Ohio Senate weighs sin tax on cigarettes for education
In Columbus the Ohio Senate discussed a three cent per pack cigarette tax increase to ten cents to fund education, with Sen. John H. Weeks citing revenue estimates of about 66 million over two years. The proposal lacks administration backing as actions on related measures continue in both chambers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
John H. Weeks
Charles F. Kurfess
Perrysburg
Weeks
Weekend Valley forecast for mild sunny days
The forecast shows fair mild conditions for the Valley area tonight and Saturday with lows around 50 to 55 degrees. Saturday will reach the upper 70s under sunny skies, while Sunday should be sunny and in the 80s. Yesterday’s high reached 71 and this morning’s low was 43 degrees.
30 000 Idled By GM Strike
AP reports that GM strikes across Van Nuys Kansas City Baltimore Atlanta North Tarrytown and Janesville idled 50 777 employees after merger driven job cuts and work quota pressures. UAW set Monday deadline for local contracts amid plant actions and Fisher Body and Chevrolet plants in St. Louis joined earlier.
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Detroit
General Motors
van Nuys
Calif
Kansas City
Baltimore
Atlanta
North Tarrytown
N.Y
Janesville
Wis
Labour split fears rise over Wilson leadership challenge
British political sources say internal Labour dissidents plan to replace Prime Minister Harold Wilson with a single candidate. Rebels discuss a no confidence vote as critics widen beyond left wings and center factions, spotlightting Callaghan Healey and Jenkins as possible successors amid anti strike bills and union pushback.
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London
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Wilson
House of Commons
Commons
Von Papen Dies At 89 In Germany
Former Chancellor Franz von Papen, who helped pave Hitler’s rise and later was acquitted at Nuremberg, died in Obersaasbach at age 89, his son said. The report notes he was 89.
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Obersasbach
Germany
Franz von Papen
Hitler
Nuernberg
Nixon Has Best Seat At Derby
President Nixon will watch the Kentucky Derby from a private box of Gov. Louie B. Nunn at Churchill Downs. Churchill Downs provides a special program bound in leather and a room for the President and party near the fourth floor press box with betting windows, carpeting, tables, chairs, and washrooms.
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Louisville
Nixon
Louie B. Nunn
Churchill Downs
Four Year Old Girl Found Strangled in Toledo Garage
Tracy Simpson, 4, reported missing at 7 10 p m in Toledo Ohio was found three hours later dead in a neighborhood garage with a red dress wrapped around her neck and in her mouth. The coroner said she was strangled but not sexually molested. A passerby discovered the fully clothed body near a broken tricycle. Her parents had alerted police and TV outlets aired appeals at dusk. Autopsy planned.
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Toledo, Ohio
Tracy Simpson
Russell Simpson
Singer Ella Logan Dies at 56 in California
Ella Logan, the 4 foot 11 inch Scottish singer famous from Europe to Broadway, died of cancer at 56 in Peninsula Hospital California. Her career included Finian’s Rainbow and many musical roles, with USO tours in World War II and a 1968 St Patrick's Day TV special. Burial planned at Holy Cross Cemetery Los Angeles.
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San Mateo
Calif
Ella Logan
Europe
America
Miss Logan
Finian
Peninsula Hospital
Philip Quinn
Belmont
Paisley
Scotland
Edward VIII
Prince of Wales
London
Ing All Stars
Fred Finklehoffe
North Africa
Rainbow
New York
Quinn
Holy Cross Cemetery
Los Angeles
Denver youth bridge noise gap with symphony clash
Walter Light used a baseball bat and garbage can to smash bottles during Lukas Foss Phorion at the Denver Symphony, triggering a high energy student ovation. 7300 high schoolers directed orchestra sections by hand while Ed Emshwiller films played on the ceiling.
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Denver
Denver Symphony
Walter Light
Light
Harold Farberman
Bach
Phorion
Lukas Foss
Buffalo Philharmonic
Symphony
Canal Implosion
Don Lewis
Ed Emshwiller
UN Observers Under Fire In Suez Tense Standoff
Egypt and Israel trade claims as they seek to limit danger to U N observers along the Suez Canal. Nasser says Egyptian forces destroyed 60 percent of Israeli fortifications east of the waterway. He accuses Israel of a failed raid and asserts Arab insistence on keeping occupied lands, including Jerusalem.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Israel
U Thant
U.N
Suez Canal
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cairo
Nasser
Ford recalls 94,900 vehicles over door latches and cables
Ford Motor Co reports a recall of about 88,700 1969 Econoline vans and F100 to F750 trucks for inspection of possible defective door latches and accelerator cables. An additional 252 1969 F600 and F6000 trucks are sought to locate up to 21 units with potential front wheel bearing issues. Also 6,886 1969 Ford cars with 302 to 390 engines from Wayne plant are requested back to replace accelerator cables due to improper wire cores that may bind in cold weather.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Wayne Assembly
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