Alternate juror says sequestered jurors saw no Watergate coverage
Joanne L. Williams testified there was no way jurors could have heard News of Watergate while sequestered. She described marshals present during TV viewings and newspapers clipped to resemble rag dolls, noting she learned Nixon’s illness only after the trial from a reporter.
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Egypt Arrests 400 in Red Crackdown
Cairo security agents rounded up about 400 Egyptians tied to a new clandestine Communist group. The arrests follow New Year worker protests in the capital during Sadat's presidency.
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Bob Montana Archie creator dies skiing at 94
Bob Montana, 94, who created the Archie comic strip, died of an apparent heart attack while skiing near his Meredith Neck home in New Hampshire. He launched Archie in 1942 while studying at MLJ Comic House and kept ideas and scripts for Archie despite others drawing the books.
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Assembly Faces A Wild Windup
In Austin Harriet Wardlaw fights a transfer to a librarian post for pregnant students while lawyer James Meyers blocks it with a temporary restraining order. In Columbus the 4000 member Education Association strikes 170 schools over pay, leaving classes run by substitutes.
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Pioneer City Man Named Superintendent of Pioneer Joint Vocational School
Shelby Gale Leimbach of Norwalk will become superintendent of Pioneer Joint Vocational School Feb 1 and remain director for at least six months to oversee a transition. He will seek a replacement as director by August while continuing his director’s salary. Dr. Robert Schumann will serve as administrative assistant under a new post created after his resignation. The school serves about 900 students across roughly 10 districts.
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Public Opinion Split on Parents Access to School Records
A survey asks if parents should inspect their children’s school files. 61.7 percent favor access with counselor explanation, while 38.3 percent oppose saying it isn’t their business. Respondents include students and parents arguing for and against visibility into records.
ILO Urges Men to Share Housework and Childcare
The ILO calls on husbands to take a larger share of household chores to ease the burden on working wives. It frames overwork of wives as a global issue and asks readers to vote yes or no by calling numbers or calling in by midnight.
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Forbes aborts 7000 mile balloon flight to Europe
Malcolm Forbes and scientist Thomas Heinsheimer were in the Windborne gondola when four balloons ruptured at the Santa Ana base. The craft slid about 20 feet across the tarmac but no one was injured. Forbes planned a new attempt before February ends.
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Diplomat Killed in Explosion Near Saigon
U S Embassy reports an American diplomat at a one man post northeast of Saigon killed in an explosion at his Tuy Hoa home. Investigators consider gangsters or Viet Cong terrorists in the booby trapped pantry. A second diplomat is missing after an Air America plane vanished in the Central Highlands.
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Weather Snapshot and Obituaries in Norwalk Area
Partial clearing tonight with lows in the 20s. Tuesday remains cloudy with a chance of showers and highs in the 40s. Precipitation chance 10 percent tonight and 40 percent Tuesday. Winds east to southeast today then south to southwest tonight. Sunday temps 39 to 31 with humidity rising to 84 percent at 7 am and 78 percent at 7 pm. Total precipitation trace. Deaths: Miss Wilhelmina Sickinger 74 rural Norwalk Carl H. Otterbacher 57 Greenwich Florence M. Simon 56 Amherst.
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Brezhnev Suffering From Leukemia Says Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Charles Bartlett reports Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, 68, is afflicted with leukemia and has canceled a Middle East trip to Egypt Syria and Iraq. Bartlett suggests the illness could signal serious health decline and notes confidence in continued U S Soviet detente and a smooth leadership transition if Brezhnev dies with Andrei Kirilenko as a likely successor.
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Probe Columbus Bombing at City Police Station
An investigation continued into a bombing at Columbus city police station that partially destroyed a restroom opposite Municipal Court. No injuries were reported and part of the building was evacuated.
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