Tougher Pollution Rules Urged for Great Lakes
The Great Lakes Commission ends a two day meeting with calls for stronger water quality standards. R Stewart Kilborne urged a no discharge policy from ships until marine sanitary devices meet EPA standards. John McWilliam proposed a 3.5 million shipping demonstration to extend the season and guide federal funding.
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Indianapolis
Great Lakes Commission
Lakes
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New York
Pennsylvania
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Nelson Rockefeller
Assembly
Kilborne
Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
John McWilliam
Toledo-Lucas County
McWilliams
Seaway, Navigation and Commerce Committee
Conference of Great Lakes
Congress
United States
Irrational Man Terrorizes Family In Madison County
Eddie Gene Vaughn, 30, of Dayton, broke into the Hammond farm home in Madison County and held a family of five at gunpoint for about 10 hours. Paul Hammond, 51, and his son Greg subdued him after he assaulted the daughter and tried to hang himself in jail later.
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London, Ohio
Sheriff's Office
Hammond
Vaughn
Blasts Delay Mine Rescue in Rhodesia Tragedy
In Wankie Rhodesia officials say 428 miners remain missing after a major blast and rockfall. Three bodies recovered. one injured survivor reported. Ventilation shaft explosions hindered rescue work and air supply to trapped zones. Sir Keith Acutt cautioned miracles are unlikely.
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Wankie, Rhodesia
Wankie
Keith Acutt
Salisbury
Order Cleanup Of Migrant Camps
Ohio officials order growers to fix health violations at about 400 migrant worker camps within 30 days or face legal action. Health Director John Cashman said 40 percent of 900 inspected camps had at least one major violation with unsafe water, inadequate toilets, poor ventilation, and hazardous housing conditions described as unfit for human beings.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Cashman
Cashman
Connally Starts Tour In Venezuela
John B. Connally begins talks in Caracas with President Rafael Caldera on political and economic issues between the United States and Venezuela. The discussions cover U S oil interests, trade preferences, and Venezuela’s tax and production controls affecting about five billion dollars in American investments. Connally’s 15 nation tour for Nixon continues after Caracas with a stop in Colombia.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Treasury
John B. Connally
Rafael Caldera
U.S
United States
Nixon
Connally
Caldera
Colombia
Logan Senior Citizens Rummage Sale Fundraiser
The Logan Senior Citizens Club hosts a two day rummage sale in the old hospital building at 163 W. Main St to fund club activities. The Reorganized Latter Day Saints youth hold a bake sale on Saturday to raise money for a trip to the Kirtland Temple this summer. Sale hours begin 10 a.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday.
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Logan Senior Citizens Club
Reunion report omissions prompt editor's note
Letters to the editor criticize Logan High School alumni coverage after the class of 1952 reunion appears in the Hocking Valley Press. Mrs. Fred Graham questions fairness and presses for full local reporting.
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Daily News
Logan High School
Hocking
Donald Sinnott
Kentucky Oil
Fred Graham
Hocking County
P.Y.A
Trinity United Methodist Church
France Survives One-Day Strike
Paris faced a one day general strike led by CGT demanding a $200 monthly minimum wage and retirement at 60 with a $160 pension. Railway service was hit hardest with only one in four trains running while Paris area commuters ran 10 to 30 percent of normal. the subway and buses operated at high levels.
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Paris
France
CGT
General Confederation of Workers
Miller Seeks Weekend Speak Engagements in Ohio
Congressman Clarence Miller travels through Southeastern Ohio this weekend with two public appearances. He will speak at the Washington Electric Cooperative annual meeting in Marietta at 1 30 p m Saturday. Sunday he headlines the early afternoon commencement at Hocking Technical College in Nelsonville.
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Clarence Miller
Southeastern Ohio
Miller
Marietta
Washington Electric Cooperative
Marietta High School
Athens County
Hocking Technical College
Nelsonville
One Vote Decides Ohio House Race in Recount
In Cincinnati a partial recount shows Republican Bechtold trailing Helen Fix 5 902 to 5 903 in the 26th Ohio House District. Fix, Amberley Village councilwoman, asked for a recount in 60 precincts after an 80 vote margin. Bechtold may seek retabulation in the remaining 95 precincts.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
John Bechtold
Bechtold
Helen Fix
Fix
Amberley Village
Hamilton County
Circus to perform in New Straitsville Thursday
Williams three ring circus will stage two shows at New Straitsville elementary grounds Thursday at 6 and 8 pm. Features include ponies dogs goats monkeys birds aerial acts jugglers and clowns. Advance tickets 1 for all ages with box office 1.50 adults 1.25 children.
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Circus Williams
New Straitsville
New Straitsville Business Betterment Association
Betty St. Clair
Sunken Ship Threatens To Spill Oil
The sunken freighter Sidney E. Smith lies in the St Clair River with 49 000 gallons of bunker oil aboard aft. Coast Guard efforts aim to anchor and pump the tanks to end the pollution risk as river shipping waits. The vessel shifted 40 feet, about six feet from its hull, eight miles downstream booms contained diesel spills, no lives lost in the collision with Parker Evans.
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Port Huron
Mich
Sidney E. Smith
St. Clair River
Coast Guard
Parker Evans
Blue Water Bridge
No Progress Reported In 61 Day GM Strike
Cincinnati AP negotiations continue in the 61 day old General Motors Assembly Division strike at Norwood. A five hour bargaining session produced no progress, said James Young, chairman of the Local 674 United Auto Workers committee.
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Cincinnati
General Motors Assembly
Norwood
James Young
United Auto Workers
Logan Area Gasco Employees Take Fire Control Training
Five Logan area workers joined 202 colleagues from Columbia Gas of Ohio, Ohio Valley Gas, and Columbia Gas Transmission in a fire control course at Pavonia Compressor Station north of Mansfield. The training covered extinguishers inspection recharge and real fire fighting drills. Attendees included Gary L. Anderson William H. Miller Jr. Michael T. Downour Larry R. Brown and L. Austin Cramer of Logan and Rockbridge.
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Logan Area
Gasco
Logan
Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc
Ohio Valley Gas Co
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp
Pavonia
Mansfield
Columbia Gas of
Ohio
Ohio Valley Gas
Columbia Gas Transmission
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Michael T. Downour
Logan Rt
Larry R. Brown
Rockbridge
L. Austin Cramer
Rockbridge Rt
Pandas Stunt Sparks Photog Chase With U S Leaders
House Democratic leader Hale Boggs and Republican leader Gerald Ford visit the National Zoo to meet pandas Hsing Hsing and Ling Ling before a June trip to China. A playful panda soils the scene as photographers aim for a single shot with the two leaders.
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Washington
U.S
Embassy Row
Hale Boggs
Gerald Ford
Boggs
Ford
China
National Zoo
Hsing-Hsing
Ling-Ling
United States
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Louisiana
Michigan
Eader
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Lawrence County Sheriff Hearing Nears Defense Motion
Attorneys prepared final arguments in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court as Sheriff James Howell seeks dismissal of 21 counts from a grand jury. The hearing, opened Tuesday with evidence, may conclude with Judge Warren Earhart ruling after today’s final briefs.
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Ironton, Ohio
Lawrence County Common Pleas Court
James Howell
Howell
Craig Allen
Warren Earhart
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