Truckers Stage Festive Slowdown On Ohio Turnpike
Hundreds of eastbound truckers crowded the Ohio Turnpike north of Berlin Heights in a late Tuesday protest over fuel and weight limits. Drivers demanded national plates speed limits of 65 mph and 80,000 pound weights, fixed fuel prices, and trucking tax allocations to roads. State patrol Captain James Fallenkamp talked with drivers as they pressed for ten demands while remaining mostly orderly.
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Congress Advances Daylight Saving Time Reform
Both houses passed bills to restore Daylight Saving Time and save an estimated 1.5 percent of fuel. If approved, clocks could move ahead for two years before New Year’s Eve pending reconciliation in a House-Senate conference committee. Kennedy begins a preparatory course toward a 1976 presidential bid, Tunney says.
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Michael O'Shea dies at 61 in California home tragedy
Actor Michael O'Shea known for gangster films in the 1940s and a 1950s TV comedy died aged 61, apparently of a heart attack. He lived in Thousand Oaks with wife Virginia Mayo and a daughter. police found him in a bathtub in an apartment her rental.
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Attorney Leaps To His Death
The U.S. Attorney for Brooklyn and Long Island, 45 year old Robert A. Morse, leaped from his fifth floor Brooklyn Heights apartment after submitting a handwritten resignation note. He had spent the morning at the Brooklyn federal courthouse and was described as depressed recently. Police labeled the death an apparent suicide. Morse, a Republican, was appointed by President Nixon in 1971.
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UPI
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Long Island
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Brooklyn Heights
Deborah
Morse
Brooklyn Federal Courthouse
Jacob Mishler
Federal
Irene Spott Morse
Nixon
White House gown mix up at Ceausescu visit
At a state dinner for Nicolae Ceausescu the Romanian first lady wore a long black and gold gown while most guests wore short dresses. Pat Nixon responded by changing into a shocking pink gown to match the evening.
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UPI
White House
Pat Nixon
Romania
Nicolae Ceausescu
Ceausescu
Weather Outlook and Local Notices
Considerable cloudiness and wind with colder air today and tonight. Highs in the upper 40s, lows around 25 to 30. Snow flurries possible Thursday with a high 35 to 40. Norwalk highs 60, lows 47. precipitation 0.09 inches. BIRTHS Anna M. Lawrence 91 Vermilion. Marriage license Kenneth Putt Roberta A. Biddinger at home Willard. Death Anna M. Lawrence 91 Vermilion.
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Kenneth Putt
Willard
Farmer
Roberta A. Biddinger
Ohio Sheriff Borgia Elected Buckeye Association President
John Borgia of Huron County is elected president of the Buckeye State Sheriffs Association at the annual Canton conference. He serves as first vice president of the group this year and attends the meeting in Canton through Friday.
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Huron County
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Canton
City Housewife Pike Tie Up Anarchy By Janet Conway
A Norwalk woman describes an Ohio Turnpike blockade as anarchy of the highest order after a delay that stretched to over two hours. She and her husband faced a medial strip crawl from Fremont to Norwalk with truck drivers claiming ownership of their own rigs. Public officials were contacted including Rep Ethel Swanbeck and Governor John Gilligan as inquiries about the incident unfolded. The ICC said the turnpike falls under state authority and public safety issues would involve the DOT.
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Castalia
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Norwalk
James Bersche
Indian Terrace
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John Ashbrook
Robert Taft
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John Gilligan
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Swanbeck
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