Bipartisan Effort Aims to Save Appalachia Program
Congress rushes a $2.25 billion public service jobs bill while a bipartisan push seeks to revive parts of the Appalachian development program and extend related acts. Senate passed the emergency act 75 to 11 as defenders of Nixon veto work on a second bill.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Senate
House
White House
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Appalachian
Gravel Bares Secret Papers On Vietnam Policy Showdown
Sen. Gravel discloses top secret Pentagon documents revealing McNamara proposed a Mekong Delta troop task force with readiness to attack North Vietnam as early as November 1961. The plan was later reversed by McNamara and Rusk, Kennedy accepted the change, while Gravel reads the papers to a chargé audience.
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Robert S. McNamara
Kennedy
Indochina
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Mike Gravel
Alaska
McNamara
Roswell Gilpatric
Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Maxwell Taylor
U.S
Mekong
Gravel
Taylor
Dean Rusk
Alhough
Jefferson
Lincoln
Senate
Capitol Hill
Robert Griffin
Soviet Cosmonauts Die As Craft Lands
Soviet space mission ends in tragedy as three cosmonauts die when their craft lands. Reports confirm fatal losses during recovery and investigations begin to determine cause and implications for mission schedule.
Hocking Hills Team Wins Women’s Invitational Golf Tourney
Host Hocking Hills Country Club wins the bi annual Invitational Golf Tournament hosted by the Women’s Golf Association. Athens finishes second with 76 medalist Mary Jane McKinley from the winning team. Other awards go to Cindy Larimer Mildred Watts and Katie McCoy among home flight winners.
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Hocking Hills Country Club
Mary Jane McKinley
Cheryl Ellinger
Alice Harbarger
Katie McCoy
Women’s Golf Association
Miss McKinley
Women's Golf Association
Athens
Chillicothe
Groveport
Perry County
New Lexington
Fairgreens
Jackson-Wellston
Adams County
Cindy Larimer
Agnes Johns
Mildred Watts
Mary McAfee
Jo Larimer
Tex Lankford
Hocking Hills
Jane White
Rita Wollenburg
Anita Hadden
Barb Douglas
Bernie Main
Ann Algeo
Leah Wellman
Logan School Board Adopts 1.8 Million Budget For 1972
The Logan school board adopts a 1972 budget of 1,879,931 in expenditures with 1,880,316 in receipts and a 51,581 balance. Four new teachers are hired and five resignations accepted. A public hearing on the budget is set for 7 45 p m Monday July 12.
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Logan
Lynn Merce Rees
Athens
Million Francs Heist Strikes Strasbourg Post Office
Masked gunmen hid in Strasbourg central post office and seized cash after a guard left. They fled with about 11.6 million francs worth 2.09 million dollars, possibly the largest cash robbery in France to date, minus Britain’s 1963 Great Train Robbery. The raid lasted minutes after 9 a.m. with four to six gunmen and eight sacks of francs taken.
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Strasbourg
France
Britain
Frances
Ath Of July Program Set For Sunday
The annual Fourth of July program and fireworks display will be at Logan High School athletic field hosted by Sing-Out Logan. The refreshment stand opens 7 30 p m with the show at 8 p m and the fireworks at 9 30 p m. Admission is 75 cents for adults and 25 cents for students. proceeds benefit the Junior Fair Building project. If rain occurs the event moves to Monday July 5.
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Logan High School
Sing-Out
Logan
Happiness Entante
Moonlight Swim Scheduled at City Pool Tonight
City recreation director Harry Westfall announced a moonlight swim at the city pool tonight. Regular hours are 6:30 to 7:45 p.m., then adults 18 and older may swim from 8 to 10 p.m. Season tickets will be honored.
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Harry Westfall
City Recreation
City Pool
Draft expires at midnight boards told to hold fast
Congress races to craft a two year extension as the draft nears its midnight expiry. Senate Mansfield and Rep Hebert say a timely extension is doubtful. Selective Service would halt inductions at midnight unless renewed, with Nixon unlikely to authorize a callup. Local boards in Florida and other states were told to pause further inductions.
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Senate
House
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Indochina
Mansfield
House Armed Services
Edward Hebert
D-La
Selective Service System
Nixon
White House
Associated Press
Selective Service
Florida
Weather Outlook for Hocking Valley Thursday
A cloudy and cooler forecast with thundershowers likely for Thursday in the Hocking Valley. Temperatures were 61 early morning, 76 at 11 a.m., with Tuesday’s high reaching 90 degrees.
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Hocking Valley
Three Cosmonauts Die After Soyuz 11 Return
Soviet space mission Soyuz 11 ends in tragedy as three cosmonauts Lt Col Georgy Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev are found dead after landing their re entry unknowing the oxygen system failure is under investigation Tass reported the crew had completed their flight and communicated with ground control during the descent.
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Moscow
Salute Space Laboratory
Heinz Kaminsky
Bochum Observatory
West Germany
Josip Kotnik
Astronautic Rocket Association of Croatia
Vladimir Komarov
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Roger B. Chaffee
Brooks Workers End Sit-Down Protest At Nelsonville Plant
William Brooks Shoe Co workers in Nelsonville were sent home after a sit-down inside the plant protesting stalled contract talks. Plant president John Brooks declined comment as union members were called to a 1 pm meeting at the Eagles hall to discuss the wage dispute.
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William Brooks Shoe Co
Nelsonville
John Brooks
Eagles Hall
Local 146
United Shoe Workers of America
Afl-Cio
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