Youngsters Attend Outdoor Summer School Near Okeana
About 29 Middletown juniors join the Southwest Ohio Outdoor Education Summer School at greeDrvark near Okeana. They live in rustic cabins and study natural science with field trips to Hueston Woods Trailside Museum and a local dairy and cattle farm. Bruce Peters accompanies the group. James Hock directs the program funded by Sears Roebuck Foundation and supported by local districts.
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James Hock
Liberty Union
Directo
Sears, Roebuck Foundati
Ohio
Izaak Walton League of America
Gurkhas May Join British Infantry
London AP reports Gurkhas from the Himalayas may join British infantry at about 0.60 per regiment to offset manpower lag after Britain ended conscription in 1960. The Gurkha brigade shrinks from 12,500 to 6,000 by 1971 and some excess may enter British regulars though Royal Guards may be exempt due to height rules.
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London
Himalayas
Briain
Royal Guards
China plastics production up in first half of 1968
AP reports from Tokyo that Peking said the plastics industry exceeded state quotas in the first half of 1968, producing 6 250 tons of vinyl, 50 percent more than January through June 1967. NCNA noted plastics serve daily use, agriculture, industry, communications, and national defense.
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Tokyo
Peking
New China News Agency
China
Wach
NCNA
Cooperation Pact Signed between West Germany and Romania
Representatives of UNESCO West Germany and Romania signed a cooperation pact this weekend covering educator student and exhibition exchanges. It marks the first such agreement between West Germany and a Communist ruled eastern European nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Germany
U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Unesco
West Germany
Romania
Ohio Penitentiary Guards Set to Return to Normal Shifts
Ohio officials said guards at the Ohio Penitentiary may resume eight hour shifts next week after 12 hour days since the June riot. National Guard troops remain on duty as a precaution as 90 new guards train, with 34 regular guards and 25 ill call-ins noted on recent shifts. Longstanding wage discontent fuels a possible strike while state officials assess conditions.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Maury C. Koblentz
Marion J. Koleski
Koblentz
State Compensation Board
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
National Guard
Koleski
Akron curfew lifted as National Guardsmen patrol calm streets
Akron officials lifted a 9 p.m. curfew after two days of rioting with minor incidents of rock throwing and firebombing. National Guardsmen cleared barricades while 171 adults and 50 juveniles were arrested for curfew violations, bail set at 50 to 200 dollars.
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Akron
Ohio
John S. Ballard
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Schoo
Butler County
Butler Soil and Water Conservations District
Bruce Peters
Roosevelt Junior High School
Manchester Rd
Russ Togs
Tristmode Sportswear
Peni-'4tentiary
Tolor
Journal
Yankee RD
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