Marines Brought Home For Delayed Funeral
On Arlington hillside five WWII Marines buried in Guadalcanal graves were finally identified and brought home for burial. The five were Pfc David Johns Pfc Eugene Johnston Cpl John Suggs Pvt Paul Gagnon Pfc Godfrey Woo Jr of Company E 2nd Battalion 7th Marines. Remains were found after a 1970 discovery and later identifications followed a long search prompted by a 1946 plea by Mollie Johnston.
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Robert A. Dobkin Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Guadalcanal
Mollie Johnston
Littleton
N.C
Johnston
Pacific
Battlefeld
Pfc
David W. Johns
Johnstown
Eugene Johnston
John F. Suggs
Richlands
Paul E. Gagnon
Augusta
Maine
Godfrey Woo Jr
Winston-Salem
7Th Marines
1St Marine Divison
Matanikau River
Point Cruz
Marine Corps
Johnson
Heck's Store To Build Department Store In Portsmouth West End
Heck's Inc plans a 43 650 square foot department store on Market Street Portsmouth area. Fred Haddad of the Charleston based firm leads the project with a 450 000 construction cost and 30 day start. Citizens Enterprises will lease the building under a 20 year term.
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Portsmouth
Heck’s Inc
Fred Haddad
Charleston
Market St
Fourth
Fifth Sts
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Heck
Citizens Enterprises, Inc
Citizens Savings & Loan
Heck’s
Citizens Enterprises
Tanglewood
CHID
Heck's
J. Fleet Greene
Coopera
Atlantic Department Stores
Atlantic
Donald L. Moses
Wheelersburg
Social Security Increase Tied To Debt Ceiling Bill
Senate Democrat plans attach a 20 percent Social Security increase to a debt ceiling bill as House passage nears. Sen. Church says the amendment is ready, while President Nixon opposes the move. The House approved the debt limit to 450 billion dollars with timing tied to tax reform debates. Church says the funding changes have SSA clearance and would raise the wage base and payroll tax rate.
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Washington
Nixon
Frank Church
Idaho
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Church
Ziegler
Sen. Wal
Lace F. Bennett
Utah
Finance Committee
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Sen. Church
Social Security Administration
Kinney Spring Reopening Awaited After Contamination
Portsmouth residents await Kinney Spring reopening after the Health Department closed it March 2. Routine tests found dangerous bacteria. surface water leaking into the storage tank caused contamination. City promises corrective action to fix the condition.
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Portsmouth
Kinney Spring
Portsmouth Health Department
Cabins Ready at Portsmouth State Park for July Fourth Weekend
Twenty five deluxe housekeeping cabins at Portsmouth State Park are complete and ready for occupancy after 4 p.m. Saturday for the upcoming holiday. Reservations for the rest of the year are open, with weekly slots preferred until Labor Day. Contact the cabin reservations office at the park.
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Portsmouth State Park
Nixon Pledges 10,000 Troop Pullout From Vietnam
President Nixon announced a two month phased withdrawal of 10,000 U S troops from South Vietnam and said draftees will be sent only if they volunteer in the future, signaling a shift in Vietnam policy.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
South Vietnam
Portsmouth Budget Shows Brighter City Finances
Portsmouth presents the 1973 city budget with general fund spend of 2,068,368, topping revenue estimates by 139,611. City Manager Huxley Kennedy credits a half per cent income tax plus federal aid under the Emergency Manpower Act for the improved outlook. Kennedy says no major cuts or increases, noting ongoing city progress and new businesses.
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Portsmouth
Huxley Kennedy
Kennedy
Jackson Man Among Four Killed in Route 35 Crash
A 36-year-old Jackson County man Paul Dean Gillum was one of four killed in a head on collision on Route 35 east of Chillicothe. Billy Joe Brown age 34 and his wife Judy Brown age 29 plus 6-year-old Suzie Rogers of South Bloomfield died in the car. Betty Brown 7 was hospitalized in critical condition. Funeral services set for Saturday at 1 p.m. Glen Roy Funeral Home Jackson with interment at Coalton. Sperry Funeral Home in charge.
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Jackson
Ohio
Jackson County
Paul Dean Gillum
Chillicothe
Betty
Gillum
Helen
David
Larry
Kathy
Crystal
Sheryl
Lisa
Glen Roy Funeral Home
Don Sheets
Coalton
Sperry Funeral Home
McGovern Supporters Rally Against California Delegation Challenge
McGovern backers press to defeat a California credentials bid as platform writers craft a draft aligned with core McGovern aims. He signals keeping Lawrence F. O'Brien as party chair and seeks southern ballot momentum while credentials decisions challenge California.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Washington
George McGovern
California
McGovern
Democratic Party
Beach
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Platform
Wallace
South
Arkansas
Lawrence F. O'Brien
South Carolina
Florida
Hubert H. Humphrey
Parke Marshall
New Offices To Be Built Near Hospital
Scioto Memorial Hospital trustees sign contracts to add four professional suites near the medical center. Construction starts immediately with completion set for Oct 1. Bids total 136 367 from four contractors. J L Cunningham Construction Co is general, Martin Plumbing Co handles plumbing, West End Electric handles electrical, and Standard Heating & Air Conditioning handles HVAC.
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Board of Trustees
Scioto Memorial Hospital
Associated Architects
William E. Dachler
David E. Livingston
Larence A. Fried
Doyle E. Campbell
Medical Center
Campbell
J. L. Cunningham Construction Co
Martin Plumbing Co
West End Electric Co
Holiday Traffic Deaths Predicted by National Safety Council
The NSC estimates 800 to 900 people may die in traffic accidents during the four day Fourth of July holiday from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Tuesday. The forecast includes an extra six hours on Friday for travelers leaving work.
Grant Backed for Lake Erie Island Airport Feasibility
The Transportation Department approved an $853000 grant to study the feasibility of an island airport in Lake Erie three miles from Cleveland. The grant would cover two thirds of the first phase of the master plan study, the largest under the 1970 airport development act.
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Washington
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Transportation Department
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Wfe
G.E. Hunter
U.S.M.C
CMR
West End
Viet
Shawnee Boat Club
U.S. Grant Bridge
Ohio River
Billy Graham
Sweet Talk Delegatios
Miami
Inside the Times
Logic Women's
Miami Beach
Rocky Pomerance
Pomerance
India
Pakistan
Simla
Indira Gandhi
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Bangladesh
Bhutto
Kashmir
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