Students At LHS Aid SOS Summer Jobs Plan
The U S Department of Labor approves a 30000 experiment to use Logan High School volunteers to develop and register summer jobs for disadvantaged students in 16 areas across 14 states. Program leaders recruit about four volunteers per high school to train in job development and placement at employment services offices.
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LHS
U.S. Department of Labor
Logan
Labor Department
Manpower Development and Training Act
el Centro
Calif
Lakeland
Fla
Dalton
Jacksonville
Linton
Ind
Hammond
Alliance
Neb
Laconia
N.H
Cumberland County
N.J
Las Vegas
N. Mex
McAlester
Okla
Bristol
Warmer Air Slowly Coming to Much of Nation
Mild air spread from the Rockies to the Atlantic with readings 10 to 15 degrees higher than yesterday. Yet several Southeast areas stayed below freezing for a third day. Forecast calls for fair weather and little change in temperature with a 11 am reading of 38 in clear skies. lows dropped to the mid 20s from Virginia to Georgia.
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Rockies
Atlantic
Hocking Valley
Real Estate Tax Statements Mailed to Hocking County
First half real estate tax statements were mailed to 18 000 property owners in Hocking County. The deadline for first half taxes is March 31 with a 10 percent penalty on delinquent accounts. Delinquent taxes may be paid at the treasurer’s office weekdays 8 30 a m to 4 p m on the Courthouse second floor. The year’s property reappraisal will appear in the current collection.
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Hocking County
Ralph Moorhead
Moorhead
Hocking
Predicted Budget Surplus Vanishing
Washington AP reports the 1969 budget surplus of 2.4 billion may shrink to about 1 billion or less as Nixon faces tightened fiscal room. Mayo says the 183.7 billion plan could stay in surplus if revenues hold, though extensions of the 10 percent surtax and cautious forecasts threaten the balance.
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Washington
Johnson
Nixon
Congress
Mike Baker Granted Stay of Execution in Ohio Appeal
Michael Lee Baker of Logan has a stay of execution at Mansfield Reformatory while his appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court proceeds. He was convicted March 27, 1968, for selling or making available to a minor a substance containing belladonna and stramonium, with the sentence upheld by the Fourth District Court of Appeals.
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Michael Lee Baker
Logan
Mansfield Reformatory
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Ohio Supreme Court
Baker
Service Director Praises Logan Youth Cleanliness Drive
James Parkinson praised Logan youths for cleaner downtown streets. He credited school pupils assisting with Main St cleanup and thanked City Hall for supporting the visible improvement in the city's appearance.
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James Parkinson
Logan
May Draft Call Seeks 27 600 Men
Pentagon announces a May draft of 27 600 to the armed forces. Spokesman says 25 600 to the Army and 2 000 to the Marine Corps. May draft compares with 26 800 in January and 33 700 in February, March, and April.
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Washington
Pentagon
Armed Forces
Army
Marine Corps
Soviet Fishing Trawler Sunk After Collision Off NC Coast
A Panamanian tanker and a Soviet fishing trawler collided off the North Carolina coast. the Russian vessel reportedly sank with all hands, about fifteen crew aboard. Coast Guard units found an oil slick debris and an empty life raft miles from Oregon Inlet.
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Portsmouth
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Helicoper
Oregton Inlet
Americans Fall in First Weeks of Red Offensive
The U S Command reports 789 American troops killed in action in the initial 14 days of the Viet Cong spring offensive, with 336 killed in the week ending March 28. Allied totals show heavy Viet Cong and North Vietnamese losses while enemy attacks signal regrouping. Wounded totals rise, while Laird returns from Vietnam with no conclusions on troop withdrawals or retaliation.
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Saigon
USS
U.S
Vietnam
Paris Peace Talks Stall Amid Shared Blame At Paris
At the eighth weekly session the United States and South Vietnam condemn Viet Cong terror tactics in South Vietnam and warn against an appropriate response. Viet Cong leaders vow to bear responsibility for consequences if the U.S. escalates war.
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Paris
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Kiem
United States
Vietnam
Nixon
Lodge
House Panel Hears Bid For Lower Voting Age
Tipp City teacher Terry Lee tells the Ohio House State Government Committee lowering the voting age from 21 to 19 would not harm the Republican party. He cites Gallup polling and argues younger voters could alter political balance, with an estimated 500000 more new voters than 1968 if enacted. Senator Robin Turner and Marion Reid support the Senate-passed resolution for a November vote.
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Columbus
Ohio
Tipp
House State Government Committee
Terry Lee
Lee
Hamilton
Franklin
House
Robin T .Turner
Reid Marion
Senate
Ray Now Regrets Guilty Plea in King's Assassination
James Earl Ray voiced regret over his 1969 guilty plea for the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, with U S Justice Department officials expressing frustration at the lack of a full trial. The Nashville Tennessean reports Ray questioned whether a trial could have exposed broader conspiracy links and considered hiring a new attorney. The government says it anticipated the plea, denies involvement in the decision, and continues an open conspiracy investigation from the Birmingham case.
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James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
U.S. Justice Department
Ray
Nashville
Nashville Tennessean
Memphis
Tennessee
Washington
Justice Department
Percy Foreman
Houston
Tex
FBI
Birmingham
Ala
King
England
Department
Ins
Battle reported along Suez Canal front with Israeli forces
Beirut bulletin cites Cairo radio on current fighting near Se Quatara, Pirdan, Ismailia, and Suez Port. Report says Israelis began the exchange and widened fire toward the Lomile front with rockets, artillery, mortars, and light arms.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Cairo
Suez Canal
Se Quatara
Pirdan
Ismailia
Suez Port
Lomile
Apollo 9 Returns Safely After 10 Day Space Flight
Apollo 9 astronauts McDivitt Schweickart and Scott land in the Atlantic near the Guadalcanal after a 10 day mission testing the lunar module’s readiness for a moon landing. The mission demonstrated spaceflight milestones and set the stage for a July lunar touchdown.
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Uss
Guadalcanal
Apollo
Apollo 9
Earth
Atlantic Ocean
Air Force
James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell L. Schweickart
Puerto Rico
United States
Mission Control Center
Houston
Cape Kennedy
Moon
McDivitt
Schweickart
Mission Control
Lem Schweickart
Ius
Apollo LO
Lunor
Thomas P Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
John W. Young
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Associated Press
Georgia
Great Lakes
New England
Florida
California
Robert P. Mayo
Mayo
Mike Baker
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
Lexington
Joan Cureton
U.S. District Court
Girard F. Kalbfleisch
Key West
Everglades
Haiti
Coronado
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Navy
Pueblo
North Korea
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo
New York
Melvin KR. Laird
Laird
Henry Cabot Lodge
Pham ‘Dang ‘Lam
Indochinese
Southeast Asia
Tran Buu Kiem
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Bulletin
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