Nixon backs Appalachia program continuation Senate told
Pennsylvania Governor Shafer told the Senate the Nixon administration is committed to continuing the Appalachian Regional Commission. He urged extending highway funding through 1973 and extending mining area restoration housing and vocational education programs through 1971, noting governors support.
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Nixon
Appalachia
Senate
Washington
Appalachian Regional Commission
Pennsylvania
Raymond P. Shafer
Shafer
Nixon says attacks in Vietnam must not continue
President Nixon in a prime time White House news conference warned that continued Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks will not be tolerated and could prompt an appropriate response. He kept open the option to resume bombing North Vietnam as he weighs moves with peace talks in Paris and reviews troop withdrawals.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
North Vietnam
United States
U.S
Paris
White House
Soviet Union
Mideast
Middle East
France
Great Britain
Saigon
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Ohio Senate to take up broad planning office bill
The Ohio Senate is to receive an administrative bill to place the State Planning Office under the governor, aiming to coordinate voices from all state departments and local governments. The measure follows debates on highway patrol authority to quell unrest and is expected to pass the Senate after House passage.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Ralph S. Regula
Navarre
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
AFL CIO Leader Says Inflation Must Not Be Solved by Unemployment
George Meany of the AFL CIO told Congress that labor will not accept a plan to combat inflation by creating a growing army of unemployed. He argued against policies that worsen joblessness as a cure for rising prices.
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Washington
George Meany
The
Aflcio
Congress
Snow Sweeps Mountain Region With Warnings Lifted Elsewhere
A southern Rockies storm dumped heavy snow from New Mexico to Colorado and beyond. Six inches fell in the Sandia Mountains near Albuquerque while Los Alamos saw three inches. A 14 year old boy remained missing near Los Alamos as rescuers paused. The system is expected to bring rain to Texas and snow to the Central Plains toward the Mississippi Valley. Western regions stayed mostly clear under a cool high pressure.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Sandia Mountains
Albuquerque
N.M
Los Alamos
Arizona
Texas
Oklahoma
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
California
Rockies
Plains
Pacific Northwest
National Jet Taken To Cuba Hijacked Boeing 727 Lands in Havana
A National Airlines Boeing 727 with 27 aboard was hijacked by a mustachioed man armed with a .38 pistol and diverted from New York Kennedy to Havana after deviating south of Norfolk Virginia. The crew numbered six with 20 passengers and a supervisory employee aboard. the jet landed in Havana at 4 30 a.m.
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Miami
National Airlines
Cuba
New York
Kennedy
Norfolk
Havana
Prison Break At Franklin County Jail In Columbus
Three inmates escaped after overpowering guards at the Franklin County jail in Columbus. Harold H. Thompson was captured minutes later. two guards were hospitalized with facial injuries. Suspects were identified as George Sunny Anderson, William C. Leonard, and Eugene Williams.
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Ohio
Franklin County
Harold H. Thompson
Sheriff’s Department
George
Sunny”’ Anderson
William C. Leonard
Canal Winchester
Eugene Williams
Steubenville
Sheriff’s Deputies
Larry Galentine
Eric May
May
Clyde Rhymer
Arthur H. Voorhees
East Fulton Street
Thomas Pappas
Thompson
Lancaster Color TV Service Closes. Logan Branch Open Sign
Lancaster based color TV service company shuts down amid police investigation. Owner Vincent Diehl has left town and three trucks are impounded in separate filing. Logan branch still displays sign reading temporarily closed for remodeling.
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Logan
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Vincent Diehl
Lancaster
Paul Hedges
Diehl
Eagle-Gazette
TV Service
Rhodes Applauds Board Backing for Education Bills
Gov James A Rhodes praised the Ohio Board of Education for its support of his proposed expansion of vocational and technical education during a Tuesday night statement in Streetsboro Ohio The endorsement strengthens plans to broaden career training across the state led by Rhodes and state officials.
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Streetsboro
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Ohio Board of Education
Premier Tran Van Huong Escapes Saigon Assassination Attempt
In daylight near the U.S. Embassy terrorists failed to kill South Vietnam’s Premier Tran Van Huong. Guards thwarted the attack. one attacker killed or wounded, with multiple suspects detained. The assault marks the boldest Viet Cong strike since the February offensive.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Tran van Huong
U.S
Huong
Buu Nehi
Sirhan Reveals Motive in RFK Killing Trial
Sirhan Sirhan testifies he decided Kennedy must die after learning of the senator's long standing support for Israel. He recalls loving Kennedy until the May 18 documentary showing Kennedy aiding Israel from its 1948 inception and claims Kennedy did many undisclosed things behind his back.
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Los Angeles
Robert I’. Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan
Israel
Sirhan
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
California
Grant B. Cooper
State of
Stock Market Gains Hold Early Lead At Noon
In New York the stock market maintained a firm advance with more stocks rising than falling. By noon the Dow Jones industrial average stood at 923.30, up 3.79 points or 0.41 percent, after leading earlier by 5.65 points at 11 a.m.
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New York
Dow
Rhodes Urges Ohio Drug Crackdown and Study
Governor James A Rhodes called for a thorough study of Ohio narcotics trafficking to curb rising crime linked to drug use. He asked Attorney General Paul Brown to report in two to three weeks and said state action would follow. He warned the problem may be spreading from colleges to high and grade schools and suggested rehabilitation centers if needed.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Atty
Paul W. Brown
Brown
Final Logan bypass section work to resume Monday
The third and final section of the Rt. 33 Logan bypass from the Rt. 93 interchange to Haydenville will restart Monday. Mosser Construction will resume bridge work after a seasonal shutdown under Baltes Inc. The project includes 12 bridges on the third section with a completion date set for July 1970.
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Logan
Haydenville
Mosser Construction, Inc
Fremont
Don Bethel
A. J
Hocking River
Rt. 38
C&o
Oldtown Creek
Three Mile Creek
Americans Move Into Lunar Module On Apollo 9 Mission
James A. McDivitt and Russell Schweickart transfer from the Apollo 9 command ship to the lunar module then beam a live view to Earth. Schweickart overcomes an upset stomach while both men report all systems functioning as the U.S. advances toward a July moon landing with the LIM tests and later spacewalk.
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McDivitt
Schweickart
Air Force
David R. Scott
Earth
Sehweickart
LEM
Cape Kennedy
America
Spider
Gumdrop
New Water Control Bill Streamlines Small Watershed Projects
Senator Harry L. Armstrong proposes a bill in the Ohio Senate to simplify procedures for flood and water control projects in small watersheds. The measure would allow watershed districts to activate within two years, transfer the Soil and Water Conservation Committee to the Department of Natural Resources, and authorize county commissioners to levy assessments for watershed projects.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
Harry L. Armstrong
Logan
Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Committee
Department of Natural Resources
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