Hocking Parks Shut For The First Time In Half A Century
Charles Goslin notes state parks closed for first time in over 50 years and explores back roads of Hocking and Fairfield counties for roadside botany. He details 75 flowering species along Old Logan Road near Horns Mill and Lancaster, including chicory, bladder hermia, green headed coneflower, Jerusalem artichoke, wing stem, false sunflower, and white snakeroot.
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Hocking
Fairfield
Horn
Logan Road
Horn’s Mill
Maple St
Lancaster
Senate fights filibuster over draft extension bill
AP reports supporters of a contested draft extension bill gain ground but face a possible cloture vote after a 47 to 36 defeat on tabling. Also, Ohio requires reflectorized license plates from 1973 with a 50 cent fee increase. In Attica a bomb damages prison offices as investigators visit the prison. In Strabane Northern Ireland, a gun attack kills a constable as police cooperate to locate gunmen.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Gilligan
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Northern Ireland
Strabane
Democrats push rules at first Apportionment Board meeting
In Columbus five Democratic members of the State Apportionment Board abruptly set and recessed the board rules at its first meeting. They adjourned until October 1 to meet the legal deadline for drawing the 99 House and 33 Senate districts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hilliard Wildcats Hold Off Logan Chiefs 21-16
Hilliard defeats Logan 21-16 in a non league clash as two Logan errors become touchdowns. Beall and Wright spark the Wildcats with key runs and a 3 successful extra points. Logan racks 386 total yards but two interceptions and a fumble costly in final minutes.
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Jim Myers
Hilliard Wildcats
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Krebs
Greg Smith
Chuck Helber
Helber
Flea
Scott Beall
Robin Wright
Beall
Wright
Fred Schwaigert
Chiefs
Mikesmen
Jim Dougherty
LHS
Paydirt
Smith
George Shaw
Brian Davidson
Fighting Escalates Near Suez as Israel Egypt Exchange Fire
The Israelis and Egyptians exchanged missiles over the Suez Canal amid the sharpest fighting since the August 1970 ceasefire. Cairo says Israeli jets attacked near the canal with Shrike rockets, while Israel reports anti air fire from Egyptians and no stated airspace incursion. Lebanese border clashes add to regional tension.
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Associated Press
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Middle East
Sinai Desert
Canal
Cairo
Suez
Lebanon
Amaich
Marching Chiefs Shine After Hilliard Show
The Logan Marching Chiefs were warmly welcomed by Hilliard and Logan fans as they opened with Music and Motion in Many Moods and Strike Up the Band. The Hilliard Marching Band then paid tribute to Louis Armstrong with Go Northwestern Hello Dolly and South Rampart Street Parade.
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Logan
10Th Ave
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Hilliard Marching Band
Louis Armstrong
King of Jazz
Go Northwestern
Armstrong
Saints
Bill Bailey
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Boys Missing In Marion Two At Camp Akita
Two 14 year old youths Dale Bartley and Larry Taylor missing near Camp Akita Marion Two since 2:30 p.m. Friday. Sheriff Paul Hartman reports no trace by noon today. Possible Huntington W Va lead explored. if not found, divers may search the lake at Camp Akita.
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Marion
Paul Hartman
Dale Bartley
Robert Bartley
Logan Rt. 4
Larry Taylor
Edward Taylor
Larry
Huntington
W. Va
Long To Head Community Chest Drive
Charles Dalton announces Dan Long of Logan as 1972 campaign chair. A kickoff meeting is set for 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Red Cross chapter house. The drive aims for $39,889, up 15 percent, with Ohio Mental Health Association added to the program alongside Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Salvation Army, YWCA, Rainbow School, USO and TRAP.
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Charles Dalton
Hocking County Community Chest
Dan Long
Logan
Red Cross
Walnut St
Dalton
Ohio Mental Health Association
Community Chest
Banner crowd packs 1971 Hocking County Fair Friday
More than 4 500 people attended Friday sessions tied to Youth Day. Livestock judging 4-H and open classes, pony pulling at 4 PM, harness racing at 7 30 PM, and free rides for children after a plane dropped 200 tickets.
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Hocking County
Fairgrounds
Gooding Amusement Co
Reds Ambush South Viets In Double Viet Cong Assault
Government troops fell into a double Viet Cong ambush north of Saigon losing more than half of their 75 man force. Three American advisors were killed and one wounded. Fifteen South Vietnamese troops died with 25 wounded and three missing. Viet Cong casualties were also reported. The attacks occurred on Highway 14 near Tri Tam, the Michelin plantation hub. Simultaneous anti government protests erupted in Saigon with militant students clashing with police and firebombing an American car.
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Michelin
Tri Tam
South Vietnam
Vandals Break Into Falls Mill Grocery West Logan
Hocking Sheriff Paul Hartman investigates a break in at Falls Mill Grocery in West Logan from Friday evening to Saturday morning. Entry was through a front door. four 50-pound bags of dry dog food were scattered, milk sugar soda pop and soap powder dumped on them, and shelves behind the counter dumped. A pop machine was unplugged.
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Hocking
Paul Hartman
Falls Mill
West Logan
Justice Hugo L. Black retires from Supreme Court
Justice Hugo L. Black, 85, in failing health, resigns from the Supreme Court after 34 years. The White House accepted the resignation with President Nixon seeking the most qualified successor, likely a conservative Southerner. Black is hospitalized at Bethesda Naval Hospital for inflamed blood vessels.
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Hugo L. Black
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Black
White House
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Ronald L. Ziegler
Richard H. Poff
Virginia
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Weather forecast for Hocking Valley this weekend
The Hocking Valley expects cloudy cool conditions with highs near 70. A 20 percent chance of rain is noted for today and Sunday.
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Hocking Valley
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