Extreme fire ends two separate blazes in Ohio region
More than 200 acres of forest and pasture burned near Lick Run Hill off Route 278 as a trash fire spread. Nelsonville and Logan firefighters, with Tri-County Technical Institute students, fought the flames and saved several homes while officials warned that conditions remain extreme with high winds and tinder dry brush.
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Lick Run
Rt. 278
Wayne National Forest
Forestry Technology
Tri-County Technical Institute
Nelsonville
P. C. Campbell
Paul Brohn
U.S. Fire Service
Tri-County
Brohn
Deanville
Fire damages garage. truck destroyed in Second Street blaze
Firefighters responded at 11 02 a m to the Richard Mikula residence at 529 East Second Street where a trash fire spread to a garage. A 1946 Ford flatbed pickup was wrecked and the adjacent garage owned by Larry Walters at 533 East Second Street had a scorched roof.
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Richard Mikula
Second St
Larry Walters
Judge Defers Sentencing in Lewis Case Pending Background Check
Judge Earl D Parker of Waverly deferred sentencing for Sterling Lewis a former laboratory technician at Hocking Valley Community Hospital until a probation background inquiry is completed The judge noted felons cannot receive probation before the probation officer investigates the offense and the defendant s past record Lewis consented to the investigation and the case was continued for a confidential report The judge remains unwell after a 90 day illness and did not set a return date for final sentencing.
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Earl D. Parker
Waverly
Sterling Lewis
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Parker
Lewis
Catholic bishops seek historic alliance with National Council of Churches
The Roman Catholic bishops of the United States move toward official negotiations with the National Council of Churches for a potential national level Christian alliance. The stock market rallied with the Dow up 5.97 points at noon to 918.08. A gunman ordered to Cuba aboard a flight was disarmed and arrested by an FBI agent on landing in New Orleans. Arab Israeli clashes flare in Beisan Valley near the Sea of Galilee wounding two border policemen.
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New York
United States
National Council of Churches
New Orleans
Cuba
FBI
Tel Aviv
Beisan
Sea of Galilee
Paris Talks Start Military Toll Surges in Vietnam
The USS Command reports 351 Americans killed last week in Vietnam, bringing total battlefield deaths to 10,112 since the Paris talks began and 33,063 in eight years. Wounded reach 1,401 as enemy losses climb to at least 119,100, with Da Nang targeted in renewed rocket and mortar strikes.
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Saigon
USS
Vietnam
U.S
Paris
United States
Rockslide Causes Crash on Rt 33N Near County Line
Early today a rockslide on the southbound lanes of Route 33 near the Hocking Fairfield county line toppled boulders and spilled 800 bushels of shelled corn from a truck. A car struck a boulder and the truck overturned, buckling a wheel. Traffic cleared after highway workers responded.
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Rt. 33
Hocking - Fairfield County
State Highway Patrol
Viet Cong claim offensive shows need to end war
In Paris the Viet Cong declares gains in its offensive and accuses the Nixon administration of escalating the war with an "appropriate response" while U S officials, including Senate leader Mike Mansfield, urge stronger private efforts at Paris to end the fighting.
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Paris
Nixon
Tran Buu Kiem
National Liberation Front
United States
Kiem
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Vietnam
Mansfield
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Senate Armed Services Committee
Logan Junior High Announces Scholarship Team for Ohio Tests
Principal Joe Murtha announced a team of 11 Logan Junior High students to compete in district state scholarship tests at Ohio University in May. The slate includes entrants across Algebra I Latin English 9 Earth Science with listed student names and home addresses.
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Logan Junior High School
Ohio University
Joe Murtha
George Shaw
Treetop Lane
Julie McAfooes
W. Jennison Ave
Susan Baird
Glenwood Dr
Michael Page
W. Hunter St
Jean Ann Knox
Walhending
Jan Newell
Logan Rt
Bill
British paratroops occupy Anguilla amid sunlit silence
British forces seize Anguilla in a bloodless invasion as 135 paratroopers and marines deploy across the 6,000-strong island. Acting President Ronald Webster supports dialogue only after troop withdrawal, while London contemplates a multi-year occupation and warns secession could threaten other federations.
