Ryerson Hopes for Sun at Huron County Fair
Amid drizzle at the Huron County Fair, fair secretary George Ryerson eyed a weather outlook with 10 percent rain tonight and 20 percent tomorrow. 4-H youth ready livestock, crafts, and outfits as exhibitors race to place by 6 pm. The fair opens at 9 am Wednesday with a pony pull scheduled at the grandstand.
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Carol Buescher
Huron County Fair
George Ryerson
Ryerson
Fiat
Darlene Smith
Monroeville
Northside 4-H Club
Barry
Darlene
Calvin Frye
New London
Calvin
Teresa Humbrug
Fremont
Teresa
Deliverance author James Dickey laments drownings in Chattooga River
In Columbia South Carolina James Dickey says he feels terrible about a wave of drownings in the Chattooga River near the Georgia line. He can do nothing to stop them though. Eight people have died in the last 13 months as interest in whitewater canoeing grows after his book and film.
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Columbia, S.C
UPI
James Dickey
Deliverance
Chattooga
Georgia
Dickey
Litter Raiders Boost Ohio State Fair Cleanliness Effort
Gov. Gilligan reports 3 000 teenagers volunteering as Litter Raiders to patrol the Ohio State Fair for 12 days. They work with the EPA to educate visitors on environmental cleanup. A separate item notes 11 Mansfield men indicted for distributing football parlay cards.
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Columbus
UPI
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Cleveland
Mansfield Area
Thomas Bair
Michael Charles Bair
Ralph Primavera
John D. Ashworth Jr
Charles Benick
John Blanish
Anthony R. Buzenski
Bennie Lee Caldwell
David Eugene Deel
Paul Edward Hoke
Fred Jackson
Mansfield
Kennedy Kin's Jeep Rolls on Nantucket injuring five
In Nantucket the jeep carrying David Kennedy and five young women overturned after failing a curve. Joseph Kennedy III was cited for negligent driving as several passengers were hospitalized in serious to good condition. David Kennedy and two others were treated and released or remained in hospital. The crash occurred while en route across the island, with witnesses describing the vehicle flipping onto its side in brush.
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Ken Cafarell
Hyannis, Mass
UPI
David Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
David
Joseph P. Kennedy III
Joseph Kennedy
Cape Cod Hospital
Hyannis
Nantucket
Nantucket Island
Pamela Kelley
Centerville
Mass
Mary Schlaff
Grosse Pointe
Mich
Luke Gruber
Nantucket Hospital
Homicide Charge Dismissed in Oberlin Municipal Court
Vehicle death case against Lyle E. Riehm of Norwalk was dismissed after the judge found reasonable doubt about guilt in the June 22 accident that killed Daphne Hamilton, 7. The decision came despite testimony on visibility and speed, with Downing's trial set for next Tuesday in Oberlin.
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Oberlin
Lyle E. Riehm
Norwalk
Oberlin Municipal Court
David R. Goldthorpe
Riehm
Daphne Hamilton
Wellington
New London Eastern Road
Clare-Mar Lakes Park
Elizabeth
Charles Bedell
Daphne
Nixon to proclaim innocence in Watergate report
White House aides say President Nixon will declare his innocence to the nation in a report due midweek. He may admit, in hindsight, that he should have heeded warning signals and kept closer watch on White House officials acting in his name.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Weather and death notice for Norwalk area August 14 1973
Variable cloudiness with a chance of showers and thundershowers today. High in the upper 70s. Tonight and Wednesday partly cloudy with lows near 60s and highs mid to upper 70s. Easterly winds today then northerly tonight. Deaths: Mr. Collin H. Oexle, 69, Norwalk.
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Norwalk
Jury in Robinson Trial Seated Nine Women Hear First Witness
Huron County coroner Dr. William B. Holman was set to testify as the first witness in the first degree murder trial of Larry D. Robinson. A jury of nine women and three men with one woman alternates was seated after final challenges. The state plans to prove Robinson shot taxi operator Alice White Womack during a robbery and left her body in her car near Greenwood Cemetery on April 6. The defense urged reasonable doubt and questioned the motive given the victim carried little cash while Robinson had funds.
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Elizabeth Hamilton
Goldthorpe
Huron County
William B. Holman
Larry D. Robinson
Willard
Common Pleas Court
Henry E. Young
Norwalk
William W. Owens
Holman
Owens
Robinson
Alice White Womack
Greenwood Cemetery
Young
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Brian Lund
Council of Environmental Quality
UPI Telephoto
Kennedy
Board of Education
Teachers’ Association
Phyllis Petrosino
Paul Miller
Miller
Robert Wilson
Kent State University
Charles Leberknight
Ohio Education Association
Robert Brown
Marion City Schools
Petrosino
Teachers Association
Wilson
Letherknight
Brown
Joseph
By Kevin Tanzillo
Hamilton
Hamiltons
Elizabeth Downing
T.L. Paffenbarger
Warren Davies
Ohio State Patrol
Williams St
Ehove Vocational School
Mike Graves
Canterbury Country Club
Here
Graves
Jack Nicklaus
Canterbury
Lorain
Houston
Gulf of Mexico
U.S
Chambers County
Louis Otter
Collin H. Oexle
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