President Nixon Eyes Stabilization System After Freeze End
President Nixon told Congress the 90 day wage price freeze will not be extended and a new stabilization system will be devised after consultations with Congress, business, labor and agriculture leaders. He urged bipartisan support and outlined tax proposals to be considered, stressing spending cuts and tax measures to curb inflation.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Business
Labor
Agriculture
Afl-Cio
George Meany
United States
House
Ways and Means Committee
Meany
Park Closings Stir Ohio Voters Over Park Shutdown
A Straitsville man mailed the Logan Daily News front page to President Nixon, arguing park closings violate taxpayers rights and recalling WPA era open parks. Federal officials say they are reviewing to ensure public access and lands funded by the Land and Water Conservation Fund are not infringed. Tim Monroe of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation notes a $5 million stake in Ohio parks. Interior officials say they need more details before comment.
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Straitsville Rt. 1
Logan Daily News
Nixon
Gilligan
Ohio
Tim Monroe
U.S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Ohio State
Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund
Ohio State Parks
Congress
U.S. Department of Interior
Washington
Gilligan’s Park
Twin Hurricanes Threaten Wide Area
Miami reports two major storms Edith and Fern menacing the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Edith speeds toward Nicaragua and Honduras with sustained winds near 160 mph, while Fern drifts 140 miles south of Galveston threatening the Texas coast with 90 mph gusts and evacuations advised.
House Panel Seeks Nixon Aide On False Savings Claims
The House Ways and Means Committee called budget director George P. Schultz to testify as lawmakers question whether proposed spending cuts are real savings. The administration argues tax changes cut net revenue by 3.8 billion while reducing spending by 4.9 billion for a 1.1 billion net gain, amid scrutiny of 1.6 billion in revenue-sharing postponement and 600 million from welfare reform delay.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
George P. Schultz
Treasury
John FB. Connally
Senate
Congress
Fair Skies Dominate Nation Amid Thunderstorms
Fair and mild conditions spread across much of the country while thundershowers disrupted many areas. Ottumwa Iowa recorded over 2 inches of rain overnight as a hurricane watch remained in effect for the Texas Gulf coast from Matagorda Bay south.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Texas Gulf Coast
Matagorda Bay
Warm humid weather forecast for Hocking Valley
The Hocking Valley is expected to stay clear warm and humid through Friday. At 11 a.m. today temperatures were around 81 with Wednesday reaching 89 and an overnight low of 58 accompanied by fog.
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Hocking Valley
Hurricanes Edith Edith and Fern Sail Caribbean and Atlantic Coast
Fern held near stationary motion with winds near 90 mph located over 200 miles east of Brownsville. Edith churned at 115 mph in the Caribbean threatening Nicaragua and Honduras about 250 miles east southeast of Cape Gracias. Scattered thunderstorms plagued the South Atlantic coast and northern Gulf from the Mississippi Valley to Oklahoma and northwest Texas, with activity also in the Pacific Northwest.
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Edith
Puerto Cabezas
Nicaragua
Cape Gracias
Caribbean
Honduras
Simpson
British Honduras
Belize
Mosquito Coast
Ward
Fern
Brownsville
Atlantic
Gulf
Mississippi Valley
Oklahoma
Texas
Pacific Northwest
Dayton Fire Dept to Lay Off 47 Firemen Sept 17
Dayton fire department will reduce staff by 47 of 400 as part of the city's austerity plan. The layoffs are set for September 17 following approval by the city commission on Wednesday.
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Dayton, Ohio
Dayton
South Vietnamese Drive Near DMZ Expands as Bombing Rages
American helicopters ferried 1000 South Vietnamese troops within two miles of the Laotian border in a major DMZ drive aided by about 25 B52 strikes dropping 750 tons on North Vietnamese positions south of Khe Sanh. The weeklong offensive seeks to disrupt enemy supply routes while casualties edge lower. Plus Thieu worries about possible U.S. aid cuts as Nixon peace efforts resume in Paris.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Laos
Pham van Phu
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
U.S
U.S. 24Th Corps
Garfield Sentenced For Public Intoxication In Cincinnati
Curtis Garfield was sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse for public intoxication after his arrest while sitting on a statue of James Garfield on Garfield Place in Cincinnati Wednesday morning.
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Cincinnati
Curtis Garfield
James Garfield
Garfield Place
Ohio Tax Plan Refined in Final Senate Push
Ohio Finance Director Harold Hovey presented new tax plan changes to Senate leaders in a closed-door session as the Gilligan administration seeks labor support. The l1th hour effort aims to gain backing for the income tax proposal now under study in the Senate.
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Columbus, Ohio
Gilligan
Senate
Organized Labor
Ohio
Harold Hovey
Italy Eyes Higher Guard Presence for Art Treasures
In Rome the government faces renewed pressure to secure Italy’s priceless art after a second week of museum thefts. Sen Premoli urged hiring guards and alarm systems for unguarded galleries as five 15th century paintings vanished from Venice churches amid earlier losses including a Titian.
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Rome
Sen
Augusto Premoli
Venice
Council of Europe
Sts. John and Paul
Kennedy Center Opens With Bernstein Mass
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opened with a standing ovation by the Kennedy family for Leonard Bernstein Mass a theater piece for players singers and dancers. Critical reaction was largely favorable though some wondered if the work was fully understood.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Leonard Bernstein
Logan Education Association ends walkout with return to duty
LEA members vote by a wide margin to end the professional study day protest and report to duty Friday. Logan schools will run bus routes one hour late for a 45 minute orientation. Football opener at Nelsonville York likely to proceed if classes resume smoothly.
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Logan Education Association
George M. Saribalas
Logan City
William Collier
LEA
Logan Armory
Logan
Ohio Association of Public School
Logan High
Nelsonville-York
Sarbalas
Saribalas
Logan School
Logan School Board
Supt
Edwin Johnston
Board of Education
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Ellsworth Bunker
William P. Rogers
Paris
Vietnam
Hanoi
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Logan High School
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Democratic National Committee
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Como Corp
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
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Hamilton County Grand Jury
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Relief Commission
Frank Gusweiler
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court
William Toth
Clifton
Railway Express Agency
J. G. Weinrich
REA
West Paterson
New York
Frank King
Ohio Afl-Cio
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