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Anguilla
Britain
Seces
Three TICO escapees captured in Delaware County
Three of nine youths who fled the Training Institute of Central Ohio were nabbed by the Ohio Highway Patrol in Delaware County. They abducted Linda Heckert from a Columbus shopping center, took her car, and allowed her to exit before speeding north on I 71. The woman was unharmed.
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Columbus, Ohio
Training Institute
Summit County
Roger Monroe
Scioto County
Michael Waddell
Hocking County
Institute
American Airlines Resumes Flights After 21 Day Strike
New York AP reports American Airlines restarts flight operations today following a 21 day strike by ground service employees ending amid talks. An organizing dispute paused service across hubs with city and airline officials charting recovery steps.
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New York
American Airlines
Clear Creek Reservoir plan draws large turnout at hearing
A Logan Reservoir hearing in the Logan Armory drew more than 400 people with overflow parking. Col Maurice D Roush presided as the Army Corps of Engineers outlined a 3.1 mile downstream dam site on Clear Creek. Major Nathaniel Fox detailed flood control and multi purpose benefits including recreation nature preservation and water quality.
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Logan Reservoir
Logan Armory
Maurice D. Roush
Huntington District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Clear Creek
Corps of Engineers
Hocking River
U.S. Rt. 33
Nathaniel Fox
Appalachian
Hocking
Logan
Fox
South Shore
Clear Creek Gorge
Ohio Senate Debates Major School Resource Center Bill
The bill would allow up to 40 education resource centers as autonomous districts replacing county boards. State Board of Education would plan centers and local boards approve formations. Centers would offer vocational and special education, data processing, and central purchasing to serve all districts.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ralph S. Regula
Navarre
Senate
State Board of Education
Boards of Education
Regula
County Boards of Education
Board of Education
Wahl couple win $551 judgment in water well case
A Hocking County Common Pleas jury ruled in favor of Donald and Mary Wahl against Virgil L. Harley. The damage award totaling $551.58 covers a water well Harley drilled in July 1965 near Junction City.
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Hocking County Common Pleas
Donald and
Mary Wahl
Logan Rt. 1
Virgil L. Harley
Junction City
Wahls
Harley
Storms Hit Wide Areas Across Midwest And West
Rain and snow dampened spring arrival for a large Midwest region while the West and eastern areas enjoyed milder conditions. Storms dumped up to 6 inches of snow in portions of Wyoming on Wednesday.
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Wyoming
Springlike weather in Hocking Valley tops 74 degrees
The Hocking Valley enjoyed springlike warmth a day early with a season high of 74 degrees on Wednesday. It was 68 degrees at 11 a.m. under overcast skies after an overnight low of 28. Forecasters predict cloudy, windy weather tonight and Friday with scattered thundershowers this evening.
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Hocking Valley
Snow and ice sweep southwestern Minnesota area
A heavy wet blanket of precipitation settled across southwestern Minnesota during the night with rain and freezing rain before the snow. Ice coated power lines that snapped under strong winds left parts of Worthington and surrounding areas without power for hours, while rural regions remained without service early today. Mild dry weather prevailed in most of the Far West and much of the East, with rain remaining a damp exception in lower New England.
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Minnesota
Worthington
Minn
New England
McGatha Resigns as Sheriff’s Deputy
Sheriff Paul Hartman announced the resignation of Deputy Joseph McGatha effective Friday. The move leaves the department with five officers and no replacement named.
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McGatha
Hacking
Paul Hartman
Joseph McGatha
Logan Rt. 3
Peru Releases U S Boats After Heavy Fines Are Paid
Peru freed two U S tuna boats, the Cape Anne and the San Juan, after their captains paid 25 000 in fines. The seizures arose during Peru's 200 mile fishing claim while the U S recognizes a 12 mile limit. The San Juan captain paid 17 000 and the Cape Anne 8 000. past incidents included a 1965 firing at the Mayflower.
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Peru
U.S
Lima
John Irwin
Nixon
Irwin
San Diego
Calif
Cape Anne
San Juan
United States
Washington
Thomas M. Pelly
R-Wash
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Marine Air
Ronald Webster
Webster
Sion
Jack Holcomb
St. Thomas
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Fort Lauderdale, Fla
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Tico
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