One-car crash on Rt. 664N kills Logan youth
Lloyd Simmons Jr. 21 of Logan Rt. 4 died in a single vehicle crash on Rt. 664N near Hocking Valley Community Hospital at 2 45 AM. The car left center, veered across berm and road, flipped, death attributed to massive head injuries. Body at Roberts Funeral Home awaiting arrangements. In same period a separate two car crash in the Dicks Drive parking lot involved Jane A. Leach 18 and a damaged Evans vehicle.
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Lloyd Simmons Jr
Logan Rt. 4
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Hocking
Tom Travis
Sheriff’s Department
Simmons
Roberts Funeral Home
Jane A. Leach
William H. Evans
Church St
Evans
Mrs. Ransom Casto Die at 81 in Columbus
Mrs. Louis Ransom Casto aged 81 of Carroll Route 2 died at 1 15 am at Doctors Hospital West Columbus. She was born in Logan January 1 1888 and lived there most of her life before moving to be with her daughter. Survivors include her husband Louis R Casto Sr two sons a daughter six grandchildren ten great grandchildren a sister and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services set for 10 30 am Saturday at Roberts Funeral Home with Rev A C Hahn officiating. Interment Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday 7 9 pm and Friday 2 4 and 7 9 pm.
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Louis Ransom Casto
Carroll Rt. 2
Doctors Hospital West
Columbus
Logan
K. E. Woltz
Carroll Rt. v
Gottlieb
Wilhelmina Miller Buntz
Logan Trinity Lutheran Church
Louis R. Casto Sr
K. E
Martha) Woltz
William A
Louis R. Casto Jr
Chillicothe
Bertha Snyder
Lancaster
Edward
Geraldine
Roberts Funeral Home
A. C. Hahn
Oak Grove Cemetery
County Chiefs Endorse Logan Reservoir Project
County commissioners backed the Logan Reservoir on Clear Creek and urged the broader plan to dredge the Hocking River to Athens. A public hearing by the Huntington District US Army Corps of Engineers is set for March 20 at 10 a.m. in the Logan armory.
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Hocking Commissioners
Logan
Clear Creek
Hocking
Logan Reservoir
Athens
Logan Armory
Huntington District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
George Mara
Old Gibisonville
Pleasant Valley
Enterprise
Thompson Ridge
Star Rt
Big Pine
Narrows
McClellan Rds
Senate Defeats Ervin Reservation On Nuclear Pact
The Senate voted 61 to 30 to reject Democrat Sam Ervin’s reservation to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, signaling support for a pact without U.S. assurances to defend non-nuclear nations. Supporters argued ratification is likely, while critics warned of potential demands to respond to nuclear attacks.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Sam Ervin
North Carolina
United States
Ervin
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
City Hires Attorney Over Kentucky Drilling Suit
Logan officials voted to hire Neal Dillon to represent the city in a suit filed by Kentucky Drilling and Operating Corporation in Hocking County Common Pleas Court over a denied oil well permit in East Gateway Industrial Park. A companion ordinance appropriates 5000 for litigation expenses. Mayor Merril Haney and Councilman George Lohr clashed over funding for noon hour movies at Logan High School, with questions about whether the city should aid the school program amid depleted activity funds.
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Neal Dillon
Logan
Kentucky Drilling and Operating Corporation
Edwin Johnston
Council
Kentucky Drilling
Hocking County
George Lohr
Recreation Committee
Merril Haney
Logan High School
Lohr
Recreation Commission
LHS
Activi
Forrest Moore Named Prosecutor for Remaining Term
Forrest Moore, chosen by the Hocking County Democratic central committee, is sworn in as prosecutor to complete the four year term. He previously held the post before the late R. Ned Cochran took office on January 5. The office shares space with his firm Gerken and Moore in the Blosser building. Secretary Sharon Riley from Rockbridge will continue in the role. Mrs. Cochran is assisting Moore currently with plans uncertain.
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Forrest Moore
Hocking County
Democrat Central Committee
Ned Cochran
Moore
Cochran
Gerken & Moore
Blosser
Sharon’ Riley
Rockbridge Rt. 1
Viet Cong Attacks Drop Off Sharply
Viet Cong rocket and mortar attacks eased sharply today though officials warn it may be a pause in the spring offensive. Allied spokesmen say thousands of Communist troops remain uncommitted and a new wave could come any day. Casualties: 126 Vietcong and North Vietnamese dead, 10 Americans. one truck of beer slightly damaged. Military units reported ambush attempts and a convoy near Dau Tieng, Cu Chi, with engaged fire and flamethrowers used against enemy positions.
