Lucasville Pen Officials and Guards Cited in Outbreaks
A Citizens Task Force blamed prison administration and guards for disturbances at Lucasville Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. The 11 page report urged Gilligan to appoint an independent advisory board and cited inmate guard tensions, mass strip searches, destruction of possessions, and unsafe conditions following stabbings and a July 24 shooting.
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Columbus, Ohio
Citizens Task Force On Corrections
Lucasville
John J. Gilligan
Lucasville Institution
Gilligan
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Common Pleas Court
Bernard Friedman
Cleveland
Fewer Pupils More Teachers In Ohio Schools This Fall
Ohio schools open with 2,660,204 students in 5,038 public schools, down nearly 100,000 from 1969, while the number of teachers rises. State education leaders push tougher teacher education standards to tailor learning to individuals. Six new vocational schools serving 8,590 students will also open in Ashland Licking Muskingum and Grant Oaks districts.
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Columbus
Ohio
John R. Meckstroth
State Board of Education
Martin Essex
Federal Hocking teachers strike delays Ohio school opening
About 70 teachers in the Federal Hocking district near Athens stayed home on the first day of school, delaying classes for 1,500 students across four schools. Talks with the school board stalled over a master contract, with a meeting planned for tonight.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Athens
Solons Return to Battle Over War Powers and Spending
Congress resumes after recess to push war powers, spending, and pension bills. Kissinger confirmation and Watergate hearings set to restart. Nixon vows veto on a $2 wage bill and funds impoundment. House to vote on ambulance aid override.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
House
Henry A. Kissinger
Senate
U.S
Ohio State Fair Attendance Sets New Record
Auditors estimate the 120th Ohio State Fair drew about 2,223,589 visitors over 12 days at Columbus. Attendance surpassed 1970’s 2,219,170 and 1971’s 2,209,993. Turnstile receipts neared $1 million with Labor Day drawing 162,050 guests and a Grande Ole Opry show.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus Exposition
Ellsberg Break-In Indictment Considered by Grand Jury
A Los Angeles county grand jury meets to weigh potential indictments against former White House officials over a break-in at Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's Beverly Hills office in 1971. Named targets include John D. Ehrlichman Egil Krogh David Young and G Gordon Liddy amid ongoing Watergate related inquiries.
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Los Angeles
White House
Daniel Ellsberg
John D. Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
Egil Kro
Ellsberg
Matt Byrne
Anthony Russo
Krogh and
Young
Pentagon
Record Wheat Harvest Won't Lower Prices Worldwide
World grain harvests rise yet prices stay high due to soaring demand and shrinking stocks. FAO and the International Wheat Council warn of rising bread and meat costs, urging action at a Rome meeting as developing nations face shortages. The Soviet Union's heavy purchases and U.S. export restraints add to the pressure.
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Norman J. Badderley
Associated Press
International Wheat Council
U.N. Food and Agricul
Ture Organization
Rome
Wheat Council
Council
Soviet Union
U.N. Food Organization
London
Moscow
United States
Rail Union Ends Holdout In Canada
The last holdout union in the Canadian rail strike ordered members to return to work, complying with Parliament's back-to-work law. Some locals resisted, keeping lines in Vancouver Thunder Bay and Winnipeg blocked. western Canada remained at a standstill as trains resumed in eastern provinces and grain moves restarted.
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Toronto
Vancouver
Thunder Bay
Ont
Winnipeg
British Columbia
D. N. Secord
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers
Secord
Prairies
Canadian National Railway
Montreal
Natural Gas Price Hikes Estimated
An AP report outlines that removing federal price controls could lift average residential gas bills by 25 to 50 dollars per year by 1980. The study says industry costs would rise 16 to 32 percent, with field prices from 20.5 to 45 cents or up to 75 cents per BTU, affecting 39.4 million customers.
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Washington
American Petroleum Institute
Federal Power Commission
Arab oil ministers meet in Kuwait to pressure U S policy
In Kuwait ten Arab oil ministers seek a collective strategy to curb U S backing of Israel. They aim to push Washington toward change in Middle East policy and energy diplomacy.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Kuwait
United States
Storm Delia Nears Gulf Coast With Rain and Tides
Tropical Storm Delia gains strength offshore Galveston as it drifts northward toward the Louisiana coast. Forecasters warn of six foot tides and up to 10 inches of rain with evacuations already under way along the upper Texas coast.
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Galveston
Tex
Delia
Louisiana
Davis Benton
National Weather Service Office
Texas
Freeport
Cameron
National Weather Service
Lon
Benton
Upper Texas Coast
Galveston-Freeport
Oklahoma
Mississippi Valley
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Heat brings crowds to Valley pools and lakes over Labor Day
Valley pools and beaches were crowded as hot temperatures drew sunbathers for the holiday weekend. Logan city pool posted its busiest week of the year with near 800 swimmers daily, while Lake Logan Beach saw about 4,200 visitors. Fishermen reported strong catches of bass bluegill and catfish, though no large fish were noted. Old Man's Cave dining lodge pool remained busy as partly cloudy, cooler weather forecast with highs near 88 and a 60 overnight low.
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Logan City
Lake Logan Beach
Jerry Hutchison
Jerry
Lake Logan
Old Man’s Cave Dining Lodge
Hocking Valley
Auto Executives Confer Over Union Demands In Summit Talks
Detroit AP reports top executives from General Motors Ford and Chrysler held summit meetings away from public view to coordinate strategy for upcoming three year bargaining. The sessions involve chairmen presidents and other officers and are said to influence the auto industry negotiations and UAW posture.
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Detroit
Africa
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Foothill
UAW
Lynn Townsend
Labor Day draws crowds to Hocking Hills State Park
Over 11 000 visitors flocked to Hocking Hills State Park during the long weekend with packed cabins and camp sites. Park Manager Wes Arbaugh reported no accidents and noted the city pool Lake Logan beach and the camping pool closed for Labour Day while the lodge pool will stay open the next two weekends if weather permits.
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Labor Day
Wes Arbaugh
Hocking Hills State Park
Lake Logan Beach
Arbaugh
Kompong Cham Defenders Duel Red Insurgents
Reinforced defenders of Kompong Cham fought Khmer Rouge units on two fronts around the besieged provincial capital 47 miles northeast of Phnom Penh. Rebel mortar fire reached the city’s 70 000 residents while helicopters and a Mekong convoy delivered reinforcements earlier Monday.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Kompong Cham
Khmer Rouge
Here
North Vietnam
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