Rookie trooper dies chasing speeders on icy Ohio Turnpike
Patrolman John D. Birchem, 22, a June 1966 graduate, was killed when his cruiser slid on ice during a pursuit of two speeding cars on the Ohio Turnpike. He leaves a wife Donna and an eight month old son John. Turnpike officials condemned the drivers' role in his death.
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Toledo
Ohio
UPS
John D. Birchem
Patrol
Turnpike Commission
James W. Shacknessey
Birchem
Donna
John
Swanton
Avon Lake youths missing on Lake Erie after ice ride
Air and ground searchers resumed the hunt for Richard Myers and John Stanley both 13 and 15 who disappeared after planning a lake bicycle ride. A skater and a patrolman spotted them on the ice and warned them off as Coast Guard helicopters from Detroit joined the search.
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Cleveland
UPI
Avon Lake
Lake Erie
Richard Myers
John Stanley
Coast Guard
Detroit
Marines execute dawn landing at narrow beachhead north of Saigon
U S Marines stormed ashore on a 16 mile coastal strip 320 miles northeast of Saigon in a calculated maneuver to trap elements of two North Vietnamese divisions. The operation began under cover of darkness Monday, aiming to surprise a large Communist force.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Wolf in the private medicine arena sparks hospital appeal
Dr. Nino Camardese, chief of Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital staff, warns Norwalk Hospital Association that federal regulation threatens private medicine as 35 percent of hospital income comes from the government. He cites staff programs from 1966 including a monthly radio patient education series “An Answer From The Doctor.”
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Nino Camardese
Norwalk Hospital Association
Camardese
Fisher- Titus Memorial Hospital
William Slabodnick
Huron County
Two Army workers suspended after million dollar locomotive mix up
In Plymouth Ohio two civilian employees face a 20 day suspension without pay after a General Services Administration probe found a mix up sent the wrong locomotives to Thailand. The error cost taxpayers over 1 million dollars as the lighter 57 ton engines failed in passenger service.
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Thailand
General Services Administration
Army
Mobility Equipment Center
St. Louis
MEC
Henry Luce Dies Leader of Time Life Fortune
Henry Luce head of the Time Life Fortune publishing empire died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix at age 68 after a coronary occlusion. He became ill at his Biltmore Estates winter home and was pronounced dead at 5 a.m. MST. Luce, a Yale classmate of Briton Hadden, helped launch Time in 1923 and shaped 20th century journalism.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Yale
Briton Hadden
Berlin Milan High School to Stay One District Despite Redistricting Talks
Berlin Milan school superintendent Charles J Lindecamp told the PTA that proposed state districting under study by the Ohio legislature would not affect the Berlin Milan school building. The district remains single with changing administration. Joseph Hurley explained federal funding under NDEA and ESEA, noting $20,000 Title I funding for a summer reading program that will continue this year.
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Berlin-Milan
Charles J. Lindecamp
PTA
Ohio
Berlin- Milan
Lindecamp
Hurley
Weather and Local Public Notices Snapshot
Weather: cloudy and windy with snow flurries today high 28 to 33. Tonight colder with scattered snow flurries early. Wednesday fair with little temp change. Sunrise 7 06 a m Sunset 6 15 p m. Marriage license: Thomas Edward Dravis Sandusky engineer and Bobbi Wire Norwalk student. Birth: Mr and Mrs Allen Gordon Willard son. Death: Donald A Wasem Birmingham.
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Thomas Edward Dravis
Sandusky
Bobbi Wire
Norwalk
Allen Gordon
Willard
Car Rams Train and Driver Escapes in Norwalk Crash
A 21 year old Norwalk man escaped with minor injuries after driving into the side of a moving freight train on North West Street. Paul M. Sickinger received minor cuts and was treated at Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital. He was cited for failure to stop within safe distance. A 73 year old woman was treated after her car was hit broadside by a semi trailer truck at about 4 30 p m Monday.
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Norwalk
Paul M. Sickinger
Jefferson St
Fisher- Titus Memorial Hospital
Sickinger
North West Street
Soft Drink Coowners Run Norwalk Plant Behind Boots
Five Norwalk police officers own and operate the Foster Street soft drink bottling plant. They bottle deliver and handle records themselves. The partners say ownership motivates better work and customer satisfaction while they sample product and seek saving measures.
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Mission Beverages
Foster Street
Norwalk
John Short
James Borgia
William Meese
Richard Mahaffey
Austin Shadle
Striker
Borgia
Meese
Mahaffey
Short
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National Cotton Council
Washington
Shelby Smith Haycock
Washington, D.C
Georgia Kay Pearce
Gastonia
N.C
Remoans Federal
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Plymouth
Fate- Root-Heath Co
Royal State Railway
GAO
Army Aviation Material Command
Miles Christian
Christain
Millinery Institute
London
UPI Telephoto
Henry Luce
Time-Life
Donald A. Wasem
Birmingham
Mary Barker
Cortland St
Dorothy L. Barker
Wakeman
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