Norwalk Sailor Receives Navy Commendation Medal
Norwalk native Jerry L. MacDonald aboard the submarine Cavalla was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal on April 2 at the U S Naval Submarine Base New London Conn for rescuing eight year old Douglas Estrella of New Bedford Mass who fell into icy harbor waters last November MacDonald dove under a pier and pulled the boy to safety with help from Cavalla crewmen The award was presented by Rear Admiral J A Tyree Jr and Secretary of the Navy Paul Nitze
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Jerry L. MacDonald
Cavalla
U.S. Naval Submarine Base
New London
Conn
J. A. Tyree, Jr
U.S. Atlantic Fleet
MacDonald
New Bedford, Mass
Young Douglas Estrella
New Bedford
New Bedford Harbor
Paul Nitze
Navy
A. W. MacDonald
Norwalk
Two Die in Ohio Airplane Crash in Fog
Thomas McGill 43 of Wakeman dies from burns after a twin engine Beechcraft crashes in fog near Bellefontaine. Kenneth Griffith 30 of Wakeman also killed. Griffith’s body found hours after the Friday crash in a wooded area two miles north of the city.
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Bellefontaine,ohio
UPI
Thomas McGill
Wakeman
Ohio
Mary Rutan Hospital
McGill
Here
Kenneth Griffith
Griffith
Johnsons $1.3 billion school aid heads to law
The Senate approved the 1.3 billion dollar elementary and high school aid measure 73 to 18 on Friday night marking an end to decades of failed efforts. President Johnson scheduled events in Texas highlighting poverty and education programs while dedicating a job corps center at Camp Gary near San Marcos. The piece also notes the orbit of Early Bird the first commercial satellite and comments on plans to speed up U.S. astronaut emergence experiments.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Senate
Johnson City
Tex
Camp Gary
San Marcos
South Western Texas State College
Bird
Equator
Brazil
United States
U.S
Civil rights worker and teens exchange gunfire on highway
In Jonesboro Louisiana a Negro civil rights worker and four white teenagers fired at each other on a U S highway through town. No injuries reported. Police asked for witnesses and details from the incident.
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Jonesboro
UPIA
U.S
Louisiana
Weather warms with sun then showers spread across state
Mostly sunny and warmer today with highs 56 to 61 near Lake Erie and 65 to 70 in the south. Tonight will be warmer with lows 42 to 54. Showers and thunder showers develop west tonight and move east Sunday affecting about 70 percent of the state. Sunday is a little warmer. Marriage license applications list several couples including Donald B. Riley and Lillian M. Sorensen. Births report multiple newborns in Willard and Plymouth. Deaths note several residents including Sara Ewell and Harold T. Chrisman.
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Lake Erie
Marines land as 1 400 troops arrive in Da Nang from sea
An American combat buildup expands in South Viet Nam as 1 400 Marines arrive in Da Nang joining 4 000 already there, with a new jet squadron bringing total Marine strength to 8 000. Navy and Air Force planes strike in North Viet Nam while anti MIG patrols operate near Hainan Island.
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Saigon
VPS
Air Force
Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Army
da Nang
Pacific
United States
South
Navy
North
Hainan
Norwalk Urged To Form Human Relations Panel
A citizens committee led by Caroline S. Ford calls for a permanent Norwalk Human Relations Committee to address cross burnings. The effort aims to work with the mayor or council, with a meeting Sunday to invite Mayor Louis G. Frey. Police report no leads on the Wednesday night incidents at McGuan Park and Jefferson Pleasant Street.
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Larry Hilson
Louis G. Frey
Hilson
Willis Sattig
Sattig
Pleasant St
Norwalk
Caroline S. Ford
Citizens’ Committee
Norwalk Man Cited For Unsafe Vehicle Conditions
Norwalk police cited Gerald Eugene Stiffler, 22, of 69 West Main Street, for operating an unsafe vehicle after a Friday inspection found issues including no emergency brake a bad muffler no parking gear a missing license plate one plate light and a low foot brake pedal.
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Norwalk
Gerald Eugene Stiffler
West Main Street
Bloodmobile Seeks 125 Pints for Norwalk Visit
The Red Cross bloodmobile targets 125 pints for a Monday drive at the Eagles Hall from 11 30 a m to 5 30 p m. The North Fairfield Lions Club conducts door to door donor solicitation while Women of the North Fairfield Methodist Church provide lunch. Omega chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Norwalk will run the canteen as Mrs Oscar Komarek notes the county wide turnout is welcome.
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Red Cross
Norwalk
Eagles Hall
North Fairfield
Oscar Komarek
Blood Program
County
Two Arrested After Ambush On Akron Expressway
Police stopped two robbery suspects on the Akron Expressway after a gunfight that killed Patrolman Eugene Hooper and critically wounded Patrolmen Frank Mancini and Harold Winthrow. Detectives recovered a service revolver from a suspect and arrested both men with one partly handcuffed. An alert motorist guided officers to the scene and to the wounded officers’ location.
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Akron
UPS
Eugene Hooper
Akron General Hospital
Frank Mancini
Harold Winthrow
Mancini
Barberton
Magadore Names Jerry Druppel New Basketball Coach
Norwalk High School announces 27 year old Jerry Lee Druppel will replace Grant Walls as head basketball coach. Druppel, current Mogadore assistant, will likely teach sociology economics and civics. He has four Magadore years and a 77 30 coaching record. Seven were interviewed from 45 applicants.
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Norwalk High School
Jerry Lee Druppel
Mogadore High School
Summit County
Druppel
Grant Walls
Geneva-Spencer High School
Magadore
Corbin
Norwalk
Herman Schaafsma Named Publisher Of The Reflector
Herman Schaafsma has been named publisher of the Norwalk Reflector and the weekly Huron County Herald. Dudley A. White, president of Reflector- Herald, Inc., announced the change, noting Schaafsma will add full editorial responsibility while maintaining duties as general manager. His prior roles include news editor of the Grand Haven Tribune, and he resides at 48 Stoutenberg Dr. The company plans further growth with emphasis on local news and arts, saying no drastic changes are expected.
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Herman Schaafsma
Norwalk
White
Sandusky
Kingsport
Tenn
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Norwood
Willis Prater
Plymouth
Ralph Frisby
Shiloh
Thomas Bogner
Gerald Wright
Sara Ewell
Milan
Harold T. Chrisman
Greenwich
Adrian Vantu
Mabel E. Locke
Edgewater
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Gibbs Ave
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