North Vietnam Defends POWs Amid Torture Claims
North Vietnam’s official newspaper rejected POW torture claims as U.S. officials’ tactic to justify failures. The piece, relayed by the North Vietnamese News Agency, accused American authorities of masking crimes by Saigon. In Cincinnati a gas explosion killed a husband and six others, with 17 injured, as debris was searched for missing victims. Ohio Turnpike March revenue rose to 3.29 million dollars, the first time over three million in a single month.
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Saigon
UPI
North Vietnam
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
the People
U.S
Cincinnati
Mary Evans
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Berea
Ohio
Ohio Turnpike
James W. Schocknessy
Ohio Turnpike Commission
United Press International
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Jimmy Carter
McCord Acted Wisely Says Watergate Defense Lawyer
Henry Rothblatt, defense attorney for five Watergate defendants, argues James W. McCord Jr. acted wisely by not pleading guilty and by cooperating in the Dem National Headquarters bugging investigation. He says McCord preserved his rights to appeal and will disclose what he knows before sentencing.
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New York
Russo declines Colorado cowhand offer amid meat price debate
Cleveland Councilman Basil Russo refuses an invitation to work seven days at Jim Sniff's Colorado ranch. He will stay in Cleveland to protest meat prices, which he blames on ranchers and farmers as overpaid. Five other councilmen were invited to judge meat price fairness.
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Cleveland
UPI
Basil Russo
Colorado
Russo
Jim Sniff
Mississippi Flood Forces Evacuations Across Long Reach
The Mississippi River, at its highest level since 1937 in some places, rose Sunday and strained dikes and levees from Dubuque Iowa to New Orleans. Hundreds fled as fears grew that embankments might fail while the NWS warned flood stages would be reached along the river today.
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United Press International
Mississippi
Dubuque
Iowa
New Orleans
National Weather Service
Weather and notices from Norwalk area
Cloudy cool with showers possible tonight and Tuesday. Norwalk highs in upper 40s to 50s, lows 35 to 40. 50 percent precip today, 40 percent tonight and Tuesday. Winds southwest 10 to 20 mph. Norwalk high 70 low 44. Humidity 87 percent at 7 am, 70 percent at 1 pm, 90 percent at 7 pm. Marriage licenses for multiple couples. births and deaths listed for local residents.
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Norwalk
Prosecutor weighs charges in boy's fatal traffic crash
Prosecutor William W. Owens weighs whether to file charges in the death of five year old John L. Warner Jr. after a Milan area crash. The boy was struck while riding a tricycle like toy near his home on Marian Drive.
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William W. Owens
John L. Warner, Jr
Huron County
John L. Warner
Karen
Marian Dr
Gross
Marian
Jefferson Street
Marian Drive
Court Won't Review Alaska Oil Pipeline Case
The Supreme Court refused to hear appeals from the federal government Alaska and Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. blocking Interior Department permit for a 789 mile Alaska oil pipeline. Circuit court ruled right of way width exceeded 50 feet under the Mineral Leasing Act. Environmental groups oppose routing via Canada and warn of ecological harm.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Alaska
High Court
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
U.S. Court of Appeals
Interior Department
Circuit Court
City ambulance delivers first baby in Norwalk
Joy Martin and Charles Sweet, Norwalk ambulance drivers, delivered a baby at 3 20 a m Sunday to Mrs John Finch on Halfway Road. The mother and infant were in good condition at Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital and Sweet said the delivery was a positive, calm experience for all involved.
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Norwalk
Joy Martin
Charles Sweet
John Finch
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Sweet
Finch
Halfway Road
Martin
Mrs. Finch
Meat Boycott Triggers Layoffs Across Nation
United Press International reports April Fools Week meat boycott hits workers as packing houses in Iowa Nebraska area and California lay off staff and issue vacations. Restaurants join the protest with meatless menus and discounts while households substitute dandelion patties amid rising beef prices.
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United Press International
Beefrich
Iowa- Nebraska
California
New York Times
Restaurant Associates
Car crashes into Shell station garage door on North Main
New London police say 19 year old Carl Damron drove to have brakes checked and rammed an overhead garage door at the North Main Street Shell station. Damron was not charged.
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New London
Carl Damron
North Main Street
Damron
Skydivers Collide Fatal Jump In California Star Formation
Two veteran skydivers collided during a 10 man star formation at 12 500 feet near Lake Elsinore California. Toby M Radecke 29 of Los Angeles died after a 3500 foot fall. John W Hover 21 of Loma Linda was knocked unconscious and survived with serious injuries. The eight others completed their jump and deployed chutes. Radecke had 332 jumps and an expert rating.
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Elsinore
Calif
UPI
Toby M. Radecke
Los Angeles
Sedco Hills
Lake Elsinore
John W. Hover
Loma Linda
Radecke
Hover
Loma Linda Medical Center
U.S. Parachute Association
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FT Hospital
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Greenwich
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Arthur R. Gilbert
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William G. Meese
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