Williams Named Lawrence County Public Defender
Lawrence County commissioners in a 2 to 1 vote chose attorney Donald E. Williams 43 as the county's first public defender. The selection followed a three way deadlock and cites Williams’ trial experience and teaching roles. His salary is 6800 dollars annually.
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Donald E. Williams
Lawrence County
Houk
Dlugokowski
Williams
Public Defender
Enon Valley
Marine Corps
Pacific
Muskingum College
New Concord
Ohio
FBI
New London
Third Fire Victim Identified In Fountain Inn Hotel Disaster
The third victim of the Fountain Inn Hotel fire, 55 year old William H. Jaynes of 41 Central Square Youngstown, died from asphyxiation and burns. His body was found beneath his former fourth floor room by a demolition crew. An inquest is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. in county courthouse courtroom 1. Jaynes, born July 30 1913 in Newark Ohio, was married to Betty Oliphant and worked at the Castle Restaurant in Youngstown. He is survived by a foster brother and two aunts. service and burial are planned in Graceland Cemetery.
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Fountain Inn
William H. Jaynes
Central Square
Youngstown
John A. Meehan Jr
Mr. Jaynes
Eugene Wieszcak
Ralph
Abie) Gates
Newark
Ohio
John
Anna Malony Jaynes
Betty Oliphant
Castle
Johnson Bronze Co
New Castle
Lawrence County
Frank Cangey
Wilmington
Calif
Mary Evans
Clarence
Mabel) Forbes
Anna Malony Jaynes Stevens
Caskey-Killdoo
Madison Ave
George Dawson
Madison Avenue
Soviet push and regional fighting press Middle East peace
The report notes new peace moves in the Middle East while Israeli Air Force attacks continue on guerrilla positions in Jordan. Pope Paul VI suggests great power intervention may be needed to halt the violence as the Soviet Union promotes a peace plan and Beirut's cabinet orders the army to defend Lebanon.
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William F. Wright
United Press International
Middle East
Jordan
Pope Paul VI
Soviet Union
Beirut
Surete Generale
National Police
Bustani
Fatah
Paul
Turin
la Stampa
Russia
Britain
Mikhail N. Smirnosky
Michael Stewart
Amman
Gharanda
As-Shuna
Sea of Galilee
United States
Blaiberg Celebrates First Re Birthday After Transplant
CAPE TOWN UPI Dr Philip Blaiberg marks his first re birthday a year after receiving a heart from Clive Haupt in a transplant by Dr Christiaan Barnard. He plans a Sea Point swim sunbath and dinner with friends before a Salt River memorial service. He notes he may live another year on borrowed time.
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Cape Town
UPI
Phil
Chris
Philip Blaiberg
Blaiberg
Christiaan Barnard
Clive Haupt
Seapoint
Salt River
Haupt
Barnard
Louis Washkansky
Winter Storms Grip Nation From Coast to Coast
Blizzards and extreme cold sweep the nation with heavy snow from the Great Lakes to New York and the Northwest. Interstate closures, travel warnings, and subfreezing records mark the nationwide cold spell with a fatality reported in Wisconsin after a vehicle skidded into a canal.
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United Press International
Great Lakes
New York
Pennsylvania
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Texas
Ohio
Lake Erie
Oregon
Portland
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Gulf
Atlantic Coast
Classes resume at Youngstown after school shutdown
Youngstown Ohio reopens public schools for 28 020 students for the first time since November 27 when funding ran out. The board seeks to borrow against spring real estate taxes to meet payroll with eight percent of December salaries paid now and the rest by year end. Voters have rejected six tax levies in two years and no new levy date is set though February votes are possible.
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Youngstown, Ohio
UPI
Youngstown
Board of Education
Lake Erie Weather: Gale Warnings Replaced by Small Craft
Westerly winds 20 to 30 knots today fall to 15 to 29 knots later. Tonight winds become variable 5 to 15 knots. Snow flurries today and partly cloudy tonight.
