14 Sep 1971
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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1971
Page
1
Autopsies showed nine hostages killed by gunshot wounds during the Attica prison siege. Two more prisoners’ bodies were found, raising the death toll to 40 as officials reported rebels carried only gas projectiles.
Attica prison faced a volatile end to a siege as 37 inmates were killed in a decisive assault approved by State Corrections Commissioner Russell G. Oswald with Gov. Rockefeller's backing. Oswald said the choice, though regrettable, was necessary to end the uprising and hostage crisis that began the prior Thursday.
Tropical storm threats to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts faded as Heidi merged with a wet low off Nantucket and Edith weakened along Mexico. The only remaining danger in the tropics was Hurricane Ginger, which posed little risk.
It was 62 degrees under sunny skies in the Hocking Valley at 11 a.m. today, with a 59 degree overnight low and half an inch of rain in 24 hours. Partly cloudy with upper 70s projected for Wednesday. Water remains at curbs in rural Texas towns as cleanup continues after Hurricane Fern with early damage estimates in the millions along the Texas coast.
Four U.S. helicopters were shot down and a fifth crashed in the Mekong Delta amid fresh anti-American actions in Saigon and Hue. Demonstrations followed the killings near U Minh Forest, with injuries in Saigon from a bomb attack on a military pickup. In Hue, fire bombs targeted U.S. vehicles while students protested at Hue University, prompting a temporary access ban to the city for GIs.
The Logan Hocking County health board discussed the proposed sewage disposal plant for the Lost Hollow leisure camp site on Harble Road and issued recommendations to sanitarian Donald Robers for review with county commissioners Thursday. The board also signed a contract for a federally funded speech hearing and vision conservation project totaling 8247 dollars, now in its third year. It approved Robers attendance at a housing clinic in Zanesville on September 21 and a Southeast Ohio District Sanitarians meeting at South Point on September 28 29.
Howard L. Hockman 82 of Canal Winchester died Monday. A grain dealer and farmer, he founded Winchester Milling Co in 1919 and was active in FFA Ohio Grain Dealers Association and Faith United Methodist Church. Survived by wife Myrtle two sons William and Marion two sisters and other relatives. Funeral at Faith United Methodist Church Thursday with burial at Union Grove Cemetery. Visitation today and Wednesday at Dwayne R Spence Funeral Home.
Ohio Governor Gilligan’s proposed severance tax on minerals draws opposition from oil and gas groups. Industry witnesses warn the tax could force many firms to close as hearings continue this week.
David Wolfe five of 90 Hill Street was struck by an auto as he ran between parked cars on Spring Street at 8 55 this morning. The boy sister of Christopher Wolfe was taken to hospital by the driver Ronald Woltz 33 of 304 North Street. He suffered a bloody nose and was treated and released. No citations were issued.
Lt. Gov. John Brown charges Gov. John Gilligan with political blackmail for closing 46 of Ohio’s 57 state parks amid a budget stalemate. Brown says funds exist in interim budgets. a DNR spokesman says no money is available until tax legislation passes. Brown also named Laurie Lea Schaefer Miss America as honorary lieutenant governor.
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