Norwalk Slum Housing Probe Reveals Mixed Conditions
A Reflector investigation into Norwalk slum housing finds no citywide Negro slum, though substandard homes are spread among poorer neighborhoods. The piece cites a 1966 survey, a Grassroots organizer, and the Tyler family’s troubled Norwalk purchase amid broader racial tension and poverty policy questions.
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Norwalk
Cleveland
Hough
Poverty Office
Sandusky
Lorain
Maurice Tyler
Tyler
Tylers
County Health Department
Weather Update and Local Marriage Licenses
Fair tonight and Sunday with cool temperatures in the 40s. Friday highs around 68 and lows near 44, no precipitation. Marriage license applications list Robert A Walton and Sandra A Criscione, Robert J Straub and Barbara A Schindley. Birth announcements: a boy for James Hile and a girl for Conrad Cline.
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Robert A. Walton
Monroeville
Sandra A. Criscione
Norwalk
Robert James Straub
Flat Rock
Barbara Ann Schindley
Bellevue
James Hile
Benedict
Conrad Cline
Tiffin
Pink shirt clue emerges in Monroeville murder case
Police release image of a faded pink Town Craft short sleeve shirt as a possible link to the July 27 killing of Alma F. Miller. Chief Jerrold Henery urges tips. two men tested negative on lie detectors, no suspects named.
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Monroeville
Alma F. Miller
Sheriff’s Deputies
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Jerrold Henery
Thas
BCI
London
Henery
U S Air Force Reveals Laos Bombing Expanded
An Air Force spokesman in Saigon announced for the first time that American aircraft are bombing Communist targets in Laos, the neighboring country to Vietnam. The disclosure confirms widening U S air activity in Southeast Asia.
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Saigon
U.S. Air Force Today
Munist
Laos
Vietnam
Air Force
Multiple fatal crashes and a priest marriage headline across U S cities
A fog bound U S 66 pileup near Joliet leaves four dead among about 40 vehicles. A Saratoga Springs rail collision kills two, derails 17 cars and injures over a dozen. In St Louis a priest married, per local Catholic paper. An Ohio Guard convoy crash in Alpena injures many. In San Jose a policeman witnesses his newborn daughter after a dramatic cuff incident. Laos war reports describe sustained U S bombing and a rising trail of supply routes with no comment from officials.
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Joliet, Ill
UPI
U.S. 66
Joliet
Ill
Illinois
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Laos
Robert Miller
Vientiane
U.S
Canton Turmoil Reported as Red Guards Clash in Streets
Travelers described Canton as near anarchy with Red Guards battling each other and vigilantes stringing bodies. Over 1,000 killed in the struggle for control amid the Cultural Revolution as Red Army withdrawals raise fears of mass exodus toward Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Canton
South China
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Kwangtung
Pao-On
Peking Radio
China
Peking
Liu Shao-chi
4 H Dairy Judges Win Top Honors
Three Bronson Junior Farmers 4 H Club members Billy Lund Larry Reilly and Patricia Reilly led a field of 32 Ohio teams at the Ohio Dairy Day in the Ohio Agriculture Experiment Station scoring 539 of 600. Lund won a medal for the highest individual score 189 of 200 while the trio judged four dairy classes.
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Lund
William Lund
Reillys
Robert Reilly
Bronson Junior Farmers 4-H Club
Carl Lund
Young Labels ABM System Billion Dollar Boondoggle
UPI reports Senator Stephen Young of Ohio denounces the proposed antiballistic missile ABM system as the greatest waste of taxpayer money. He claims a $60 to $70 billion construction bill plus about $45 billion yearly to maintain, arguing it delays arms control and is ineffective against rival missiles.
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Young Labels
ABM System
Billion Dollar Boondoggle
Washington
UPI
Stephen Young
D-Ohio
Young
Wakeman Man Pleads Guilty to Auto Theft in Norwalk
Karl F. Shamel of rural Wakeman changed his plea to guilty in Huron County Common Pleas Court. He received five years probation and was ordered to pay court costs and damages for the stolen car taken June 27 from in front of the Fashion Shoppe in Norwalk. He was arrested June 28 in Lorain.
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Wakeman
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Karl F. Shamel
Shamel
Lorain
Brenta McClure
Main St
Norwalk
Degrees Is One Off Record
Norwalk hit 44 degrees on a midsummer weekend, one degree above the 1930 record low of 43. Ohio locations recorded 40s in Clearfork and Ontario, Mansfield 46, Cleveland 44, Cincinnati 51, Columbus 45, Toledo 45, and Youngstown 42 as arctic air and clear skies produced a broad cool spell across the Midwest.
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Norwalk
Ohio
Clearfork
Ontario
Richland County
Mansfield
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Columbus
Toledo
Youngstown
Midwest
Canadian
Gulf of Mexico
Rockies
Appalachians
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Reflector
By Jack Brown
Houston
Air Force Civil Service
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Harris County Community Action Project
Daniel Trevino
Navy Ordnance
Trevino
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Lester Washington
Civil Service Employe
Howard Dewey
George Miller
Miller
Marshall Peck
Peck
FBI
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Delaware and Hudson
New York
Montreal
Kenneth Miller
Albany
Schenectady
Ballston Spa
ST. Louis
Summit
United Press International
Yugoslavia
Egypt
India
Coaro
Belgrade
Borba
Alpena
Mich
Ohio National Guard
Springfield
Camp Grayling
San Jose
Calif
Richard Couser
Pernella
Red Army
Senate
United States
Russia
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