Evacuation of U S aid families from Laos begins
A chartered Laotian jetliner carried eighteen women and sixty one children out of Vientiane as Washington agreed to withdraw most U S aid personnel and dismantle the 24 year old program. The exodus follows weeks of upheaval as Pathet Lao forces seal the capital and strike airline workers delaying the operation.
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Vientiane
Laos
Washington
U.S
Bangkok
Pathet Lao
Phoumi Vongvichit
U.S. Agency For International Development
USAID
Ferguson Act Faces Final Vote On Public Bargaining
In Columbus Senate Democrats approved a bill to repeal the Ferguson Act and allow limited collective bargaining and strikes by public employees. If House passage and governor approval occur, a five member State Employment Relations Board would mediate wage disputes and unions may form or join. policemen firemen and other workers could strike as a last resort with court order within 48 hours, provided no clear public safety danger exists. Republicans opposed the measure citing campaign finance provisions and overall labor orientation.
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Columbus
Senate Democrats
House
Gov
Rhodes
Weather Outlook Cloudy With Mild Temps Across Days
Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with a low tonight around the low readings and highs in the lower nineties. Chance of precipitation estimated at twenty percent tonight and tomorrow as winds stay variable and light.
Miami man swims 165 mile Gulfstream record bid
Ben Huggard, a 35 year old Freeport, New York police officer, began a 165 mile skinny dip swim from the Florida Keys to Freeport Grand Bahama Island. He planned to reach Bimini by evening aiming to beat Walter Poenisch's 1972 record of 91 miles.
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Ben’ Huggard
Florida Keys
Freeport
Bahamas
Miami
UPI
John Denver
Ben Huggard
Huggard
Granda Island
N.Y
N. Y
Bimini
Dick Boullianne
Grand Bahamas Island
Baseball great Lefty Grove dies in Norwalk
Lefty Grove, one of baseballs greatest left handers, died in Norwalk after a heart attack. A native of Baltimore, he pitched for the Athletics and Red Sox with a 300–140 record and led the league in wins, winning percentage, strikeouts, and ERA at various times. He retired to Maryland and later moved to Norwalk fourteen years ago, frequenting Schilds IGA Foodliner. Page four.
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Norwalk
Robert Moses
Lefty) Grove
Grove
Lanaconing
Robert Grove
Philadelphia Athletics
Boston Red Sox
Giants
Babe Ruth
Rogerson Gon
Vicsay Corbesee Dinneny
Foxx
Shortons
Greve
Victa
Wes
Maryland
Schild
IGA
Milan” Ave
Oberlin sponsors await arrival of Viet family of nine
Oberlin hosts prepare to welcome a Vietnamese refugee family of nine led by a widower, his daughter and two grandchildren. The nine will live with sponsors Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Kirtz at 89 Parkwood Lane. Lam Trong Duong, Oberlin College student and former AFS participant, has helped arrange sponsorship. Part of the group is in Wake Island awaiting transfer. rest are at Ft. Chaffee Arkansas. The Kirts plan to integrate the family into their home and seek education and employment for the adults.
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Oberlin
Douglas Kirtz
Parkwood Lane
Kirtz
Oberlin College
Lam Trong Duong
Duong
U. S
Vietnam
American Field Service
AFS
Oberlin High School
Wake Island
Pacific
U.S
Ft. Chaffee
Ark
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Sea World
Aurora
Phins
Shama
C-T
John Kenney
Henry A. Kissinger
Agency For International Development
Royal Air Lao
Indochina
Savannakhet
Thailand
Christian Chapman
Souvanna Phouma
New York
Ferguson
Sen. Thomas
A. van Meter
Mergabing
Wallames
Fete
Slits
Celebrezze
Ohio
Hop
Bulletin
Marathon
Walter Poenisch
Florida Straits
Ben
Wally Butler
Fintales
Butler
Haggard
Lefty Grove
George Verban
Ruth
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