Two Men Burned in Goodyear Plant Blast
Two Goodyear Logan plant workers were badly burned when an oven containing chemicals exploded about 7:30 p.m. Police, fire crews, and ambulances responded as Leonard Burns 31 of Logan and William Mechem 23 of Nelsonville were hospitalized. Investigators questioned staff while a crowd watched the scene and traffic snarled along old Route 33.
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Logan
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Leonard James Burns
Maple St
University Hospital
Columbus
William Mark Mechem
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
T. J. Cox
Goodyear
Mechem
Robert Courter
Courter
Rt. 33
Roy Kelch
Kelch
Burial Of Rapid City Flood Victims Begins
Burial of Rapid City's flood victims begins in three cemeteries as survivors search for the dead. Graveside services will be held for identified victims. a mass memorial is planned at a local high school. The death toll fluctuates with reports of 175 to 192.
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Rapid City
S.D
Rapid Creek
Black Hills
Civil Defense
Duane L. Corning
South Dakota National Guard
Donald Barnett
Barnett
Supreme Court halts Cuyahoga election board firings
Ohio Supreme Court stays the dismissals of four Cuyahoga County Election Board members after their appeal argued due process violations. A June 19 hearing is set as the court weighs unconstitutional actions and replaces the director amid voting machine problems during the May 2 primary.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ted Brown
Cuyahoga County
Election Board
Ohio Supreme Court
High Court
Brown
Robert Hughes
Saul Stillman
Anthony Garofoli
John Carney
Joseph Cipollone
Carney
Cleveland
Virgil Brown
Laurelville District Transfer Approved By Board
The Hocking County board finalized Laurelville transfer to Logan Elm and Logan city districts in Pickaway County. Supt. James Frey will retire August 1 after 42 years in education. his wife Bernice also plans to retire after 18 years teaching.
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Laurelville
Frey
Hocking County
James Frey
Logan Elm
Pickaway County
Logan City
Benton Twp
Logan
Laurelville Village
Perry and
Salt Creek
Laurel Two
Bernice
Starr Washington
S-W
Starr Two
Ohio University
Starr-Washington Board Moves to File Injunction in Charter Fight
Starr-Washington board votes unanimously to pursue injunctive action in common pleas court to block state board revocation of the district charter as of June 30. Attorney William L. Clark to seek hearing in Hocking County, with current Laurelville district losing charter and county board adjustments planned.
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Starr-Washington
Union Furnace
State Board of Education
Fred Good
Common Pleas Court
State Board
Starr - Washington
Good
S-W
William L. Clark
Columbus
Hocking County
Franklin County
Pe Pees
Laurelville
James Frey
Drury
County Board of Education
Frey
Orval Hampshire
Israeli fighters down two Egyptian MIG 21 jets in sea clash
Tel Aviv reports Israeli air force shot down two Soviet built Egyptian MIG 21 jets in a Mediterranean dogfight. Egyptian pilots parachuted into the sea about 25 miles off the Sinai, while Israeli forces returned safely. Details on patrol size and aircraft type were not disclosed. This marked the first air battle since the August 1970 cease fire, though ground fire downed two planes last September.
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Tel Aviv
Mediterranean
Sinai
Middle East
Stormy Central U.S. Storm Hits Midwest
Violent thunderstorms rattled the central United States today sweeping through the northern Midwest and beyond as weather fronts pushed eastward. Weather officials warned of damaging winds, hail, and possible flash floods as storms moved through multiple states. local reporters described dark skies and loud thunder over several towns with residents seeking shelter.
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Associated Press
Nation
Midwest
Rainfall and storm activity reported across regions today
Rain measured three tenths of an inch in Logan with a 58 degree overnight low and 72 at 11 am. Forecast calls for cloudy skies and possible thundershowers with lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s across Hocking Valley and northern Plains tonight and Wednesday. The heaviest wind gusts, up to 75 mph, hit northern Illinois west of Rockford while elsewhere the nation stayed largely clear.
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Logan
Hocking Valley
North Vietnam signals sustained offensive resolve in Saigon view
Saigon analysts see Hanoi central committee backing a continued war drive despite heavy U S bombing and mined harbors. A 5 000 word Nhan Dan series and a North Vietnamese communique claim mobilization and total effort toward victory.
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Saigon
Hanoi
Central Committee
North Vietnam
Communist Party
South Vietnam
U.S
Nhan Dan
Council of Ministers
Hong Ha
Would OK Bombings Again Says Fired U S General
Former U S air commander in Vietnam Gen John D Lavelle tells a House subcommittee he would order the strikes again if given the chance He says he would also ensure reporting procedures are better but he defended his actions and blamed higher authorities for not denying the operations.
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U.S
Washington
Vietnam
John D. Lavelle
House
Armed Services
Lavelle
Creighton Abrams
John D. Ryan
Air Force
U.S. 7Th Air Force
Indochina
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
Abrams
Ryan
State Board Revokes Starr Washington Charter Over Deficient High School
The Ohio State Board of Education voted to revoke Starr-Washington’s charter for failure to operate a high school meeting minimum standards effective June 30. The district enrolls 575 students K-12 with 155 in high school, lacking 26 standards and adequate science facilities library and guidance services. Deficiencies include industrial arts, and teachers assigned improper subjects.
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State Board of Education
Starr-Washington
William R. Carroll
Columbus
Starr - Washington
State At
Ohio State University
Kent State University
University of Cincinnati
Market flat as trading slows in New York
The New York market moved little with the noon Dow Jones industrial average down 0.90 to 935.81 as prices stagnated and activity remained slow throughout the day.
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New York
Heavy Rain Halts Water Line Work in South Logan
Weather permitting water will be off in South Logan from 9 to 11 30 a m Wednesday as crews connect a new six inch line to the existing two inch line on Wilson Ave at the first alley intersection west of Walhonding Ave. Today crews connected the line on Mohican Ave at the first alley intersection west of Walhonding Ave.
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South Logan
Wilson Ave
Walhonding Ave
Mohican Ave
Pepsi Head Stock Firm Among Top Nixon Backers
Public reports show Don ald M Kendall Pepsi Cola president and Merrill Lynch firm’s Effective Government Association each gave $15 000 as the largest Nixon campaign contributions from April 7 to May 31 under new election law. The four Nixon committees led by Maurice Stans raised about $10 million. total receipts since April 7 reach $1.22 million with 51 donors giving $2 500 plus.
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Washington
Nixon
Pepsi Cola
Donald M. Kendall
Effective Government Association
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Smith
General Accounting Office
Kendall
Finance Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Maurice Stans
White House
Atty
John Mitchell
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Henry M. Jackson
Alabama
George C. Wallace
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Freys
Walhending Ave
Vernie Stahr
John Spencer
Don Eggleston
George Carter
New Plymouth Rt. 1
Fey
Dennis Moore
Steven Schanken
Kenneth Budd
Linda Crowl
DPPF
Marya
Charlotte Mil
Stormship Central
Reds
Peking
China
An Loc
Cincinnati
Harold Nieman
State Library Board
Hilliard Fjord
Trumbull County
Bloomfield- Mespo
Farmington
Pepsi Head
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