Nelsonville plans for a $2 million technical training center
A 25 member group met at Fred's Steak House in Nelsonville to discuss a proposed $2 million joint vocational and technical training center for the tri county area. Ohio vocational education chief Beryl Shoemaker outlined plans under the Appalachia program with state funds, while operating costs would be shared by state and local partners. The institute would offer two years of post high school education and cover civil electrical industrial and mechanical technology trades. Continued details promised on Page 2.
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Nelsonville
Hocking
Athens
Perry
Fred's Steak House
Beryl Shoemaker
Ohio Vocational Education
Shoemaker
Tri-County
Tute
State Education Department
Appalachia
Technical Institute
Medicare Bill Aims for House Vote This Week
Washington AP report outlines a $6 billion health package approved by the House Ways and Means Committee. It includes universal hospitalization for those over 65 funded by payroll taxes, an optional supplemental plan, Medicare expansion, and a 7 percent Social Security increase. President Johnson praises the bill as a major step for seniors. The plan envisions July 1 1966 start, higher payroll taxes, and a $1 billion Treasury draw in its first full year.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Johnson
White House
House Committee
General Treasury
Woman Runs Private Coal Mine from Shawnee Basement
Shawnee Ohio resident Mrs William Leaver 71 operates a private coal mine in her basement. The mine started in 1917 when found by her husband and may yield about 10000 tons more with a 150 foot tunnel under a hill. Delbert Leaver 46 visits from Columbus several times yearly to help dig for the coal bin.
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Shawnee, Ohio
William Leaver
Columbus
U S Moonshot Big Hit In Live TV Performance
Cape Kennedy reports NASA officials hailed the Molly Brown flight as historic and demonstrated Gemini readiness for three to four orbit missions. Grissom and Young completed a three orbit test, with nine more Gemini missions planned in the next two years and Apollo lunar preparations eyed for 1967 onward.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Molly Brown
United States
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Grissom
Young
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White
McDivitt
U.S
Alexei Leonov
White
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
George FE. Mueller
NASA
Moon
Critics Demand End To Viet Gas Use Amid London Backlash
Washington critics push to halt what they term gas warfare in Vietnam while London papers praise the U S move as a nonlethal means to save civilian lives. officials defend gases as riot control used rarely and to spare civilians, citing a 1955 prior use and a January 27 engagement in Phu Yen Province.
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London
U.S
Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
High Administration
United States
Daily Mirror
Conservative Daily Mail
Conservative Daily Telegraph
the Mirror
Britain
Stewart
Robert S. McNamara
Cyrus
McNamara
Astronauts Grissom and Young Brief Experts on Gemini Flight
Grissom and Young, the first U.S. space team, wrapped up three orbits of Earth aboard the USS Intrepid and began debriefing medical and space officials. The mission yielded many clues for future performance as Project Gemini aims toward a manned Moon landing. President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey, among lawmakers, hailed the flight at Cape Kennedy.
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USS _INTREPID
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Grissom
Young
U.S
Earth
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Cape Kennedy
Pupils View Space Blast on TV Across Local Schools
Logan High School students watched the Molly Brown launch from the study hall. East and Green elementary pupils saw the blast off and lunar landing images from Ranger 9 on school screens or in the auditorium. Rockbridge seventh and eighth graders viewed the event at a nearby home due to no TV access. Other area schools listened to radio reports of Molly Brown during the morning.
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Logan High School
U.S
Virgil Grissom
John Young
Molly Brown
East
Green
Ranger 9
Rockbridge
Citizens Committee Backs Half Mill Child Welfare Levy
More than 30 Hocking County citizens met at the Courthouse to form a committee backing a half mill levy for five years to support the county child welfare program and Rainbow School. The group outlined budgets, committee roles, and plans to educate voters ahead of the May primary.
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Hocking County
Rainbow School
Citizens’ Committee
Bill Miller
Daily News
Lawrence Webb
Harry Westfall
Imogene Tschappat
Robert Volk
James Gastin
Eleanore Horwell
Hocking County Community Chest
Horwell
Civil Rights March Reaches Final Leg to Montgomery
Civil rights marchers push toward the Alabama Capitol with 14 miles planned for the day. King rejoined after a Cleveland Nobel Dinner, noting Gov. Wallace may not avoid the march as thousands of demonstrators press for voting rights.
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Lowndesboro
Ala
Alabama
National Guard
Montgomery
Selma
U.S. 80
U.S
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Black Belt
Martin Luther King Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
King
George C. Lapore
Wallace
Capitol
Weather Ahead For Hocking Valley Mixed Precipitation Forecast
Snow and rain mixed precipitation forecast for the Hocking Valley on Thursday. A half-inch of rain fell Tuesday with a high of 49 degrees. This morning began at 34 after a low of 26 last night.
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Hocking Valley
Steel Talks Resume in Pittsburgh Talks Over Wages and Job Security
In Pittsburgh United Steelworkers and basic steel industry negotiators resumed contract talks to address wages and the union demand for total job security. The discussions aim to resolve core labor issues affecting workers across steel plants.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
Basic Steel Industry
Ranger 9 captures dramatic lunar crater closeups before impact
Ranger 9 televised closeups show Alphonsus crater in sharp detail as the craft descends to impact near its center. The live sequence, broadcast ahead of the 6:08 a.m. impact, marks the third straight Ranger success and follows Gemini orbital flight completed days earlier.
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Pasadena
Calif
Ranger 9
Alphonsus
Ranger
Ptolemaeus
Albategnius
Broad Plains
Moon
Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
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Moonshot
Copernicus
Ede Ie
Ranger 7
Aranger
Sea OF Crisium
Ranger 8
Daily Mail
Bernard Levin
Michael Stewart
National
Citizens Committee
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