Hartke Sees 50 50 Nixon Re-Election Odds
Sen Vance Hartke says Nixon faces less than even odds of seeking another term. Ohio National Guard vacancy crisis looms with about 500 openings and 25 000 names previously on waiting lists. Ohio legislature adjourns for weekend as budget talks require a possible third one month extension to September funding.
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UPI
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
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Hartke
Johnson
United Press International
Ohio National Guard
Dana L. Steward
Ohio Guard
Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
Michael J. Maloney
Cincinnati
Marine sentenced to 11 years to life in California robbery case
Robert Michael Greer, 20, a Marine from Toledo Ohio, received 11 years to life after pleading guilty to first degree robbery and kidnapping. Judge Frances Gallagher likened the crime to 1930s era gunfights after a May chase and shootout with Utah Highway Patrol. He was among five arrested in the incident.
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UPI
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Ohio
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Gallagher
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Utah Highway Patrol
Ohio state employees consider statewide strike warning
A union representing 8,500 of Ohio's 50,000 state workers held a news conference to discuss a possible statewide strike. Led by Herschel Sigall, the union seeks legislative approval for pay raises requested by Gov. Gilligan and relaxation of the no new employees policy enacted during the interim budget period.
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UPI
Herschel Sigall
Ohio
The
American Federation of State
Farrell Sprague
Sigall
Gilligan
Berlin Wall marked ten years as guards keep watch
Communist teachers accompanied kindergarten and primary students to the Berlin Wall to thank East German soldiers for protecting peace and socialism. Delegations queued at Brandenburg Gate as children delivered rehearsed speeches praising the guards who are ordered to shoot to kill anyone attempting to cross.
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UPI
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Naked secretary falls to death from Chicago's tallest tower
Chicago police investigate the 90 story plunge of Lorraine Kowalski 29 a widow who died after plunging from the John Hancock Center while visiting an apartment occupied by Marshall Berlin 45. Authorities treat the death as an apparent self inflicted case while managers review unanswered questions about the incident.
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UPI
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Lorraine Kowalski
Soviets Set Precedent In Dual Representation Policy
U S Ambassador George Bush argues the Soviet example shows a two Republic of the Soviet Union in the world body. He says no three Russia policy, noting Ukraine and Byelorussia are charter members.
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UPS
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People’s Republic of China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Taiwan
U.S
George Bush
Bush
Ukraine
Byelorussia
Weather Outlook and Local Birth Announcements
Mostly sunny and warmer today with highs in the 80s. Tonight and Saturday partly cloudy with a 10 to 30 percent precipitation chance. Birth notices include a Norwalk girl to Mr and Mrs Louis LaBonte and two Norwalk boys to Mr and Mrs Earl Calhoun and Mr and Mrs Robert Ward.
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Louis LaBonte
Earl Calhoun
Robert Ward
Faulkner cuts talks with Irish government over Belfast violence
Prime Minister Brian Faulkner said Northern Ireland would not deal with Dublin's government after Irish leader Jack Lynch called for a new Northern Ireland administration. Faulkner accused Lynch of backing the IRA and said the conflict has left 25 dead with ongoing street fighting across Belfast and other cities.
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UPI
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Faulkner
Jack Lynch
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Lynch
Londonderry
Bogside
POWs To Be Freed Before Christmas VFW Chief Says
Herbert Rainwater national commander of the VFW announced at the national convention that inside information indicates some American prisoners of war in Indochina will be released before Christmas. He cited about 600 POWs total, including 336 in North Vietnam, as the likely figures.
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UPI
Herbert R. Rainwater
Veteran of Foreign Wars
Inside
Rainwater
San Bernardino
Calif
VFW
U.S
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Stockholm
Vietnam
Indochina
North
Nixon Caught Between Civil Rights Panel and Wallace Busing Challenge
President Nixon faces criticism from the Civil Rights Commission over his opposition to racial school busing while Alabama Governor George C. Wallace pushes him to prove his commitment. Nixon orders investigations into the Alabama action and directs the Justice and HEW departments to examine the case as Wallace calls for officials to ignore a federal order on busing to achieve racial balance.
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UPI
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George C. Wallace
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Theodore M. Hesburgh
Notre Dame University
Hesburgh
Justice Department
Health, Education and Welfare Department
John Mitchell
Health, Education and Welfare
Elliot Richardson
Rhodes Drops $10 Million Libel Suit Against Life
Former Gov. James A. Rhodes announced he has dropped the libel suit against Life Magazine after the publication acknowledged he did not act illegally or dishonorably in commuting mobster Thomas Licavoli's sentence. Rhodes cited the magazine's statement and the parole board’s unanimous recommendation as determining factors.
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Life Magazine
Licavoli
Rhodes
Ohio Parole Board
Contractor To Build $55,000 Travel Center At Fitchville
Fitchville contractor Arnold Amburgy began a $55,000 project at the U S 250 and Ohio 13 intersection to create a service station restaurant and grocery store on the site of the old Washington House built in 1812. Amburgy plans to finish this fall after removing up to eight feet of dirt and will use the land for overnight campers nearby.
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Fred Stewart
Arnold Amburgy
U.S. 250
Ohio 13
Washington House
Amburgh
Amburgy
Milan
Fitchville River Road
Timmy
City Income Tax Take Reaches $203,525 Through Q2
The Norwalk City Income Tax Department reports a total of 203,525 collected this year through the second quarter. City accountant Charles Woodward notes this includes full year payments with early installments. Second quarter withholding totals 52,090, with individuals at 11,380, and the department urges those missing forms to notify the office.
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