Temporary Campout Gathers 900 Units at Hocking County Fairgrounds
About 100 camping units are in place as the Ohio State Association of the National Campers and Hikers Association holds a three day spring Campout at the Hocking County Fairgrounds in Logan. Registration shows 900 pre-registered, with rain risking attendance. Local ministers plan Sunday services for campers, while a walking parade is scheduled. In Columbus firefighters approve a contract without a proposed work-week reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Chenoweth
Daily News
Hocking County Fairgrounds
Ohio State Association
National Campers & Hikers Association
Ray Huston
Cambridge
Logan
Hocking County
Hocking
St. John Catholic Church
James A. Geiger
Ohio
General Hocking Brick Co
Logan Clay Products Co
U.S. 33
Ohio 93
Evans S. Hand
Fairgrounds
State Officials Seek Compromise on Medicaid Funds
Budget Director William W. Wilkins proposes cuts to Medicaid with a possible $40 million deficit in six weeks and $80 million for 1977. He urges a two part plan including a small co payment and targeted reductions to avoid halting all payments. The plan follows a court reversal of a stop on reimbursements and seeks a short term emergency offset while long term fixes are studied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
William W. Wilkins
Public Welfare Department
Wilkins
James A. Rhodes
Joint Select Committee On
Ohio
Welfare Department
Sarah Skurow
Thomas E. Ferguson
William Stone
NCHA Spring Campout Schedule of Events
The schedule for the NCHA Spring Campout lists events for May 15 and May 16 including registrations at 8 a.m. for horseshoes, mini parade, and meetings, followed by contests, meetings, meals, dances, and religious services. Key activities include horseshoe and jarts contests, teen meetings, Florida-style events, and special program prize announcements requiring recipients to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NCHA
OSA
Senate panel chair cites hot leads in Kennedy case
Senator Richard Schweiker said CIA and FBI lied to the Warren Commission about Kennedy's assassination and suggested pursuing hot leads to answer who killed Kennedy. He noted new material on defects in the CIA and FBI investigations and disputed the lone gunman conclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIA
FBI
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Senate Intelligence Committee
Richard Schweiker
R-Pa
Schweiker
Cbs-Tv
Morning News
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Lee Harvey Oswald
Sen
Gary Hart
Dcolo
Hart
Oswald
Weekend Rain Likely for Hocking Valley Campers
Forecast shows an 80 percent chance of rain tonight and Saturday with showers. Temperatures will reach around 80 degrees by day and fall to the 60s at night. This morning at 11 o clock the temperature was 73 under cloudy skies, after Thursday’s high of 82 and a previous overnight low of 58.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Valley
Inmate Claims Guards Promote Crime At Lucasville Prison
Six Lucasville penitentiary inmates testified to a legislative investigations committee that guards tolerate and even back theft, bribery, extortion, and assassination inside the maximum security facility. They described hunger strikes, cellblock pressure, and guards seeking hazard pay by inflaming danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucasville, Ohio
Lucasville Penitentiary
Legislative Investigations Committee
Gene Slagle
D-26
Galion
Robert Jaskulski
Garfield Heights
Claire Ball Jr
Athens
Andrew Jenkins
Lucasville
Joseph Burnett
Washington Court House
Burnett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Buckeye Lamplighters
Shadyside
Ft. Steubenville
Hitchum Pitchum
Ironton
Mid-Ohio Pioneers
Marietta
Monroe
Miserable Misfits
Woodsfield
Night Owls
East Springfield
Noble Nuts
Caldwell
Saints
St. Clairsville
Swiss Ohio
Barnesville
Black Potters
Portsmouth
Rolling Buckeyes
Waverly
St. John Catholic
JFK
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!