Record Low Arizona Temps Freeze Citrus as South Sees Winter Grip
UPI reports Arizona faced a severe cold snap with Phoenix hitting 19 degrees and Hawley Lake at 41 below zero. Citrus belts saw four days under 28 degrees and crop insurance claims in Yuma and Maricopa could reach 1.6 million. Senator George S. McGovern resigned as reform commission chair to pursue a presidential bid.
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Ariz
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South Dakota
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UPI
Night World Series Game to Be Played Under Lights
Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announced that Game Four of the 1971 World Series will be played at night on Wednesday October 13 at the National League champion’s park. This marks the first night game in Series history following years of TV speculation.
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New York
UPI
Larry MacPhail
Bowie Kuhn
Kuhn
Fed Cuts Discount Rate Again Amid Slow Economy
The Federal Reserve Board reduced the discount rate charged to commercial banks from 5% to 5 1/4%. This marks its third rate cut in under two months as officials seek to inject liquidity into the stagnant economy. The earlier reductions moved the rate from 6% to 5 3/4% on Nov 10 and to 5% on Nov 30.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Reserve Board
Board of Governors
Fed
New London Reservoir Wins State Grant Approval
The Ohio Controlling Board unanimously approved 1.8 million dollars for the New London reservoir project in a special session. Construction may start this year, with the 1.5 billion gallon facility southwest of New London planned to supply water, aid Vermilion River cleanup, and provide recreation. Mayor Winston White awaits word on a Farmers Home Administration loan and grant revising applications from 1970.
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Columbus
New London
Ohio Controlling Board
Robert Corts
Corts
Ethel Swanbeck
Vermilion River
Winston White
Farmers Home Administration
Farm Home Administration
Airliner crash in Leningrad kills ninety on New Year’s Eve
Ninety people die when an Aeroflot Ilyushin 18 crashes after takeoff from Smolny Airport on a New Year’s Eve flight to Yerevan. Engines failed and the craft disintegrated. Soviet officials had provided few details initially. The accident occurs as Neny reported, with confirmation from aviation sources.
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Moscow
UPI
Leningrad
Aeroflot
Smolny
Yerevan
Armenia
Oil Spill Closes Motel Parking Lot in Lima Ohio
Nearly 5,000 gallons of crude spilled onto the Howard Johnson Motel parking lot near Interstate 75 after a Buckeye Pipeline line ruptured in Lima Ohio. Fire crews stood by as clean up began and some oil reached a nearby creek. Buckeye said cause under investigation.
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Ohio
UPI
Here
Buckeye Pipeline Co
Toledo
Howard Johnson
Ohio warns of measles epidemic danger in Cleveland and Columbus
The Ohio Health Department warned all local health officers to prepare for a possible measles epidemic. Dr John H Ackerman said Cleveland and Columbus are the greatest danger spots.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio Health Department
John H. Ackerman
Bureau of Preventive Medicine
Cleveland
Weather and notices for Norwalk area
Mostly sunny and cold today with a high near 20. Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Saturday with lows 10 to 15 and highs in the upper 20s to low 30s. Precipitation chances 10 to 20 percent. Norwalk high 18 and low 4. Births: Mr and Mrs William Thompson Milan girl. Deaths: Henry J Rutland 69 Mansfield Miss Grace May 91 13 James St Mrs Mary C Fenton 52 Bakersfield Calif.
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Henry J. Rutland
Mansfield
Grace May
James
Maryland Christmas Gift Sparks Harassment in Florida Town
In Sweetwater Florida 11 year old Mary Perkins used her ten dollar Christmas money to buy toys for four black children evicted from their apartment. After articles about the deed angered local youths Mary faced taunts calling her a black person lover. Mary’s mother appealed to police and city leaders while the town considers protective laws.
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Sweetwater, Fla
UPI
Mary Perkins
Mary
Bill Kimbro
Mrs. Perkins
Terrorists Kidnap British Ambassador in Uruguay Raid
In Montevideo the Tupamaros abducted Ambassador Geoffrey Jackson after stopping his Rolls Royce and beating three bodyguards. The incident follows other abductions including U.S. adviser Dan Mitrione and consul Aloysio Gomide, with no ransom offered.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
UPI
Geoffrey Jackson
London
Jorge Pacheco Areco
U.S
Claude L. Fly
Aloysio Dias Gomide
Pacheco Areco
Dan A. Mitrione
Fly
Jackson
Latin America
Middle East
Man Acquitted For Keeping Injured Bird In Cortland Ohio
Bernard Nemcosky of Cortland Ohio was found innocent by a Trumbull County jury on a charge of possessing a non game bird taken in and nursed to health. He plans to keep the brown thrasher despite legal questions and fears of further arrest.
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Warren
Ohio
UPI
Bernard Nemcosky
Nemcosky
Trumbull County Common Pleas Court
Cortland
Nemensky
UAW Rejects Chrysler's Latest Offer
The United Auto Workers vow to decide Monday whether to strike Chrysler after rejecting a three year contract offer. The union calls the deal deficient for lacking retroactive pay for about 120 000 UAW workers in the United States and Canada and for pressuring reduced representation and paid absences. The $1 billion package mirrors GM and Ford settlements and centers on retroactivity a key demand.
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UPI
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Chrysler Corp
UAW
United States
Canada
Douglas Fraser
Chrysler
Ford
Fraser
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
J W Kelly Appointed to Norwalk Park Board
J W Kelly a Marathon Oil salesman at 28 Walnut Street is named to replace James Lewellen on the Norwalk Park and Recreation Board. Mayor Harold E Finch announced the appointment. Benedict seeks another term as president amid Borgia’s planned succession considerations. In Washington, USPS sources foresee a 33 percent postal rate rise to 8 cents for first class and higher for other classes to cover a projected deficit.
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J.W. Kelly
Marathon Oil Co
Norwalk Park and Recreation Board
Kelly
Walnut St
James Lewellen
Harold E. Finch
Don Benedict
John Borgia
Borgia
Benedict
Harold Finch
Park Board
Planning and
Washington
UPI
US Postal Service Board of Governors
Postal Rate Commission
Rate Commission
Suit accuses Birch Bayh of conspiracy in bank bankruptcies
A US District Court suit seeks 700000 dollars alleging Senator Birch Bayh and his aide conspired in the bankruptcy of Indiana banks American National Trust and Republic National Trust to funnel funds into Bayh’s 1968 Senate campaign. George Manuel of Dayton brings the case. Bayh was in Nebraska.
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Washington
UPI
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Indiana
Senate
U. S
George Manuel
Dayton
Ohio
Bayh
Robert J. Keefe
Bill Wise
Jail Monitors Studied for Huron County Security System
Ed Leveritt of the North Star Council of Governments asked county commissioners to survey the Huron County Jail for a closed circuit television security system and to study juvenile detention facility needs. A three camera system with three monitors may cost about 6000 dollars, with 60 percent covered by an Ohio Law Enforcement Planning Agency grant.
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Huron County
Ed Leveritt
North Star Council of Governments
Leveritt
Sandusky
Ohio Law Enforcement Planning Agency
Donald Robertson
Richard Andres
Leslie
Duke) Harper
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