Earthquake Suspected as Cause of Gas Bubblings in Michigan
Geologists weigh a distant earthquake as the trigger for natural gas bubblings that forced evacuations and mud sinkholes beginning April 18 in Williamsburg. Michigan officials asked the Environmental Research Institute to pursue this possibility.
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Williamsburg
Mich
UPI
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Environmental Research Institute
Sidney Dyer
Prisoner exchange begins under Paris truce in Saigon area
Saigon command says South Vietnam and Viet Cong started exchanging civilian prisoners today, marking the 90 day deadline of the January 27 Paris truce. A spokesman reports 50 Communist civilian personnel released at Loc Ninh, a communist held district capital 75 miles north of Saigon.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Paris
Loc Ninh
Second Battle of Wounded Knee Claims Sioux Life
The clash at Wounded Knee near Pine Ridge left Lawrence Lamont, 31, dead and a second Sioux man wounded as federal forces clash with occupiers. Lamont is the second death since the takeover began 60 days ago following Frank Clearwater’s fatal shooting on April 17.
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Pine Ridge
S.D
UPI
Wounded Knee
Lawrence Lamont
Pine Ridge Reservation
Lamont
Frank Clearwater
Lake Erie waves raise flood risk along south shore
Gale force winds forecast to push heavy waves against Lake Erie may flood beachfront areas and aggravate erosion. Western lake water levels sit about four feet above low water datum, roughly half a foot below recent weeks.
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United Press International
Lake Erie
National Weather Service
Four Chicago grocers held in theft ring bust
Four men who ran daytime groceries and nightly burglaries were jailed after a two month stakeout. Police recovered $1 million in negotiable stocks and securities and a roomful of mink coats stereo sets and televisions. A computerized list of 500 wealthy Chicago area businessmen was also found in the near North Side hideout.
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Chicago
API
Near North Side
Weather forecast and deaths in regional notices
Weather forecast for Norwalk area and surrounding towns shows mostly cloudy, windy and cool conditions with showers possible today and tonight and a milder Sunday. Death notices list Mrs Arlene C Peirce Alfred I Huston Darwin R King Mrs Merwin B Foskett and Warren L Smith with ages and towns of Norwalk Greenwich New London Shiloh
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Norwalk
Arlene C. Peirce
Alfred I. Huston
Greenwich
Darwin R. King
Merwin B. (Helen) Foskett
New London
Warren L. Smith
Shiloh
Governors Meet to Discuss Revenue Sharing Alternatives
Fifteen of 31 Democratic governors will gather in Huron Ohio for a two day strategy session at Sawmill Creek to craft alternatives to Nixon’s revenue sharing plan. Hosted by Gov John Gilligan the meeting aims to shape policy for the upcoming National Governors Conference with figures like Robert S Strauss and former governors Terry Sanford and Robert McNair in attendance.
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Huron
Ohio
UPI
Nixon
Sawmill Creek
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Robert S. Strauss
Democratic National Committee
Frankfort
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Robert E. McNair
Downtown parking plan to boost rates and shorten meters
Mayor Wayne Goodsite will present a downtown parking reform at Tuesday’s City Council. The plan raises on street rates to ten cents per hour and red meters to a half hour for five cents, with a maximum half hour at red meters. Regular meters stay a half hour for five cents. The two hour limit remains on on street meters except red meters and Ernsthausen lot changes to allow up to three hours for 25 cents. Fines for tickets paid within an hour drop to 25 cents, rising with time until mayor's court after 144 hours.
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Wayne Goodsite
Ernsthausen
West Main
Recreational Vehicle Ban May Be Dropped From Table
Norwalk City Council plans to remove the proposed recreational vehicle ban from consideration after tabling it at the April meeting. The agenda includes eight new measures, with two ordinances on Mayor Goodsite's parking program and two sidewalk repair resolutions guiding notices and city engineering actions.
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Norwalk
Wayne Goodsite
Norwalk Schedule Offers Fair and Music Amid Street Work
Tonight the Maplehurst Fun Fair benefits the PTO in Norwalk starting at 6. A Sunday spring concert by St. Paul School bands unfolds at 3 30 in the parish social hall. Plans on sidewalk repairs are discussed by junior and senior high bands as part of costs and proposals. A new alley vacation proposed at Williams Street and Spine Court by neighbor Fred Lau. Finance Director Colvin may attend the Public Finance conference in Kansas City June 3 7 at an estimated 400 to 500. City approves 2945 for Huron County Regional Planning Commission. Eastwood Subdivision Number Five dedication accepted. Rezoning second readings for Burras 80 E Seminary St from multi family to general business and Schoenegge 251 W Main St from one family to multi family.
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Fairfax
UPI
Roger Gilbert Arnold
Bailey's Crossroads
Maplehurst
PTO
Norwalk
St. Paul
Williams Street
Spine Court
Fred Lau
Douglas Colvin
Public Finance
Municipal Finance Officers Association
Kansas City
Jerry Burras
James Schoenegge
Burras
E. Seminary St
Schoenegge
W. Main St
Fire inspection uncovers dangerous short at downtown firm
Inspector Donald Hohler found a hanging light fixture that shorted and burst into flames, damaging wiring and ceiling at Bostwick Goodell Co. He acted to pull the main fuse as firefighters responded. Building owner hired an electrical contractor for a full check. Meanwhile heavy rain raised Norwalk Memorial Lake level by 20 inches with sluice gate open.
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Donald Hohler
Bostwick- Goodell Co
Seminary St
Hohler
Thei§ Fire Department
Jay Hargraves
Norwalk
Memorial Lake
Herbert Krogh
Gray Steps Down as Acting FBI Chief in Watergate Fallout
L Patrick Gray III resigned amid Watergate documents and alleged destruction of White House files. President Nixon named William Ruckelshaus acting FBI chief, with Jeb Magruder and others resigning in related moves as the Pentagon Papers trial unfolds.
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FBI
William D. Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
Indiana
L. Patrick Gray
Gray
UPI
Ruckelshaus
Washington
L. Patrick Gray III
White House
Nixon
William D. Ruckelishaus
Justice Department
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Commerce Department
Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
W. Matt Byrne, Jr
E. Howard Hunt, Jr
G. Gordon Liddy
Ellsberg
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
Richard
John W. Dean III
John Ehrlichman
Hunt
State Department
John F. Kennedy
Ngo Dinh Diem
Chappaquiddick
Edward M. Kennedy
Time Fooler Returns Sunday
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday as clocks move forward one hour. The change lengthens evenings and remains in effect until Oct. 28 when clocks are set back one hour.
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Washington
UPI
Mother Nature
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