U.S. Jets Halt Red Forces After Hue Attack
Reports say North Vietnamese armor and infantry breached the northern defense line above Hue at dawn but were stopped with U.S. jet support. Sixty miles north of Saigon, U.S. jets conducted more than 270 strikes across North Vietnam, with several tanks and guns knocked out and continued shelling of Camp Evans. Two U.S. planes were shot down west of Quang Tri province but both pilots were rescued.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Hue
My Chanh
U.S
Camp Evans
Quang Tri Province
North Vietnam
Air Force
Hanoi
Haiphong
Quang Tri
U.S. Command
An Loc
William Primmer 87 Dies in Rockbridge Ohio
William W. Primmer 87 of Rockbridge Ohio died Wednesday at Hocking Valley Community Hospital after a heart condition. Born August 27 1884 in Good Hope Two he ran a Rockbridge restaurant and later a grocery. He was a substitute mail carrier and a long time Advent Christian Church member. Surviving are his wife Blanche four daughters ten grandchildren fourteen great grandchildren two sisters and a brother. Services Saturday at Advent Christian Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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William W. Primmer
Rockbridge
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Good Hope Two
Jeremiah
Barbara Roop Primmer
Good Hope
Blanche Starner Primmer
Beryl H
Ruth) Tucker
William
Helen) Beougher
Robert
Geraldine) Leohner
Columbus
Gerald
Rhea) McKown
Minneapolis
Minn
Bert
Sugar Grove
Tena Dupler
Lancaster
Eliza McGrady
Rockbridge Rt. 1
Advent Christian Church
Wilmot J. Henderickson
Thomas MacMahon
Fairview Cemetery
Heinlein
Hike-Bike Trail Approved for Cincinnati Riverfront
Cincinnati city council approved a 30 mile hike and bike trail along the Ohio River from 15 miles west of downtown to 15 miles east at Conkey Island. The project will be built in six stages over ten years at about 500000 dollars with federal funds potentially covering half.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Coney Island
City Planning and Recreation Commissions
Ohio Supreme Court Reverses PUCO Rate Increase Ruling
The court set aside PUCO approval of General Telephone Co. $4.7 million rate hike covering 40 Ohio counties and ordered written reasons. It also upheld PUCO authority to hear United Telephone rate proposals. Mansfield sought to prevent reopening a United case. The ruling included retrial for a malpractice suit against Mount Vernon lawyer Richard Norris and upheld a first degree murder conviction for Michael Wayne Carver in Kentucky.
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Ohio Supreme Court
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUCO
General Telephone Co
Commission
Ohio
Associated Press
High Court
Supreme Court
United Telephone Co
Mansfield
United Telephone
United
Richard Norris
Mount Vernon
Knox County Common Pleas Court
Michael Wayne Carver
South Shore
Bill Lynn Samuel
Portsmouth
Laurelville Phone Work Completed Upgrade Project
General Telephone Co of Ohio completed a 54500 dollar aerial and buried cable project in the Laurelville exchange. Circleville district manager Paul G. Diener said the upgrade serves existing requests and allows future growth, with lines reduced where possible along Ohio Route 180 to improve reliability and look. Laurelville serves 945 telephones across 106.3 square miles in four counties.
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General Telephone Co
Ohio Today
Laurelville Exchange
Paul G. Diener
Circleville District
Diener
Ohio Rt. 180
Laurelville
Hocking
Pickaway
Ross
Vinton
Hocking Hills Country Club Hosts SEO Golf Tournament Weekend
Hocking Hills Country Club in Logan hosts a two day SEO golf team event with ten man squads from nine SEC communities including Logan Athens Circleville Lancaster Chillicothe Jackson Marietta Cambridge and Gallipolis. A Friday pro am starts at 10 a.m. with final rounds Sunday at noon.
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Ohio
Hocking Hills Country Club
Logan
Athens
Circleville
Lancaster
Chillicothe
Jackson
Marietta
Cambridge
Gallipolis
Cliff Rhein
Hocking Hills
Greg Poston
Jim Blanton
Jack Wilkins
Gene Charney
John McAfee
Charles Keller
Steve Engle
Dave Derr
Norm Watts
Frank Downhour
Bob Moon
Vic Hager
Charles Scott
Mick Moran
Doug Robinson
Bill Taylor
Don White
George Pope
Ed Alexander Jr
Ed Bunstine
Fred Rake
John Derrow
Carmen Lorabbie
Dan Lambright
Jim O’brien
Luke Young
Dave Evans
George Offenberger
Dick McCoon
Art Smith
Gordon Snyder
Steve Helwagen
Lowell LeClair
Bruce Helwagen
John Shinn Jr
Bill Semple
Joe Allen
Chilli
McGovern Aide Predicts Democratic Nomination Within Nine Days
George McGovern will clinch the Democratic nomination on the first ballot within nine days, says Rick Stearns. He projects 1,407 delegates pledged by week’s end and 1,509 by July 1, plus gains from New York and other states to secure the needed majority.