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Saigon
U.S
Paris Talks A Front For Private Peace Search
Paris reports say Vietnam peace talks have become a time-marking exercise to bolster private exploration. Saigon and the National Liberation Front show restiveness toward American leadership and secret talks, with possibilities of diplomacy shifting to Washington Hanoi negotiations or Saigon-NLF channels.
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Paris
Vietnam
Washington
Hanoi
Saigon
National Liberation Front
Namese
NLE
United States
North Vietnam
NLEF
NLP
Thanos
Auto Thief Hunted Near Lancaster
A wide manhunt is under way south of Lancaster after a white husky man eluded Athens and Nelsonville officers following two stolen cars. The 1961 yellow Chevrolet with Kentucky plates fled north on Rt 33 after a gas theft in Athens, then abandoned on a private drive near the Harry Barber residence. A second theft from Mrs. Potts in Nelsonville ended when the pursuers recovered the 1959 Chevrolet and the stolen Kentucky car was wrecked near Lancaster. A helicopter joined the search around noon today as authorities traced the suspect.
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Lancaster
Athens
Nelsonville
Athens State Highway Patrol
Kentucky
Hilltop
Rt. 33
Tom Cullison
Corporation Limits
Harry Barber
Kenneth Potts
Poplar St
Goodyear
Carl Cunningham
Buchtel
Hess Chevrolet
Grady Acres
Ashland
Extra Orbit Delayed Apollo 9 Splashdown Near Grand Turk
Apollo 9 will land 480 miles south of the main splashdown area near Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas after an extra orbit to avoid stormy seas off Bermuda. New splashdown set for 11:56 a.m. EST as flight controllers weighed ship speed and recovery logistics. Astronauts McDivitt Scott and Schweickart favored the alternate site despite grim Bermuda forecasts.
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James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell L. SchWeiékart
Stuart Roosa
Bermuda
McDivitt
Grand Turk
France Ends 24 Hour Labor Strike After Turbulent Standoff
Paris reports calm returns as President Charles de Gaulle vows to defend the franc and republic amid 60 000 to 100 000 workers demanding higher wages. Unions sought 10 to 12 percent, while the government stuck to a 4 percent limit leading to clashes and roughly 230 arrests with police injuries.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Arabs and Israelis in gun exchange across Middle East
Light arms fire erupted along the Suez Canal and in the Jordan Valley as Israeli and Jordanian forces exchanged fire. The Israeli army in Tel Aviv said Egyptian forces started the new round of hostilities along the canal with sniper fire and that Israeli troops fired back.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Jordan Valley
Israel
Canal
Arctic Cold Snap Grips Nation From Rockies to Atlantic
A late season cold snap blankets the country from the Rockies to the Atlantic, with frost across the Deep South and subfreezing lows from the northern Rockies to the Great Lakes. Temperatures drop to single digits in places like Laramie while Key West records 61. The storm that dumped heavy snow in the Southwest weakens as it moves southward, light rain dots Texas and Louisiana, and snow flurries reach the Great Lakes to the Appalachians.
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Rockies
Atlantic
Arctic
Great Lakes
Middle Atlantic States
New Mexico
Arizona
Kansas
Texas
Louisiana
Appalachians
New Hampshire
Laramie
Wyo
Key West
Fla
Nixon waits for Laird return before ABM decision
President Nixon delays final ruling on deployment of the Sentinel ABM system until Defense Secretary Laird returns from Vietnam. Ziegler said a decision is planned this week but not before Laird's return. The NSC reviewed the issue amid opposition and mixed options including limited deployment or full resumption.
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Washington
APD
Nixon
Vietnam
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Melvin Ronaid
National Security Council
Ziegler
Florida
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Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Thomas J. Dodd
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Soviet Union
Dodd
Haney
Wilbur Lanning
James Irvine
Ed Dalton
Dick Collison
Cu Chi
Dau Tieng
25Th Division
Guadalcanal
Roosa
Scott
Schirra
Keveney Corp
Denver
Colo
Colorado Corp
Boulevard du Temple
THE
Associated Press
Hocking Valley
Laird
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