Logan Rt. 3 Youth Killed In Rt. 33 Crash
A Logan area youth died and three others were injured in a late Friday crash on Route 33, 414 miles south of Logan. Timothy Edward LaFollette, 17, was killed, suffering a massive head injury, while seriously injured were John Wesley Ellison, 29, Mt. Vernon, and two others.
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Logan Rt. 3
Logan
Timothy Edward LaFollette
Clarence Lafollette
State Highway Patrol
John Wesley Ellison
Mt. Vernon
Tar Hollow Drilling Halted in Tar Hollow State Park
A forest ranger notified the Ohio Department of Natural Resources about oil drilling at Tar Hollow State Park in Ross County. Comanche Oil Co drilled to 1,375 feet before operations were suspended amid lease irregularities and a plan to discontinue.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Tar Hollow State Park
Ross County Park
Comanche Oil Co
Hudson and Hammerstone Oil Co
Worthington
Here
Roger W. Tracy
Pure Oil Co
Martin L. Davey
Tar Hollow Park
Hudson
Division of Mines
Natural Resources Department
John McElroy
Comanche
10000 Await Hunt For Alleged African Lion in Adair
About 60,000 acres in northeast Oklahoma host a grand safari as hundreds of people game wardens and a zoo keeper with a tranquilizer gun join the hunt for an animal described as an African lion. Hunt marshal Van Poplin estimated up to 10,000 spectators may attend. Loudspeakers at Adair’s baseball park track progress.
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Adair
Okla
Oklahoma
van Poplin
Clouds Threaten Gemini Molly Brown Launch at Cape Kennedy
Weather forecasts warned of heavy clouds at Cape Kennedy that could delay the Gemini flight of Molly Brown and jeopardize camera coverage of the Titan 2 booster lift off. Ranger 9 faced a possible ground support issue in the second stage guidance while preparing for a Sunday launch to photograph Alphonsus crater.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Molly Brown
Ranger 9
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Atlantic
Agena
Alphonsus
Gemini
Chistopher C. Kraft Jr
Viet Cong Bomb Plot Foiled Near Saigon Embassy
Police seized two Viet Cong agents driving a scooter truck rigged with a time detonator and 25 pounds of plastic explosive bound for the U S Embassy in Saigon. The bomb was defused and the two suspects were arrested. Brig Gen Nguyen Chang Thi reported a Communist ammunition boat found at Cua Viet. U S forces hit targets in North Viet Nam using napalm jellied bombs. Hanoi claimed three plane losses.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Nguyen Chang Thi
Cua Viet
North Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Radio
Hanoi
Mount Vernon Hails Its Beauty Queen
Mount Vernon plans a big home-coming for 17 year old Miss Jane Pilotti named No 1 in locals say she was first runner up at America's Junior Miss in Mobile Patrice Gaunder of St Joseph Mich won the title Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce sent a telegram praising Pilotti as Number One with them and inviting her home
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Mount Vernon
Ohio
Jane Pilotti
Lynda Bird Johnson celebrated with surprise 21st birthday party
Lynda Bird Johnson turned 21 and was feted at a surprise party at a private club attended by about 65 guests. President Johnson called from the Texas ranch to wish his daughter well while her sister Luci organized the event, and an intended quiet evening with David Lefevre became a surprise gathering.
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Washington
Lynda Bird Johnson
Johnson
Texas
Lynda
Luci
David Lefeve
New York
Lefeve
Johnson federalizes Alabama Guard to shield rights marchers
President Johnson orders federal use of Alabama Army and Air National Guard to prevent domestic violence during the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march. Proclamation and executive order authorize Defense Department action. Aims to augment protection after Wallace resisted state measures. The move comes amid ongoing court actions and prior federal interventions in racial crises.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Alabama National Guard
Selma
Montgomery
Ala
George E. Reedy
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Reedy
Secretary of Defense
United States
Wallace
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Army
Air National Guard
National Guard Bureau
Washington
Army Guard
Air Guard
Martin Luther King Jr
Texas
Nicholas Katzenbach
Cyrus R. Vance
U.S. Court of Appeals
New Orleans
White House
Ft. Benning
Snow Falls Across Ohio Amid Winter Weather Travel Warnings
A rapidly developing low pressure system brings snow to all but Ohio’s northwestern counties with 1 to 4 inches expected in the southeast. Overnight lows near 21 with a 24 degree morning reading. spring arrives amid continued cold and possible Sunday snow.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Chesapeake
Marietta
Zanesville
Yorde Move Planned for Nelsonville Plant Relocation
Nelsonville Development Association signs a lease with Yorde Machine Products to move the Columbus firm to the Veterans Memorial Building by April 15 with operations starting May 1. The plant will occupy expanded space, employ about 50 people, and include Whitfield Manufacturing as a combined division.
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William Fraederich
Nelsonville Development Association
Richard E. Yorde
Yorde Machine Products, Inc
Harold Brown
NDA
Columbus
Nelsonville
Richard FE. Yorde
Veterans Memorial
Sylvania
Yorde
Whitfield Manufacturing Co
Washington D.H
William Hoffman
Gerald Bentley
William Friedrich
Grandview
Ohio State University School of Engineering
First
Marble Cliff
Columbus Industrial Club
American Society For Tool and Manufacturing Engineers
American Ordnance Association
Grandview Swimming Club
Richard
Ecuador
Community Church
York Board Approves Joint Vocational School Plan
The York school board backs a $1.2 million joint vocational school serving Hocking Athens and Perry counties with eight districts involved. Starr Washington may vote March 29. if it declines, other districts may reapply before April 12.
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Hocking
Athens
Perry
Starr-Washington
James Frey
Hocking County
Starr - Washington
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