Rinks Plans New Store In Local Mall
Rinks Bargain City unveiled plans to build a 90 000 square foot department store in Wheelersburg Shopping Mall with over 50 departments. The Toledo based Gray Drug Co division expects 700 parking spaces and 150 plus employees. Construction by J J Blazer Construction Co begins immediately for a next summer opening. location between old and new Route 52 near Center St interchange.
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Rinks Bargain City
Wheelersburg
Rinks
Gray Drug Co
Toledo
J. J. Blazer Construction Co
Old
New Route 52
Center St
Jack Blazer
70 Acre Shopping Center Planned in Portsmouth Area
Blazer plans a 70 acre complex with 18 to 20 stores and a bank, food store, laundry, and other facilities to create a one stop shopping center. Gene Imbrogno is leasing agent and Robert E. Dever handles legal affairs. Entrance from old Route 52. Kroger and Heck's recently opened nearby boosting local economy.
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Blazer
Gene Imbrogno
Montgomery
W. Va
Robert E. Dever
Binks
Portsmouth
Kroger
Eighth and Gay Sts
Heck’s
Market St
Paris Talks Off Till Wednesday
AP reports the Kissinger Tho talks were canceled today in Paris with plans to resume Wednesday. Washington notes push toward a cease fire, while South Vietnam demands withdrawal of North Vietnamese troops and a noncoalition National Council for Reconciliation.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
U.S
Nixon
Hanoi
Nguyen Thi Binh
Kissinger
Pham Dang Lam
South Vietnam
National Council For Reconciliation and Concord
Saigon
United States
Ohio Valley Weather Forecast with Rain and Snow Flurries
Light rain tonight and colder with snow flurries Wednesday. Lows hold in the 40s and highs in the 50s, then fall later. Temperature report shows 11 am reading 50, today’s low 48, yesterday’s high 60, a year ago max 61 min 32. Rainfall totals 0.17 inch.
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Ohio Valley
Honduras army coup returns Gen Lopez Arellano to presidency
In Honduras the army coup ended with Gen Oswaldo Lopez Arellano reinstating the presidency amid a quiet scene with no major violence. Cruz was placed under house arrest as Lopez, 51, resumes leadership after a six year term and a prior ouster in 1963. Rumors had circulated for months and supporters blame a failing two party system for chaos. Separately in Washington, Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird announced the next fiscal year Pentagon budget would exceed 80 billion dollars, up from about 76 billion, as he prepared to attend NATO meetings in Brussels.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Oswaldo Lopez Arellano
Lopez
Ramon Ernesto Cruz
Cruz
United States
Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
North
Court-ordered UMW election sees affidavits filed against Boyle worker
In Charleston, affidavits were filed with the Labor Department alleging abusive actions by a Boyle worker in Oak Hill during the fifth day of the court ordered United Mine Workers election. David McAteer of Miners for Democracy says the filings target the Boyle employee. Washington sources note the federal government lists 600 toys banned since 1970, available free from the FDA.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Davidt McAteer
Office of Miners For Democracy
NFD
Arnold Miller
Department of Labor
W. A
Tony) Boyle
Oak Hill
Boyle
Washington
the Food and Drug Administration
Washington, D. C
Ray seeks hearing to withdraw MLK plea in federal court
Attorneys for James Earl Ray filed a petition in federal court asking for a hearing to withdraw his guilty plea in the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The move alleges the plea may have been the result of duress and coercion, with a request to be retried in Memphis. Ray is serving a 99 year term.
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Nashville, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Bernard Fensterwald
Memphis
High Court To Rule On Tuition Fees
The Supreme Court agreed to review whether Connecticut residents who set up permanent residence can be charged higher out-of-state tuition for the full length of study. The case could impact the $200 million to $400 million states collect annually in nonresident tuition. The court also agreed to hear cases on federal food stamps for commune residents and on gender based newspaper job ads.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Connecticut
Free Adult Health Clinic Established in Scioto County
The Scioto County CAO and Scioto County Medical Society open a free adult clinic for low income residents. Registration is 8 to 10 am with physician care from 9 to noon on Wednesdays at Madonna Hall, Mercy Hospital. Dr. Chester Allen volunteers, aided by CAO staff under Dorothy Flanagan. Funding comes from federal grants. expansion possible if needed.
