Youth Electrocuted Near South Bloomingville
Amos E. Thress, 18, of Laurelville Rt. 1, found dead near an electric pole on Harper Hollow Rd. in South Bloomingville. Coroner rules accidental electrocution likely after he climbed the pole to connect power to a nearby abandoned house. Funeral set for 2:30 p.m. Friday at South Bloomingville United Methodist Church with burial in Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Laurelville
Logan
Georgie Thress of
Tarlton
Evelyn
Linn Iles
Laurelville Rt. 1
Logan Elm High School
Fern Linn
South Bloomingville
Floyd Linn
Cheryl Thress
Letha
Melissa Iles
Johnny Iles
South Bloomingville United Methodist Church
Pine Grove Cemetery
Hill Funeral Home
Kingston
Notice of Appeal Filed in Sterling Lewis Case
Attorneys for Sterling Lewis former chief laboratory technician at Hocking Valley Community Hospital filed a notice of appeal to the Fourth District Court of Appeals challenging his conspiracy to defraud conviction and probationary sentence. The appeal raises questions of law related to the trial and related co defendants Libby Lindsay Lewis and John Sappington. Sappington faces a June 9 trial date as a change in judges occurred with Judge Robert G. Tague named to replace Judge Harley Meyer.
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Fourth District Court of Appeals
Sterling Lewis
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Lewis
Earl D. Parker
Waverly
Hocking County
Lindsay Consulting Service
Libby Lindsay Lewis
Sappington
Supreme Court
Robert G. Tague
New Lexington
Hocking
Harley Meyer
Lancaster Woman Wins Compensation Rights
Ada M. Wade of Lancaster won eligibility to participate in the workmen's compensation fund for a right eye injury sustained at the Logan Goodyear plant. The case named Good year Tire & Rubber Co. administrator Jay C. Flowers and Ohio Industrial Commission as defendants. 11 of 12 jurors signed the verdict.
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Hocking County Common Pleas Court
Ada M. Wade
Lancaster
Logan Goodyear
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Jay C. Flowers
Bureau of Workmen's Compensation
Ohio Industrial Commission
Income Tax Backed by Ohio Farm Officials
A spokesman for farmers in Columbus said real estate taxes are too high and farmers want an income tax to fund education. C William Swank of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation relayed to House Speaker Kurfess that minutes from over 1,400 farm advisory councils showed strong support for an income tax with a significant portion for education.
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Columbus, Ohio
C. William Swank
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio
Charles Kurfess
Kurfess
Nixon to name new chief justice on television
President Nixon has chosen his successor for Earl Warren and will announce the appointee tonight at 7 p.m. EDT from the East Room of the White House, with White House press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler confirming the plan.
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Washington
Nixon
United States Supreme Court
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Earl Warren
Peru-US relations near collapse over fishing boats
Lima accuses the United States of violating the 1952 military aid pact after Washington suspends arms sales to Peru in retaliation for Peruvian seizure of American fishing boats. The Velasco regime says relations are strained and calls for the U.S. military mission to depart.
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Lima
Peru
United States
Nelson Rockefeller
U.S
Washington
Juan Velasco
Commissioners Table Motion To Oust Hospital Trustees
Hocking County commissioners met Tuesday afternoon to table Ernest Shull s motion to seek resignation of the entire Hocking Valley Community Hospital board. A Friday 9 30 a m meeting with trustees staff and others was scheduled to address hospital issues including Dr Charles F Shonk status and a potential new board.
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Hocking County
Ernest Shull
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Charles F. Shonk
Otto Shaw
Shull
Shaw
Shonk
Viet Hill Assault Seen As Fine Operation In Vietnam
The 10 day battle for Dong Ap Bia near the A Shau Valley is described as a real fine operation by U S spokesmen. Casualties rise to 46 killed and 308 wounded with 454 North Vietnamese killed. The 101st Airborne and South Vietnamese troops cleared bunkers after 10 assaults.
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101St Airborne Division
A Shau
U.S
Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy
Hamburger Hill
Nixon Confident Of Accord With Thieu On Peace Proposal
Nixon shows confidence in reaching agreements with South Vietnam President Thieu to advance peace efforts. He told GOP leaders Thieu is cooperative as talks set for June 8 on Midway Island to discuss possible elections and U S troop withdrawals.
