Backing Driver Charged After U S 20 Incident
State Highway Patrol charged 46 year old Robert F. Snowden of Bellevue with drunken driving after he backed across U S 20 in front of Anthony Volpi of Monroe Michigan. Volpi’s car struck Snowden’s on the right side as both drove west.
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U.S. 20
Prairie Road
State Highway Patrol
Robert F. Snowden
Bellevue
Snowden
Anthony P. Volpi
Monroe
Mich
Volpi
Ridge Road
Richard T. Nation
E. Main St
Senate Ethics Group Probes Lawmakers Low Cost Ford Deals
At least 19 lawmakers took part in Ford Motor Co. lease offers for Lincoln Continentals at 750 dollars a year, a program Ford says places its cars with prestigious drivers. Ethics chairs plan review amid broad committee involvement. some leaders also lease Thunderbirds Mercurys or Chryslers at varying rates.
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Senate Ethics Group
Ford
Senate
Drive
Guidance Center Opens New Branch in Willard
A satellite Guidance Center opened in Willard as the first branch of the Huron County Guidance Center. Located above the Neighborhood Opportunity Center at 118 Front St, it offers marriage and family counseling and mental health support with a sliding fee scale. Appointments urged. referrals come from police, doctors, courts, lawyers, and ministers.
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Willard
Huron County Guidance Center
Neighborhood Opportunity Center
Front St
Claudio Rabello
Robert Klenk
Huron County Mental Health and Retardation Board
Guidance Center Board
Ruby Starbuck
Joann Walters
Walter Drury
Nicholas Moll
Irene Ross
Charles Grossman
Grossman
Rabello
Falling Tree Pulls Wires Down in Front of Hester Street
A large dead tree fell near 117 N Hester St Friday afternoon yanking telephone and power lines from two houses and damaging two parked cars. The tree tore the electric meter from 117 and caused damage to both vehicles owned by Frank and Vicente Martinez. A separate reported crash at Clifton and Pearl Streets involved Richard Lahman’s Plymouth rear ended by Carl Bennett. A hit slip at 215 W Main St involved Jan Martin whose mother’s car was struck in the left rear bumper.
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N. Hester St
N. Hester
Frank Martinez
Vicente Martinez
W. League
Plymouth
Milan
Richard D. Lahman
Carl W. Bennett
Clifton
Pearl Streets
W. Main St
Jan L. Martin
W. Main
Arthur Greene
Soviet Freighter Collides With BC Ferry Rips 35 Foot Hole
A Russian freighter struck the British Columbia ferry Queen of Victoria at Active Pass causing a 35 foot wide hole. At least two passengers were killed and six injured. The ferry reached Tsawwassen under its own power. Prime Minister Trudeau called for a formal inquiry. The Sergey Yesenin collision follows a prior Soviet fishing-boat incident off BC.
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Victoria
B.C
UPI
British Columbia
Queen of Victoria
Pierre Trudeau
Canada
Sergey Yesenin
Active Pass
Here
Galiano Island
Myane Island
Tsawwassen
Plane lands in cornfield injuring two near Homestead Inn
Pilot Richard Heifner of Lima with passenger Anne L. Heifner survived a forced landing after the left wing dropped while approaching wires above the Turnpike area. The Piper PA 24 owned by Lima Distributors sustained moderate undercarriage damage. Anne Heifner was injured but not treated. The story also notes a Red Cross swimming class in Norwalk and a Huron County meeting on a homestead exemption act, plus local police reports of vandalism and theft including a window break at Anna Hay’s home and the loss of a culvert pipe from William L. Newcomer property.
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Homestead Inn
Richard Heifner
Lima
State Highway Patrol
Heifner
Ohio Turnpike
U.S. 250
Anne L. Heifner
Anna Hay
Corwin
Ohio Plain City Fair Opens in Madison County
Ohio's first independent fair of the season starts this week with a four day Plain City Fair in Madison County. The event runs Wednesday and features 10 county events across the opening slate.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
Plain City
Here
Madison County
Iowa Farmers and Rock Fans Mix At Weekend Festival
The Wadena Iowa event drew about 50 000 youths and spurred local commerce and mixed town attitudes. Middlefield Connecticut saw a 60 000 attendee festival end after legal action, with residents and youths sharing peanut butter sandwiches at exits. The Iowa attorney general filed a 1 041 550 dollar suit against promoters to punish alleged violations of state law.
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United Press International
Wadena
Iowa
Middlefield
Conn
Richard Turner
James Madison test fires Poseidon missile at sea
The James Madison submarine conducted a sea trial of a new Poseidon MIRV missile 30 miles east of Cape Kennedy with invited press aboard. A Soviet trawler Laptev watched from the firing area as the 34 foot Poseidon was described as eight times more effective than Polaris, capable of striking ten targets.
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Abos
Uss Observation Island
API
James Madison
Cape Kennedy
Laptev
Nerve Gas Disposal Plan Considered by Army
Scientists advised the Army a year ago to destroy surplus nerve gas by August 1 1970 possible via underground nuclear explosion. Gas stored in 418 concrete vaults to be shipped August 10 by train from Anniston Alabama and Lexington Kentucky to Wilmington North Carolina for sea burial after storage. The army rejects the committee’s disposal method despite agreement on urgency.
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Washington
UPI
Army
Anniston
Ala
Lexington
Wilmington
N.C
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Garth C. Estridge
B.E. Hart
Fern M. Steadman
Vaughn T. Fink
Northfield
New Haven
Robert D. Benfield
Akron
U.S. 224
Fink
Benfield
Ronald J. Hammersmith
Norwalk
New State Road
North Fairfield
Carolyn P. Casada
Lorain
Zenobia
Tina S. Casada
Star View Drive
RT. 20
West
and Schickel
Aes
Huron Playhouse
Ohio Street
Huron
Everwearing
Bug Town
E. Perkins Ave
Sandusky
Guidance Center
UPI Telephoto
The
Red Cross
Pease
Donald Pease
Oberlin
Huron County Democratic Central and Executive Committees
American Legion Hall
Terry
RT. 250 North
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