Norwalk Council Begins Search For New First Ward Seat
Norwalk six Republicans start deliberations to replace Louis Nardecchia who resigned as First Ward Councilman citing other commitments and personal matters. By law the council has 30 days to name a successor or the mayor fills the vacancy.
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Norwalk
First Ward
Louis Nardecchia
Harold Finch
Nardecchia
Finch
Norwalk Furniture Co
Police Department
Delbert Crawford
Crawford
Morgan Jones
John Arbogast
Herman McCreary
Richard Blackburn
Curtis Casper
Blackburn
Casper
Richard D. Cunningham
Brian Schaffer
Cunningham
City of
Chicago Guardsmen Calm West Side After King Death Protests
Illinois National Guardsmen and police kept the peace as 7,276 guardsmen arrived in Chicago after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. death protests. Hospitals treated 72 injured. police arrested at least 234 as youths attacked motorists, buses, stores, and vehicles following memorial assemblies.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois
National
West Side
Martin Luther King, Jr
Richard B. Ogilvie
Richard J. Daley
Kent State removes dorm curfews this fall
Kent State University announced coeds living in dormitories will have no curfew starting September. The present curfew of midnight on weekdays and 2 a.m. on weekends is lifted, while private homeowners renting to coeds and sororities may still impose curfews.
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Kent,ohio
UPI
Kent State University
Robbers Take $910 After Thwarted Heart Attack Claim
In Cleveland two young held men robbed furniture store owner Milton Brody after he warned them of heart trouble. They tied him, removed a gun, and swallowed one of his heart pills before fleeing with $910. In London Lady Churchill fell at home and suffered a possible broken thigh.
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Cleveland
UPI
West Side
Milton Brody
London
Spencer-Churchill
Sir Winston Churchill
Westminster Hospital
Churchill
Nixon weighs new approach to great society programs
President Nixon and his top advisers gathered at his Key Biscayne villa to review domestic policy. They aim to modify or overturn Johnson era programs and address pressing U.S. social and economic problems.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Houseboy Confesses Rape in Lima Socialite Death
Lima police say a 20 year old houseboy has confessed to raping beating and strangling Ivette Anderson 25 daughter of a United Nations official as she stepped from a shower Thursday night. Anderson is the daughter of Robert Anderson an employee of the International Civil Aviation Organization in Chicago.
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Lima
Peru
UPI
Ivette Anderson
United Nations
Miss Anderson
Robert Anderson
International Civil Aviation Organization
Andersons
Chicago
Mostly sunny to showers with a warm spell ahead Norwalk forecast
Weather outlook shows sunny morning clouds increasing to possible evening showers with a high in the 60s and a warm night in the 50s. Showers end Saturday as cooler air arrives. Southerly winds shift to northwest by Saturday. Births and marriages listed for Willard and surrounding areas. Death noted: Mrs Ethel Maurer 84 Willard Route 1.
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Norwalk
Helicopter Crash Kills 24 in Vietnam War Action
In the Northwest Vietnam dawn crash a CH47 Chinook went down near Khe Sanh. Twenty three South Vietnamese and one American died with 53 injured, as the sixth weeks of the offensive eased.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Laos
Berea Left Off Map Sparks City Officials Outrage
Berea Ohio mayor complains the 20 000 population town is not shown on the state highway map identified only as towns adjacent to Cleveland the omission prompting department review. In Vietnam era reports Marines repulse a ground assault near the crash site with 15 enemy killed two Marines dead.
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Berea
Ohio
UPI
John Munkacsy
Ohio Highway Department
Munkacsy
Cleveland
U.S
Saigon
My Experience With God Jesus Sighted By Child
An editor notes a Lent story by Mrs. Roland Reed of St. Marys Catholic Church in Norwalk. A cold day after the Home and Flower Show prompts a reflection on judging by outward appearance and the child’s remark I just saw Jesus. The piece urges compassion toward all in need and finding the spark of God in everyone.
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Norwalk
Roland Reed
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Cleveland
Jesus
Police Clear Tahquitz Canyon Hippie Camp in Palm Springs
In Easter week police in Palm Springs used riot gear and tear gas to rout about 2,500 campers from Tahquitz Canyon. Thirteen were arrested after more than 250 officers cleared the lower slopes, with up to 1,000 remaining on upper areas awaiting further action.
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Palm Springs
Calif
UPI
Tahquitz Canyon
Rocky Desert
Plans Outlined for Glover Ave Park in Norwalk
Norwalk Mayor's Committee on Human Relations outlined preliminary park plans for the Glover Avenue Willard Street area. The Park and Board will lease the site for $1 yearly. preparations include grading and seeding. Volunteers will supervise activities and amenities like a merry go round benches and basketball hoops are planned.
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Glover Avenue
Willard Street
Norwalk
Jesse Bradford
Park and Recreation Board
William Conway
Bradford
Subcommittee
Glover Street
Jim Stewart
Conway
Park Board
Jack Gerken
Gerken
Norwalk Ministerial Association
Soviet Navy Chief Denies China Show of Force
Admiral Sergei Gorshkov said Soviet ships were on a North Atlantic training cruise, not headed for a demonstration near China. He called Western reports groundless propaganda and noted routine sailings by Western fleets trigger no speculation.
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Moscow
UPI
North Atlantic
Sergei Gorshkov
China
Gorshkov
Izvestia
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Robert Johannsen
Wakeman
Farmer
Patricia Durning
Collins
Jerry L. Caudill
Plymouth
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Willard
Eugene McEndree
Charles Woodmansee
Richard Ellis
Greenwich
Marcus Fandry
Lonny Carter
Richard Snook
Donald Howard
William Schlotterer
Robert Keaton
Attica
Melvin Barnett
Thomas Rinner
St. Mary’s St., Son
Ethel Maurer
Route 1
I Corps
Bien Hoa
Hue
Old Khe Sanh Combat Base
UPI Telephoto
My Anna Mae Reed
Mrs. Reed
Glover Ave. Park
Russ Navy
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