Gov Gilligan signs off on record 9.9 billion budget
Ohio lawmakers grind out final approval of Gov John Gilligans 9.9 billion two year budget bill with a 66 to 30 House vote after Senate consent 30 to 2. The plan funds state operations starting Sunday and faces sign act from Gilligan despite department cuts. Budget includes 4.9 billion general revenue with major education welfare and corrections spending and tax relief measures.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Gilligan
House
Senate
Gilligan
Joint Budget Conference Committee
Richard G. Reichel
Massillon
Reichel
Charles F. Kurfess
Bowling Green
Thomas A. van Meter
Ashland
Kurfess
William A. Kopp
Rotary
Harry Armstrong
Logan
Logan Daily News
Sen. Armstrong
General Assembly
Schlesinger Confirmed as Defense Secretary
James R. Schlesinger, a former analyst and onetime top spy master, is confirmed by the Senate as defense secretary after Senator Proxmire withdraws his objections over potential bombing of North Vietnam. Schlesinger, 44, Harvard trained economist, succeeds Eliot Richardson who served four months before becoming attorney general.
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Washington
James R. Schlesinger
Senate
Defense
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Schlesinger
U.S
North Vietnam
Harvard
Elliot L. Richardson
Social Security Increase Faces Veto By Nixon
Congress expected to approve a 5.6 percent Social Security rise amid a veto threat over a Cambodian bombing rider. The package also includes debt limit extension, funds cutoff for bombing, and affects nearly 30 million beneficiaries effective April 1.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Treasury
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Nixon proposes major energy policy overhaul and new ED role
President Nixon plans a 5 percent cut in personal energy use and 7 percent gov output, plus a sweeping reorganization to create a Department of Energy and Natural Resources and an Energy Research and Development Administration. The plan also envisions new White House energy czar oversight, stricter fuel use rules, and funding totaling 10 billion over five years starting 1975.
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Senate
House
Nixon
White House
Washington
Interior Department
Atomic Energy
Atomic Energy Commission
Wed
Interior
Energy Research and Development Administration
Energy Czar
Colorado
John A. Love
Associated Press
Department of Energy and Natural Resources
DENR
ERDA
Nuclear Energy Commission
General Services Administration
Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Industry
Air Transport Association
Office of Energy Conservation
Congress
Soybean Embargo Under Attack By OFBF Chief
Ohio Farm Bureau objects to the federal embargo on soybeans and cottonseed saying it depresses production and worsens a bad situation. Executive vice president C William Swank urges lifting the price freeze as an artificial barrier. Tokyo and Europe react to the Nixon shock and import restrictions.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Farm Bureau
C. William Swank
Farm Bureau
Nixon
Bombing Fund Cutoff Bills Progress Toward Nixon Desk
Congress advances three anti bombing measures attached to a 3.4 billion supplemental, a continuing resolution, and a debt ceiling Social Security bill. Nixon may veto all three, risking a clash over remaining U.S. involvement in Indochina as the nine day recess nears. Senate acts on the continuing resolution with Eagleton amendments. House to weigh supplemental funding and debt compromise.
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Washington
U.S
Cambodia
Congress
Nixon
Indochina
Senate
Thomas F. Eagleton
Laos
Appropriations Committee
House
Markets Pause Amid Uncertainty Over West German Mark
Global briefs report mixed U S stock activity with the Dow down 1.88 at 892.76 as investors weigh West Germany's mark revaluation. Other dispatches note Cambodia reports of government troops retreating near Phnom Penh and Chilean unrest near Allende's palace.
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New York
West Germany
New York Stock Exchange
Ohio House Approves Minimum Wage Measure
The Ohio House approved a 1.60 per hour minimum wage plan and an expansion of the Civil Rights Commission powers on a hectic day that also saw the Senate pass an administration bill reorganizing departments and paving the way for a state lottery.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House
Civil Rights Commission
John Gilligan
Senate
Civil Rights Commission Authority
Barney Quilter
Toledo
Quilter
Ohio Civil Rights Commission
House
Weather Outlook for Hocking Valley This Week
The region opened at 72 degrees and sunny at 11 a.m. with an overnight low of 60. Thursday reached 74 with around 0.3 inches of rain. Forecast calls for partly sunny skies this Saturday with highs in the 70s and tonight dipping into the 50s.
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Hocking Valley
Dean Says No White House Work On Nixon Subpoena
John W. Dean III told the Senate Watergate hearings no legal work at the White House concerned subpoenaing Nixon by Congress. Sen. Baker urged a sworn Nixon account but said the Constitution bars compelling testimony. The panel released a transcript showing Ehrlichman and Kleindienst discussed press attempts to attack Weicker and possible White House involvement.
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Washington
John W. Dean III
Senate
Dn.m
Dean
White House
Nixon
Montoya
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R Conn
John D. Ehrlichman
Richard G. Kleindienst
Ehrlichman
Kleindienst
R-Conn
Watergate Committee
FBI
L. Patrick Gray
Gary
Weicker
Tergate
John N
Mitchell
James W. McCord Jr
U.S
John Sirica
McCord
More Charges Are Filed In Gore Shooting
Lee Baker of Gore is released on 500 cash bond in Hocking County Court after being charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor in connection with the shooting death of Olive Jean Buckley. Buckley’s husband Richard Buckley was arraigned on assault and battery charges and a 14 year old boy faces juvenile court on delinquency tied to the same incident.
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Lee Baker
Gore
Hocking
Olive Jean Buckley
Paul Hartman
Baker
Hartman
Richard Buckley
Thompson Rd
Buckley
Hocking County
Striking Cuyahoga County workers reject contract offer
In Cleveland Ohio AP reports 300 moving and storage workers on strike refused a proposed settlement they were expected to accept ending negotiations on a tentative contract.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Carbon Hill Youth Wins Wallace-Murray Meritorious Scholarship
Randall Lehman of Carbon Hill has been named recipient of the Wallace-Murray Foundation Meritorious Scholarship, enabling his attendance at Ohio University next fall. The award honors children of Wallace-Murray Corporation employees based on class rank SAT and activities. Lehman is a 1973 Nelsonville York graduate. his father works in logistics at William Wallace Division in Logan. The Wallace-Murray firm operates 33 plants with over 10,000 employees globally and earned 259 million dollars in 1972.
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Randall Lehman
Robert Lee
Carbon Hill
Wallace - Murray Foundation
Lehman
Ohio University
Wallace- Murray Corporation
William Wallace Division
Logan
Randy
Nelsonville- York
Wallace - Murray Corporation
United States
Canada
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OFBF
Tokyo
Japan
Phnom Penh
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
William G. Batchelder
R-93
Medina
Commission
Anthony O. Calabrese
D-22
Cleveland
Departments of
Personnel, Public Works
Finance
Department of Administrative Services
Bureau of Budget Management
Calabrese
Ronald M. Motts
Parma
Wallace-Murray
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