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Scioto County
CAO
Apollo 17 astronauts prepare for first night lunar launch
Apollo 17 crew Cernan Evans and Schmitt cram into training craft for the 9 53 p m EST liftoff, the first night launch of humans to the moon. Weather looks favorable with 8 to 12 mph southerly winds and temperatures in the 60s.
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Harry Rosenthal
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Apollo 17
America
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison M. Schmitt
Ues
Space Agency
Florida
Evans
Cernan
Schmitt
Taurus-Littrow
Earth
California
Harsha Receives Inaugural World Safety Cup in London
Rep. William H. Harsha of Portsmouth received the first International Road Safety Award in London at a Parliamentary dinner attended by 28 U S Congress members and British MPs. The award, sponsored by Traffic Engineering and Control Magazine, honored his highway safety advocacy and called for global improvements amid rising auto fatalities.
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William H. Harsha
Portsmouth
London
England
Harsha
John Peyton
Royal Auto Club
Great Britain
Traffic Engineering and Control Magazine
Eliminate Illegal Recipients Threatens Welfare Funds
The government says states must weed out ineligible and overpaid welfare recipients or face withholding up to 689 million dollars in federal matching funds next year. HEW will start cuts in January based on state spot checks, aiming to remove about 700 thousand illegal AFDC recipients and 150 thousand ineligible aged blind and disabled recipients.
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John Stowell
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
AFDC
Nebraska
North Dakota
California
New York
John D. Twiname
HEWA
Social and Rehabilitation Service
Portsmouth Woman 11th Auto Fatality Of Year
Mary Jayne Shields 30 of 5535 Cherry St Sciotoville died at Mercy Hospital after a one car crash on Walnut Street. Police report the single vehicle crossed lanes and struck a porch. She leaves parents Roscoe and Mae Shields and brother David. Services set for Thursday at Don Wolfe Funeral Home.
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Portsmouth
Mary Jayne Shields
Cherry St
Sciotoville
Shields
Mercy Hospital
Walnut St
Walnut
Walnut Cs
Scioto County
New Boston
Roscoe and
Mae Wright Shields
David
Thomas Ave
First United Methodist Church
Seventh and Gay Sts
Don Wolfe
D. B. Wilfong
Memorial Burial Park
Kinney Spring Closure Brews Frustration in Portsmouth
Portsmouth residents still await Kinney Spring reopening after March 2 closure by the Portsmouth Health Department following routine tests revealing dangerous bacteria levels.
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Portsmouth
Kinney Spring
Portsmouth Health Department
Fire Base Ngo Trang repulses attack near Kontum
South Vietnamese troops repelled a ground assault on Ngo Trang base seven miles northwest of Kontum as 65 enemy dead and 16 weapons were reported. Four government troops died and 15 were wounded. A second outpost north of Kontum showed 35 defenders missing.
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Dennis Neeld
Saigon
Kontum
Central Highlands
Ngo Trang
U.S. Command
Quang Tri Province
Demilitarized Zone
Dong Hoi
Dmz
U.S
North Vietnam
Barthelemy Pass
Man Dies After Car Jack Slip in Sciotoville
Sciotoville resident John Fraley Jr. 40 dies from head and chest injuries after a car jack slipped while he worked. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital at 5:45 p.m. Survived by wife Betty Haney Fraley and children Nancy Ann, Rodney Jay, and Brian Lee. Funeral set for Thursday at Antioch Church Lyra with burial at Vernon Cemetery.
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Sciotodale
Mercy Hospital
John Fraley Jr
Preston St
Fraley
Scioto County
Empire-Detroit Steel Corp
Betty Haney Fraley
Nancy Ann Fraley
Rodney Jay
Brian Lee Fraley
John W. Fraley
Wilson St
Antioch Church
Lyra
James Smith
Ray Lute
Roy Hiles
Vernon Cemetery
Davis, Davis & Gill Funeral
Sciotoville
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