March Snow Sweeps Ohio With Four Inch Forecast
The Associated Press reports a late March snowstorm across northern central and western Ohio bringing up to four inches in Columbus and similar totals in other cities. Rain fell in southern areas as a cold front dropped temperatures. hail and wind damaged planes in Alabama and rainfall extended to the Carolinas.
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Akron
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Marysville
Kenton
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Ohio
Georgia
Carolinas
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Alabama
Birmingham National
Do English Teachers Know How
Cleveland AP report cites Dr. James R. Squire calling the state of English instruction a chamber of horrors. He says only half of high school English teachers have proper college majors and many teachers lack training in reading language development writing spelling or speech.
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Cleveland
James R. Squire
National Council of Teachers of English
NCTE
Ohio Weather Outlook Shows Cold Snow Mix Across State
Official Weather Bureau summary notes cloudy and cold conditions with light rain changing to snow and a mix of precip during the night. By sunrise most areas near or below freezing except southeast counties with readings like Toledo 30 Findlay 31 Cleveland 30 Youngstown 33 Columbus 32 Cincinnati 33 Zanesville 36 and Belair 39 in the southeast.
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Findlay
Cleveland
Youngstown
Columbus
Cincinnati
Zanesville
Bellaire
Chesapeake and Marietta
Logan City School District fiscal report shows growth
Daily News page 6 presents the Logan City school district annual financial statement. Receipts totaled 1,008,754 with expenditures 994,232.29 and year end balance 117,214.51. Property taxes 443,288 with 328,467 for operation and 114,820 for bond retirement. state foundation 407,648. Tax rate 17.85 mills on 23,282,881 valuation. Enrollment 2,876, up 246 from 1960. Total assets 2,465,964, with buildings worth 2,129,650.
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Today’s Daily News
Logan City
Logan
Invasion Claims Warned False By Prisoner Letter
Havana reports a letter from Bay of Pigs prisoner Jose Perez San Roman says U S intelligence fed false pre invasion tips. The note alleges demoralized Castro forces, no tanks, and air superiority claims guiding the invasion. Trial scenes and priest defendants are described as tape confessions are read to judges.
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U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Jose Perez San Roman
Miami
San Roman
Oriente
Pinar del Rio
Fermin Asla Polo
Principe
Anti Peronists Rally Around New President Guido
Argentina's anti Peronist parties rally around Jose Maria Guido the new president as military rule casts a shadow. He seeks a cabinet to navigate the Frondizi ouster while facing opposition from exiled Peronists labor unions and international skepticism. Congress must decide and Guido seeks a cross party coalition to govern.
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Senate
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Juan D. Peron
Confederation of Labor
Peronists
Peronist
Congress
War Ministry
Romulo Betancourt
Washington
State Department
Lincoln White
United States
Rabies Case Increase Alarms Ohio Area Officials
Dr. H. M. Boocks, Logan Hocking County health commissioner, reports three rabies cases in Morgan County and one each in Hocking Meigs Athens Vinton and Gallia counties in the last 90 days. He cites eight skunk rabies cases across Miami Montgomery and Preble counties and urges vaccination and dog owner responsibility.
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Boocks
Traffic toll climbs in February nationwide
The National Safety Council reports February traffic mishaps killed 2,440 people in the United States, a 7 percent rise from 1961, highlighting worsening road danger nationwide.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
United States
Fur trade in Hocking County tops prior year totals
Furs sold in Hocking County in 1961 totaled 3,874 with cash receipts of 5,936.22, as game protector Marvin Nungester notes. Dealers were Jesse Ansel, John Sterling, and Calvin Bainter. muskrat, raccoon, and opossum led pelts, while fox, mink, and muskrat prices are listed for 1960 and 1961.
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Hocking County
Ohio Country
Hocking River
Logan
Lord Dunmore
Pickaway Plains
Marvin Nungester
Nungester
Hocking Fur
Jesse Ansel
Enterprise
John Sterling
Calvin Bainter
Gibisonville
Missile Killer Tests Out OK
The Nike Zeus antimissile system intercepted a 3,000 mph missile over New Mexico in a comprehensive test. The Army aims for a Pacific test against an Atlas ICBM late spring, while critics flag radar discrimination limits and production questions from Defense Secretary McNamara.
