New Superintendent Named For Elyria Schools
A 35 year old educator Dr George B Smittle has been chosen as Elyria schools superintendent. He has led the Mad River Townsmp School System near Dayton since 1963 and will sign a three year contract at $20 000 per year. He succeeds Dr Franklin J Gottfried who resigned to take a Chicago area post. The board received about 40 applicants and Smittle emerged as the pick after a rapid rise in education careers and multiple degrees from Edinboro Kent State and Ohio State.
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Puerto Rico
Pork Chop Hill
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Ohio
Lebanon
Center For Educational Administration
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Montgomery County Schools
Chillicothe City
Johnson declares U S commitment in Viet Nam to be full war
President Johnson frames Vietnam as a real war and orders 50 000 more combat troops to South Vietnam bringing total to 123 000 and raises monthly craft call to 35 000 while weighing reserve activation. He cites seriousness and will meet governors in Washington to brief them on the crisis.
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UPI
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Viet Nam
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South Viet Nam
U. S
Minneapolis
Weather and Vietnam War Moves Highlight Day
Weather remains cool with a high around 78 and continued mild nights through Monday as showers are forecast. In a separate briefing, President Johnson unveiled a global push to shift Viet Nam talks to a conference table with Hanoi while pledging to press the war and weighing alternatives on manpower and emergency measures.
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New YW Elyria Director Miss Grayson to Take Charge
Miss Margaret Grayson named executive director of the Elyria YWCA, taking over Aug. 25. She comes from Mobile Alabama where she led the YWCA, with prior roles in Dayton Flint and Lake Erie College training. Grayson holds BS and MA degrees and joins groups including Zonta and NAUW. She plans to relocate to Elyria by late August.
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Elyra Ywca
Paul Moos
Miss Grayson
John J Bratton
C. Russell Huston
Elyria
Mobile
Ala
YWCA
Dayton
Flint
Mich
Lake Erie College
Painesville
Columbia University
New York City
Zonta International
American Association of University Women
National Federation of Business and Profession Women's Clubs
Three Republicans Break With Party on Taft-Hartley Repeal
In Washington the House approved repeal of the Taft Hartley Act right to work clause by 221 to 203. Three Ohio Republicans Ayres of Akron Mosher of Oberlin and Stanton of Painesville voted for the measure while Frank Bow of Canton abstained. Democratic Ohio delegation members joined the party line.
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UPI
House
Ohio
William Ayres
Akron
Charles Mosher
Oberlin
William Stanton
Painesville
Frank Bow
Canton
Medicare becomes law as Johnson signs historic measure
President Johnson signed the $65 billion Medicare bill, with the Senate approving 70 to 24. If enacted by Friday or Saturday, Social Security beneficiaries may see early eligibility changes and a seven percent retroactive increase in September checks, while payroll deductions rise in January to fund the program.
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Washington
UPI
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White youth fatally shot near Sumter County courthouse
A 19-year-old white youth, Andy Whatley, was fatally wounded by shots from a speeding car as racial demonstrators camped near the Sumter County Courthouse in Americus. Police chased and arrested the driver, a Negro. two other Negroes fled. Whatley was treated at the scene then sent by ambulance to Albany hospital.
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UPI
Sumter County
Andy Whatley
R. A. Callins
Albany, Ga
U.S. Forces Launch Large Viet Nam Ground Sweep West of Saigon
A force of 4000 U.S. paratroopers lands in Viet Nam as 46 bombers strike a Com mast missile site 40 miles northwest of Hanoi and a major ground offensive unfolds 50 miles from Saigon. The 101st Airborne arrives at Cam Ranh Bay to aid defense tasks while B 29s from Okinawa support air and ground actions.
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UPID
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Maxwell D. Taylor
101St
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Two Governors Vote Against Johnson Viet War Pledge
Minnesota report notes Michigan Governor George Romney and Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield, both high prospect Republicans, voting against a Johnson support declaration at the Governors Conference while Johnson deepens Vietnam involvement. Their stance marks a split among leaders on the war policy during the meeting.
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Minneapolis. Minn
UPL
Johnson
George Romney
Michigan
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Ohio seeks Woods return in nursing home fraud case
Extradition proceedings started to bring fugitive Eu gene Howard Woods from New Orleans to Ohio to face larceny by trick charges. FBI agents arrested Woods Wednesday at The Cotton Club in Metairie where he had operated a nursing home venture for nine months.
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UPI
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Metaire
King halts tour to plan SCLC convention
Dr. Martin Luther King returns to Atlanta for a three day rest as he plans for the SCLC convention in Birmingham next month. He spoke in Cleveland urging that African Americans must be more responsible and productive.
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UPI
Martin Luther King
Atlanta
King
Chicago
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Birmingham
Ala
Cleveland Arena
Quintuplets Born in Sweden Two Die
In Falun Sweden four women previously treated for infertility bore quintuplets. Two of the newborns died shortly after birth. A separate Auckland New Zealand quintuplet birth occurred three days earlier to Shirley Ann Lawson, with the babies thriving.
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Falun
Sweden
UPI
Shirley Ann Lawson
Auckland
Lawson
Amherst weighs delay on Rt 254 project funding
Amherst faces a $19,387 bill for relocating two waterlines as the state highway department seeks a $55 million bond financed delay of Route 254 between Routes 57 and 58. City officials plan action pending legal opinion from Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. The delay hinges on state approvals and reassessment of city obligations.
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Engi
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North Ridge Roads
Visitors from many nations visit Lorain County
A brief Lorain County stop challenges preconceived ideas about the United States through grass roots inspection. The piece notes a Pittsfield Indiana tornado recovery story and weighs anti poverty programs in a Don Miller series. A Mosher district poll shows majority support for Vietnam action.
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Pittsfield
Indiana
Selec
Don Miller
U.S
Charles A. Mosher
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