Nixon urges new alliance to aid elderly in U S
President Nixon urged a new national alliance between under 65 and older Americans. He criticized nursing homes as warehouses for the dying and called for federal state and local governments to partner with the private sector to transform care into a symbol of comfort and hope. He spoke at a joint convention of retiree associations in Chicago after visits to Indiana and his mother’s hometown.
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Chicago
Nixon
America
National Retired Teachers Association
American Association of Retired Persons
Indiana
Fire Devours Ore Carrier under Construction
Firefighters battled a fuel laden blaze in the hold of the 858 foot Roger Brough ore carrier at American Ship Building Co Lorain. Four missing workers feared dead as flames spread and heat reached 2500 degrees. Crew and fire units from nearby plants assisted as the ship cooled for search and rescue.
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Lorain
Roger
Elyria
Clyde R. Burdelle
Vermilion
John D. Alexander
George E. Adams
Lorain Fire Department
U.S. Steel Corp
B.F. Goodrich
Ford Motor Co
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Cleveland Fire Department
Cleveland Hopkins International
Cleveland
Shaker Heights
Brook Park
Meldrum
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Pierce
George Steinbrenner
Great Lakes
LBJ Memoirs Support Early Vietnam War Involvement
LBJ’s unpublished memoirs reveal the Johnson administration prepared for large scale U S military involvement in Vietnam in early 1964. Newsday reports the book supports the Pentagon study on war origins, with Johnson recounting cautious then decisive steps after Kennedy’s assassination and his belief that bombing policy evolved to defend South Vietnam.
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Garden City
N.Y
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Vietnam
U.S
Newsday
Long Island
New York
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Johnson
North Vietnam
Kennedy
South Vietnam
Washington
Surgeon General fights for job amid reform plan
The Nixon era advisory panel urged dissolving the 98 year old commissioned corps of the Public Health Service and absorbing its 5,500 health professionals into the civil service. Surgeon General Jesse L. Steinfeld blasted the report, warning it would damage morale recruitment and retention. The corps, one seventh of the 40,000 strong service, runs ships hospitals, funds state health facilities, treats federal inmates, and aids narcotics programs.
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Jesse L. Steinfeld
The
Public Health Service
Steinfeld
John A. Perkins
Weather outlook hot humid with possible afternoon storms
Sunny to hot and humid weather is forecast through tomorrow with a chance of afternoon thundershowers. Temperatures will reach mid-90s after a low near 70 tonight. Yesterday's high was 9 and this morning's low 67.
Ohio 122 project delays despite plan to fix hills
Officials say Ohio Department of Highways will not start work on the 3 million West Middletown to Elk Creek Road project for at least another year due to federal funding changes and project scope extensions. Engineers merge stages to remove hazardous hill section, with delays noted at Division 8 near Lebanon.
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Ohio Department of Highways
West Middletown
Department
Division 8
Lebanon
West Middletown Bridge
Elk Creek
Ohio 122 project shifts to four lanes from I 75 eastward
Division 8 officials plan to convert the Ohio 122 corridor east from Interstate 75 to Red Lion from two lanes to four due to rapid area development. Plans call for a design hearing, then environmental review and right of way steps, with completion six to eight months after the hearing and possible federal funding influencing timelines. Not yet programmed are plans for Ohio 122 beyond Elk Creek Road.
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Ohio 122
Ohio Department of Highway
Division 8
Red Lion
Robert Petrozi
Petrozi
Ohio 63
Greentree Road
West Middletown
Sebald Park
Madison Township
Bevis
Plana
Elk Creek Road
Chuckle A Stalemate Joke Prop Dogged Husband
A playful quip defines a stalemate as a husband who keeps telling the same jokes. The line frames a domestic humor scenario, contrasting repetition with relational patience.
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Women's News
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Madison High School
Ohio 744
Jacksonburg
Robert Bevis
Diviswn
Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
West Middletown Hills
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