Gilligan and Union Oppose Ohio Sales Tax Hike Plan
Gov. Gilligan says Democratic senators and labor leaders are unanimously opposed to a sales tax increase to fund state government. A two cent hike would raise $710 million over two years, with a homestead exemption and property tax rebates to aid lower and middle income families.
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Columbus, Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Ohio
GOP
Organized Labor
Ohio Afl Cio
Frank King
King
Ohio House
Senate
Labor
Market Closes Mixed as Dow Edges Higher
The New York stock market opened soft but recovered with blue chips advancing. The noon Dow stood at 918.52, up 2.05, while declines barely outnumbered advances on the NYSE. Analysts expect possible new gains if profit taking subsides.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Austerity Order Shuts Ohio State Museums and Memorials
The Ohio Historical Society closed 44 state memorials and museums and laid off 72 employees as austerity cuts, with skeleton crews at sites including Serpent Mound and Cedar Bog. The shutdown excludes the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus until a state budget is enacted, reopening plans depend on legislative action.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Historical Society
Ohio Historical Center
Columbus
Serpent Mound
Rankin House
Cedar Bog
Sherman House
Lancaster
Tarlton Cross
Wahkeena
Campbell Mound
Hanby House
Our House
Gallipolis
Buckeye Furnace
Flint Ridge
Mound Builders Park
Blaze Damages Keith's Men's Shop In Athens
Fire causes about 105000 dollars damage to a three story brick building in downtown Athens housing Keith's Men's Shop Buckeye Cafeteria. Fire started in a false ceiling on the first floor and spread to the third before control. Building owned by Lawrence Worrell, Athens attorney. Damage figures list 40000 to the building 35000 to Keith's and 30000 to the cafeteria. Municipal Court previously located on the second floor. Cause under investigation.
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Athens
Keith’s Men’s
Buckeye
Keith’s
Athens Municipal Court
Lawrence Worstell
Ohio Senate approves two bills on abbreviated session
In Columbus the Ohio Senate passed two measures on its agenda then adjourned to resume tax and budget talks. One bill allows minors to seek medical treatment for drug related illnesses without parental knowledge or consent. The other requires public employers to deduct municipal taxes from employee pay where applicable.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
House
General Assembly
Senate
Edith Strengthens Into Major Hurricane in Caribbean
The National Hurricane Center projected Edith to become a dangerous major storm before landfall, with forecasts noting a large evolving system spanning the western Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and Bahamas. Edith, centered about 340 miles south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, moves west-northwest at 15 mph with 75 mph winds. Fern, a Tropical Storm at 55–60 mph, is expected to grow and threaten Central America. Temperatures range from the 40s–50s in the northern Plains to 90s in the Southwest as the weather pattern persists.
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Simpson
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Bahamas
Atlantic
Kingston
Jamaica
Edith
Fern
Gulf
Central America
U.S
Brownsville
Tex
Rockies
California
Washington
Allied Forces Stage Sweep Near DMZ
U S forces supported a South Vietnamese push toward the Laotian border south of the DMZ. About 10 000 South Vietnamese troops, American artillery and 200 U S helicopters faced light contact as bases were reopened and new landing zones set east and north of Khe Sanh. U S bombers and naval guns hit North Vietnamese bunkers around Khe Sanh while a Vandegrift base was relaunched for Lam Son 810 operations against supply routes from Laos.
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Saigon
U.S
Khe Sanh
Laos
le Trung Hien
7Th Fleet
Tonkin Gulf
Vietnam
Vandegrift
Highway 9
Dmz
Lam Son
South Vietnam
Hien
Hide-A-Way Hills Ordered To Correct Lodge Sanitation
The Ohio Department of Health ordered the Hide-A-Way Hills Lodge sewerage plant be restored to adequate condition by Sept. 17 after an Aug. 31 inspection. Violations could bring court charges or license revocations. repairs include repairing the belt, cleaning, securing the site, and finding the sewage source and proper effluent discharge.
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Ohio Department of Health
Hide-A-Way Hills Lodge
Stephan Hamlin
Fred Klingelhafer
Southeast District Office
State Health Department
Don Donelson
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Klingelhafter
Donelson
Robert Kornmiller
Logan
Hide-A-Way Hills
Kornmiller
J. Clifford Iles 86 Dies in Logan Ohio
J Clifford Iles 86 of 340 Zanesville Ave died unexpectedly at home Tuesday. He was born May 38 1885 in Hocking County survived by wife Hattie A Iles two sons Rev Emerson Iles and Harry and a daughter Fern Brooker seven grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Funeral Friday 2 p m Heinlein Funeral Home burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 today.
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J. Clifford Iles
Zanesville Ave
Hocking County
Jeremiah
Eliza Grey Iles
Logan and
Hocking
Trinity United Methodist Church
Iles
Hattie A. Iles
Harry
St. Clairsville
Emerson Iles
Clearwater
Fla
William
Fern) Brooker
Logan
Heinlein
R. W. Faulkner
Edna Hughes
Oak Grove Cemetery
Canada Proposes Grants to Offset U S Surcharge
Canada introduces a bill to offset the 10 percent U S import surcharge with 80 million dollars in grants to firms hit by reduced output and job losses. Finance Minister says subsidies defend Canadian industrial policy as Nixon seeks tax cuts to curb inflation and unemployment.
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Ottawa
U.S
Canada
United States
Jean-Luc Pepin
House of Commons
Nixon
Finance
E. J. Benson
Commons
Jeop
U S to Seek Yen Revaluation and Quota Changes
Tokyo reports that the United States will press Japan for a major yen revaluation and the removal of certain import quotas and licensing agreements. The proposals would be set out by Secretary of State Rogers in opening remarks at the U S Japan Cabinet talks in Washington.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
William P. Rogers
Washington
Mainichi Shimbun
Rogers
Bomb attacks and war threat shadow Northern Ireland
Belfast reports three bombs injuring five as peace talks fail to calm sectarian tensions. A top British officer assesses the risk of civil conflict amid IRA activity. In Ohio, police extradite Paul Gilly and family in the Yablonski murder case after Ohio Supreme Court clearance.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Britain
Army Veterans Club
Cleveland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers Union
Joseph Yablonski
Paul Eugene Gilly
Annette
Silous Huddleston
Ohio Supreme Court
Logan teachers strike as 3000 students report to open term
Logan schools opened for 1971 72 with about 3000 pupils in attendance while most teachers remained off the job. LEA leader William A Collier pledged ongoing action until a bargaining accord is reached as Supt George M Saribalas reports partial staffing and efforts to make up lost time.
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William A. Collier
LEA
Logan Armory
Collier
George M. Saribalas
Saribalas
Logan
Central Elementary School
Gladys Webb
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Gilligan Administration
Senate Democrats
Blaze
Keith
Miami
National Hurricane Center
Robert H. Simpson
Center
Hocking Valley
Allied Forces
Phillip H. Stevens
Creighton W. Abrams
Congress
92Nd
Logan City
Logan Education Association
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