Ohio River Flood Crest Nears Across Valley
The Ohio River and its tributaries crest near flood stage across the upper Ohio Valley. Crests of 3 to 5 feet above stage expected. Pittsburgh and Cincinnati see rising waters while Athens University area braces for minor impacts. Evacuations total about 50 in Empire, with Athens garages flooded.
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Associated Press
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Weather Bureau
Empire
Steubenville
Brilliant
Raymond
Great
Miami
Markland Dam
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
W. Va
Hocking
Athens County
Athens
West Green
Ohio University
University
Pomeroy
Ohio 7
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Ford Criticizes LBJ At Middletown Lincoln Day Dinner
More than 1,200 Republicans heard Gerald R. Ford accuse President Johnson of two bit politics and mismanaged Viet Nam policy. Ford charged Johnson with weak leadership, questioned the poverty program, and warned against one party rule while urging bipartisanship and informed policy decisions.
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Phyllis Hayes
Manchester Motor Inn
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Pres. Johnson
Republican Party
Ford
Butler County
Assembly
Johnson
White House
Viet Nam
Democratic Party
Butler
Hamilton
Warren County
Middletown
Clarence J. Brown Jr
Urbana
Memo Supports Administration on NLF Origins in Vietnam
Johnson received an analysis stating the National Liberation Front is Hanoi controlled. It traced the NLF to a 1960 Hanoi Lao Dong resolution creating a united front to control Vietnam, with Fall’s critique supporting artificial origins and leadership by Hanoi. The memo notes genuine South Vietnamese nationalists but emphasizes central Hanoi leadership and BCM.
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Washington
Johnson
National Liberation Front
Viet Nam
Hanoi
NLF
Third National Congress
Lao Dong
Communist Party
South
Bernard Fall
Howard University
Liberation Front
Fall
International Control Commission
North Vietnamese
Government Warns U.S. Food Prices Rise in 1966
The Agriculture Department projects American households will pay about 102.30 for the same food basket this year, a rise from 100 last year, with overall 1966 inflation seen near 2.3 percent. A potential relief appears as prices may level or decline later, though meat and animal products previously increased remain most affected.
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Agriculture Department
Weather forecast and local rainfall report
The Weather Bureau predicts fair and colder air tonight with a low near 1. Wednesday will be cloudy with little temperature change. Yesterday’s high reached 35 and the overnight low was 29 as Middletown recorded .05 inch of rain and light snow yesterday.
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the Weather Bureau
Middletown
Narcotics Raid Figure Found Dead in Car
A 22 year old woman Sylvia A Mills arrested in January during marijuana raids in the Ohio State University district was found dead in a car on Columbus north side at 8 45 am. Authorities could not determine the cause. the coroner was notified. Mills had been released on bond after grand jury action. Police noted the ignition key was off, suggesting non poisoning death. The couple reportedly has no children.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Sylvia A. Mills
Mills
University Area
Grand
Which Rocket d H Our Space Walk Planned For Gemini
NASA weighs using an Agena target or Alternate Target Docking Adapter for the Gemini 8 mission. Astronauts Scott and Armstrong would launch from Cape Kennedy and aim to dock with the target satellite after a planed one hour forty minute flight, with Scott venturing outside to maneuver and photograph the system.
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David R. Scott
Neil A. Armstrong
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
NASA
Atlas
Cape Kennedy
Air Force
Scott and
Armstrong
Space
Scott
Agena
ATDA
Flattop Midway To Be Converted
SAN FRANCISCO AP The aircraft carrier Midway will be decommissioned for a 75 million conversion to equip the 62 000 ton ship to handle heavier aircraft over about three years. Commissioned in 1945 the ship returned in November from nine months combat duty off Vietnam.
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San Francisco
Midway
Navy
Viet Nam
Five Tennessee inmates testify on Kentucky death penalty
Five convicts from Operation Crime Prevention travel to Frankfort at Gov Breathitt’s invitation to share their paths to crime as Kentucky debates abolition. Their talks precede a House vote amid emotional debate with opponents showing murder images and proponents recounting chair horror. One inmate recalls the moment his legs and head were measured for the chair and his coffin prepared.
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Frankfort
Tennessee
Kentucky
Edward T. Breathitt
Louis
Robert
Joe
George
Franklin
John Hardin
Hopkinsville
Enemy Toll at 1611 As Allies Flush Out Viet Cong
Allied drive around Bong Son and the An Lao Valley reports 316 additional Viet Cong killed, raising total enemy dead to 1,611 since mid January. U S 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division troops struck a Viet Cong company 12 miles southwest of Bong Son, with 16 killed and 100 bodies found after air strikes.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Bong Son
An Lao
U.S
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Vietnamese Paratroops Strike Viet Cong Tunnels North of Bong Son
South Vietnamese paratroops 20 miles north of Bong Son hit a Viet Cong strong point of tunnels and trenches. U.S. artillery was used and a government spokesman said 200 enemy bodies were counted. In the Mekong Delta, government troops reported 110 Viet Cong killed and 6 captured in an hourlong battle 48 miles southwest of Saigon. The U.S. Navy lost its first Swift patrol boat to a Viet Cong mine, with several crewmen killed or injured.
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Bong Son
U.S
Mekong
Saigon
U.S. Navy
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Dr. Crane
Eee
Beets Valley News
Wee Ween
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John Y. Brown
Lexington
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