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Washington
George McGovern
McGovern
Rick Stearns
Stearns
New York
Frank Manckiewicz
Miami Beach
Illinois
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Missouri
Oho
Louisiana
Inductees Get New Chance To Join Guard Or Reserves
Washington AP reports Selective Service issued two new policies affecting draftees. Men drafted in early July may join the National Guard or Reserves after notice, or enlist for two years in regular forces instead of three, with broader assignment options. Acting Draft Director Byron Pepitone eased the rule limiting short enrollments, expanding early options.
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Washington
National Guard
Guard
Byron V. Pepitone
William Kircher Appointed New OU Trustee
William L. Kircher, a national AFL-CIO director, named to the Ohio University Board of Trustees by Governor Gilligan. The Athens native, 57, succeeds Don M. Casto and will serve a nine year term after graduating from OU in 1936. He currently resides in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Columbus
Ohio
William L. Kircher
Afl-Cio
Ohio University Board of Trustees
John J. Gilligan
Kircher
Athens
Don M. Casto
Ohio University
Silver Springs
Jury Exclusion Works 2 Ways
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that convictions of white defendants are invalid when blacks were systematically excluded from juries. Justice Marshall stated that a constitutional violation exists when a grand or petit jury is selected on an impermissible basis, regardless of who makes the claim.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Stock Market Dow Dives After Mild Rally
New York stock market prices fell sharply ending a two day rally. The Dow Jones industrial average at noon dropped 5.49 points to 946.12 after two sessions where it had risen 9 points.
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New York
Thousands Displaced by Agnes Storm Across Atlantic Seaboard
The Associated Press reports Tropical Storm Agnes drenched the East with torrential rain, shutting transit and forcing mass evacuations. Pennsylvania declares extreme emergency as seven inches fall, with fatalities in PA, VA, NY, and NC. Amtrak halts trains south of Philadelphia and a 63 car Penn Central freight train derailed near Danville after a bridge collapse. Emergency evacuations rise as flood threats loom.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Virginia
New York
North Carolina
Amtrak
Philadelphia
Roland Lake
Baltimore
Penn Central
Danville
Record Floods Ravage Washington Area and Virginia
Heavy rain from the remnants of a hurricane caused floods across Virginia and the Washington region. Officials reported 11 flood related deaths in Virginia with widespread road washouts and evacuations. Rail service was suspended and amphibious vehicles were deployed to rescue stranded motorists.
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Virginia
Civil Defense
Richmond
New York
North Carolina
Prince William
Washington, D.C
New York State
Pennsylvania
Occoquan
National Guard
Shooting Rampage Claims 6 Lives in Cherry Hill Office Building
Edwin C Grace a 33 year old off duty guard opened fire in Heritage House an employment office killing six and wounding six more Police surrounded the scene and used tear gas but Grace was wounded and hospitalized unable to be questioned Witnesses said he ordered people to get out of the way and reloaded his .22 rifles during the attack
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Cherry Hill
N.J
Edwin C. Grace
Heritage House
James Ashen
Blackwood
Grace
Wallace Lapeters
GMA Co
Cherry Hill Hospital
Death of Mrs. Margaret T. Rush 87
Mrs. Margaret T. Rush 87 of 500 N Mulberry St Logan died at 7 50 am in Hocking Valley Community Hospital after a two month stay. Born April 5 1885 in New Straitsville she was the widow of Thomas W Bush and aunt to five daughters and two grandchildren. Services will be 3 pm Saturday Heinlein Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 pm today.
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Margaret T. Rush
N. Mulberry St
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
New Straitsville
William and
Margaret Lawson Sayers
Thomas W. Bush
Logan
Marion
Immanuel United Methodist Church
Marion Grange
Thomas J
Margaret H. Rush
Helen F. Rush
Ann C. Rush
Harry J
Rebecca) Morton
Columbus
Robert
Josephine) Sparnon
Anna Sanderson
Cleveland
William
Heinlein
Conrad O. Diehm
Oak Grove Cemetery
Cost Of Living Council weighs food price action
After a day-long meeting the Price Commission seeks firm immediate action to halt rising food prices by broadening Nixon controls to include raw agricultural products. The panel may remove exemptions and considers limited pass-through of wholesale costs and boosting meat imports.
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Cost of Living Council
Washington
The
Price Commission
Nixon
Council
Commission
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Price Agency
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William Primmer
William Kircher
New OU Trustee
Hocking Valley
Thomas W. Rush
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