Key West Faces Influx Of Hippies Quietly Transforming Town
In Key West Florida locals fear a hippie influx may scare tourists. Bearded wanderers and free-spirited youths mingle with longtime conchs while police shift from petty arrests to managing crowding. Residents lament loss of a once open island vibe and Duval Street’s drift.
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Keys
Charles Parry
State’s Attorney
Monroe County
Florida Keys
California
Key West
Fred Johnson
Duval St
North Fairfield youth wounded in accidental shotgun incident
Stanley McClain, 16, was hit in the left face by a shotgun blast at his North Fairfield home. Marshal Roy Back labeled the injury accidental and warned of possible eye loss. McClain remains at University Hospitals Cleveland in satisfactory condition. friend Louis Ward, 18, held the gun while a guitar was in view during the mishap. Police continue investigating. McClain is EHOVE junior, Ward a South Central High School senior.
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North Fairfield
Stanley McClain
Roy Back
Back
McClain
University Hospitals
Cleveland
Louis
Buddy) Ward
Maxine Coffman
Ehove Joint Vocational School
Ward
South Central High School
Willard Airman Not In First POW Group
Willard area family and others await word on Lt. Col. Richard Vogel release from North Vietnam as POW. He was not among the first prisoners freed this weekend while the first group arrived at Clark Air Base.
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Dale Vogel
Air Force
Col
Richard Vogel
North Vietnam
Col. Vogel
Hampton, Va
Vogel
Ohio
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
U.S
America
Navy
Jeremiah A. Denton
Virginia Beach
Hanoi
Clark
Loc Ninh
South Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
JMC
Saigon
Cmdr
Everett Alvarez Jr
Denton
Madeleine
Weather and marriages in Norwalk area with deaths listed
Weather report notes increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures with low in the 20s and highs in the upper 30s to 40s. Probabilities of precipitation rise from near zero to 30 percent by Tuesday. Marriage license applications list Bradford Brown and Julie Berg, Bill Barnett and Susan Lynch, William Slate and Katie Ross, Thomas Hedrick and Susan Smith. Deaths include Elmer L. Hough, 82, and Kate Phelps.
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Norwalk
Bradford K. Brown
Mansfield
Julie A. Berg
New London
Bill J. Barnett
Monroeville
Susan A. Lynch
William O. Slate
Katie A. Ross
Thomas R. Hedrick
Susan I. Smith
Willard
World money markets close as talks seek dollar stability
In Paris emergency talks aim to prevent a collapse of the five major currencies. Gold jumps to 69.50 an ounce as markets from Tokyo to London shut. In Columbus, Sen. Saxbe notes farm sales to Russia and China aid American farmers amid the dollar crisis.
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Paris
UPI
Tokyo
London
Columbus
William B. Saxbe
Rohio
Russia
China
Saxbe
Ohio State Grange
U.S
Gas Tank Blast on Staten Island Stirs Mystery
Reports say 26 men died after a huge Staten Island gas storage tank exploded while workers prepared to fix an old leak. A union official and laborers describe persistent gas smells, with authorities mystified about the cause as bodies are recovered from the eight story tank that held 600 000 barrels.
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New York
UPI
Texas Eastern Transmission Co
Staten Island
John Carroll
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Stoll
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Harrison
Jack) Schmitt
Moon
Lorain Community College
Sandusky High School
Lewis Research Center
UPI Telephoto
Vogels
Ruth Ludwig
Mary Lee Daving
Fostoria
Andrews Air Force Base
Paul Anthony Kari
Columbus and
Spencer
Harlan Page Chapman
Fremont
Calif
Elyria
Burton Wayne Campbell
Amherst
United Press International
Elmer L. Hough
Kate Phelps
Stroud
England
Money Markets Close
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Uniformed Fire Fishers Association
Hell
Joe Oppedisano
Dominick
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