Sesqui Beard Contest Opens in Norwalk
Norwalk's Sesquicentennial Beard Contest opened with Registration required at Kaiser-Wells K and H Revco Super X drug stores on Main Street and Milan Avenue. Contest Chairman Eddie Miller said participants must live in Norwalk or have a Norwalk mailing address and will be briefed on beard and mustache categories via posters later.
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Norwalk
Eddie Miller
Kaiser-Wells
Revco
Main Street
Super X
Milan Avenue
Miller
Alligator Halts Gainesville Drive Man Rushed to Hospital
Paul Herndon found a five foot gator blocking a Gainesville street near the University of Florida. The reptile clamped his hand until Deputy Shelly Davis freed him. The gator was driven into a swamp and Herndon treated for hand lacerations.
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Gainesville
Fla
UPI
University of Florida
Paul Herndon
Herndon
Shelly Davis
Florida
The
University of Miami
Apollo 1 tragedy comrades urge focus on Moon goal
Washington United States astronauts brothers and colleagues urge end to recriminations after Apollo 1 fire. Alen Shepard Walter Schirra Donald Slayton James McDivitt and Frank Borman tell a House subcommittee representatives the penalty has been paid and the nation should press ahead to the moon.
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Washington
UPI
Alen B. Shepard
Walter M.schirra Jr
Donald K. Slayton
James A. McDivitt
Frank Borman
House
Interdenominational drive for higher welfare payments in Ohio
Ohio religious leaders from Catholic Jewish and four Protestant denominations launched a statewide effort at an inter religious news conference to press for higher welfare payments. They announced a public conscience sabbath, set for April 29 for Jews and April 30 for Christians.
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Columbus
UPS
Ohio
Reagan Grants 20 Day Stay Of Execution In Robers Case
Governor Reagan, backing capital punishment, issues a 20 day stay of execution for Daniel A. Roberts scheduled to die in the gas chamber Tuesday morning. The stay allows a full review of Roberts claim of innocence in the killing of his landlady nearly five years ago. This marks Reagan's first use of executive clemency.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Daniel A. Roberts
Reagan
Robert
Montreal Brinks guards robbed for 450000 in cash and checks
Four gunmen armed with machine guns robbed two Brinks Express guards in a Montreal department store basement. They escaped with about 450000 dollars, including 150000 in cash and 300000 in checks stamped for deposit and non negotiable.
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Montreal
UPI
Brinks Express Co
Simpson’s Department
Lausche Criticizes King Fulbright Over Vietnam Remarks
U S Senator Frank Lausche of Ohio denounced leaders including Dr. Martin Luther King and Senator J William Fulbright for statements on Vietnam he said enemy forces use as propaganda. He cited spiritual leaders and colleagues on the Foreign Relations Committee as examples of harmful rhetoric.
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Columbus
Weather and life events notice for Willard region
Weather report notes cloudy windy cool conditions with a high in the 40s and a 0.01 inch precipitation reading. Marriage license applications list Raymond G. Brown and Helen J. Cooper. Births record four Willard area newborns and two Berlin Heights infant, and death of Charles W. Furey, 77, Toledo.
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Raymond G. Brown
Fremont
Helen J. Cooper
Norwalk
Packer
Prince Charles Appears in Public With Unknown Girl Friend
Prince Charles escorted a tall blonde mystery date to a West End theater for a Fallen Angels performance. Buckingham Palace declined comment as onlookers and theater staff speculated about the royal company and the couple’s anonymity.
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London
UPI
Prince Charles
Noel Coward
Buckingham Palace
Charles
Anne
Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Brezhnev Offers Unified Action With China On Vietnam
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev proposes cooperation with Communist China to defeat the United States in Vietnam. He calls for unity of action among Russia, China and other communists to press the war effort.
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Berlin
UPI
Leonid I. Brezhnev
China
United States
Vietnam
Russia
Red China
Norwalk Soldier Wounded In Viet
PFC Gary J. Heller of Norwalk was wounded and listed seriously ill in Vietnam after his vehicle hit by enemy mine fragments. Telegram from Major General Wickham notes severe condition and need for medical care. family to receive five day progress reports. Brezhnev warns of unity against U.S. in Vietnam while East Germany accuses West Berlin of risk. West Berlin seen as a cold war fire hazard. Brezhnev also pledges Soviet support to Vietnamese fighters and unity with socialist states including China.
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Gary J. Heller
Norwalk
Vietnam
Ted Heller
E. Chestnut St
Pfc Heller
Kenneth G. Wickham
The
Hellers
Brezhnev
East German Communist Party
East Berlin
United States
Soviet Union
Soviet Bloc
China
Central Committee
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
West Germany
West Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Ulbricht
East Germany
Terrice
Massillon Mayor Appeals to Adults to Curb Youth Turmoil
Massillon Ohio Mayor William Keen urged local adults to help quiet racial disturbances between Negro and white youths after a Monday night clash involving about 200 teens. Seventeen arrests and a white boy stabbed in the shoulder were reported. Keen spoke in a radio address to parents, urging them to keep teenagers off the streets for a week to ten days.
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Massillon
Ohio
UPI
William Keen
Keen
Vandalism Solved After Youth Takes A Lie Test
Six youths face charges in Huron County Juvenile Court over vandalism at Hartland Elementary School on Jan 11 with damage $619. Five juveniles and Thomas Chaffin 18 admit involvement. Chaffin held on contributing to the delinquency of a minor. A lie detector test prompted one youth to confess lying and provide more details.
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Huron County Juvenile Court
Huron County Sheriff’s Department
Hartland
Thomas Chaffin
Collins RD
Western Reserve High School
Chaffin
Huron County
Hartland School
Borgia
Zenobia Road
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
London
Iranian military airliner explodes killing 23 aboard
An Iranian military passenger plane reportedly blew up during a thunderstorm with lightning suspected as the cause. All 23 people on board died, including eight women and children, according to air force officials.
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Tehran
API
Air Force
Three month old dies in Ohio 13 crash near Fitchville
Christine Denise Shuey, three months old, died from head injuries after a car carrying a Navy family left Ohio 13 south of Fitchville and overturned four times. Her mother Sharon Shuey was hospitalized with shock and bruises, while David Shuey was treated and released. The family traveled from Great Lakes to Norfolk. No citations issued. A family dog was reported lost. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Ohio 13
Fitchville
Christine Denise Shuey
David and
Sharon Shuey
Norfolk
Virginia
Fisher- Titus Memorial Hospital
Robert G. Shuey
Galena, Il
John Craig
Virginia Beach
Heaston-Hile
Three Huron County Men Inducted Into Army
Three Huron County men left for induction into the United States Army. Larry C. Weisenberger Norwalk Lenox Williams Greenwich and Don C. Pierce II Bellevue were the inductees. Weisenberger and Williams enlisted. Next month seven county men are to be inducted on May 22.
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Huron County
United States Army
Larry C. Weisenberger
Norwalk
Lenox Williams
Greenwich
Don C. Pierce II
Bellevue
Weisenberger
Williams
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Sister Anne
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