Reflector flooded by calls about POW bracelets
Norwalk residents flood The Reflector with inquiries about POW bracelets after promising to publish returnee information by phone. Reports show 40 to 50 wearers in town, many high school girls, with Air Force Col. Lawrence Guarino named among returns as plans to publish the full POW list Wednesday.
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Jack Brown
Julie Rafie
Air Force
Lawrence Guarino
Satellite Beach
Fla
Pam Seville
Norwalk
Pam
Reflector
North Vietnam
Greg Richards
Richards
VFW
Ford
Sandusky
Penn Central Plans Abandonment Of Norwalk Branch Segment
Penn Central filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission to discontinue service on a 40.17 mile section from Elyria to near Bellevue affecting Lorain and Huron Counties with stations at Oberlin Kipton Wakeman Collins Norwalk and Monroeville. The plan may proceed without hearings unless objections arise.
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Penn Central Transportation Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Huron County
Huron County Regional Planning Commission
Penn Central
Norwalk
Elyria
Bellevue
Lorain
Huron Counties
Oberlin
Kipton
Wakeman
Collins
Monroeville
C.B. Roscoe
Regional Planning Commission
Firelands Elevator
Gould, Inc
Farm Bureau Elevator and Lumber Yard
Hooker L.P. Gas
Kipton Elevator
Lorain County
William Owens
Norwalk Area Weather And Notices
Mostly cloudy and cooler tonight with a chance of snow flurries. Low tonight mid to lower 20s. Wednesday variable cloudiness with a chance of snow flurries and turning colder by late in the day. High Wednesday in the mid 30s. Births and marriage license applications listed for Norwalk and area entities.
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Norwalk
Hospital waits on abortion policy amid Ohio ruling
At Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital administrator Richard Westhofen says the Norwalk hospital will wait and see how demand and legalities develop before pursuing an abortion policy. Board members have not discussed the issue after a federal ruling struck down Ohio’s abortion ban. Meanwhile in Bucyrus, the Ohio Licensed Beverage Association pushes for 24 hour liquor sales and relaxed Sunday limits with about 300 tavern owners backing the measure.
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Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Richard C. Westhofen
Norwalk City Hospital Association
Westhofen
Ohio
Allan Shankman
Bucyrus
UPI
Ohio Licensed Beverage Association
Robert Posey
Columbus
GIs Hire Wives Spark Bigamy Worry in Thailand
About 2,800 American troops are said to have married Thai women to receive a $150 allowance, creating bigamy concerns for Thai and U S officials. Governor Damrong Sunthornsaratul urged USS commanders to verify marriages, noting security and crime problems and urging enforcement of heavy penalties for bigamy.
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Bangkok
Damrong
Laos Cease-Fire Expected This Week Agreement Near After Talks
Lao government and Pathet Lao negotiators move toward a formal cease-fire to take effect at noon Thursday. U.S. bombing may end with the accord as Paris talks loom on Indochina peace. Initialling followed Souvanna Phouma’s rejection of a written temporary truce.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Red
Souvannavong
Radio Laos
Pheng Phongsavan
Phoumi Vongvichit
U.S
Souvanna
Paris
Indochina
Vietnam
Hanoi
Washington
Southeast Asia
Newborn Girl Found Abandoned in Airplane Toilet
A full term baby girl with umbilical cord attached was found in a toilet aboard United Airlines Flight 699 at Youngstown Municipal Airport. The infant, unweighed but estimated five to six pounds, was taken to Warren General Hospital in satisfactory condition and placed in an incubator. The flight originated in Washington D C and stopped in Pittsburgh before arriving in Youngstown.
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Youngstown, Ohio
UPI
United Airlines
Youngstown Municipal
Warren General Hospital
Marilyn King
United
Great Lakes Region
Cleveland
Senate split over Gray FBI nomination amid partisan claims
Senate Democratic leaders diverge on L Patrick Gray III as FBI director with Mansfield likely backing him while Byrd accuses Gray of partisanship. Byrd recalls Hoover's nonpartisanship and cites media reports alleging poor administration and out of Washington time.
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Washington
Byrd
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Gray
Two Suspects Captured After Olena Tavern Burglary
Deputies chased two burglary suspects eight miles through snow near Olena in Huron County for five hours after the break in at Obie's Tavern on U S 250. Suspects, a 18 year old from Wellington and a 17 year old Wellington boy, were arrested near North Fairfield. Obermiller reported the break in and fired a shot. no items were stolen.
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Richmond School
Willard
Huron County Sheriff's Department
Edwin Steinentz
U.S. 224
Willard City
Huron County
Obie
Olena
Charles Obermiller
John Warner
James Robertson
Gerald Ross
Ohio
Fitchville
Gilbert L. Ross
Wellington
Obermiller
U.S. 250
Marion Bellamy
North Fairfield
Russ
Warner
Norwalk
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Gallup
Walter Hite
Bollenbacher
Equalization Board
Wayne Goodsite
New Ernsthausen
West Main
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Cincinnati
Charles Garber
State Welfare Department
Mrs
Andy Snyder
Norwalk, Boy
F T Hospital
Ronald A. Miller
Pressman
Rosalee Thomas
Mark W. Bell
Jane E. Stover
Lanny Castle
Paula K. Bores
Carl D. Phillips
Berlin Heights
Jane A. Morman
John B. Bush, Jr
Mary M. Stieber
Dale H. Merrill
Marcia K. Dalton
Danny L. Muhr
Sidney
Laverne Moore
Carson Jones
Melinda Risner
Senate
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Cmdr
Edward A. Davis
Norristown
Leroy Axx
Robertson
Emmett Mobberly
New London
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