Seaman and Walker Named Ohio North South All Star Coaches
Seaman of Sandusky and Walker of Columbus Watterson will coach the Ohio North South High School All Star Football Game in Canton next August after being selected by the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association board. The board will pick the all-senior squad today.
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Columbus
UPI
Bob Seaman
Sandusky
Dick Walker
Watterson
Canton
Ohio High School Football Coaches Association
Athens Earthquake Shakes City Early Morning
A brief earthquake quake struck Athens sending many residents into the streets. The tremor lasted about two seconds with no immediate report of damage or injuries.
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Athens
Greece
UPI
Henry Fonda Marries Shirlee Adams in New York
Henry Fonda, 60, wed Shirlee Adams, 33, a former airline stewardess and model, in MIKOLA New York. It is Adams first marriage. Fonda stars in the Broadway play Generation. UPI reports. Cardinal Spellman and Archbishop Shehan led American prelates urging the Ecumenical Council to back nuclear deterrence to preserve peace, opposing the council’s condemnation of nuclear weaponry.
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N.Y
UPI
Henry Fonda
Shirlee Adams
Fonda
Vatican City
U.S
Francis Spellman
New York
Lawrence Joseph Shehan
Baltimore
Ecumenical Council Today
Tragedy in Lyndhurst: Husband Kills Wife and Son Then Self
A 45-year-old Lyndhurst man shot and killed his wife Sherrie 45 and their 15-year-old son Gregg before taking his own life. A minister found the bodies after his phone calls went unanswered, revealing a murder suicide within the family.
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Cleveland
UPI
Lyndhurst
Friday
Hans M. Ledermann
Sherrie
Gregg
Weather Update and Local Notices
Partly cloudy and windy with a cooler high around 40 to 48 today. Tonight remains fair with a low near 25 to 30. Sunday brings more clouds and possible snow or rain by afternoon or evening. Friday highs about 46 and a 31 low. Marriage license granted to John Fackler and Constance Gose of Willard. Births to Mr and Mrs Andrew Phillips of Willard, a daughter. Deaths: Mrs Mary Deehr, 85 of Norwalk. Harvey Lee Wireman, 2 1/2 months, New London.
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Mary Deehr
Norwalk
Harvey Lee Wireman
New London
Attack at Saigon Metropole Building Kills Ten
A Communist extremist raid near the Metropole Building in Saigon killed 10 people, including two Americans, and wounded more than 175 as a Claymore device failed to detonate. Vietnamese civilians and U.S. personnel suffered extensive injuries in the blast and surrounding chaos.
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Navy
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Weather looks set for Gemini 7 lift from Cape Kennedy
Space officials hailed satisfactory weather for the Gemini 7 launch to orbit with astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell for a two week mission. Light winds and Atlantic recovery area conditions favored a 2:30 p.m. EST liftoff as dawn clouds drifted over Cape Kennedy.
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Space Agency
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James Lovell
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Wasp
Ball Arraigned in Bank Robbery Case
Charles Edward Ball 35 formerly of Madison West Virginia was held on 25000 bond after arraignment in Toledo on charges of robbing the United Bank of Willard of 1200 last Thursday Ball was moved from Willard where he was picked up after intoxication and resisting arrest He was identified as the man who took the money after threatening a woman teller with a bottle of nitroglycerin
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Toledo
UPI
Charles Edward Ball
Madison
W. Va
United Bank of Willard
Willard
Dog Leads to Arrest of Willard Robbery Suspect
Willard police say George Edward Ball bought a $50 hound dog, drank at Front Street taverns, and was arrested for public intoxication and resisting an officer. Investigators later tied Ball to a bank robbery after witnesses identified him. Ball arrived in Willard and worked as a relief taxi driver. The case remains under investigation.
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Willard United Bank
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Front Street
Willard
McCarty Hotel
Fillings
Willard No. 15
Filling
Madison
W. Va
Search Operation Averts Longer Bank Robbery in Willard
Willard police chief Calvin Fillings said a perimeter search began minutes after the Willard United Bank robbery at 10 20 a m. Police were alerted at 10 23 with a radio broadcast by 10 33 and a plan in effect by 10 35. Agencies involved included Huron County Sheriff’s Department Norwalk and Bucyrus Patrol posts and the FBI with aerial reconnaissance of the county. London Bureau of Criminal Investigation representative aided the probe. Bank President John Wallace praised the rapid police work for solving a $1200 theft.
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Willard United
Calvin Fillings
Fillings
Huron County Sheriff's Department
Norwalk
Bucyrus
State Highway Patrol
Federal
Willard Bank Robbery Repeats After 26 Years
The Willard United Bank was robbed again on Thursday, marking a second heist in 26 years. A 1939 raid by the same gang left $11,000 with employees ordered to lie on the floor, and that crime was never solved.
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Willard
Willard United Bank
Monroeville Levy Vote Is Tuesday
Voters in Monroeville go to the polls Tuesday from 6 30 a m to 6 30 p m for a special election on an 8 mill levy by the Monroeville School District. The proposal combines a 4 5 renewal and 3 5 increase for current expenses, running five years, requiring 55 percent approval.
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Monroeville
Oil Hunt Continues on Harold Beck Farm
Oil drillers near Collins failed to find oil at 3,923 feet on the Harold Beck farm Thursday night. Earlier reports predicted oil would be struck that day, but workers said they would keep drilling the well today.
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Harold Beck
Collins
Regional Anti Poverty Conference in Bowling Green
The Huron and Erie County Bi-County Community Action Committee will send representatives to a Regional Anti Poverty Conference on Tuesday at Bowling Green State University campus from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. County commissioners and H Agent Carlos Tucker will attend, with Mrs. George Ford and St Clair Robinson noting committee involvement. Albert G. Giles described the goal to foster understanding and coordination of programs under the Economic Opportunity Act and Elementary Secondary Education Act. Counties in attendance include Allen, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood and Wyandot.
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Erie County
Bowling Green
Bowling Green State University
Huron County
Carlos Tucker
George Ford
Huron County Committee
Erie County Cac
St. Clair Robinson
Albert G. Giles
Ohio Office of Opportunity
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Defiance
Erie
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Hardin
Henry
Huron Lucas
Ottawa
Paulding
Putnam
Sandusky
Seneca
VanWert
Williams
Wood
Wyandot
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