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Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
GOP
White House
Thieu
Midway Island
U.S
House
Gerald R. Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Saigon
Ford
Kissinger
Lyndon B. Johnson
Balk
North Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
Weather look for Hocking Valley with steady temps
Fair weather is forecast for the Hocking Valley on Thursday with little temperature change. It was 64 degrees under clear skies at 11 am after an overnight low of 50. Tuesday’s high reached 76.
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Hocking Valley
SEATO backs Viet peace plan at Bangkok meeting
SEATO allies endorsed Vietnam peace proposals from the United States and South Vietnam and urged the Communist side in Paris to respond constructively. The council warned that aggression, infiltration and terrorism threaten Southeast Asia and urged preventing such aggression from succeeding. It voiced grave concern over North Vietnamese military actions in Laos and troop movements through Laos to support insurgency in Thailand.
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Thailand
SEATO
Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
Paris
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Council of Foreign Ministers
Southeast Asia
Laos
North Vietnam
Two Enterprise Boys Injured by Dynamite Cap Blast
In Enterprise a dynamite blasting cap found in an old barn exploded in an upstairs bedroom injuring brothers Anthony Mundy nine and Edward Mundy twelve. The boys touched wire to a battery to light a bulb and suffered burns cuts and shock. Sheriff Paul Hartman noted they were fortunate to escape more serious injuries.
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Enterprise
Hacking
Paul Hartman
Sheriff's
Young Enterprise Brothers
Anthony
Tony) Mundy
Edward Mundy
Gerald Mundy
Tony
Prosecutor Lets Grand Jury Meet In Hocking County
The Hocking County grand jury will be called into session on Thursday June 5, prosecutor Forrest Moore said. Originally 24 cases were to be considered, but some have been disposed of by bills of information.
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Hocking County
Forrest Moore
Fire Hydrant Repair Work Set Thursday
Water service will be shut off at 8 30 a m Thursday for about 14 hours while city crews repair a fire hydrant at the corner of Orchard and Front Streets Ted Yates says the shutoff will affect Front Street from Market Street to the first alley east of the Belville paint shop.
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Orchard and
Front Sts
Ted Yates
Front St
Market St
Belville
Yates
Falls St
Wyandot Ave
South Logan
Second
F. Main St
No Word On Appalachia Funds For Extended Care Addition
Huntington County seems to face delays in Appalachia funds for a proposed extended care addition to Hocking County public health center. J. E. Farrington notes no word on a second Appalachia grant while June 1969 is cited for award announcements. The project at Hocking Valley Community Hospital totals 102,200 with Hill Burton grant 34,067 and Appalachia 23,933, leaving 44,200 non federal funds.
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Appalachia
Appalachia Fund
Hocking County
J. E. Farrington
Ohio Valley Health Services Foundation
Athens
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Farrington
Rt. 664
Hill-Burton
Grant Approved For Jackson Health Facility
The Appalachian Regional Commission approved a $150,000 grant to help build the Jenkins Memorial Health Facility near Wellston in Jackson County State Urban Affairs Director Albert Giles announced Tuesday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Appalachian Regional Commission
Jenkins Memorial
Wellston
Jackson County
Albert Giles
Mock Run For Lunar Landing Due Thursday
Apollo 10 astronauts Stafford Young and Cernan approach the Moon in a staged flight toward a 4 45 p m engine burn to place the craft in an orbit 69 miles above the surface. The test aims to pave the way for Apollo 11 lunar landing in July.
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Moon
Stafford
Young
Cernan
Earth
Sea of Tranquility
Moltke
Bainbridge Man Convicted in Twin Murders
Curtiss O. Davis, 22, of Bainbridge, was found guilty by a Ross County jury of first degree murder for the shooting death of his wife Ann 22 and second degree murder for the death of his uncle Arthur Henderson 57 Fr Thomas Ky. The jury recommended mercy, mandating a life sentence on the first degree count. Sentencing set for next week before Judge Harley Meyer.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Curtiss O. Davis
Ross County
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Cleveland
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