Frazier urges unity before South Carolina lawmakers
Heavyweight champion Joe Frazier told the South Carolina legislature whites and blacks should get closer and work together. He received a standing ovation as Beaufort native and one of the first black figures to address the body. Separately in Washington, Rep. Wayne Hays said the House would install an electronic device to detect wiretaps after FBI bugging allegations.
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UPI
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U.S
Wayne Hays
Ohio
House of Representatives
Hays
House Administration Committee
Carl Albert
House
Hale Boggs
FBI
Nixon Intercedes in Calley Conviction, Taft Says
UPI reports Senator Taft defends President Nixon’s review of Lt. William Calley’s conviction and rebukes military prosecutors. Also, Portland officials invite Agnew to inaugurate a new municipal golf course with a first ball on April 29. Other items note girls allowed in the All-American Soap Box Derby, Cleveland pressmen strike, and a Viet Cong bombing at a Saigon night club.
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UPI
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Robert Taft Jr
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Calley
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Francis Ivancie
Agnew
Delta Course
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Fayetteville
N.C
Deborah Boisseau
Sandra Sosa
Akron
Chevrolet
General Motors
Detroit
Willard Police to File Malicious Prosecution Suit
Willard Police Chief Jack Fryman and Patrolman Gary Courtright plan to sue James K. Lykins for malicious prosecution after Lykins accused them of assault and battery and refused to testify in Mayor's Court. Lykins was jailed on a bench warrant for unpaid fines. the officers arrested him when he again refused to pay. Fryman says the suit will be filed in Huron County Common Pleas Court based on attorney advice.
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Jack L. Fryman
Gary H. Courtright
James K. Lykins
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Fryman
Kenneth Sommers
Mayor's Court
Lykins
Franklin D. Eckstein
James S. Gibson
Toledo
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Fink St
Reservists claim brutal training for interrogation at Presidio
UPI reports reservists from the 353rd Psychological Operations Battalion allege electric shocks rope binding pond immersion and log chaining during conditioning exercises at the Presidio last weekend. An officer said no injuries occurred. In Ohio, union electricians in Lake and Geauga counties vote to cut wages by more than half to spur residential construction, reducing from 8.50 to 4 per hour for home work.
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UPI
Presidio
Cleveland
Union
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Geauga
Weather And Local Births And Marriages
Sunny mild today with highs in the 50s and a calmer night. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with a 30 percent shower chance. Norwalk highs 56 and a low of 24. births include a Milan boy to Mr and Mrs Marvin Webb. marriages listed for local couples. Leonard Smith, 63, Berlin Heights, is noted in deaths.
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Marvin Webb
Milan
Boy
Jackie Onassis White House Years reveals a private First Lady
The UPI report previews Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis authorized biography by Mary van Rensselaer Thayer. It notes her detail focus memory for memos and privacy aims and her aversion to publicity and TV appearances.
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Washington
UPI
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
White House
Mrs. Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy
Mary van Rensselaer Thayer
Onassis
New Ambulance Proposal Aims to Break Wage Deadlock
Norwalk ambulance coordinators proposed paying city ambulance employees a flat rate for all runs in addition to the 80 cents an hour offered by the city. John Short, an Ambulance Coordinator, said the plan might settle the dispute.
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Norwalk
John Short
Krogh
Council
Selective Service Scraps Plan In Ohio Regions
Columbus reports the head of the Selective Service System in Ohio said plans to consolidate 90 offices into 20 regional centers have been scrapped. Officials noted no official move to merge offices in Huron Erie Lorain Seneca Ottawa counties. The city offered to raise wages for ambulance workers from 75 to 80 cents an hour with tensions over a potential $1 per hour demand and a possible ambulance parking protest on April 14.
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UPS
Ohio
Col
Thomas Farrell
Farrell
Huron
Erie
Lorain
Seneca
Ottawa Counties
Sandusky
Short
Richard Striker
Herbert Krogh
Krogh
Nixon to Accelerate Vietnam Troop Withdrawals
President Nixon announced a seven month plan to remove 100000 U.S. troops from Vietnam starting May 1, cutting forces to 184000 by December 1 while continuing Vietnamization. He defended ending involvement without a fixed date and faced criticism from rivals including Senator Edward M. Kennedy for not addressing Laos actions and civilian casualties.
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UPI
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
Edward M. Kennedy
Laos
Kennedy
My Experience With God In Darkest Hour
In a Norwalk Holy Week piece Elsabeth Guinn recounts her cancer battle and spiritual awakening. In deep suffering she meets Jesus, embraces salvation, and finds peace joy and renewed faith through grace and the promise of new life beyond pain.
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Pastor Pearce
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Jesus Christ
Christ
Jesus
Stores Close for Good Friday in Norwalk
Downtown Norwalk shops will close from 12 to 3 p.m. Friday for Good Friday services. James R. Westerhold, head of the Chamber of Commerce retail merchants division, says a majority will close and signs are available at the Chamber office.
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James R. Westerhold
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Chamber of Commerce
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