Holiday traffic toll rises as counts climb nationwide
United Press International reports New Year traffic deaths could reach 450 to 550, with at least 178 killed by 3 a.m. EST during the holiday period. In Cincinnati, 19 year old John D Isaacs, a dental assistant, shouted nude at cars and will undergo a psychiatric exam after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Cincinnati
UPI
John D. Isaacs
Mount Adams
Isaacs
Rupert Dean
First Ohio New Year Babies and State Murder Stats
Vermilion welcomed John Lee Bohl as the first baby of 1970 born at Amherst Hospital. Dayton saw a newborn boy to Mr and Mrs Richard Dubois. Gerald Joseph Cooper arrived at Scioto Memorial Hospital Portsmouth at 1 17 am. A Maryland corrections official notes women tend to passive crimes with about 50 women and 600 men jailed for murder in Ohio facilities.
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United Press International
John Lee Bohl
Vermilion
Stanley Bohl
Amherst Hospital
Dayton
Richard DuBois
Scioto Memorial Hospital
Portsmouth
Gerald Cooper
Coopers
Gerald Joseph
Columbus
UPI
Stirce Patterson
Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Ohio Reformatory For
Marysville
Ohio
Ohio to keep low taxes to boost take home pay
State Finance Director Howard L. Collier said the Rhodes administration would maintain low taxes in Ohio through 1970. He noted Ohio workers in manufacturing take home $1,144 more per year than the national average and pledged continued tax relief to raise take-home pay. The administration aims to provide the next governor with a well managed state.
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Columbus
UPI
Howard L. Collier
Rhodes
Ohio
Collier
Cairo Police Chief Resigns Over Judges Desertion
Police Chief William Petersen quits saying appointed judges have deserted the law abiding citizen. He calls for safe escorts for clenched fist militants to parade on weekends. Petersen had resigned earlier as Mayor Lee Stenzel also quit, then was reappointed by new Mayor A. B. Thomas. He started work in Cairo last summer.
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Cairo, Ill
UPI
William Petersen
Petersen
Lee Stenzel
A. B. Thomas
Cairo
Wives of Missing U.S. Servicemen Seek Vatican Help
In Rome the wives of three missing American servicemen arrived seeking a meeting with Pope Paul VI. They refused to speak to reporters at the airport. Earlier in Paris they urged papal intervention for prisoners in North Vietnam after meeting North Vietnamese officials without new information.
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Rome
UPI
Vietnam
Paul VI
Paris
North Vietnam
New York Fares Face Change After Transit Pact
City fights to avoid 30-cent bus and subway fare as $120 million union settlement nears. Mayor Lindsay plans MTA approval to cap at 25 cents, calling 30 cents a tragedy for workers.
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New York
UPI
John V. Lindsay
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
MTA
Lindsay
Weather Outlook for Norwalk With Snow Chance
Cloudy and cold tonight and Saturday with light snow possible. Highs near 33, lows around 19. Sunday stays cold with a small chance of snow. Precipitation 40 percent today and tonight, 30 percent Saturday. Winds west to northwest 8 to 14 mph. Norwalk temps include 33 high and 19 low. precipitation 0.08 inch. snowfall one inch. Births and deaths listed for local residents.
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Norwalk
Charles Hatfield
Willard
Nixon Signs Environmental Quality Bill to Preview 70s Plan
President Nixon spent New Year’s Day in California watching four bowl games and aiding his staff on the State of the Union. He signed a three man environmental quality council bill, warned cities to act against pollution, and discussed a new draft director and a Supreme Court vacancy amid setbacks in Haynsworth nomination.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
State of the Union
Selective Service
Lewis Hershey
Supreme Court
Senate
Clement W. Haynsworth Jr
Brazilian Jet Hijackers Hold Lima Flight Halted for Cuba
In Lima a Cruzeiro do Sul Caravelle hijacked from Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro sat with 21 passengers and six crew as mechanics repaired a battery problem. Six Brazilians led by James Allen stated a Che Guevara pilgrimage and planned return to another Latin American country.
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Peru
UPI
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Cruzeiro Do Sul
Montevideo
Rio de Janeiro
Che Guevara
Bolivia
Latin America
James Allen
Atus Costa Silva
Claudio Galleano
Magalhaes Luna
Luis Albert Silva
Isolda de Somer
Wakeman Family Welcomes First Baby of Year Christine Mary
Mr and Mrs Robert A Johannsen of rural Wakeman are parents to Christine Mary the first newborn of the year at Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital Christine Mary weighed seven pounds one ounce and arrived at 9 17 this morning The couple wed last April and later left for the hospital after driving through snow to welcome their daughter The father a truck driver praised the healthy birth and noted gifts from local merchants will be presented to the family
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Robert A. Johannsen
Wakeman
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Christine Mary
Johannsens
Johanssens
Johannsen
William Dauch Concrete Company
Patricia Durning
Mary Durning
Hartland
William Durning
California
Albert Johannsen
Boat With 14 Aboard Capsizes Off Malibu
Albert Sexton and 13 others, including his daughter Maria, 18, were in a 25 foot borrowed boat when waves and a riptide near El Porto Beach Park overturned it. Maria was recovered dead, Sexton and five others were missing and presumed drowned. Rescue divers searched the choppy Pacific.
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Manhattan Beach
Calif
UPI
Pacific
Albert Sexton
Los Angeles
Sexton
Maria
el Porto Beach Park
Albert Sexton Jr
Court Upholds Ward Conviction in Monroeville Mayor's Court
The Sixth District Court of Appeals in a 15 page ruling by Judge John W. Potter affirmed truck driver Clarence Ward's conviction on two counts in Monroeville Mayor's Court. The court held mayor's court decisions may be appealed to the Court of Common Pleas and that a village mayor may serve in both executive and judicial roles. Ward of Norwalk argued mayor's courts deny due process. the panel rejected this, and noted the appeal proceeded from Norwalk on Sept. 15.
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Sixth District Court of Appeals
Clarence Ward
Monroeville
John W. Potter
Ward
Harkness St
Norwalk
U.S. Supreme Court
Court of Common Pleas
Niki Z. Schwarz
Cleveland
Kenneth Salisbury
Common Pleas Court
Robert J. Vetter
Clifford Brown
Harvey G. Straub
Potter
Vetter
General Assembly
Franklin County
Court of Appeals
Franklin D Eckstein
Daley to Testify in Chicago Seven Trial as New Year Opens
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley prepared to testify in the Chicago Seven trial after Abbie Hoffman’s testimony concludes. Chief defense attorney William Kunstler said two more witnesses would testify briefly before Daley is called to the stand.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard Daley
Aged Council Opposes Hike In Earnings
Washington says the National Council of Senior Citizens deems removing the Social Security earnings ceiling undesirable and infeasible. It cites cost of 2.5 billion dollars yearly and limited beneficiary reach, with current rules allowing retirees 65 to 72 to earn up to 1680 dollars yearly.
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Aged Council
Washington
UPI
National Council of Senior Citizens
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