Site For Dam On Clear Creek Disputed At Public Hearing
The Logan Reservoir dam plan stirred debate over siting 3.1 miles vs 5.7 miles upstream from Clear Creek mouth. Proponents include the Corps of Engineers and multiple local groups. opponents include private landowners OSU scientists and conservation groups. Community figures urged alternatives such as channel improvements and levees while stressing ecological concerns.
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Clear Creek
Logan Reservoir
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Hocking Conservancy District
Logan City
Hocking County
Logan Trade Club
Athens City
Nelsonville City
W. E. Benna
Columbus
Clear Creek Valley
Joseph Price
Washington, D.C
Price
W. E. Rutherford
Granville Rt. 1
Hocking River
Edward S. Thomas
The
Ohio Historical Society
Neotoma Valley
Engineer Corps
John H. Converse
Merril Haney
Logan
Max Davidson
Rain Fails To Halt Forest Fire Threat Intensifies
Dry conditions persist across the state with high winds raising fire danger. State fire warden Joe Reichley warns residents that light rainfall does not ease the risk and burning permits remain cancelled. Fire crews battled multiple blazes totaling hundreds of acres across Vinton, Athens, Jackson, and Paulding Counties, with Tri-County Technical Institute students aiding Forest Service crews under a new cooperative protection pact.
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Joe Reichley
Hocking
Vinton
Laurelville
Elk
Vinton County
McArthur
Reichley
Pretty Run
Nelsonville
Richard Moore
Wayne National Forest
Juniper Rd
Kimberly - Carbondale
Wellston
Jackson- Vinton
Latty
Paulding County
Tri-County Technical Institute
U.S. Forest Service
Athens
Tri-County
Forest Service
Spring Storm Hits Midwest with Snow Across Lakes
A spring storm battered the Great Lakes region bringing wind rain and snow. Eight inches of snow fell in parts of Upper Michigan overnight as Minnesota saw up to ten inches earlier. Gale warnings remained in effect for the Great Lakes chain.
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Great Lakes
Upper Michigan
Minnesota
Chain of Lakes
Weather: Warm Thursday Gives Way to Cool Friday in Hocking Valley
A season high of 76 degrees was recorded in the Hocking Valley Thursday. by 11 a.m. today temperatures fell to 44. Light rain and high winds brought .05 inch of precipitation. Sunny and cool weather is forecast for Saturday.
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Hocking Valley
Weather Clears Across Nation With Strong Winds and Rain
Gusts up to 50 miles per hour swept open waters while thunder showers moved eastward into the Appalachians. The Midwest received needed spring moisture as clear and crisp weather dominated from the Rockies to the Mississippi Valley. Nighttime temperatures settled generally in the 20s and 30s across a large interior region.
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Appalachians
Midwest
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Baker Appeals Conviction To Supreme Court
Michael Lee Baker filed notice of appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court from a Hocking County Juvenile Court judgment. He was convicted of selling or making available to minors a substance containing belladonna and stramonium known as Asthmador. The Fourth District upheld the conviction. a stay of execution was granted pending appeal.
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Michael Lee Baker
Ohio Supreme Court
Hocking County
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Baker
Roy J. Gilliland
Jackson
Mansfield Reformatory
Costs rise as housing prices surge with more increases ahead
The AP reports spring buyers face higher prices due to hikes in mortgage rates taxes and insurance plus lumber costs. Industry leaders cite 10 percent to 20 percent rises over the past year and an expected further 10 percent, with lumber up as much as 50 percent. Mortgage rates climbed from 6 percent to 8 percent and banks' prime rate hit 7.42 percent, signaling tougher financing for buyers.
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New York
Milton Brock
M.J. Brock & Sons
Los Angeles
Bernard Janis
Janis Corp
Miami
Fla
Japan
Advance Mortgage Corp
Detroit
Michael Sumichrast
National Association of Home Builders
NASA Plans 10 Landings On The Moon
NASA plans ten voyages to the moon with the first manned landing aimed for July. Dr. Thomas Paine says the first four landings will place equipment to study the surface and reflect lasers, with six later landings exploring areas of interest. The second space decade includes Mars probes to televise Mars and analyze its atmosphere and radiation.
