End of harsh winter marks season’s dramatic tolls
The season delivered a record run of snow and cold across the U.S. Subfreezing snaps and heavy storms damaged crops and roads while winds and floods threatened communities from Minnesota to the Gulf Coast. Severe weather touched Alabama and Arkansas, with outages and structural damage reported as spring approached.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Nature
Colorado
Denver
Continental Divide
Wolf Creek Pass
US. 160
Chicago
Lloyd Johnson
Canal Street
New Orleans
New York City
Atlantic Coast
California
Seattle
Minnesota
Southeast
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Ohio
Tennessee
Gulf Coast
Weaver
Alabama
Anniston
Sylacauga
Ponca
Hindsville
Arkansas
Eureka Springs
Green Forest
North Georgia
Falls Two Planning Discusses Zoning Map and Uses
Falls Two planning commission and residents heard Larry Summers of Carroll Hill & Associates explain the master plan and proposed zoning ordinance. He outlined land use categories, non farm structure focus, and a voting timeline for November 6 general election.
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Falls Two
Planning Commission
Larry Summers
Carroll Hill & Associates
Logan and
Summers
Wayne Timberlake
Heskell Hammond
Richard Gerken
Carl Risch
Joe Campbell
LeRoy Conkle
Harry Smith
Logan Planning Commission
Delmar Freeman
Dick Donahey
Logan
Francis Myers
Clara Jane Haynes Dies at 82 in Ashville Home
Mrs. Clara Jane Haynes 82 of Ashville Rt 2 widow of Clifford Haynes died at 1 45 p.m. Tuesday at home. Born in Hocking County she was the daughter of Monroe and Henrietta Thomas. Survived by two sons Burton Laurelville Rt 1 Norwood Nelsonville a daughter Erma Reese Ashville Rt 2 18 grandchildren 25 great grandchildren and a brother Elza Thomas Ashville Rt 4. A son Roy preceded her in death. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. at Defenbaugh Funeral Home Circleville with Rev Richard McDowell officiating burial in Green Summit Cemetery Adelphi. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today.
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Clara Jane Haynes
Ashville
Clifford Haynes
Hocking County
Monroe
Henrietta Hughes Thomas
Burton
Laurelville
Norwood
Nelsonville
Erma Reese
Elza Thomas
Roy
Defenbaugh
Circleville
Richard McDowell
Green Summit Cemetery
Adelphi
C&O Probes 13 Car Derailment North of Lancaster
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway officials investigated a 13 car freight derailment near Lancaster Ohio after a Tuesday night incident. Early checks showed an open switch possibly caused the derailment.
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Lancaster, Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Here
Train traffic halted Logan to Columbus after derailment
James McNamee, local C&O freight agent, reports no train traffic today from Logan to Columbus due to a derailment. No docking crewmen aboard the derailed engine. crane working to raise the engine. One train passed Logan this morning to Lancaster before returning.
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Logan
Columbus
James MecNamee
C&o
Lancaster
Train derailment near US 33 injures two crew
An Athens to Columbus train derailed about a mile north of town, with the diesel locomotive tipping onto its side and 12 lead cars leaving the tracks while six crewmen escaped. Engineer Ralph Whetstone and fireman Joseph Ackers were injured but treated for cuts and bruises at Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital.
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Columbus
Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital
Ralph Whetstone
Joseph Ackers
Athens
Here
U.S. 33
Ohio Farm Bureau Aides To Confer With Freeman
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation leaders plan a Washington trip April 9 to 11 to confer with Secretary of Agriculture Orville L Freeman. Federation spokesmen from 20 Ohio congressional districts will meet legislators to discuss farm program proposals.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Orville L. Freeman
Washington
Federation
Ohio Weather Outlook From Columbus Forecast
Official weather summary notes a low pressure system deepening in central Illinois bringing rain across Ohio. Gulf moisture keeps temperatures near 65, with 11 am readings 62 in many areas, showers overnight, and cooler fair weather expected by Thursday. Intermittent rain and possible thunderstorms near the Ohio River are forecast.
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Columbus, Ohio
Official Weather Bureau
Ohio
Illinois
Gulf of Mexico
Hocking
Columbus
Cincinnati
Canton
Cleveland
Ohio River
Ohio Five Day Forecasts for Southern and Central Ohio
Temperatures run five to eight degrees above normal with normal highs 52 to 58 and lows 32 to 36. A cooler start gives way to a warming trend. Light showers tonight with one inch or more of rain over the weekend across the region.
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Ohio
Fierce clashes erupt in Oran and Algiers after cease fire
In Oran and Algiers brutal street fighting broke out between French troops and European Secret Army guerrillas after Algeria's cease-fire. Casualties mounted with at least four Moslems killed and 67 wounded in Oran, while up to 70 Moslems reportedly died nationwide and 150 wounded amid a 36 hour spike in violence. The conflict drew warnings from Archbishop Etienne Duval that terrorism could bring catastrophe.
