Senate braces for SST filibuster amid 91st Congress crisis
Across multiple notes from Washington to Chicago and California, reports cover a looming Senate filibuster over the faster-than-sound SST funding, an 11-year-old newspaper carrier killed on his route near Elyria, a California child abuse case dismissal, Bethlehem Christmas pilgrim expectations, Cyrus Eaton suing CEI over a fence-line dispute, and Illinois voters approving a new state charter while rejecting lowering the voting age and the death penalty.
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Senate
Elyria
Ohio
UPI
Here
Kenneth Scates
Bagley Rd
North Ridgeville
Arthur Markley
Markley
Chicago
Illinois
Poles Suppress Riots as Army Seizes Three Cities
Polish troops and tanks took control of Gdansk Gdynia and Sopot after two days of bread price protests that left six dead and many injured. Western diplomats reported police fired on crowds and warned of spread to Silesia amid massive arrests.
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Warsaw
UPI
Communist Party
Pap
Poznan
Wladyslaw Gomulka
East Germany
Gdansk
Danzig
Gdynia
Sopot
Poland
Beef referendum votes urged for producers and dairymen
Beef producers and dairymen selling cattle for market may vote in the statewide beef promotion referendum until 4 p.m. Thursday. Observers Carl Heyman and Adin Woodworth note voting has been light beyond major feeders in Huron County. Ballots are cast at the Cooperative Extension Office in the Courthouse. Driving conditions are hazardous due to sleet with freezing rain possible as temperatures sit around 36 degrees.
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Carl Heyman
Adin Woodworth
Huron County
Cooperative Extension Office
Monroeville
Norwalk
Weather notes and local life events in Norwalk
Cloudy and warmer today with snow turning to rain this afternoon and a brief freezing rain possibility. Tonight rain flurries then cooler, highs in the 30s and 40s, lows 20s to 30s. Local winds vary. precipitation 80 percent today, 40 tonight, 30 late tonight. High 35, low 23 in Norwalk. Marital license for Robert A Ingersoll and Andra J Stewart. birth of a son to Mr and Mrs William Eakes. deaths of Edward N Skinn 85, Col Carl R Davis 73, Mrs Florence Mason 77.
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Norwalk
Edward N. Skinn
Carl R. Davis
Orlando
Fla
Florence Mason
Berlin Heights
Witness accused of $18000 payoff tied to Hughes departure
A Las Vegas witness for Hughes Tool Co. was accused of receiving $18,000 in connection with Howard Hughes’ apparent departure from the Desert Inn. Lavane Forsythe denied the charge, saying he never received such money. The case centers on who paid him through Westinghouse and Chase Manhattan Bank for “escort” duties during the recluse’s dispersal.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Howard Hughes
Nevada
Hughes Tool Co
Robert Maheu
Hughes
Hughes Tool
Chester Davis
Lavane N. Forsythe
Forsythe
J.L. Crawford
Desert Inn
Randy Clark
Northridge
Calif
Westinghouse
Chase Manhattan Bank
New York
Special Mission
Crawford
California
Justice Douglas Cleared by House Subcommittee in Impeachment Probe
A House special subcommittee rejected impeachment charges against Justice William C. Douglas after reviewing a 924 page report. Douglas defended the court's independence and urged a new generation to tackle pollution and civil rights. He noted extensive world travel and claimed never to travel at government expense.
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Washington
UPI
House
William C. Douglas
Supreme Court
Douglas
Parvin Foundation
Select Committee
Laird Backs POW Release Proposal
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird endorsed a plan by Senator Griffin to unilaterally release 1,600 North Vietnamese prisoners of war. The proposal calls for 1,500 able bodied and 100 sick or wounded prisoners, aiming before the Vietnamese lunar new year. Laird said he would do whatever he can to encourage this humanitarian initiative.
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Washington
UPI
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Senate
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Norwalk Council votes 5-1 on charter commission reading
Norwalk City Council approved first reading of an ordinance to elect a 15 member charter commission on May 4. Councilman Domenic Coletta voted no. Robert Williams absent. If approved after two more readings, this marks a second charter debate in four years.
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Norwalk
Allen Hakes
Hakes
Domenic Coletta
Robert Williams
Benedict
Planning and Zoning Commission
Woodlawn Avenue
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