Ohio Task Force Proposes State Environmental Department
The Citizens Task Force on Environmental Protection presents Gov. Gilligan with a 163-page plan advocating a state Department of Environmental Protection and a Council on Environmental Quality. Proposals include a Environmental Trust Fund, pollution permits, land use planning, recycled materials markets, soil conservation, power plant siting rules, a severance tax, per acre strip mining bonds, and citizen legal action rights. Amounting to a major funding and manpower push, the report notes prior permit system flaws and urges a general fund commitment amid recent budget cuts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Citizens Task Force On Environmental Protection
John Gilligan
Department of Environmental Protection
John Glenn
Council On Environmental Quality
Ohio Water Pollution Control
General Fund
House of Representatives
Department of Natural Resources
William Nye
Fair Skies Signal Start Of New Season
The Associated Press reports pleasant weather across much of the nation as summer begins. Temperatures ranged in the 60s in the north, with 71 F at 11 am under clouds. Scattered rain bands reached the Gulf States to Kentucky and the Upper Plains to the Rockies, with Asheville, NC receiving over an inch of rain.
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Hocking
Middle Atlantic States
Mississippi River
Gulf States
Kentucky
Upper Plains
Rockies
Asheville
N.C
Army Hero Quits Blasts Leadership In Viet War Study
Vietnam veteran Col. David H Hackworth quits in disgust at Saigon command and Vietnamization. He says South Vietnamese forces lack proper training and motivation, favoring modern comforts and political indoctrination over winning the war. He criticizes U S strategy as cosmetic, calling for guerrilla tactics and condemning amateur leadership.
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Korea
Vietnam
Saigon
Hackworth
Honda
U.S
Madison Avenue
United States
May Living Cost Jump Triggers Calls For Action
The May rise in living costs marked the largest monthly increase of the year, with consumer prices up five tenths of a percent led by apparel used cars homes and higher postage. Unemployment claims rose and the total receiving benefits reached 9.947 million. Senators and officials urged swift action under Nixon plans while inflation showed signs of cooling earlier in the year.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Maurice Stans
Afl-Cio Seafarers International Union
Stans
William Proxmire
Dwis
Senate House Joint Economic Committee
Lawrence F. O’brien
O’brien
Woman Poses As Canvasser in Logan
Mrs. Robert Wells reports a woman posing as a solicitor for a Logan city directory. The canvasser asks about income and cash at home while other questions cover name address phone number marital status occupation and number of children under 18. Three women with a business card and clipboard are seen in the area.
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New
Logan City
Logan
Robert Wells
Grogan Ave
Wells
SOS Program Begins 3rd Year
Harold Zimmerman announced the Sum mer Opportunities for Students program has started its third year. Program leaders Bill Collier and Gary Cook call area students to sign up at OBES office 1223 W. Hunter St for summer jobs from house cleaning to office work and help at 385-5609.
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Harold Zimmerman
Logan
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Bill Collier
W. Hunter
Gary Cook
W. Front St
OBES
W. Hunter St
RFK urged pullout in 1963 Vietnam talk
Rep. Paul N. McCloskey Jr. says secret papers show Robert F. Kennedy urged disengagement in 1963 during a clash over overthrowing Ngo Dinh Diem. He cites Kennedy’s reservations as State Department and Pentagon officials argued over Diem, aid to Saigon coup leaders, and the U.S. role.
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Washington
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
State Department
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
U.S
Vietnam
New York Times
Washington Post
McCloskey
Saigon
Civil Service Tests For Hocking County Welfare Director
Civil service tests for the Hocking County welfare director position were given statewide on Saturday with five people taking the test at Columbus. Names of test takers for various state jobs will be forwarded to the Ohio Department of Personnel. After grading, the top three scorers for the welfare director post will be certified to the county commissioners for final appointment.
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Hocking County
Columbus
Ohio Department of Personnel
Stock Market Nears Midday High On Gains
New York stocks moved higher at midday as the Dow Jones industrial average climbed 5.04 points to 881.57 on moderate trading. The market showed a firm uptrend with several blue chip issues contributing to the advance.
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New York
Times-Post Court Battles Continue
New York Times faces a circuit court review over publishing Pentagon papers on Vietnam. Eight judges convened to decide on a government injunction while the Post faced a similar order in Washington and the Globe reported new excerpts.
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Federal
New York Times
2Nd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
The
Times Today
Henry J. Friendly
Times
Pentagon
U.S. District Court
Murray J. Gurfein
the Times
Circuit Court
Gurfein
Supreme Court
Washington Post
U.S
Gerhard A. Gesell
the Post
Boston Globe
Gesell
Post
U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Vietnam
Indochina
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Tonkin Gulf
United States
Logan School Board Delays Personnel Policy Vote
The Logan School Board delayed action on a new personnel policy at the regular meeting prompted by calls from the Logan Education Association. Negotiations resume next Monday with a July target for action after turnout exceeded 80, and a proposed four-member study panel to advise on unresolved issues.
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Logan
Logan Education Association
LEA
LHS
Presbyterian Westminster House
Logan Board of Education
Board of Education
Lagan
Jo Horsky
LIA
Don Young
Dick Mikes
Young
Mikes
Admiral Felt Pressed Nuclear Option in Vietnam Meeting
Boston Globe reports excerpts from a Pentagon Vietnam study, detailing a 1964 Honolulu Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting where Admiral Felt urged free use of tactical nuclear weapons if needed against Communist ground forces. McNamara, Rusk, Lodge, Taylor, and McCone debated nuclear options and the need for a congressional resolution. The Globe notes 1968 Tet coverage among other excerpts.
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Boston
Boston Globe
Pentagon
U.S
Vietnam
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Honolulu
Harry D. Felt
Pacific
the Globe
JCS
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
Henry Cabot Lodge
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs
John McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Globe
McNamara
Felt
Lodge
Rusk
CIA
McCone
The
Zaks Found Not Guilty in Vehicular Homicide Trial
Phillip Zaks, 20, of Hatboro Pennsylvania was acquitted by a 12 member Hocking County jury after deliberating about thirty minutes. He faced charges tied to the January 8 traffic death of Charlene EB Culp of Cuyahoga Falls on Route 33.
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Phillip Zaks
Hatboro
Hocking County
Zaks
Charlene EB
Cuyahoga Falls
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Roger D. Thompson
Armed Forces
RFK
Times-Post
J. R. Myers
Athens Post State Highway Patrol
Terrence J. O'Malley
Cleveland
Charles R. Gross
Dayton
Zaks Auto
Glen R. Marcum
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