Wildflowers Seen During Ohio U Students Hocking Hills Visit
About 30 Ohio University Lancaster branch students joined a nature class for field trips to Wahkeena and Barneby Center. The group observed mosses ferns and flowering plants, noted pallid blooms, and found a ruffed grouse nest with 18 eggs during a Sunday and Saturday program guided by Dr. Richard A. Welsh.
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Hocking Hills
Lancaster
Ohio University
Wahkeena
Sugar Grove
Ohio Historical Society
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Clear Creek
Barneby Center
Camp Indianola
Ohio State University
Lancaster Branch
Richard A. Welsh
Welsh
Supreme Court Shields Press From Most Damage Actions
The Supreme Court restricted private individuals from suing for damages over news reports unless they prove actual malice or calculated falsehoods, aligning private figures with public officials. The ruling, split five to four, bars a $275000 award to a former nudist magazine distributor in Philadelphia over coverage of police raids.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William J. Brennan Jr
Philadelphia
WIP
Brennan
George Rosen
High Winds and Storms Sweep Wide Nation
Rain and humid conditions covered much of the nation with severe thunderstorms and high winds across the Midwest. Funnel clouds were sighted in several locations from Kansas to Indiana but no touchdowns were reported. wind gusts reached 60 mph at Chanute, Kansas.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Kansas
Indiana
Chanute
Kan
Weather Outlook for Hocking Valley Tonight and Wednesday
Cloudy and cooler weather with a chance of showers is forecast for tonight and Wednesday in the Hocking Valley. Today started at 61 degrees with a morning low, then reached 76 under clear skies at 11 a.m. Monday posted a high of 82.
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Hocking Valley
Wide Weather Swing Grips Midwest as Hail Strikes
Strong storms pounded Adrian Missouri with large hail and high winds. Quana h Texas saw marble-size hail and Buffalo New York reported even larger hail. Despite the turbulence, temperatures climbed into the 80s and 90s nationwide, while the western Great Lakes cooled to the 50s. Early figures ranged from 38 at Flagstaff to 83 at Blythe.
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Adrian
Kansas City
Quanah
Texas
Buffalo
N.Y
Mercury
Great Lakes
Flagstaff
Ariz
Blythe
Calif
Cholera Toll Closes Rivers Near Krishnagar India
In West Bengal, police are stretched thin guarding rivers to stop cholera victim corpses from being dumped into water near Krishnagar. An epidemic among East Pakistan refugees has killed about 4 000, with rumors of Pakistani agents worsening the crisis. A mob killed a Muslim at Krishnagar station after a bottle rumor spread. officials say bodies are being discarded by relatives amid fuel shortages and Hindu cremation limits.
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Krishnagar
India
West Bengal
East Pakistan
Nadia
Calcutta
D. K. Ghosh
Parker S. Sniffen dies at 86 in Lancaster
Parker S. Sniffen, 86, of Colonial Mobile Home Estates Lancaster and former Nelsonville resident, a retired civil engineer who did coal industry work and helped lay out Greenlawn Cemetery, died Monday at Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital. He is survived by son Max Sniffen of Beaumont Texas and three grandsons. Visitation 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. today at Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Home Canal Winchester. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Burial Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville.
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Parker S. Sniffen
Colonial Mobile Home Estates
Lancaster
Nelsonville
Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital
Hocking Valley
Greenlawn Cemetery
Logan
Max Sniffen
Beaumont
Tex
Robert
William
John
Texas
Dwayne R. Spence
Canal Winchester
Makeup Courses at Tri County Set This Summer
T C Porter announces summer makeup courses at Tri County Vocational School in Nelsonville to help area pupils earn credits for failed courses. June 21 to July 9, classes 8 am to noon for three weeks. English 9 10 11 Math and Social Studies offered. Fee 15 per credit.
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T. C. Porter
Tri - County
College Officials Protest Cuts In Education Budget
Ohio university leaders pressed the Senate Finance Committee against House budget cuts that sliced 25.8 million from Gov. Gilligan’s 650 million higher education proposal. They warned reduced funds and potential civil service pay increases would raise student fees and hurt education quality.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate Finance Committee
House
John Gilligan
Gilligan
Ohio University
Claude Sowle
Meeting on West Logan Sewers Planned Thursday
A 10 30 a m meeting to discuss the West Logan sanitary sewer disposal project is set in the Hocking County commissioners Courthouse office. Attending are John H Brosley Buckeye Hills Hocking Valley Regional Development Council executive director Richard Hall council executive committee member Burgess Niple Columbus engineers Logan Mayor Merril Haney and county officials.
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West Logan
Hocking County Commissioners
John H. Brosley
Buckeye Hills- Hocking Valley
1.75 Per Cent Income Levy Proposed in House Hearings
The House Ways and Means Committee opened hearings on a 1.75 percent state-collected personal income tax plan. Speaker Charles Kurfess aims for a floor vote by week’s end, though chairman E W Lampson cautions hearings may stretch longer. GOP factions split on county administration and tax approach as Rep. Robert Netzley prepares to lead opposition.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Ways and Means
Charles Kurfess
Perrysburg
E. W. Lampson
Jefferson
GOP
Robert Netzley
Laura
Tax proposal funds by county rise in 1973 estimates
Legislative Service Commission estimates total funds for area counties under the new Republican tax plan show Hocking rising from 627 836 in 1972 to 760 140 in 1973 Ath ens 1 195 771 to 1 507 823 Fairfield 2 502 489 to 3 141 959 Perry 662 410 to 804 550 Pickaway 1 177 215 to 1 477 009 Ross 1 972 481 to 2 478 334 and Vinton 258 124 to 206 756.
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Legislative Service Commission
Hocking
Athens
Fairfield
Perry
Pickaway
Ross
Vinton
GOP Proposes Flat Tax Plan with Corporate Levies
The measure blends a flat personal income tax with a four percent corporate tax on the first 25 000 of net income and eight percent above that. It allows county relays to state, exempts individuals, and routes most revenue to counties for schools and relief programs while funding a ten percent property tax rollback and homestead exemptions. Corporate taxes split between general revenue and property tax relief.
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Legislative Service Commission
GOP
General Revenue Fund
New York City Strikes Snap Seven Bridges Open Amid Sewage Walkout
Supervisors reopened seven of 25 Manhattan draw bridges easing rush hour gridlock while 1,500 sewage treatment workers and 300 city incinerator staff walked off. City plants largely shut, risking raw sewage dumping into area rivers as Mayor Lindsay toured by helicopter. Traffic remained heavy, but officials warned the crisis could worsen without a settlement.
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New York
Manhattan
Arthur Lewis
Department of Sanitation
John V. Lindsay
Harlem
Bronx
Midtown
Lower Manhattan
Lindsay
National Guard
U S and South Vietnamese fight North Vietnamese near DMZ
US and ARVN forces clash with North Vietnamese troops along the DMZ for the third day as enemy gunners strike allied bases below the zone. Two Americans die and four are wounded near the DMZ while other engagements yield 22 NVA deaths and four weapons captured.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Charlie 2
Arrest Said Near In Murder Of Ohio University Coed
Athens County sheriff says a near arrest may occur in the murder of Cecilia Armstrong a 23 year old Ohio University fine arts graduate student found slain in Guysville. autopsy cites blows to head with a sharp instrument. estranged husband David Armstrong 21 seen at scene. robbery ruled out due to $120 found. suspect not yet identified or arrested.
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Athens
Shields
Armstrong
Ohio University
Thomas Jackson
Jackson
Galbreath
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