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Lake Erie
City approves budget with two potential new taxes
City council adopted a 2.446 million dollar budget with a property tax increase and two proposed taxes. The plan raises property tax three quarters of a mill to fund library expenses and considers mercantile and garbage levies contingent on state action next week. One councilor opposed both the budget and the taxes, citing insufficient study time.
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Carl A. Cialella
Thomas C. Watert
Library Board
Watert
Council
Wajert
Boro prepares to greet Hill at welcome home event
Ellwood City residents plan a parade and program for Seaman Robert W. Hill of the USS Pueblo after his release by North Korea. Mayor Samuel Teolis and chamber leaders chair the effort to welcome him home with a downtown march and ceremony at the municipal building.
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Ellwood City
Robert W. Hill
Samuel Teolis
William Brown
R. J. Schill
Chamber of Commerce
Seaman Hill
Navy
Hijacked Olympic Airliner Diverts to Egypt
An Olympic Airways DC6 with 104 aboard was hijacked after takeoff from Heraklion and forced to fly to Alexandria and then Cairo. The hijacker, Greek miner George Flamerides, fired a shot during pursuit by Greek jets and threatened more violence. Several passengers were Americans, including two teachers and three airmen. The incident marks the second Olympic Airways hijack in three months. the carrier is owned by Aristotle Onassis.
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Olympic Airways
Heraklion
Crete
Athens
Egypt
Alexandria
Cairo
UPI
George Flamerides
U.S
Flamerides
Security Services
Antiregime
Aristotle Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy
Obituary notices list several local residents
The Thursday January 2 1969 edition records deaths including Leora Taylor 61 of 1509 Huron Ave Ralph McQuiston 74 of Wampum Road William H Jaynes 55 of Youngstown Jennie E Douglass 88 of 1268 Mt Jackson Rd Harry A Miller 81 of 803 McGrath Ave Mary Kosco 81 of Ellwood City and Anna B Harris of Pensacola Florida.
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Leora Taylor
Huron Ave
Ralph McQuiston
Wampum
William H. Jaynes
Youngstown
Jennie E. Douglass
Mt. Jackson
Harry A. Miller
McGrath Ave
Mary Kosco
Ellwood City
Anna B. Harris
Pensacola
Fla
Vietnam War Losses Rise Markedly in 1968
UPI reports 14 521 U S servicemen dead and 92 564 wounded in 1968, nearly matching earlier seven years. Since 1961, 30 543 Americans killed and 192 372 wounded, with 1 243 missing or captured. Truces amid holidays saw weekly deaths drop. communications continue for prisoner releases and new negotiating teams ready across South Vietnam.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Spec
James W. Brigham
Ocala
Fla
Thomas N. Jones
Lynnville
Ind
Donald G. Smith
Akron
Colnell
South Vietnam
Screenwriter's Daughter Found Dead After Date
Marina Elizabeth Habe, 17, daughter of screenwriter Hans Habe and actress Eloise Hardt, was found murdered near West Los Angeles after an abduction on Monday. Her date John Hornburg, 22, remains connected to the investigation as detectives review a possible sexual assault and determine time of death.
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Hollywood
UPI
Marina Elizabeth Habe
Los Angeles
Hans Habe
Eloise Hardt
Hornburg
Marina
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William C. Houk
Charles H. Drugokewski
Joseph Solomon
Frank A. Vitril
Gordon C. Post Jr
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Donald Williams
Mideast
Menshiyeh
Jordan River
Beisan
Kiriat Shmona
Israel
Suez Canal
London
Security Council
ARVN
Ca Mau
Chicago
Bristol
Tenn
Minneapolis
Hales Corner
Wis
Windlake
Ban Sea
Africa
Turkey
U A.R
Boro
Hill
Onassis
By John Rigos
News Index
Business World
Seem
Wee Obituary Society
TV Log Comer Rereeeresesesvese
By Jack Walsh
da Nang
Central Highlands
Mekong Delta
South
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