Ohio Senate panel approves lower voting age to 19
The Senate Elections Committee approved a constitutional amendment to drop Ohio’s voting age from 21 to 19. Sponsored by Sen. Oakley Collins of Ironton, the measure heads to the Senate Rules Committee. If approved by both chambers it would go to the November ballot.
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Columbus
UPI
Senate
Ohio
Oakley Collins
Aironton
Senate Rules Committee
House
Collins
Draft Lottery Eyed In Congress To Reform Draft Law
Washington UPI reports Congress may tackle the draft by a lottery. Chairman L Mendel Rivers says he will hold hearings on the Selective Service Act this spring though his stance softens. Supporters want to drop college deferments. Rivers and others want most provisions kept intact.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
House
Armed Services Committee
Rivers
Start Hospital Probe At Hawthornden State Hospital
Summit County prosecutor James Barbuto announced a legal investigation into multiple incidents at Hawthornden State Mental Hospital. The probe follows the slaying of a teenage boy and the birth of an illegitimate child, with an assistant assigned to assist as needed.
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AKRON
UPI
Hawthornden State Mental Hospital
James Barbuto
Summit County
Weather and births roundup for Norwalk region
Partly cloudy with little temperature change. highs in the 30s to low 40s and lows in the 20s. Winds shift from southwest to northwest 15 to 25 mph. Norwalk forecast shows no precipitation. humidity fluctuates through the day. Birth notices list several local families welcoming new sons and daughters with locations including Norwalk Attica Shiloh and Greenwich.
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Lake Erie
Norwalk
New 14 Unit Townhouse Complex Planned in City
Leesons Company will develop Lee Manor apartments on West Main Street and Valley Park Drive in Norwalk. The 14 unit brick complex costs about $200,000 with two bedrooms and air conditioning, to be built by Klingshire Towner and connected trades. Construction begins today and finishes in August.
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West Main Street
Valley Park Drive
Leesons Company
Lee Manor Apartments
Les W. Russell
Milan Village Realty
New Street
Central Securities
Gertrude Hogan
Klingshire Towner
Vermilion
Elenbaas Heating
Milan
Hill
Norwalk
Council
Blue Ribbon Committee
State Health Department
Charles Hipp
Hipp
Mixed Reactions in Norwalk to Controversial Candy
Norwalk theater manager Louis LaBonte reports a mixed public response to the adult film Candy now showing. Attendance is slightly above normal, walkouts are modest, and the run may end early with potential relocation to a college town. Sheriff officials note a few complaints, but no arrests yet.
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Louis LaBonte
Norwalk
LaBonte
John Borgia
Borgia
Truck Slams Into Overpass and Multiple Crashes Reported
A series of accidents on Route 61 and nearby roads near Willard and Attica involved several drivers. Leonard Secrest failed to notice a ten foot seven inch clearance, hitting the overpass with a 1969 Ford chassis cab. Other crashes on Route 162 and Route 601/20 caused vehicle damage. charges included failure to yield and driving left of center.
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Willard
Leonard Secrest
Massillon
Secrest
Nelson D. Farris
Attica
Seneca-Huron
James W. Trammel
New London
Trammel
Lazarus W. Hunter
Warrensville Heights
Robert K. Wallace
Ford St
Route 162
Wallace
James A. McMorrow
Fryen St
Ridge Road
Michael A. Gerten
McMorrow
Leftists Plan Anti Nixon Protests in West Berlin
West Berlin students branded President Nixon a reactionary and promised demonstrations during his February 27 European tour stop. Officials fear a new Berlin crisis as East German travel restrictions for the March 5 presidential election raise alarms about potential Warsaw Pact pressure and Communist harassment of routes to the city.
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East Germany
Ivan I. Yakubovsky
Berlin
Yakubovsky
West Berlin
Free University Student Council
Nixon
New London School Won't Oppose Permit
New London officials in a two minute hearing indicated no protest will be filed against a D-2 liquor permit for Andrew Biro owner of the Wonderbar. The board cited temporary church classrooms and a voter approval last November as reasons to refrain from opposing the permit.
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New London School
New London
Andrew Biro
Liquor Department
Joseph Hurley
New London Board of Education
Army Moves to Reassure Public on ABM Program
Washington reports the Army disclosed in a congressional testimony that atomic warheads have been mounted on antiaircraft missiles in and around several U.S. cities since 1958 to calm public concern over planned nuclear tipped antimissile rockets. Lt. Gen. A D Starbird heads the ABM program and addressed questions about the 11-year-old Nick Hercules missiles.
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Washington
API
Army
A.D. Starbird
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Richard Cooley
Jay York
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