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Houston
Tex
Thomas O. Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Force Association
Earth
Paine
Mars
Mars Orbiters
Kennedy urges major rethink of U S China policy
Senator Edward Kennedy called for a sweeping overhaul of U S policy toward Communist China. He proposed removing U S troops from Formosa granting China a seat on the U N Security Council and opening consular missions while ending travel and trade barriers to Beijing.
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New York
Edward M. Kennedy
U.S
China
Formosa
U.N. Security Council
Kennedy
Massachusetts Democrat
National Committee On
U.s.-China
Planes Over City Keep Sheriff Busy
Low flying planes over Logan prompted many calls to Hocking Sheriff Paul Hartman who said there is no alarm. He noted the aircraft are usually U S Air Force training planes from Lockbourne AFB and often fly in patterns for two to three hours.
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Logan
Hocking
Paul Hartman
U.S. Air Force
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Black Students Union Ends Frisco State College Strike
The Black Students Union ends a four month campus strike at San Francisco State College. Leaders Benny Stewart and Jerry Varnado announce with Dr. S I Hayakawa set to outline settlement terms. The dispute centered on Black Studies leadership and campus racism, with violence and hundreds of arrests during the walkout.
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San Francisco
Black Students Union
San Francisco State College
Benny Stewart
Jerry Varnado
S. I. Hayakawa
Third World Liberation Front
Nathan Hare
Hare
Hayakawa
Joseph White
Reds attack bases north of Saigon in heavy days of fighting
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacked 65 allied bases and towns with rockets mortars and infantry near Saigon causing casualties and losses of aircraft vehicles and fuel. Twelve Americans killed and 47 wounded. North Vietnamese losses 38 dead. An artillery base raid left five Americans dead and 28 wounded. US officials reported drag marks and blood trails indicating enemy casualties and captures. Nixon to seek Bunkers view on pace of Vietnam troop withdrawal after weekend consultations.
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Saigon
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Washington
Nixon
Ellsworth Bunker
South Vietnam
U.S
Bunker
Andrew J. Goodpastor
San Clemente
Calif
Judge Parker Defers Sterling Lewis Sentence
Judge Earl D. Parker of Waverly defers sentencing Sterling Lewis a former laboratory technician at Hocking Valley Community Hospital while an investigation into the defendant’s background is conducted to assess probation. Lewis was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the hospital. his wife Libby and John Sappington face related proceedings with Sappington's trial set for April 26.
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Earl D. Parker
Waverly
Sterling Lewis
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Parker
Logan
Lewis
Libby
Fourth District Court of Appeals
John Sappington
Lewises
Anguillans Defy Britain In Independence Parade
About 1,000 Anguillans marched to demand independence or new status, led by Acting President Ronald Webster, while London rejects any change in sovereignty. Webster seeks a referendum on independence, association with Britain, or federation rejoined. The British plan to provide development aid and technical help as a rescue operation, citing long neglect of services on the island.
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Anguilla
Caribbean
Ronald Webster
Anguillan
Rhodesia
Island
Anthony Lee
Webster
London
Lee
Britain
St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
Grand Jury Indicts 17 Over DNC Disorder in Chicago
A federal grand jury indicted 17 people including eight demonstrators eight policemen and a NBC employee for actions during the Democratic National Convention week in Chicago last August. Indicted demonstrators include Dellinger Davis Hayden Hoffman Rubin Weiner Froines and Seale. Police Lt Dobrich faces perjury charges.
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Chicago
U.S
Thomas A. Foran
James B. Conlisk
New Left Movement
Enid Roth
New York
National Broadcasting Co
Democratic Platform Committee
NBC
David T. Dellinger
Brooklyn
N.Y
Bernard C. Davis
Thomas
The
Yippies
Carl Dobrich
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Reds
Staughton Lyndh
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Murray Kempton
Patricia Saltonstall
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