Only Good Hope Citizens To Vote On Transfer Issue
Hocking County school board approved West Hocking district transfers for the May primary ballot and set April 30 as the transfer date for Benton and Laurel Twos. Only Good Hope Township patrons will vote May 7 after a 30 day remonstrance period and petitions. The board also moved to transfer Laurel Two section to Laurelville with April 30 effective date if uncontested, affecting four children of two families.
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Hocking County
West Hocking School District
Benton
Laurel Twos
West Hocking
Good Hope
Laurelville
Laurel
Logan
Berne Union
James Frey
Laurel Two
Paul Fast
Fast
Dennis Cordell
Ohio to vote on five constitution amendments
Five proposed changes will go before Ohio voters in May and November elections. Legislative leaders moved bills to the governor after a skeleton session, sending the amendments and 43 other bills to Gov. Rhodes for approval. May proposals cover ministerials and state lands, vacancy appointments by party, and judicial system modernization. November amendments seek a 759 million bond issue and homeowner tax exemptions for residents 65 and older.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio General Assembly
James A. Rhodes
Mia Farrow Flies To Miami Amid Trial Separation
Mia Farrow arrived in Miami while Frank Sinatra performed there. She declined to confirm if their trial separation had ended. Airline staff escorted her off the plane via an outside ladder. Farrow had left the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s India meditation retreat after six weeks.
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Miami
Fla
Frank Sinatra
Mia Farrow
Sinatra
Miss Farrow
India
Cannot Identify Crash Victims in Bus Car Collision
In Baker California officials say the identities of several of the 20 people killed in the Thursday bus car crash on Interstate 15 may not be learned for a week. An FBI disaster team aided Greyhound officials as authorities work to name the victims. Michael Barry a 39 year old car driver is the only name released so far by coroner Edward P. Doyle.
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Baker
Calif
FBI
Mojave
Greyhound Bus Lines
Michael Barry
Edward P. Doyle
Possible Party Switching Seen In Ohio Primary Vote
Ohio Secretary of State Ted W. Brown noted rising voter registration inquiries and chatter of party switching ahead of the May 7 primary. The surge follows the Lausche Gilligan Democratic U S Senate race, with Republicans weighing voting in the Democratic primary to back William B. Lax as nominee or switch to Lausche, though Brown cautioned actual switches may be few.
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Ohio
Columbus
U. S
Ted W. Brown
Brown
Frank J. Lausche
John J. Gilligan
U.S
Gilligan
Cincinnati
Democratic State Executive Committee
Ohio Afl Cio
Lausche
Senate
William B. Laxbe
21 Die In Salt Mine Fire Near Da Nang Tragedy
The bodies of 21 miners who perished in a salt mine cavern fire have been recovered after a four day search. Sixteen were found in a tunnel 3,000 feet from the shaft, and five more later. Company officials did not reveal exact locations. Authorities cited carbon monoxide poisoning as the likely cause. Rescue teams had arrived and investigations into ventilation and fire controls followed the Federal Bureau of Mines recommendations.
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Cargill, Inc
Federal Bureau of Mines
H. A. Schrecengost
Indianapolis
Ind
A. M. Evans
Dallas
Minneapolis
W. R. Pearch
Cargill
Jim Bowe
Raymond R. Ashby
Kentucky
Ashby
Gold price jitters ripple through Western world
Washington AP reports a fresh surge in European gold buying after Britain devalued the pound. Speculators hope for a price rise while U S Treasury Under Secretary Deming says no change to $35 an ounce and the dollar-to-gold convertibility pledge remains. Swiss bankers link the rush to deficits in UK and US balance of payments and doubts about US policy.
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Washington
Britain
Europe
Treasury Department
Frederick L. Deming
The
Treasury For Monetary Affairs
United States
United Kingdom
London
Treasury
Deming
U.S
Brussels
Bus Plunge Kills 22 Students in Turkish Ravine
Twenty two people died and another 22 were injured when a passenger bus plunged into a 600 foot ravine near Afyon in West Turkey on a slippery highway. The bus carried mostly students.
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Istanbul
Afyon
Turkey
Red China denounces Geneva pact on nuclear umbrella
Red China denounces the three nation Geneva proposal to shield non nuclear nations with a nuclear umbrella. Peking says the move by the United States the Soviet Union and Britain forms a nuclear alliance against China and revolutionary peoples.
