Storm System Strikes Nation with Twisters and Heavy Travel Hazards
Severe weather swept the southeast with heavy rain hail and damaging winds while the Midwest and western regions faced snow and gusty conditions. Tornadoes touched down in Louisiana and Mississippi with limited structural damage and no reported injuries. A bus pileup near Pueblo followed Colorado snow and whiteout conditions as 41 passengers escaped unharmed.
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Midwest
Colorado Rockies
Colorado
Louisiana
Mississippi
Lake Charles
Jackson
Miss
Birmingham
Atlanta
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Colorado Mountains
Rain Fails to End Fire Toll in Ohio March
Ohio forestry officials welcomed steady rain but warn it comes amid the worst March for fires. M K Idleman reports six tenths of an inch in the Hocking Valley, with 12 000 acres burned since March 1 across mainly southern areas.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Hocking
Idleman
Lawrence County
Supreme Court rejects review of bugging rule ruling
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider its March 10 decision on eavesdropping in external security cases. The 5-3 ruling allowed defendants to challenge illegal electronic surveillance and potential convictions based on such evidence, citing the Igor Ivanov spy case. The court offered no reasons for denying reconsideration.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Erwin Griswold
U.S
Igor Ivanov
Marines and ARVN push major counter-offensive in Vietnam
More than 3,000 U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese infantry with an American armored column drive in Operation Maine Crag south of the DMZ to blunt North Vietnamese forces. Reports say enemy equipment and artillery move toward allied bases while tolls include 43 enemy killed, 2 prisoners, and 129 rifles captured.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
da Nang
Maine Crag
Laos
South Vietnam
Dmz
Khe Sanh
Vandegrift Combat Base
Washington
Vietnam
Paris
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Sue
Pentagon
Walter E Ott 59 Dies Of Emergency Surgery At University Hospital
Walter E Ott 59 vice president and treasurer of Metal Powder Products died at 3 a.m. in University Hospital Columbus after emergency surgery following a prior appendectomy. He lived in Logan 16 years moving from Dayton in 1953 and leaves a wife a daughter three brothers and a sister. Memorial service is set for 3 p.m. Wednesday at First United Presbyterian Church with burial by cremation through Roberts Funeral Home.
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Walter E. Ott
Metal Powder Products, Inc
University Hospital
Columbus
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Cleveland
John F
Eva Tellingott
Logan
Dayton
Miami University
Oxford
Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity
Mingo Lodge 171
F&am
Reed Commandery
Knights Templar
Antioch Temple Shrine
Hocking County Community Chest
Pauline Leonard Ott
Roswell G
Gretchen) Hall III
Dorchester
Mass
Frederick Ott
St. Petersburg
Fla
Chester
Sanford, Fla
David
Novelty, O
Mary
Wilbur
First United Presbyterian Church
Jackson Beverly
Ott
Warner Ave
Hocking County
First United Presbyterian Church of
Roberts Funeral Home
Rifai To Form Jordan Cabinet
Prime Minister Bahjat Talhouni resigned with his cabinet as Foreign Minister Abdel Monem Rifai was asked to form a new government. King Hussein plans a U.S. visit early next month with Rifai likely in tow to meet President Nixon and U Thant.
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Amman
Jordan
Bahjat Talhouni
Abdel Moneim Rifai
Hussein
United States
Nixon
U.N
U Thant
Rifai
Ohio Solons Reconvene to Consider Expulsion Bill
Ohio lawmakers reopen for the 108th General Assembly as a proposed expulsion bill targets students and professors in campus disorders. The measure, by Senator Harry Armstrong, would fine outsiders up to 500 dollars and allow up to six months in jail and would bar suspended participants from other state colleges. Rep. Tony Hall plans two mental hospital reform bills including higher pay steps for staff and a 1:6 staff-to-patient ratio requirement.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
Harry Armstrong
Hocking County
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Tony Hall
C-87
Dayton
Antitrust Suit Targets Ling-Temco-Vought Over Mergers
The Justice Department moves to block LTV’s control of Jones & Laughlin Steel, seeking divestiture and testing current antitrust law amid rising merger activity. Officials warn mergers threaten concentrated economic power. LTV defends its diversified holdings and readiness to contest in court.
