Balloonists recall WWI aerial role in Dayton reunion
In Oxford and Dayton, retired US Army balloonists Kenneth Havens and Pete Simler recount WWI histories at a reunion expected to draw about 160 veterans. They describe 125 foot observation balloons guiding shells and escorting convoys, noting wartime risks and the era's wages.
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Simler
Havens
Oxford
Dayton
Europe
Edgehill Drive
Kenneth R. Havens
Pete Simler
Venice
Fla
Ferndale
Mich
Glen R. Johnson
Wright
Patterson Air Force Base
Sheraton-Dayton
Cpt
Nixon Studies Hanoi Move on POW Release
The White House said President Nixon was pleased by North Vietnam’s pledge to release three prisoners of war a move described as not yet complete. Ziegler said the aim remains a full accounting of MIAs and all POWs. Nixon met Kissinger to discuss Hanoi’s step and planned a San Francisco trip to inspect the Golden Gate NRA and meet environmental officials.
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San Clemente
Calif
White House
Nixon
North Vietnam
Ronald L. Ziegler
Indochina
Hanoi
Henry Kissinger
San Francisco
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Citizens’ Advisory Committee On Environmental Quality
Kakeui Tanaka
Hawaii
Canton Man Wins Olympic 800 Meters Gold in Munich
David Wattle, 22, from Canton and a Bowling Green State University athlete, wins Olympic 800 meters in 1:45.86. The Lincoln High School alumnus and BGU history major beat Evgeny Azhanov of Russia after a late lunge. Wattle becomes the first BGSU athlete on the Olympic team and the third Canton native to win gold. He is married to Jan Pressier of Medina.
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David Wattle
Bowling Green State University
Geny Azhanov
Russia
Wottle
Canton Lincoln High School
BGU
United States Track and Field Federation
Jim Ryan
Eugene
Ore
Ryan
Wattle
Canton
Bowling Green
Jan Pressier
Medina
Ohio State Fair attendance nears 2.5 million total
The Columbus Ohio fair heads toward closing Labor Day with crowds likely to push yearly attendance past last year. A Friday crowd of 158,484 raised the 1972 total to 1,598,363 as nine days passed. Saturday and Sunday events include Bob Hope with Jody Miller and Dave Merrifield shows, plus Civil Air Patrol demonstrations and Buckeye Mounted Deputies. The final day will run until closing time with concerts, horse races, and the Miss Ohio State Fair Pageant.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bob Hope
Jody Miller
Dave Merrifield
Veteran's
Buckeye State Mounted Deputy
Civil Air Patrol
Buckeye Mounted
Grandstand
Rhodes Center
Antiwar Activists To Escort POWs In Paris
Two U S antiwar activists David Dellinger and Cora Weiss announced in Paris they will escort home three U S airmen released from North Vietnamese camps within weeks. The prisoners identified include Navy Lieutenants Gartley and Charles and Air Force Major Elias. They cited past interference in prisoner releases and accused U S policy of hampering returns. North Vietnamese figures show 383 prisoners held since 1964 with 53 percent known or missing. released pilots have sometimes faced government pressure and counterproductive outcomes.
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Paris
U.S
David Dellinger
Cora Weiss
New York
Committee of
North Vietnam
Nad
Navy
Markham Ligon Gartley
Dunedin
Fla
Norris Alphonso Charles
San Diego
Calif
Edward Knight Elias
Valdosta
Gartley
Charlies
Elias
Dellinger
Weiss
Indochina
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Weather Outlook for Southwestern Ohio Labor Day
A cloudy cooler day brings showers across Southwestern Ohio today and tonight with highs in the lower 70s and overnight lows in the 50s. Labor Day remains partly cloudy with highs in the low 70s.
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Ohio
Labor Day
A Glance Inside Downtown Digging Sparks Memories
The Miami Erie canal helped Middletown grow and a Verity Parkway dig stirred memories for historians Crout and Vorhis. The Scope page notes changes at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis with Midsummer Night Dream and a reworked Boy Scout handbook recommending daily baths.
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Middletown
Verity Parkway
George Crout
Wilfred Vorhis
Minneapolis
Tyrone Gutherie
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Pete Chappars
Journal
Verdun
Ziegler
Washington
Qhioan
Munich
Cleveland
U. S
Har Dhed
Mrs. Weiss
Air Force
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