and real estate transactions involving Ohio University. The probe centers on OU Fund Inc trustees Fred Johnson and Dwight Rutherford amid questions of conflicts of interest and bidding practices.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio University
John Gilligan
William Brown
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dayton Journal Herald
Ohio University Fund, Inc
Brown
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Grand
Gilligan
Fred Johnson
OU Board of Trustees
Dwight Rutherford
Johnson
First State Bank and Trust Co
Rutherford
OU President Arrested For Intoxication
Columbus police arrested Claude R. Sowle 43 president of Ohio University in Athens on an intoxication charge. His $30 bond was forfeited when he failed to appear in municipal court. Police found him downtown after 5 a.m. Sowle listed 29 Park Place Athens as his address.
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Rutherford
Johnson
University
Claude Sowle
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
Claude R. Sowle
Ohio University
Athens
Richard Hopson
Richard Bird
Sowle
Park Place
Sidney H. Golden
Three More Seek Township Trustee Posts
Three more non partisan candidates filed nominating petitions with the Hocking County election board for township trustee seats. Latest filers include William Deer of Nelsonville Route 1 Ward Two trustee, Howard E. Weaver of Laurelville Perry Township trustee, and Wilbur A. Barlow of New Plymouth Route 1 Washington Two trustee.
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Hocking County Election Board
William Deer
Nelsonville Rt. 1
Ward
Howard E. Weaver
Laurelville
Perry
Wilbur A. Barlow
New Plymouth Rt. 1
Washington
Tribe fires Dark in surprise Indians shakeup
Cleveland Indians fire manager Alvin Dark and name John Lipon as interim skipper. Lipon, a current coach on the club, will lead the team in place of Dark. The move comes as Cleveland seeks a new direction this season.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Indians
Alvin Dark
The
Indians
John Lipon
Community Vesper Services at Kachelmacher Park August
The Hocking County Ministerial Association sponsors Sunday evening vesper services in August at Kachelmacher Park starting 7 p.m. folding chairs advised. Rain venues shift to the sponsoring church. August named Favorite Month with sermons and music chosen by local churches.
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Hocking County
Jim Cummins
Trinity United Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
First Church of Christ
First United Presbyterian Church
Ministerial Association
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