Cincinnati Man Bumps Own Car in Icy Confrontation
John Waugh of Cincinnati tailgated by a mysterious driver on slick streets stops after several blocks to confront the rear vehicle. He discovers his own car had accidentally hooked the bumper of the other car as he backed away from a friend’s house and then reports the incident to police.
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Cincinnati
UPI
John Waugh
Waugh
Miami Beach
Nixon
Equitable
John Dunlop
Harvard
White House
Dunlop
Afl-Cio Building and Construction Trades Department
Washington
James D. Hodgson
Safest Ohio Weekend On Ice Reports Nine Deaths
Ohio Highway Patrol logged nine traffic fatalities over the weekend, the lowest of 1971 with zero deaths Friday, six Saturday, and three Sunday. A double fatality occurred north of Xenia on U S 42, killing Leonard G. Nelson and Tamera Ntuli, both 25 and 28 respectively. Columbus report notes no pedestrians or cyclists among the deaths. State Corrections Commissioner Bennet J. Cooper told a task force that guards at the Ohio Penitentiary are underpaid, starting around 5 762 annually, and must be raised toward federal levels 8200 to attract staff.
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United Press International
Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
Leonard G. Nelson
Tamera Ntuli
Wilberforce
Xenia
U.S
Columbus
UPI
Bennet J. Cooper
Citizens Task Force
Provision Lacks POW Release Plan in Nixon Pullout
Sen. Frank Church says Nixon's Vietnam troop withdrawal is real but lacks a program to win the release of prisoners of war. He notes the ongoing withdrawal averages 3,000 troops weekly for 18 months and urges accommodations for POWs.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
U.S
Frank Church
Didaho
Church
Cleveland Soldier Dies As Laos War Suspected
UPI reports Sgt. Herman Schmaltz claims a letter from his son Douglas indicates U.S. troops are in Laos, following news of the 23-year-old’s death in Southeast Asia. The letter notes a move toward Laos before death. no details released.
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Cleveland
UPI
Herman Schmaltz
U.S
Laos
Southeast Asia
Douglas
Schmaltz
Weather and Obituaries for Norwalk Area
Cloudy conditions with light snow or freezing drizzle likely today high near 30. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with a 60 20 and 10 percent chance of precipitation. Norwalk highs near 24 and 30s with lows in the teens. winds from 5 to 15 mph. Obituaries note deaths of Hettle Haas Stotz Jenkins Wyatt Spaulding Mandel Collins and Willard residents. full details on page 2.
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Norwalk
Walter C. Hettle
Monroeville
Napier J. Haas
Newport Richey
Fla
William H. Stotz
Fremont
Clyde S. Jenkins
Judith Lee Wyatt
Arnold J. Wyatt
Collins
Flaude F. Spaulding
Willard
Louis Mandel
Ella A. Collins
Sightseers Target Devastated LA Quake Area Amid Aftermath
Sightseers flood quake zones around Sylmar and San Fernando prompting police to bar non residents. Guards report heavy traffic at San Fernando Veterans Hospital as 62 died Tuesday and 44 at the hospital. Red Cross says about 80,000 families suffered losses with preliminary damage near $1 billion.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sylmar
San Fernando
San Fernando Veterans Hospital
Frank Caringelia
Southern California Gas Co
The
Red Cross
Federal Office of Emergency Preparedness
Nikki the sled dog charms Ohio winter crowds
A nine month old Siberian Husky named Nikki, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Verne Gordon of 14 Baker St., proves a natural puller in cold weather pulling the family sled and entertaining passersby. Nikki handles 160 pound Mr. Gordon with ease and loves snow while summer finds him panting. The piece also notes Nixon administration wage freeze considerations for construction and Laos advisory troops claims from UPI reports.
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Geoff Hammill
Ohio
Verne Gordon
Baker St
Gordon
Nikki
Agnew in Golf Comeback Earns Praise After Mishap
In Palm Springs Spiro Agnew again drew attention at the Bob Hope Desert Classic as a wayward tee shot struck three spectators and injured Jacqueline Woods, while Willie Mays and Doug Sanders praised his resilience amid the mishap.
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Doug Sanders
Jacqueline
Woods
Chatsworth
Calif
India
Agnew
Sanders
G.L. Decker
Saigon reports halt of main Ho Chi Minh Trail segment
Lt. Gen Hoang Xuan Lam says 16 000 troops reach 18 miles inside Laos and have cut the trail’s main supply road. U S Air Force F105 Wild Weasel conducts a protective reaction strike on a North Vietnamese missile site. In Laos a CIA clandestine army base headquarters is bombed by U S planes, killing 10 and wounding 20.
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Saigon
UPI
Laos
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
North Vietnam
Vientiane
Long Chen
Hoang Xuan Lam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
President's Day Brings Business Boom to Norwalk Shops
Norwalk observes the first long weekend under federal law with many workers off and stores open late for a President's Sale. Government workers enjoy a holiday, while police and fire personnel will get a day off later. Schools praise the extra break.
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Norwalk
Congress
Washington
Lincoln
Nixon Did Not Watch Apollo Splashdown Live
British journalist Peregrine Worsthorne reports in the Sunday Telegraph that President Nixon did not view the Apollo 14 splashdown on TV and only reluctantly telephoned congratulations. An aide interrupted their White House talk to relay the astronauts’ safe return.
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London
API
Nixon
Peregrine Worsthorne
Sunday Telegraph
White House
Earth
Worsthorne
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Lord Fiske
Decimal Currency Board
United States
Europe
Republic of Ireland
Moscow
Tass Today
Tass
Gene Scheid
Donald Shinski
Wheee
Mrs. Verne Gordon
Baker Street
Klein
Herb Klein
Vietiane
Long Cheng
Sharon Gordon
Norwalk High School
Palm Springs, Calif
Spiro Agnew
Salem, Ore
Willie Mays
Ho Chi
Apollo
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