Elderly Driver Stricken as Car Hits School Children
In Holyoke Massachusetts an 80 year old widow Marie Johannis suffered a heart attack and died after her car plowed into a group of children leaving Joseph Metcalf Elementary School. Two children died instantly and another nine were injured six critically as the patrol called the incident the city’s worst accident.
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Marie Johannis
Susan Kusek
James R.cossey
Roxanne Lafleur
Holyoke Hospital
Mrs. Johannis
James Ellis
Linda Markowski
Constance Carr
Laurie Klepacki
David Cossey
Ronald Kusek
Kazan Komarek freed after Czech spy conviction
Vladimir Kazan Komarek, an American travel agent convicted of espionage in the Czech Republic, was freed and left Prague at 3:50 a.m. EST bound for Paris after an eight-year sentence was imposed. State Department confirmed his release and travel.
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Washington
UPI
Vladimir Kazan Komarek
State Department
Kazan
Prague
Paris
Reuther Resigns AFL-CIO Post Stoking UAW Split Talk
Walter P. Reuther quits as AFL-CIO leader and takes three UAW aides with him fueling speculation that he plans to pull the United Auto Workers 1.4 million members from the federation he helped found.
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Detroit
UPI
Walter P. Reuther
Afl-Cio
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
George Meany
May
Labor Organization
Reuther
Labor
Lovett recalls brutal treatment after East German jail release
William W. Lovett, one of four Americans freed from Communist East German prisons, says he was beaten and scarred by his captors and was unjustly accused as a spy after a traffic accident. He describes harsh interrogation and rough handling during captivity.
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Berlin
William W. Lovett
East German escapee freed after two years in prison
Moses Herrin, 25, released from East German prison after helping five escapees reach the west. His mother speaks of joy as he reunites with family after time apart. In Detroit area, a 1941 Chevrolet sits in a backyard. township seeks removal as junk despite owner defending its value and age.
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AKRON
UPI
Helen Montgomery
Moses Herrin
Detroit
Leonard Aldis
Taylor Township
Achs
Neighbors Protest Bathroom Frosted Glass Orientation
A light hearted notice from David City readers says a one way frosty bathroom glass is facing the wrong way, sparking playful neighborly concern in Banner Press.
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David City
Neb
UPI
Banner Press
Weather outlook and weekend temps with deaths listed
Variable cloudiness and wind today with a high near 38. Tonight turns colder with a few snow flurries and a low around 15. Sunday stays partly cloudy and colder with additional flurries east. Sunrise 7 36 a m, sunset 5 47 p m. Friday high 29, low 25. Deaths William F Seitz 88 rural Norwalk Mildred Meeker Burdue 79 Berlin Heights.
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William F. Seitz
Norwalk
Mildred. Meeker Burdue
Berlin Heights
NASA suspends moon program after Apollo 1 fire
NASA will postpone three manned flights as investigators probe the Apollo 1 fire that killed three astronauts. Unmanned Saturn V development continues to avoid delaying a 1969 moon landing, with two launches likely before June and a fall or winter flight to complete the schedule.
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NASA
Cape Kennedy
U.S
Soviet Union
Norwalk Seeks July Fourth Parade Slogan
Norwalk announces a slogan contest for its Fourth of July parade. James Anderson parade chairman invites all city school children to submit entries by February 15 with a $25 savings bond prize. The parade committee will meet that night to pick a winner.
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Norwalk
James Anderson
Talks End In Strike At Willard
The Pioneer Rubber Company and the United Rubber Workers halted talks Friday afternoon after 11 days of strike action. Federal mediator Harry E. Weber of Toledo led the session from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and no agreement was announced. No further talks are scheduled, and a union statement was expected later in the day.
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Cameron, la
UPI
Gulf of Mexico
Continental Oil Company
Willard
Pioneer Rubber Company
United Rubber Workers
Harry E. Weber
Toledo
Gene Haynes
URW
Kremlin Accuses China of Anti-Soviet Orgies and Evacuations
Moscow accuses Beijing of anti-Soviet orgies and begins airlifting Russian families from Peking. The Kremlin demands urgent steps to end Red Guard rioting outside its embassy as four TU-104s ferry about 200 people home over four days. The Chinese embassy accuses Soviet police of attacking Chinese diplomats. Moscow denies police involvement.
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Kremlin
Moscow
UPI
Peking
Soviet Union
Red Guard
Aeroflot Airlines
First Service Feb 12 Presbyterian Church Opens
The First United Presbyterian Church will hold a final service at Norwalk Junior High School and inaugurate the new sanctuary the following Sunday. An evening service is planned Feb 12 at 7:30 p.m. Dedication services likely in March. The church marks its 137th anniversary. organized Feb 11, 1830.
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First United Presbyterian Church
Norwalk
West Main
Church Streets
NASA Figures Apollo Tragedy Caused by Smoke Not Fire
NASA releases a preliminary report on the Apollo 1 accident noting three astronauts died from smoke as they attempted to escape. The timeline shows fire detected at 6 31 p m EST and rapid cabin pressure rise leading to capsule rupture at 14 seconds after ignition.
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Washington
UPI
America
Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
Robert C. Seamans Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
James E. Webb
Roger Chaffee
Edward W. White
White
Chaffee
Seamans
Remote wedding by telephone links Texas duo across world
In Arlington Texas Rev James Weir joined Barbara Shelton and Sgt Jimmy Woods by phone from Phan Rang Air Base Vietnam for a marriage ceremony. The pair met 18 months earlier and coordinated the wedding via transcontinental lines with Texas and Air Force approval.
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Arlington, Tex
UPI
James Weir
Northside Baptist Church
Arlington
Tex
Barbara Shelton
Phan Rang Air Force Base
Jimmy Woods
Wichita Falls
Woods
Hawaii
Barbara
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Hitchcock
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Jimmy Morton
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Cincinnati
Stanley Fisher
State Supreme Court
Ontario
High Court
Happy House
U. S
Space Center, Houston
National Aeronautics and Space Administrations
Happy’s Tavern
Joe Dush
New Church
Firelands Drive
Us-250
Fisher- Titus Memorial Hospital
J.K. McDivitt
trans-Pacific
Weir
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