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Secret Army
Oran
Bab el Oued
Algeria
France
National Liberation Front
FLN
National Algerian Movement
MNA
European Secret Army
Algiers Casbah
Etienne Duval
Tests For Gas Leaks Made In Downtown Logan
Holes are drilled in downtown Logan streets to test for natural gas leaks under pavement. Heath Survey Consultants, Inc. conducts the tests for Ohio Fuel Gas Co. If no gas is found holes are filled. slight traces prompt a day of retesting to locate leaks. Major leaks trigger immediate repairs. tests also occur in sidewalks with permanent inserts installed.
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Logan
Heath Survey Consultants, Inc
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Gerald Baird
Ohio Fuel
Baird
Syria and Israel clash as warplanes fight over region
Syrian and Israeli aircraft exchanged fire in renewed hostilities after an eight hour Sea of Galilee battle. Syrian spokesman said an Israeli fighter fled in flames. Israel accused Syria of air space violations. Damascus reported MIG fighters over the capital and Iran? The UN was notified as Meir pressed for Security Council action on Syrian aggression charges.
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Jerusalem
Sea of Galilee
Damascus
Israel
U.N
Bell and Scholl Assessments End in Stalemate
Athens City Council and West End residents failed to reach agreement on water line assessments after a two hour session. A new assessing board was urged by the citizens committee as the second board’s findings face a possible vote next Tuesday. The council also discussed Commonwealth Telephone Co. rate increase before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and opposed the request at Monday’s session. Richard Rympa criticized the company’s purchasing policies and service ahead of an April PACO appearance.
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West End
Citizens Committee
Commonwealth Telephone Co
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Athens
Richard Rympa
PACO
Commercial A Power Use Probe Ordered
President Kennedy ordered a rapid review of the commercial role of nuclear power by the Atomic Energy Commission. The study should identify objectives, scope and content of a nuclear power development program in light of future energy needs and alternative power advances.
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Washington
Kennedy
Atomic Energy Commission
Demobilization Hinted For National Guardsmen Aug 25
Defense officials reportedly target August 25 to begin demobilizing over 155000 National Guardsmen and Reservists on active duty. Most would discharge in the following month as two new Army divisions near readiness and pressure from Berlin crisis remains.
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Defense Department
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Berlin
George H. Decker
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Decker
West Berlin
South
Viet Nam
Pos
Congress
Pentagon
U.S
United States
1St Armored
Ft. Hood
Tex
5Th Mechanized Infantry
Ft. Carson
Colo
32Nd Infantry
Wisconsin
Ft. Lewis
Wash
49Th Armored
Texas
Ft. Polk
Moratorium pressure mounts at Geneva disarmament talks
At the 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva pressure grew for a moratorium on nuclear tests before the U S resumes in April. Ministers from Sweden India Ethiopia Burma and others urged an unpoliced pause while big powers seek a ban with inspections.
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Geneva
United States
Mahmoud Fawzi
United Arab Republic
Ketema Yifra
Ethiopia
U Thi Han
Burma
Osten Unden
V. K. Krishna Menon
India
Britain
Russia
Charles Stelle
Joseph Godber
Semyon Tsarapkin
Soviet Union
Menon
Nehru
New Delhi
Financial Report for Hocking County Published Today
Hocking County residents are shareholders in a corporation that spent nearly 3 million dollars in 1961. Last year expenditures totaled 2,817,796.75 while income reached 2,927,676. Turn to Page 12 of today's Daily News for the county's annual financial statement and spending breakdown.
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Hocking County
Daily News
Airplane lands on U S 33 in Lancaster Ohio
A single engine plane carrying three Kentuckians made a controlled landing on the southbound lane of U S 33 near Lancaster. No injuries or damage were reported. Pilot Marion M. Cooper 35 of Flatwoods Greenup County Kentucky guided passengers Ted Lowman 50 and Lanny Lowman 16 from Wheeling to safety after ice formed on the Cessna 189 forced an emergency landing on the highway.
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Lancaster
Ohio
U.S. 33
Ohio Highway Patrol
Marion M. Cooper
Flatwoods
Greenup County
Ted Lowman
Ashland
Lanny Lowman
Wheeling
W. Va
Cooper
Hocking
Here
Khrushchev Backing Space Co operation Conditional on Disarmament Pact
Soviet Premier Khrushchev proposed joint space research and satellite based weather and communications projects with the United States. He tied wide cooperation to a disarmament treaty and urged international space laws including aid to astronauts and satellite return rights.
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Khrushchev
Kennedy
Moon
Mars
Venus
U.N. Space Committee
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
U.N
Platon D. Morozov
New York
Morozov
89 Year Old Immigrant Plans First Time Vote in May Primary
Pittsburgh resident Catherine Agnes O Shea plans to vote for the first time in the May primary after becoming an American citizen. She explains she worked every election day and had no one to take her to the polls, but now she hopes to cast a ballot before she dies.
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Pittsburgh
Catherine Agnes O'Shea
IM7
Miss O'Shea
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