West Logan sewer project gets 171000 ARC grant
The Appalachian Regional Commission and Rep Clarence Miller announce a 171000 supplemental ARC grant for West Logan sewer construction adding to a 285000 HUD grant. Total project cost is 769000 with planning to tie into Logan’s system. construction may start after hearings and bidding. Gov Gilligan says 300000+ will fund Ohio Appalachian education projects across 11 counties.
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ARC
Clarence Miller
West Logan
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Hocking County
Logan
Otto Shaw
Logan Daily News Today
Shaw
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Bridges Over Hocking River Repair Detours Tightened
Hocking Sheriff Paul Hartman warns motorists to detour Enterprise and Chieftain Dr areas during bridge and railroad track repairs. Through traffic is barred at both ends of Chieftain Dr with 12 ton load limits on each bridge. 20 mph limit in Enterprise enforced by radar due to detours.
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Paul Hartman
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Ohio House Lowers Legal Age To 18
The Ohio House approved lowering the age of majority from 21 to 18 but removed a provision allowing drinking. The bill moves to the Senate for concurrence. Amendments retained guardianship provisions and child-support continuance. prohibits 18 to 21-year-olds from city police or highway patrol, but allows election as sheriffs. A separate water pollution bill passed Senate 30-2, aligning with federal act and expanding EPA powers with variances for thermal pollution and a 10-year grace period for polluters.
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Judiciary Committee
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Findlay
Charles F. Kurfess
Perrysburg
Ohio Civil Rights Commission
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Rock Bridge Natural Area funded for 3.4 acres in Hocking County
State officials announced a $1 710 appropriation by the State Controlling Board for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to buy 3.4 acres in Hocking County near Rock Bridge Natural Area The land owned by Harold E and Alice M Conrad lies north of U S 33 and south of the Hocking River and will be preserved as a natural area with plans to acquire about 123 more surrounding acres.
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Harry L. Armstrong
Logan
Claire M. Ball Jr
Athens
State
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Hocking County
Rock Bridge
U.S. Rt. 33
Hocking River
Marvin Katz
Public Information Office
Department of Natural Resources
Harold E
Alice M. Conrad
Gore youth faces delinquency charge in fatal shooting
A 14 year old Gore boy is charged delinquent in Hocking County Juvenile Court after a Sunday shooting death of Olive Buckley. Prosecutor says the death was accidental and the youth remains held at Zanesville Juvenile Detention Center. The boy’s father Lee Baker faces assault charges linked to a prior fight with Olive Buckley’s husband.
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Hocking County
Gore
Olive Jean Buckley
Buckley
Chris Veidt
Zanesville
Lee Baker
Paul Hartman
Baker
Richard Buckley
Hartman
Stocks edge higher in light trading as dollar weakens
The New York market drifted up at noon with the Dow Jones 30 up 4.07 to 888.70 while NYSE advancers led decliners 675 to 406. American Telephone was the most active issue on the Big Board, down a percent at 51.
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Europe
New York Stock Exchange
American Telephone
Strip Mine Ban Passes House in Interior Bill
The House approved an Interior Department appropriations bill with an amendment that bans strip mining in national parks and wildlife refuge areas.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Interior Department
National Parks and Wildlife
Embargo Imposed on Soybean and Oilseed Exports
The Nixon administration ordered an immediate embargo on high protein soybeans and other oilseed exports amid rising feed costs. Commerce Secretary Dent said the ban lasts at least until next fall harvests and will be followed by licensing to curb export rates. Ohio experts noted limited impact due to a primarily domestic market.
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Nixon
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
U.S
Commerce
Frederick B. Dent
Cost of Living Council
John T. Dunlop
George B. Watts
National Broiler Council
Columbus
Ohio
U.S. Commerce
John W. Sharp
Ohio State University
Sharp
Hocking Valley Weather Forecast Highlights Cooler Friday
Cloudy and cooler conditions with a chance of showers are forecast for Friday in the Hocking Valley. Today reached 69 degrees by 11 a.m. after a 66 degree overnight low. Wednesday posted a high of 80 with over a half inch of rain.
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Hocking Valley
Six defendants placed on probation in Hocking County cases
Judge Har ley Meyer put six guilty defendants on probation after pleas in Hocking County Common Pleas Court. David Gill 19 received three year probation for burglary and thefts at Kilbarger building Central Oil Field Supply Co and Marion Elementary School with restitution and costs due. Other defendants Wade Holcomb Boals McKibben Hartshorn received probation terms and restitution orders for break ins and thefts at Kilbarger location and nearby sites with attorney representations noted.
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Marion
Gill
Richard Gerken
Russell Wade
Logan Rt. 1
Doug Holcomb
Logan Rt. 4
Holcomb
Gerken and
Wade
Phil Henderson
Gary Boals
Lancaster
Ed Kilbarger
Rt. 338
Hocking Dr
Boals
Henderson
Michael McKibben
Friesner Ave
Kilbarger
Marion School
Lloyd Hartshorn
Laurelville
Enemies List sparks debate over Nixon White House exposé
AP report details the so called Enemies List named by John W Dean III from White House files Opponents List and Political Enemies Project. Dean testified the list aimed to block social access and leverage federal machinery against political enemies. Paul Newman mocked the list while naming Liddy and other officials in a quip.
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IRS
Paul Newman
Gordon Liddy
John Mitchell
Jeb Magruder
John Dean Ill
Maurice Stans
Reach Contract Accord Between Teamsters and Truckers
The Teamsters Union and the trucking industry reached a tentative 33 month contract today covering about 400 000 drivers nationwide with wage increases under seven percent.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Trucking Industry
Senate Bids To Force Nixon Bombing Halt Or Funds Stop
Senate war critics press for an anti bombing provision in funding bills after Nixon vetoed a stop the bombing measure. The House backed the veto while Eagleton Mansfield warn Nixon may face a choice between halting bombing or funding federal operations as Congress moves to laws needed by Saturday.
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Senate
Nixon
House
Thomas F. Eagleton
DMO
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Senate Appropriations Committee
U.S
Cambodia
Laos
Eagleton
Mike Mansfield
NATO and Warsaw Pact to discuss troop reductions in Europe
In Vienna the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact said they would hold a conference starting October 39 to discuss mutual reductions of forces and armaments in Central Europe following five months of prep talks.
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Vienna
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
Central Europe
Senate approves 5.6 percent Social Security boost
The Senate backed a 5.6 percent cost of living increase for Social Security, 72 to 17, with no payroll tax rise. If House and White House OK, the measure would widen benefits for aged, blind and disabled while attached to a debt ceiling bill. Negotiations on a Senate House conference were planned as the vote highlighted broader welfare riders and tax and spending provisions.
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Washington
Senate
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White House
Nixon
Senate House
Cambodia
Key Witness Reveals More On Watergate
Ousted White House counsel John W. Dean III told the Senate Watergate committee he did not keep notes of some Nixon meetings because details could be damaging. He said discussions included clemency for E Howard Hunt and payoffs for defendants, and he used newspaper files to trigger memories. Dean denied knowledge of prior Ehrlichman awareness and released White House lists and memos predicting actions against political enemies. Fredrick C. LaRue pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in exchange for testimony.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
John W. Dean III
Senate Watergate Committee
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Dean
George T. Bell
Colson
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John D. Ehrlichman
Lyn Nofziger
Republican National Committee
Haldeman
Internal Revenue Service
Johnnie Walters
IRS
Nixon
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
E. Howard Hunt
Inouye
J. Fred Buzhardt
John N. Mitchell
Ehrlichman
Congress
Fredrick C. LaRue
U.S
Senate
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