POWs On Long Road Home Face New Hanoi Charges
Three U S pilots freed by North Vietnam travel toward the United States under an escort of peace activists. Hanoi charges that spying devices are mailed in everyday items. Pentagon dismisses the claim as propaganda while officials review evidence and the delegation passes through Peking Moscow Copenhagen on the way home.
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Associated Press
North Vietnam
Soviet Union
China
U.S
Hanoi
Navy
Mark Gartley
Norris Charles
Air Force
Edward Elias
New York
Peking
Aeroflot
Irkutsk
Siberia
Moscow
Copenhagen
Gartley
Charles
Pentagon
Daniel James
End War Bids Die In Senate After Latest Reversal
Washington AP report notes activists concede defeat for the year as the Senate votes 45 to 42 to strip an end-the-war amendment from the foreign military aid bill. Sen. Alan Cranston says focus shifts to elections. Earlier votes had favored cutting funds in four months contingent on POW release.
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Washington
U.S
Senate
Alan Cranston
Dcalif
Cranston
Fair premium checks ready for pickup at fairgrounds
Hocking County Fair board secretary aud Matheny announced open class premium checks are ready for pickup at the fair grounds office between 1 and 4 30 p m Friday and 9 a m to 1 p m Saturday. Excludes 4 H checks.
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Aud Matheny
Hocking County Fair
Diplomat Escape After Cambodian Bomb Attack
In Phnom Penh an armored limousine carrying U.S. charge d affaires Thomas O. Enders was struck by a powerful terrorist bomb but he escaped unharmed. Police initially reported two escorts and a civilian killed with four Cambodians injured. later U.S. Embassy officials said one policeman died and another was critically wounded. Swank on home leave previously survived an assassination attempt in 1971. A riderless bicycle bomb with a concealed 13 pound device failed to explode.
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Phnom Penh
U.S
Cambodia
Thomas O. Enders
Emory C. Swank
United States
Swank
Enders deflects assassination fears as embassy marks attack
In Phnom Penh the diplomat said he and staff feel deeply for the policemen and remain unruffled after the U.S. Embassy bombing. The blast killed two Americans and wounded 13 at a pedicab driven device near the independence monument on October 9th Boulevard. Police set roadblocks and offered few details amid ongoing investigations.
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Enders
U.S
Phnom Penh
Independence Monument
Hundreds of Warplanes Batter North Vietnam
American air forces struck North Vietnam with hundreds of tactical missions, hitting Yen Bai air base and destroying two MIG 21 fighters on the ground as civilians suffered heavy casualties and damage across regions north and south of Hanoi. Paris blackout covers Kissinger talks with North Vietnamese negotiators extending into a second day.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Big Yen Bai
Hanoi
U.S. Command
Demilitarized Zone
Radio
U.S
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
No Nobel Peace Prize This Year
Oslo AP reports the Norwegian Nobel committee will not award a peace prize this year, the 19th omission since 1901. A spokesman offered no official reason, and the prize money, about 100000 dollars, will stay in the Nobel fund.
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Oslo
Nobel Committee
Nobel Fund
Ohio University Airport Lease Blocked by TRO
Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Jay Flowers issued a temporary restraining order to stop Ohio University from leasing 16 acres of the abandoned airport to Big Bear Stores until a hearing on Oct. 6. Kroger Co. and two Athens taxpayers filed suit alleging trustee Wayne Brown guided a Big Bear lease and another trustee discouraged Kroger. Kroger had offered to lease the tract for 65,000 dollars annually, but trustees approved a Big Bear lease for 25,000 dollars.
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Columbus, Ohio
Franklin County Common Pleas
Jay Flowers
Ohio University
Big Bear
Kroger Co
Cincinnati
Athens
University
Wayne Brown
Kroger
Kiwanis Club Wins OK for Wilderness Refuge Park Plan
Logan City Council approved the Kiwanis Club project to develop a wilderness refuge park along Rt. 33 east of the Rt. 93 interchange with maintenance costs to be borne by the city. Mayor Haney objected citing flood control needs in the Hocking Valley and questioned land ownership. The plan includes two ponds and possible soil deposition issues if channel widening proceeds.
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Logan Kiwanis Club
Rt. 33
Rt. 93
Kiwanis Club
Ed Johnston
Hugh Morton
Tim Roberts
Iak Smith
Merril Haney
Logan
Hocking County
Haney
Hocking Valley
Hocking Conservancy District
U.S. Rt. 33
New Rt. 33
Morton
Parks Committee
Johnston
Roy Loomis
Hocking Valley Co., Ltd
Glenview Heights
Warner Ave
Loomis
Ohio Department of Health
Repeal Drive Seeks Signatures for Ohio Income Tax Vote
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown certifies supplemental petitions for a November ballot measure to repeal the state income tax. Repeal backers expect to rally 100000 names, with 318414 valid signatures needed. Court rulings clear advertising rules, while supporters see a quick path to a constitutional amendment if defeated. The tax ranges 0.5 to 3.5 percent for individuals and 4 to 8 percent for corporations.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ted W. Brown
Brown
Robert E. Netzley
Laura
Chester Cruze
Robert Netzley
John Gilligan
Weather Update From Hocking Valley Rain Totals Six-Tenths Inch
Rainfall in the Hocking Valley totaled six-tenths of an inch in the past 24 hours. At 11 a.m. the temperature was 71 degrees with a drizzle, down from Tuesday’s high of 81. Overnight low was 67. The forecast calls for cloudy and warmer conditions with a chance of showers on Thursday.
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Hocking Valley
Youths in Nelsonville York dodge jail on bomb threats
Two ward youths charged with telephoned bomb threats in the Nelsonville York district were sentenced by Hocking County Juvenile Court but had their terms suspended and placed on strict probation. A 17 year old faced the threats charge while a 16 year old faced curfew violation and knowledge of threats. Arrests followed an Athens County sheriff investigation during the week of September 17.
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Nelsonville-York
Ohio Youth Commission
Rhea Bangert Brown
Hocking County Juvenile Court
Athens County Sheriff’s Department
House Vote On Wage Bill Delayed By Southern Democrats Pact
Democratic leaders reach a tentative wage hike deal with Southern Democrats to raise the minimum wage to 1.90 in 60 days and 2.10 a year later with lower rates for farm workers and students. Opposition blocs seek assurances before a House Senate conference. The plan follows a rival Republican Southern coalition bill and faces Oct. 3 votes amid broader welfare reform debates.
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House
Organized Labor
Wilbur D. Mills
Joe D. Waggonner
D-La
Senate
Mills and
Waggonner
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