Suspect in Slaying of Sheriff Surrenders in Ohio
Oliver Mills, 59, bearded and weary, surrendered peacefully after a weeklong manhunt in the shotgun slaying of Vinton County Sheriff Harold Steele eight miles north of McArthur. Mills is jailed in Logan on a first degree murder charge as a special grand jury is expected. Deputy Dave Wilbur was wounded. Authorities used dogs, helicopters, planes, and up to 250 officers in the pursuit.
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Oliver Mills
Vinton County
Harold Steele
Mills
Hocking
Logan
Steele
McArthur
Dave Wilbur
Ohio Highway Patrol
Shelly Estep
Scioto Conty
Estep
Highway Patrol
Clarence Waldron
Waldron
UN Demands Israel Withdraw From Lebanon After Raid
The U N Security Council votes 14 to 0 with the U S abstaining demanding Israel’s complete and immediate pullout from Lebanon after a 40 hour raid. Lebanon and Israel report conflicting claims with attacks continuing and injuries cited amid regional tension.
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U.N. Security Council
Lebanon
Israel
United States
Crowded Ohio State Fair heads into final weekend
Columbus Ohio AP crowds surge as Ohio State Fair nears closing Monday with expected attendance of over two million. Bob Hope and Johnny Cash headline the big grandstand shows while Gov Rhodes honors the Cash family as the Royal Family of the 1970 Ohio State Fair. A Canal Winchester teen debuts a remote controlled tractor model in Lausche Building exhibits.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bob Hope
Johnny Cash
Cash
James A. Rhodes
Johnny
June Carter
Carter Cash
Jerry Kal
Tenbach
Terry Carter
Canal Winchester
Lausche
Mdel
Cather
Parks Not Getting Their Fair Share In Middletown
Planning director states city parks lack funding as reason for not receiving development investment. The note appears among a list of page references and sections in the Middletown newspaper’s table of contents.
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Middletown
B52 Strikes Deep In Mekong Delta Forest
U S air forces divert part of B52 fleet to hit Viet Cong lairs in the U Minh Forest 145 miles southwest of Saigon as part of a two month old campaign against North Vietnamese operations in Laos. Ground fighting remains light with a Viet Cong assault on a civil defense center in Binh Dinh.
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Yahya Mahmassani
Security Council
Davidson S.H.W. Nicol
Sierra Leone
Lebanon
Beirut
Golan Heights
Syria
Mt. Hermon
Saigon
Strategic Air Command
Mekong Delta
Delta
U Minh Forest
Laos
Ho Chi Minh
Binh Dinh
Dinner at White House Labor Chiefs Bite Hand
Labor leaders accused Nixon of harming workers during Labor Day while planning to dine at the White House. Nixon faced a looming nationwide railroad strike threat after the festivities. Hodgson summoned AFL-CIO union presidents to avert a 650,000 rail workers strike. Meany praised the dinner as a smart political move, while others called it a gimmick. Beirne and Smith planned to attend.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
James D. Hodgson
Afl-Cio
George Meany
America
Labor Federation
J. W. Abel
United Steelworkers Union
Abel
Joseph A. Beirne
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Floyd Smith
Aflcio International Association of Machinists
Smith
Beirne
Signs of Strain Between Nixon and Agnew Emerge
President Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew show signs of strain though Agnew remains loyal and focused on duties. He has a distinct staff and limited personal contact with Nixon who recently recalled him from Hawaii a day early to attend a National Security Council meeting. Agnew objected to plans to brief former presidents Truman and Johnson, insisting on constraints after Nixon assigned him the Texas trip briefing.
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Washington
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
White House
Hawaii
San Clemente
Calif
John Burns
Air Force Two
National Security Council
Middle East
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Independence
Harry S. Truman
GE Loses $50 Million Satellite Job
Washington AP reports NASA reversed its April award of a $50 million contract for two experimental communications satellites from General Electric to Fairchild Hiller Corp after a top level review found Fairchild superior in organization and management. The decision was supported by Comptroller General Staats and followed protests by Fairchild Hiller. NASA’s Thomas Paine, slated to retire Sept 15, will become GE’s power generation head.
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Washington
Space Agency
General Electric Co
Fairchild Hiller Corp
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Fairchild
Fairchild Hiller
Elmer B. Staats
General Accounting Office
NASA
Thomas C. Paine
Paine
Janary
Labor Day Showers Possible in Miami Valley Weather
Forecasters warn showers could disrupt Labor Day plans in the Miami Valley with a chance of dry skies if storms hold off. Temperatures may reach close to 90 today and Monday as a low around 69 tonight.
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Miami Valley
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