Twisters Ravage Southwestern Ohio and Valley
Tornadoes struck Butler and Warren counties causing extensive damage in Pisgah West Chester Okeawa Maystown Monroe Lebanon Mason Waynesville and surrounding areas. Officials estimate losses in the millions with several homes leveled and power lines down.
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Ohio
Butler
Warren
U.S
Donald E. ‘‘Buz
Lukens
Nixon
James A. Rhodes
Butler County
Harold Carpenter
Dale Logsdon
Carpenter
Pisgah
West Chester
Okeawa
Maystown
Monroe
Butler-Warren
Gordon Reed
Lebanon
Mason
Waynesville
Warren County
Ray Thomas
City Plans Replacement of Two Hydrants
Logan to shut water off about two hours Tuesday morning as crews replace a 40 year old hydrant at Main and Market in front of the Courthouse. Water pressure may be low on Mulberry Walnut and Orchard streets tied to the 10 inch main. A second hydrant at Main and Walnut near Farmers & Merchants Drive In Bank will be replaced later this week to upgrade fire protection.
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E. Main St
Main
Market Sts
Ted Yates
City Water
Main St
Market
Orchard St
Mulberry
Walnut
Orchard Sts
Yates
Main and
Walnut Sts
Farmers & Merchants Drive
Ohio U Trustees to Appoint Sowle as President
Ohio University Board of Trustees met to appoint Claude R. Sowle 40 as the universitys 16th president. Sowle currently dean of the University of Cincinnati Law School will assume the post August 1 John Doe not included.
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Athens, Ohio
Ohio University Board of Trustees
Claude R. Sowle
University
Sowle
University of Cincinnati Law School
Ohio University
Taxpayers Revolt Spreads Across States Amid Budget Battles
An Associated Press survey flags a growing taxpayer revolt as governors push tax hikes. Voters rejected school bond measures, budgets faced resistance, and protests appeared in multiple states including Pennsylvania and New York suburbs.
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Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Williamsport
Harrisburg
Shafer
Beaver Falls
Great Neck
Long Island
New York City
Milton Kurland
Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association
Mahtomedi
Minn
St. Paul
San Diego
Union backs Charleston hospital strike workers
Walter Reuther and AFL CIO leader pledge nationwide support for 400 Negro workers on strike at Charleston hospitals. The drive aims to organize menial task workers across the South and nation.
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Charleston
S.C
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
William Kircher
Aflcio
South
Meyer To Hear Murder Trial
Curtis Davis 22 of Bainbridge faces first degree murder and shooting with intent to wound in Chillicothe Ohio. Judge Harley Meyer will preside after Judge J Donald Ratcliff disqualified himself due to pre election conversations with witnesses.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Curtis Davis
Bainbridge
Harley Meyer
Hocking County Common Pleas Court
J. Donald Ratcliff
Ross County Common Pleas Court
Logan Junior High Entries Sweep District Music Contest
Nineteen of Logan Junior High School's 34 instrumental entries earned superior ratings at the District 13 solo and ensemble contests held Saturday at Walnut Ridge High School in Columbus. The junior band earned 13 excellent and two good ratings, with soloists and ensembles listed among those receiving superior honors.
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Logan Junior High School
Ohio Music Education Association
Walnut Ridge High School
Columbus
LHS
LHS Bands Draw Raves At Concert
Logan high school bands earned superior and excellent ratings at the annual spring concert. Junior and senior groups performed pieces that won top marks at state contests last month. The 78 member ensemble honored senior members and featured solos and ensembles under director Al Horsky with staff and boosters assisting.
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Logan
LHS
al Horsky
Richard Farmer
Dave Sellers
Frank Boone
Rogers Heads to Asia for Talks on Vietnam and Paris Peace
Secretary of State William P. Rogers embarks on a 17 day Asia trip aiming to meet President Nguyen Van Thieu in Saigon and seek constructive sessions at the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization and the Tehran Central Treaty Organization. He travels with a full delegation amid heightened security as Viet Cong pressure mounts.
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William P. Rogers
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South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
Bangkok
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Seven Nations
Central Treaty Organization
Tehran
Rogers
Andrews Air Force Base
Honolulu
Saigon
Nixon
U.S
Ho Chi Minh
Lancaster Pilot in Viet Heroics
A Lancaster Ohio helicopter pilot, 1st Lt. Albert Koon, reports directing an air strike in Tay Ninh Province near the Cambodian border. He said he saw about 10 enemy troops walking a trail and fired rockets beside them, claiming multiple kills.
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Saigon
Lancaster
Ohio
Tay Ninh
Albert Koon
Freight Trains Rerouted Through Logan After Derailment
Penn Central freight trains are rerouted today through Logan via the Athens division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway following a derailment at Pickerington. The reroute affects operations on the Penn Central line and outlines the new routing path.
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Logan
Penn Central
Athens
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co
Pickerington
Ground Strikes Follow Some Attacks
Saigon reports a night of heavy enemy actions with 159 positions hit by rockets and mortars. More than 300 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops died, 17 U.S. soldiers killed and 136 wounded, while overall U.S. casualties were described as light.
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Saigon
da Nang
South Vietnam
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Cambodia
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
3Rd Corps
Nixon Plans TV Address on Vietnam Peace Outlook
President Nixon held talks with General Creighton Abrams in Washington and will speak to the nation Wednesday night about peace prospects in Vietnam. No sign of a major breakthrough emerged as Abrams arrived from Vietnam and met with Defense Secretary Laird Joint Chiefs Chair Wheeler and Kissinger to review the situation and enemy activity.
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Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Creighton Abrams
Abrams
Melvin R. Laird
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Evans guilty of seven counts in Cleveland murder case
An all white Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court jury found Black Nationalist Fred Ahmed Evans guilty on seven counts of first degree murder with no mercy recommendation. Judge George J. McMonagle sentenced the 37 year old former Army sergeant to death by electric chair on September 22.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Common Pleas Court
Fred “Ahmed” Evans
George J. McMonagle
Senate seeks bigger role in deciding foreign policy
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield will seek a pending resolution urging President Nixon to consult the Senate before deploying U.S. troops in any future Vietnam-like crisis. Sponsored by Sen. J. W. Fulbright, the nonbinding measure aims to restore legislative powers without harming presidential prerogatives.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tonkin Gulf
Johnson
North Vietnam
Mansfield
Ate
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