John Sappington Conspiracy Trial Set for April 28
Trial date for John Sappington former administrator of Hocking Valley Community Hospital indicted for conspiracy to defraud the hospital has been set by Judge Harley Meyer for April 28. It remains unclear whether the trial will be before a jury or a judge. Sappington follows Sterling Lewis and Libby Lewis, previously convicted on conspiracy charges. Prosecutor Forrest Moore will determine if a new replacement for David Kessler will join the defense team.
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John Sappington
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Harley Meyer
Meyer
Sappington
Sterling Lewis
Libby
Lewis
William Ammer
Circleville
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Earl D. Parker
Waverly
Forrest Moore
David Kessler
Ohio
State Attorney General’s Office
Moore
Col
Leo Conway
Kessler
Nixon Announces Modified ABM System Focus on Missile Bases
President Nixon unveiled a revised missile defense concept costing six to seven billion dollars aimed at protecting American missile sites and Strategic Air Command bases rather than cities. The plan shifts scope to reduce early costs by about one billion while keeping a phased, flexible deployment starting with experimental prototype sites.
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Nixon
Strategic Air Command
White House
Nixon Administration
Senate OKs A-Ban Treaty Move Up To Russians
The Senate approved the nuclear nonproliferation treaty by 83 to 15 paving the way for ratification by the Soviet Union and Britain. Officials expect Moscow to follow suit though delays may occur for political reasons and Germany’s stance. The pact requires three original signatories to take effect, with Britain ratifying last November and 87 nations having signed overall.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Kremlin
Soviets
Britain
Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Nixon
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Solons Fight Change In Tax Assessments
The Ohio General Assembly moves to delay a statewide uniform real property assessment set by the Court decision in Park Investment case The bill aims to postpone the move to 1972 with hearings starting next week and rapid passage expected It would set a 40 percent uniform assessment retroactive to January 1 1969 and faces contempt risk if not approved The plan notes current statewide average around 37.6 percent and forecasts large local tax shifts in Hamilton and Van Wert counties Also noted the Senate approved Cleveland State University takeover of Cleveland Marshall Law School 27 to 0.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio General Assembly
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio Senate
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Michael J. Maloney
House
Park Investment Inc
Cuyahoga County
Maloney
State Board of Tax Appeals
Tax Appeals Board
Governor’s Office
van Wert
Hamilton County
Cleveland State University
Cleveland-Marshall Law School
Israel Warplanes Hit Arab Guerrilla Base Near Jordan
Israeli warplanes blasted a suspected Al Fatah guerrilla base just beyond the Jordan River near the Sea of Galilee. Witnesses saw smoke and flames as Cairo Radio reported fires at oil facilities along the Suez Canal while Egypt and Israel exchanged fire along the canal. U.N. observers were praised for courage and diligence in halting further hostilities.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan
Jordan River
Sea of Galilee
Jordan Valley
al Fatah
Suez Canal
Port Suez
Ismailia
Cairo
Egypt
Carl C Byers Dies At Age 57 In Bay Village
Carl C Byers 57 a Rockbridge native and longtime educator died at his Bay Village home after a coronary He served as principal at Carbon Hill and Gallipolis high schools and was Par ma school superintendent before joining General Motors in public relations He held degrees from Otterbein College Ohio State University and Ohio University Survivors include wife Bertha three daughters a grandson and siblings Funeral arrangements in Bay Village incomplete
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Carl C. Byers
Rockbridge
Bay Village
George Wesley
Ida Stuart Byers
Carbon Hill
Gallipolis
Parma
General Motors
United States
Canada
Rockbridge High School
Otterbein College
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Bertha
Arnellon Clark
Cleveland
Deborah
Shelley
Clyde Byers
Nelsonville
Harold
Dayton
John
Logan
William
Leota) Eisen
Rosella) Goss
GAO Urges White House Takeover of Antipoverty Efforts
An unpublished GAO study recommends stripping the Office of Economic Opportunity of coordinating antipoverty programs and transferring authority to the White House. The report faults OEO administration, calls for consolidation of programs, and keeps OEO for innovation while reassessing Job Corps and manpower training.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
White House
General Accounting Office
Congress
GAO
Capitol Hill
Associated Press
OEO
Nixon
Labor Department
Antipoverty Agency
Department of Health, Edu
Urban Affairs Council
Johnson
Heavy Snow Hits Arizona and New Mexico in Second Southwest Storm
The Associated Press reports heavy snow blankets parts of Arizona and New Mexico as a second storm moves through the Southwest. Grand Canyon receives 7 inches, Flagstaff 3 inches atop over 2 feet, with warnings continuing for northern Arizona mountains. Snow to spread into northwest Texas and Oklahoma areas. Conditions vary across regions with cold highs, frost in the Southeast, and mild West Coast weather.
