Johnson signs voting rights bill and outlines enforcement
President Johnson signed the voting rights bill and announced plans to start enforcement Saturday. He directed the Justice Department to file a Mississippi poll tax challenge Saturday at 1 p.m. EDT and to certify states with voting discrimination for federal registrars next week. By Tuesday, federal examiners will register eligible voters in 10 to 15 counties. Wesley Wilcox resigns from Norwalk Fire Department to take a life insurance job, effective Aug. 12. he joined May 16, 1958. Board of Control to interview top fireman candidates certified by the Civil Service Commission.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Justice Department
Mississippi
Wesley Wilcox
Norwalk
Universal Guarantee Life Insurance Co
Ohio
Wilcox
Board of Control
Civil Service Commission
Dirksen amendment death sparks redistricting fallout
In Washington UPI reports the apparent obituary of the Dirksen amendment leaves about 20 states facing further redistricting battles. Senate GOP Leader Dirksen calls obits premature but has not shown where to gain the seven additional votes needed for Senate passage.
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Washington
UPI
Dirksen
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Supreme Court
Park Annexation Petition In Doubt
The petition by Richard P. Pflieger to annex about 30 acres near Old State Road faces questions of eligibility. Legal advisor Bernard Freeman notes petitions must come from resident freeholders. Pflieger lives outside the city limits. Commissioners continue action pending corrected maps as officials warn of possible city residents’ opposition.
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Old State Road
Firelands Development Co
Richard P. Pflieger
Woodlawn Ave
B. D. Young
Huron County Commissioners
Pflieger
Huron County
Bernard Freeman
Freeman
Arthur
Leak
Louis G. Frey
Norwalk Township
Weather Looks Warm With Humid Thunder Showers Possible
Mostly sunny and hot with highs 88 to 96 and humidity. Tonight and Saturday see partly cloudy skies with slight chances of thunder showers and little temperature change. lows 67 to 74. Sunrise 4 27 a m sunset 3 39 p m. Thursday highs and lows listed as 8 and 67. Birth notices for several families include Flans Collins Wakeman Komell Milan and others noting births.
No Nonsense Weekend for Put-In-Bay Students
Put-In-Bay Ohio mayor James Poulos warns nearly 3 000 college students arriving for pre regatta weekend they cannot sleep on beaches or in parks. He vows vagrancy charges for “under the stars” lodging and says Hell’s Angels visitors would receive a full reception if they appear but may be barred for bad conduct. Police force doubled to around 20 as riots feared before Interlake Yachting Association events.
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Put-In-Bay
Ohio
Upi
James Paulos
Lake Erie Island
Interlake Yachting Association
Poulos
Perry Memorial Shaft
83 Casualties In Viet Crash
A U S Air Force B57 Canberra bomber was shot down and crashed into Nha Trang killing or wounding 83 people. The two-man crew parachuted into the sea and were rescued. eight Americans were injured and nuclear fears were avoided as bombs exploded and remaining ordnance required demolition.
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Saigon
UPS
V. Nha Trang
Nah Trang Bay
Nha Trang
U.S
Gilbert L. Myers
2Nd Air Division
Woods Hearing Delayed Four Days In New Orleans
Former Ohio nursing home operator Eugene Woods, 42, sought to avoid Ohio trial by arraignment in Criminal District Court. He refused a court-appointed lawyer, receiving a four-day delay while held on a fugitive warrant. Woods is accused of operating unlicensed Ohio nursing homes and defrauding an elderly patient of $15 000.
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New Orleans
UPI
Ohio
Eugene Woods
Criminal District Court
Woods
Cleveland
Chinese navy sinks two Nationalist ships off South China coast
A Peking radio broadcast says Chinese Communist navy ships sank two Nationalist vessels near Nampa island off Guangdong and Tungshan island off Fujian during sabotage missions. The identified ships are the submarine chaser Chienmen and the smaller Chang Chiang, both American-made.
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Tokyo
UPS
South China
Peking Radio
Chienmen
Chang Chiang
Nampa Island
Kwangtung Province
Tungshan Island
Fukien Province
Huron County Draft Board Sees Shifting I-A Classifications
In Huron County 8133 registrants are classified under the draft law with 876 in I-A. Of these, 66 have passed exam and await induction to I-C. Excluding certain groups, 181 are most likely to be called next, while 7257 remain in other classes. Officials note calls average 35 to 48 monthly, with expected doubling by autumn.
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Huron County
U.S
Draft Board
Norwalk Chamber Sets Airport and Education Meetings
Norwalk Chamber of Commerce schedules meetings on the Norwalk Airport and on the Educational Development Committee report. Chairman K Flickinger calls a noon Monday session at Ellis Country Club. city officials and school staff join a 7:30 p.m. Thursday informational meeting at Columbia Gas Co to hear the Educational Development report and discuss a permanent university branch.
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Norwalk
Committee On
Norwalk Chamber of Commerce
Flickinger
Airport Committee
Ellis Country Club
Community college plan for tri-county vocational education
Weet Set proposed a community college program with a post high school vocational school to serve Erie Huron and Ottawa counties. Wilbur Edwards serves as Educational Committee chairman.
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Erie
Huron
Ottawa
Wilbur Edwards
Pool Intruders Discovered By Homeowner At Norwood Address
Jack Brogan of 360 Norwood Ave reports three young boys swimming in his pool before dawn. He notified police who planned to contact the boys' parents today.
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Jack Brogan
Norwood Ave
Brogan
Appraisals To Begin In Huron County
Bernard Kean the county auditor said appraisals of new buildings and improvements in Huron County townships villages and unincorporated areas will begin next week. The annual appraisal started in 1960 and owners indicate completion as of January 1 1905. Andrew Klisz of Fremont a representative of United Appraisal Co. will start work Monday and L E Thomas completed the commercial and industrial appraisals last month.
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Huron County
Bernard Kean
Kean
Andrew Klisz
Fremont
United Appraisal Co
L. E. Thomas
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Wakeman
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Milan
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