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Army
New Mexico
Pacific
Pentagon
Robert S. McNamara
Defense Department
Whizzer White Named to U S Supreme Court Seat
Byron R. White, former All American halfback and deputy attorney general, nominated by President Kennedy to the U S Supreme Court. If confirmed, at 44 he becomes the youngest justice, replacing retiring Justice Whittaker. White’s background spans law, government, Navy service, and Rhodes scholarship. He played for Colorado and the Steelers, later serving as a law clerk to Chief Justice Vinson.
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Ala
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Charles
Nancy
Feed Grain Deadline Is Extended
The feed grain signup period is extended 14 days per a telegram to Wayne Ball, ASC chairman. From the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 260 Hocking farmers signed up this year, below last year's 288. ASC office hours are 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday. Friday night hours are not provided.
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Wayne Ball
ASC
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Extension set for feed grain and wheat signup relief
Farmers in 24 states receive two extra weeks to enroll in the year feed grain and wheat stabilization program extending signup from March 31 to April 14 due to severe weather. The program pays farmers to retire land from wheat barley corn and grain sorghum to reduce grain surpluses. States include Arkansas Colorado Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska New Mexico North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Washington Wisconsin Wyoming.
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Death Claims Amy Harden At Age of 32
Miss Amy Lou Harden 32 a 1948 Logan High School graduate died at 10 a.m. Friday in Jackson Memorial Hospital Miami Florida of cancer. She was the only child of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Harden of Miami with grandfather Jerry Hammon of Logan surviving. Her parents moved from Logan to Buckeye Lake then Miami. She attended Ohio University and graduated from Ohio State University and a Columbus business college. She worked three years at WTVN in Columbus as secretary to station manager Gene D Angelo. She had surgery last May in Columbus moved to Miami and was employed at a radio station there until a month ago. A second operation occurred in Miami in October and two weeks ago she entered Jackson Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Amy Lou Harden
Logan High School
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami
Fla
Lawrence Harden
Jerry Hammon
Logan
Buckeye Lake
Ohio University
Ohio State University
Columbus
Wtvn Radio
Gene D'Angelo
Miss Harden
Wittenberg approves dormitory contract in Springfield
Wittenberg University awarded contracts totaling nearly 1 million dollars for a 226 bed men's dormitory. Rodgers Construction Co. of Springfield received the general contract.
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Springfield, Ohio
Wittenberg University
Rodgers Construction Co
Springfield
International Inspectors Invited To U S Atom Plants
The United States invites International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to four U S reactors in a dry run to test civilian use, training, and system robustness. Inspections cover Brookhaven graphite and medical reactors, Argonne boiling water reactor, and the Piqua organic cooled reactor.
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United States
U.S
Harlan Cleveland
Brookhaven Graphite
Brookhaven Medical Research
Argonne
Piqua
OAS Seizes Arms Cache in Algeria Clash
Algerian nationalist leaders push toward independence as secret army commandos overrun three French outposts near Orleansville, seize arms and 50 soldiers but release them unharmed. Premier Ben Khedda calls for liquidation of fascist killers amid long struggle.
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Algiers
Orleansville
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
Tunis
Escapees Wear Fancy Black White Attire
Four Humboldt penguins escaped from the Columbus Zoo after a gate was left ajar on Friday. An all day chase up and down the Scioto River ended with five penguins recaptured. four remain at large as authorities search wearing their distinctive black and white plumage.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus Zoo
Scioto River
U S and Soviet seek path to disarmament accord in Geneva
At the 17 nation conference U S and Soviet deputies clash over a starting formula for detailed talks. Valerian Zorin proposes line by line review of a Soviet draft treaty while Arthur Dean urges first agreement on fundamental disarmament principles. Intermittent meetings follow with no progress reported as delegates eye Sunday session. The West demands inspections and control, while the Soviet draft calls for four year wholesale disarmament.
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U.S
Valerian A. Zorin
Arthur H. Dean
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Brazil
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Zorin
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