Agnew Foresees Buckley Joining GOP Senate Caucus
Vice President Spiro Agnew said Buckley elected as Conservative from New York has shown loyalty to the Republican Party and should be welcomed into the GOP Senate caucus. He noted party discipline is vital for a strong two party system. Franco makes surprise Madrid appearance at Basque rally.
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Ohio Aims for Nation's Best Prison System in Five Years
Ohio Corrections Commissioner Bennett Cooper predicts the state will have the best prison system within five years. He emphasizes offender needs and aims to reduce repeat incarcerations while acknowledging issues at the Ohio Penitentiary and promising changes to excessive force.
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Arafat says Jordan militiamen tried to kill him
Yasser Arafat told Al-Raai El-Aam that Jordanian popular resistance militants ambushed a car in northern Jordan on Sunday. He said the driver was mistaken for him and wounded while the car was set on fire, and he was not in the vehicle.
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FDA under fire over toy safety after survey critique
United States FDA faces renewed criticism for not banning allegedly hazardous toys after releasing a survey of 120 000 injuries. The agency claimed fewer than 1 percent involved toys, as Consumers Union presses legal action to ban eight dangerous items.
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Weather and notices from Norwalk region
Cloudy morning and partly cloudy afternoon with a chance of showers turning to snow flurries tonight. Highs in the 40s, lows in the 30s. precipitation 20 percent today and tonight and 40 percent Saturday. Norwalk highs 39 and low 29. Marriage license filed for Thomas L. Smith and Evelyn C. Page. Death notices for Edward J. Gross Lester E. Todd Charlotte M. Willard Paul Sickinger.
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Bellevue
Paralyzed pilot dies in cross country crash near Effingham
Michael J. W. Young, 27, of Artesia New Mexico, his half brother Robert J. Dubois 21 of Roann Indiana, and Carl F. Fields 22 of Urbana Indiana were killed when their blue and white Cherokee 140 crashed on Fayette Avenue at the edge of Effingham Illinois while en route from Artesia to the Wabash County Indiana airport. Young who had used a wheelchair since a jeep accident in Korea had just earned a student pilot license the week before.
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Urbana
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Army chief denies Illinois political spying by Army agents
Army Secretary Stanley Resor rejected Sen. Ervin's charges that Army intelligence investigated Illinois figures Adlai Stevenson III Abner Mikva and Otto Kerner. White House denial followed as Rep Obey urged House probe into surveillance of public officials and lawmakers.
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Straub Leaves Appeals Bench for Toledo Municipal Court
Judge Harvey Straub resigns from the Sixth District Court of Appeals and is appointed to Toledo Municipal Court. The move ends his bid for another four years on the appeals court after a defeat to Clifford Brown and fixes a salary cut of five thousand dollars while granting seven more years in the judiciary if re-elected.
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Norwalk
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Glaser
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Reno Riley, Jr
Riley
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Gary E. Gabriel
Santa Claus makes first arrest in city history
In Philadelphia Santa Claus officer Bob McCann and another officer halted a youth who fled from a motorist after he wrestled away handcuffs from a youth escaping a courthouse hearing. McCann, 40, a 15 year veteran of playing Santa, said it was his first arrest as Santa Claus.
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Gilligan Names Harold Hovey Finance Director
Governor elect John J. Gilligan announced his first cabinet appointment naming Harold A. Hovey of Columbus as finance director. Hovey age 32 is a Toledo native who served three years as a management analyst in the U.S. Defense Department during Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations.
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First Strike Closes Janesville Cotton Mills
Janesville Cotton Mills in Norwalk ends its 18 year run of stability as 25 workers from Textile Workers Union of America Local 1422 walk out at 12:01 this morning after a contract expiry. H E Van Laun plant manager notes no specific contract issue, only general objection amid a federal mediator awaiting date for the next meeting. The plant, employing about 60 production workers, makes resin bonded cotton cushions and jute felt.
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Janesville
Auto Workers Lay Down Tools Amid Polish Riots
At the Zeran factory near Warsaw workers halted production to hold discussions over Baltic food riots. Troops with armored cars enforced a 200 mile front, with orders to shoot on sight as new protests flare in Szczecin and Slupsk. Casualties feared. strikes hit Lodz and Silesia while Warsaw users cope with price hikes.
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Smith Walker May Return Home for Christmas
PFC Donald Smith, once thought to have lost the use of his legs, is walking again at Renner Army Hospital Fort Lee Virginia and may be home for Christmas. Doctors traced a congenital sore back aggravated by a parachute jump last September to his condition. His mother Mrs Pearl Smith says he collapsed at home and was unable to walk earlier this fall and notes the Army transferred him between hospitals before Fort Lee. Smith will be discharged before Christmas, either to duty or convalescent leave, depending on his commanding officer.
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