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Associated Press
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New Mexico
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Flagstaff
Weather Bureau
Texas
Oklahoma
Rockies
Plains
Midwest
Appalachians
West Coast
Evanston
Wyo
Key West
Fla
Fulbright critiques Nixon on Vietnam policy and de escalation
Senator J W Fulbright and fellow doves rebuke the Nixon administration for not de escalating the Vietnam war after seven weeks of grace. Fulbright says the United States bears greater responsibility for the fighting's continuation and asks a staff study to assess how ground actions may have spurred the current offensive. Nixon stresses retaliation only if Communist assaults cause intolerable U S casualties and says future actions will have no prior warning, while noting progress toward private talks.
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Washington
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Nixon
Arkansas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Johnson
Fulbright
U.S
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Paris
North Viet Namese Attacks Along DMZ Kill 18 South, 6 Americans
North Vietnamese troops attacked twice along the DMZ killing 18 South Vietnamese soldiers and six U.S. Marines. The dawn assault near Gio Linh left most defenders struck down. later a day-long Marine clash west of the Rockpile left six Marines dead and 25 wounded.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Gio Linh
Dmz
4Th Regiment
Rockpile
Bloomingville Tavern Hit By 21 Day Suspension
William E F and Joann Mercer doing business as the J B Carry Out Rt 56 South Bloomingville were fined 21 day suspensions on four liquor permit violations by the Ohio Liquor Control Commission. The suspensions run from noon April 6 to noon April 27 and cover Nov 11 1968 incidents including Sunday sale of liquor and minors handling or selling liquor.
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William EF
Joann Mercer
Rt. 56
South Bloomingville
Ohio Liquor Control Commission
Columbus
Apollo 9 crew heads to Ellington after Bahamas hop
Apollo 9 astronauts McDivitt Scott and Schweickart fly from USS Guadal Canal to Eleutheran Base Bahamas then Cape Kennedy for a 60 minute leg to Ellington Air Force Base near Houston arriving 4 p.m. EST. Flight surgeon says they are in good condition after medical tests. Soviet space scientist cites progress but notes more problems to solve before moon missions.
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Ellington Air Force Base
Houston
Air Force
James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell L. Schweickart
Eleutheran Auxiliary Air Force Base
Bahamas
Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
Ellington
Atlantic
Puerto Rico
Sick Bay
Moscow
Lake Logan Excluded From State Park Swim Fee Plan
Ohio Division of Parks and Recreation chief Melvin Rebholz confirms Lake Logan State Park will not be exempted from new 50 cent adult and 25 cent child swim fees. Several other parks are named as exceptions Burr Oak Kelley’s Island Pymatuning Rocky Fork Hueston Woods Cowan Grand St Marys and Indian Lake. The plan aims to raise about 1.3 million annually with 300 thousand for administration while bills to block the charges move through the Ohio legislature amid hundreds of protest letters.
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Lake Logan State Park
Ohio Division of Parks and Recreation
Melvin Rebholz
Burr Oak
Kelleys Island
Pymatuning
Rocky Fork
Hueston Woods
Cowan
Grand
St. Marys and
Indian Lake
Rebholz
Columbus
Ohio
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