Porter Admits Perjury in Watergate Probe
Deputy Nixon campaign official Porter testified to lying to a grand jury and at the Watergate trial. He said Magruder directed the false story about payments to college students and that Liddy led “dirty tricks.” Porter cited fear of group pressure and loyalty to the President as motives. He plans to return to the Senate panel.
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Washington
Senate
Herbert L. Porter
Jeb Stuart Magruder
White House
Porter
Senate Watergate Committee
Magruder
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Baker
Two Inmates Escape Hocking Honor Camp
Two inmates identified as James Haines 60 of Dayton and Edgar Johnson 41 of Cincinnati escaped from Hocking Honor Camp at about 7 30 p m Wednesday. Both men are serving life terms for murder and robbery and are considered dangerous. Authorities believe they are traveling together possibly toward southern Ohio. Haines is a 60 year old white male 5 6 tall 155 pounds with white hair and grey eyes Johnson is a 41 year old Black male 5 4 tall 150 pounds.
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Hocking
Walter Mansell
James Haines
Dayton
Edgar Johnson
Cincinnati
Haines
Johnson
Mansell
New F and M Bank Holds Open House Sunday Afternoon
The Farmers & Merchants Bank opens its new facility with an open house from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday. The public is invited to tour the building, register for a chance to win three $100 bills, and enjoy refreshments as staff answer questions.
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New F&m Bank
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Logan Daily News
F&m
Meyer Sentences Nelsonville Man To Reformatory
Larry Williams aged 28 of Nelsonville received concurrent terms in the Ohio Reformatory at Mansfield after pleading guilty to breaking and entering and grand larceny. He had earlier pleaded not guilty to breaking into a shed owned by Ward Two trustees and stealing a riding mower valued at 380 dollars. The plea was entered in Hocking County Common Pleas Court on a bill of information.
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Larry Williams
Nelsonville
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
Harley Meyer
Williams
Ward Two
Hocking County
Stock market moves on inflation fears boost gains
Investors in New York drove broadly higher stock prices as they anticipated strong action by the Nixon administration to stem inflation, signaling optimism for market momentum.
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New York
Washington
Congress
Contractors urged to attend sewage regulations hearing in Columbus
Don Robers Hocking County sanitarian urged local contractors and others to attend a June 21 hearing in Columbus to voice opinions on proposed EPA home sewage regulations linked to Senate Bill 80 and House Bill 142, which would grant the EPA broader authority and tighten central sewage rules.
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Don Robers
Hocking County
Sanitarian
Columbus
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Robers
EPA
State Health Department
Harry Armstrong
Claire Ball
Ohio House of Representatives
Town St
Citizens' Task Force On Schools Names Officer
The Citizens' Task Force on Schools held its second meeting at the Logan school district administration office. Rev. Robert Settlage, elected as chairman, announced Barbara McFarland as secretary. the group will relay ideas to the board and prepare for a meeting with the project architect about a new senior high school.
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Citizens’ Task Force
Logan School District
Robert Settlage
Logan Rt. 2
Barbara McFarland
South Bloomingville Rt. 1
Settlage
Logan
Dan Long
Officials Quiz 3 Suspects In Theft Of Lumber
Hocking sheriff's deputies and Enterprise police chased a van hauling lumber from Kessler Bros. Lumber yard at 10 16 p m Thursday. They stopped a matching truck. three suspects two youths and a girl were questioned and released. Investigation continues with no charges filed.
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Hocking Sheriff’s
Kessler Lumber Co
Enterprise
Hocking
Kessler Bros
Dollar Weakens Across Europe Amid Inflation Measures Delay
The dollar weakened across European markets with delays in Washington on new inflation curb measures. Gold prices rose modestly at the opening of bullion markets in London and Zurich as traders watched U.S. policy signals.
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London
Europe
Washington
Zurich
Weather forecast for Hocking Valley Saturday
Partly cloudy weather with a chance of thundershowers and highs near 90 is forecast for Saturday in the Hocking Valley. It was 81 degrees under sunny skies at 11 a.m. today after an overnight low of 64. Thursday’s high was 85.
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Hocking Valley
Franco to resign posts but stay as Spain’s leader
In Madrid General Francisco Franco will give up the government leadership while remaining head of state. Adm. Luis Carrero Blanco is named as likely new head of government this weekend, marking Franco’s first transfer of power since 1939.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Spain
Associated Press
Adm
Luis Carrero Blanco
LEA Honors Bush and Horsky and Elects 1973-74 Officers
Logan Education Association honors Charlie Bush and Al Horsky at the final 1972-73 meeting in the LHS cafeteria. New officers are installed for 1973-74 and service awards are given as members back the Citizens Task Force school bond support.
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Charlie Bush
al Horsky
Logan High School
Logan Education Association
LHS
LEA
Citizens’ Task Force
Bush
Sky
Garnett Jones
Sandy Helber
East Elementary
al Klinger
Marion
Lynn Risch
Eugene Taulbee
Logan Junior High
Ozilla Skinner
Logan ‘Education Association
Logan Restaurant
Woman Seriously Hurt In Crash On Rt. 664
A Newark woman, Mary J. Shifler aged 50, suffered multiple injuries in a two car crash on Route 664 at Hide-A-Way Hills Road at 10 45 a m Thursday. John E. Nixon 22 of West Rushville was cited for driving left of center.
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Newark
Hide-A-Way Hills Rd
State Highway Patrol
Mary J. Shifler
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Emer
University Hospital, Columbus
John E. Nixon
West Rushville
Skylab Power Doubled After Solar Wing Repair
Skylab astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz restored power by deploying a jammed solar wing boosting energy to over 2000 watts and easing a four week mission schedule They set a US manned flight duration record and eyed completing the full 24 days with improved cooling and medical experiments underway.
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Space Agency
Conrad
Mission Control
Skylab
NASA
William C. Schneider
Ohio Gov Em ployes Labor Alliance Formed
Herschel Sigall announced the new Ohio Government Employees Labor Alliance has received recognition from the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
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Columbus, Ohio
Herschel Sigall
Ohio Government Employes Labor Alliance
Ohio Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Getty II death ruled accidental overdose
Los Angeles reports that coroner autopsy finds George Franklin Getty II died of an overdose of alcohol and barbiturates. He was 46 and son of oil magnate J Paul Getty.
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Los Angeles
George Franklin Getty II
J. Paul Getty
Sidewalk bid discussed as no action taken by Hocking County
Hocking County commissioners opened bids to replace sidewalk and curb in front of the former James Building. Steve Heskett of Logan Rt. 4 submitted the lone bid at 1275 dollars, but commissioners after a short discussion took no action.
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Steve Heskett
Logan Rt. 4
Hocking County
James
Heskett
Harley Meyer
Ohio Common Pleas Judges’ Association
Columbis
Rhea Bangert Brown
Virginia Bungard
Girl's Probations
Natonal Council of Juvenile Judges
Louisville
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Soviet Union
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Ministry of Foreign Trade
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Willy Brandt
Golda Meir
West Germany
Cherry Hill
N.J
B. Coxson
Camden
Horsky
Ohio
Jerry McAfee
Fred Schmidt
Fritz Rabb
Rob Leonard
Carol McIntire
Carol Lehman
Gibisonville
Mae Zimmerman
Shirley Thomas
East
Marion Allen
Mabel Cole
West Elementary
Martha Steele
West
Ed Uillman
Nixon
Salt Creek Narrows
Hocking-Vinton County
Patty Anderson
Circleville Rt. 4
Angela Anderson
Violet Anderson
Randy Anderson
Lea Gaves
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