Grant Voided For Hocking County Airport Project
The Ohio Division of Aviation voided a $100000 grant to the Hocking County Airport Authority after it was learned the land under the proposed airport is not owned by the authority. Logan Clay Products withdrew a related land conveyance offer and airport leaders will seek another site to reinstate the grant. County officials pledged cooperation in future land acquisitions.
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Hocking County Airport Authority
Gerald E. Chambers
Ohio Division of Aviation
Chambers
Airport Authority
Hocking County Airport
Charles Orwig
Norman Crabtree
Division of Aviation
Howard Blum
British Troops Land Unopposed On Anguilla Island
A British task force of paratroops and marines landed on Anguilla at dawn without resistance. The operation code named Calypso sent 315 troops from Antigua, with Acting President Ronald Webster and rebel leaders unaccounted. Webster vowed defense while Anguillans faced occupation with mixed defiance and sorrow.
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Anguilla
Caribbean
Red Devil Regiment
Ronald Webster
Britain
Antigua
Rothesay
Minerva
Calypso
Bay of Piglets
Sev
Eral
Webster
Anthony Lee
England
St. Kitts and
Nevis
St. Kitts
Anguillans
Apollo 10 Moon Bid Turned Down
Space officials decide Apollo 10 will loop around the moon for 63 hours without a landing. May 18 lift off planned from Houston as two crewmen approach within 10 miles of the surface before rendezvousing with the command ship. A 11 mission now aimed for a July moon landing attempt.
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Moon
Space Center
Houston
Tex
Manned Spacecraft Center
Space Agency
Lunar
Earth
Nine youths escape from TICO in Columbus
Police search for nine adjudicated juveniles who fled their cottage at the Training Institute of Central Ohio in Columbus during a shower. The escapees were among 24 inmates. one escapee is named Michael Waddell of Hocking County.
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Columbus, Ohio
Training Institute
Central Ohio
Jack Baumeister
Hocking
Paul Hartman
The
Training Institute of Central Ohio
TICO
Michael Waddell
Hocking County
Public Hearing Set On Logan Reservoir Plans In Clear Creek Valley
Thursday at 10 a.m. a public hearing in Logan armory will feature the U S Army Corps of Engineers on the Logan Dam and Reservoir project. Opponents and supporters debate dam sites 3.1 miles and 5.7 miles upstream from Route 33 with naturalist concerns over Gorge ecology Neotoma Valley and Rhododendron Hollow. Written comments to Col Maurice D Roush Huntington W Va by April 18 will be added to the record.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Logan
Clear Creek Valley
Logan Armory
Huntington District Corps of Engineers
Clear Creek
Rt. 33
Neotoma Valley
Rhododendron Hollow
the Army
Maurice’ D. Roush
Corps of Engineers
Huntington
W. Va
P.O
Grass Brush Fire Scorches 100 Acres In Start Two
Ohio towns battled multiple grass and brush fires as tinder dry conditions persisted. A 100 acre Starr Two blaze, fought for nearly four hours, involved Logan fire crews, Hocking Honor Camp firefighters, and volunteers. No injuries. cause undetermined.
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Logan
Ohio
Hocking
Starr Two
Kenneth Simpson
Harsh
Noel North
Shawnee
Sand Run
Jury Trial Opens Today in Hocking County Court
A jury trial began in Hocking County Common Pleas Court in the case of Donald and Mary Wahl against Virgil L Harley and Harley & Son Well Drilling. Plaintiffs are represented by Richard Gerken and defendants by W J Hodyshell. Jurors named include Juanita Hawk and 11 others.
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Hocking County
Newark man Siddle held to grand jury in murder case
William Quigley Siddle, 25, of Newark formerly Nelsonville, was held to the Licking County grand jury after a preliminary hearing before Municipal Court Judge Robert J. Moore. He is charged with the murder of Mary Laca, 49, found stabbed in her Newark home on February 24. Siddle, arrested February 25, pleaded not guilty to first degree murder and is jailed without bail.
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William Quigley Siddle
Newark
Nelsonville
Licking County
Robert J. Moore
Mary Laca
Miss Laca
Siddle
Pleasant Hocking Valley Weather Through Thursday Forecast
Pleasant conditions in the Hocking Valley with 68 degrees and sunny skies at 11 a.m. today, matching Tuesday's high and a 21 degree overnight low. Clouds and mild weather are forecast for Thursday.
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Hocking Valley
Senate OKs Armstrong Bill and Regents Board Study
The Senate approves Harry Armstrong's water utility bill while the House committee studies whether Ohio's Board of Regents should govern or merely coordinate higher education. Regent Millett cites governance patterns in other states and asks for a two week report. Rhodes names Jacob O. Kamm to the Ohio Board of Regents for a term expiring September 20, 1972.
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Columbus
Ohio
House Education Committee
State Board of Regents
Kenneth B. Creasy
Delaware
Board of Regents
Institutions of Higher Education
Regents
John D Millett
Millett
House
Charles L. McLain
Circleville
Harry L Armstrong
Logan
Columbus, Ohio
Guy James A. Rhodes
Jacob O. Kamm
Lorain
Ohio Board of Regents
Rockets Slam Into Slams: 13 Are Killed
Viet Cong spring offensive hits Da Nang shantytown and heavy ground attacks target U S and South Vietnamese forces around the city. American losses include 1 dead and 28 wounded. 72 North Vietnamese killed in a Marine camp clash. civilians and a Korean civilian contractor also die. fighting continues near Dien Ban.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S
John T. Wheeler
Navy Pier
U.S. Navy
Wheeler
Dien Ban
Young Calls Secret Talks Linked to Troop Recall Plan
Sen. Stephen M. Young of Ohio urged pairing secret peace talks with a recall of 100000 U S troops to push a Vietnam cease fire. He said diplomatic exchanges have been under way for months and may be more important than Paris talks, though he could not reveal locations.
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Washington
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
United States
Vietnam
Young
Paris
Senate Armed Services Committee
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Reds
Logan Dam & Reservoir
Logan Reservoir
Clear Creek Gorge
Federal Committee On Public Works
Logan Dam
Cuneville
New Straitsville
Irving L. Dickman
Forestry and Reclaimation Division
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Dickman
Senate
Armstrong
Regents Board
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