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Tokyo
Red China Today
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
China
Peking
New China
Britain
U.S
U.N. Security Council
Freight Train Derails Near Steubenville
A southbound Penn Central freight train derailed at Tiltonville in southern Jefferson County. Seven coal cars blocked the double track. no injuries reported. Cause not determined.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Penn Central
Tiltonville
Jefferson County
Civil Rights Bill Clears Senate for Final Vote
After seven weeks of debate the Senate approved an amended civil rights bill 61 to 19 and opened the way for a final vote. The open housing provision bans discrimination in sale and rental of most housing by Jan 1 1970, and the bill adds federal penalties for voting and jury rights, public accommodations, schooling and other protections. Senate leaders credit Hart Javits Mondale and Brooke for guiding the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Jacob K. Javits
Rn.y
Walter F. Mondale
Dminn
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Train crash kills 19 near Venkatachellam in India
An express train bound for Madras collided with a bus crowded with Hindu pilgrims at a grade crossing near Venkatachellam in South India. Nineteen people were killed and 44 injured.
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Hyderabad
India
Madras
Venkatachellam
South India
Laurelville Soldier Killed In Vietnam
Sp 4 Jimmy Lehman 23 of Laurelville was killed in a Chu Chi boat accident March 3 in Vietnam along with seven others. He was born in South Bloomingville and survived by his parents a brother and two sisters. Funeral plans pending arrival of the body.
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Jimmy Lehman
Laurelville
Chu Chi
Vietnam
South Bloomingville
Pearl Lehman
Prudence Winland
Laurelville High School
Jimmy
Ohio
Michigan
Donald Lehman
Patricia Bethel
Max
Beverly) Young
Harold Kellenbarger
New Straitsville
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Sgt
Lewis
Japan
Irene Lewis Cronin
Oscar Lewis
Ifrene Cronin
Newark
Donald
Thomas
Detroit
Mich
Geraldine Fisher
Logan
Orpha Martin
Margaret Collins
Lovella Householder
Shawnee
Sarah Lee Hamilton
Elyria
Connie Lewis
Ellen Lewis
Velma Shannon
Humphrey Funeral Home
U S Sweden Strained Over Vietnam Recall of Ambassador
Washington recalls Ambassador William Heath to discuss worsening U S Swedish ties over Vietnam policy. Heath, who faced a death threat, will depart for an indefinite stay as Sweden faces protests and a Palme speech criticized by the United States. Opposition parties call the move serious and regrettable.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Stockholm
William Heath
State Department
Department
Sweden
Tage Erlander
Heath
United States
Educa
Palme
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Social Democratic Party
Florida teachers strike stalls as counties weigh recalls
Public school officials in 67 Florida counties face a decision on rehiring teachers who resigned during a three week walkout. Across Illinois Carbondale municipal workers, 34 percent of strikers, return to work amid a temporary injunction while Memphis garbage workers extend their strike into a fourth week. Pittsburgh teachers persist as talks continue.
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Associated Press
Florida
Carbondale
Ill
Memphis
Pittsburgh
Florida Education Association
FEA
State Board of Education
Public Works
David Keene
Southern Illinois
Jack Hazel
Battle Flares At Jordan River
Israeli and Jordanian forces clashed across the Jordan River before dawn as Arab saboteurs raiding Beisan Valley were chased back. The border fight marked a second flare up this week with automatic weapons and mortars used. Two Israeli soldiers wounded. two raiders killed.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Jordan River
Beisan
Ground Action Rages Along DMZ Near Tam Ky
U S infantry engaged Communist troops with armored personnel carriers pouring machine gun fire along the coastal lowlands nine miles northwest of Tam Ky. Reports said 85 enemy soldiers were killed as artillery and dive bombers supported the American Division. Casualties for U S forces were not disclosed. Hal Spang Jr. is reported wounded in Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Tam Ky
U.S. Americal
Heavy fighting and shelling reported around Saigon and DMZ area
Communist gunners fired 40 mortars at Americal Division positions killing one soldier and wounding 25. Civilian casualties rose in Saigon with four killed and 20 wounded as rounds hit a police housing area. Marines and Vietnamese troops clashed with 500 enemy soldiers, 164 killed and 16 Marines dead in seven hours. U S air raids near Khe Sanh and Hue continued with Stratofortress bombers striking targets.
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Americal Division
U.S
Saigon
Dong Ha
Khe Sanh
Hue
Weather report for Hocking Valley warms to 62 today
The Hocking Valley measured 62 degrees under sunny skies at 11 a.m. after a 53 degree low overnight and scattered showers. Yesterday's high was 64. Partly cloudy conditions are expected tonight and Sunday with little temperature change.
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Hocking Valley
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