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Washington
Justice Department
Department
Ling-Temco- Vought Inc
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
LTV
Jones & Laughlin
Asst
Richard W. McLaren
Celler-Kefauver
McLaren
J&l
Arabs Report Movement Of Israeli Troops At Suez Canal
Reports from Cairo and Tel Aviv describe renewed artillery exchanges along the Suez Canal as both sides accuse the other of firing first. Cease-fire calls by U.N. observers were largely ignored with sporadic fighting continuing into the afternoon. Israel reports no casualties while Egypt says its attacks persisted.
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U.N
el Qatara
Suez Canal
Israel
Tel Aviv
Radio
Sinai
al Fatah
Fatah
Egypt
Jerusalem
Hebron
Machpelah
Abraham
Gaza City
Sinai Desert
Jordan
Beirut
Soviet Union
Syria
Baath Party
Nureddin Mohieddinov
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Assad
Four Hurt In Hocking County Crashes
Four persons were admitted to Hocking Valley Community Hospital after three traffic crashes investigated by the Hocking sheriff over the weekend. Dale E. Frazier, 28, of Logan, was treated for back injuries after a one car crash on Nickel Plate Road near Falls Road and was cited for reckless operation. Edward F Woolever Jr., 22, of Logan, cited for driving without a license and excessive speed after another single car crash on Route 328 near Route 33, which left his car rolling over a bank after hitting a bridge abutment. Ellen J. Aspery, also of Logan, a passenger.
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Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Hocking
Logan Rt. 2
Rt. 328
Rt. 33
Woolever
City Council Studies Lighting Plan And Street Rework
City Council scheduled a Tuesday session to hear Carl Goldsberry Ohio Power Co. engineer and officials from the public utility committee led by Wilbur Lanning. They will propose an enhanced street lighting program and discuss resurfacing Rt. 33 with the state highway department sharing costs. A pending Kentucky Drilling and Operating Corpora lawsuit and attorney engagement with Neal Dillon are also on the agenda.
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Carl Goldsberry
Logan
Ohio Power Co
Public Utility Committee
Wilbur Lanning
Power Company
Neal Dillon
Kentucky Drilling and Operating Corporation
State Highway Department
Rt. 33
W. Hunter and
Main Sts
Trudeau and Nixon Meet in Washington Over ABM Debate
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau arrived for his first official visit to Washington as President Nixon faced sharp questions on the anti ballistic missile system. The talks also cover NATO roles and continental defense with Ottawa probing fallout, airspace, and consultation.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
United States
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau
Ottawa
Canadian
Parliament
Rhodes Denies Clemency For Jemison In Ohio Execution
Gov. James A. Rhodes rejected clemency for Richard Howard Jemison, who killed his wife Virginia and a Columbus pharmacist. Attorneys plan court appeals including possible sanity hearing, post conviction review, or a stay pending U.S. Supreme Court action as Ohio eyes abolition bills. Jemison already faces execution Friday, the first in the state since 1963.
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Columbus
Ohio
Richard Howard Jemison
Jerry Weiner
James A. Rhodes
Common Pleas Court
U.S Supreme Court
Rhodes
Ohio Parole Board
Jemison
Luis Monge
Colorado
McIlroy
Parole Board
Virginia
John Lyman
Ile
Ohio Penitentiary
Texas
Kansas
Washington, D.C
Alabama
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New Mexico
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Wyo
Key West
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William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
Ellsworth Bunker
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Solons
Big Conglomerate
Tion
Ellen J. Aspery
Logan Rt
State Penitentiary
John McIlroy
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