Violence surges in Louisiana amid racial tensions and police clashes
A series of shootings across New Orleans and Baton Rouge underscores tense race relations. A sniper killed six people including three police officers at a downtown hotel, and related incidents left officers wounded. The state grapples with past shootings at Southern University and clashes around Desire Housing Project.
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New Orleans
UPI
Louisiana
Central Lockup
Negro Desire
Southern University
Baton Rouge
H. Rap Brown
Bob Johnson
Johnson
Black Panther
William Guste
Huron County Board of Education ends Saturday meetings
The Huron County Board of Education voted to move monthly meetings from Saturdays to the second Monday, ending a 20 year Saturday tradition. Richard Keefer was elected president with Richard Ross as vice president, and 1973 appropriations were set at 136 685 dollars.
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Huron County Board of Education
Richard Ross
Lowell Hileman
Richard Keefer
South Central
Revenue driven agenda for Monroeville mayor in 1973
Mayor Thomas D. Bergman outlines goals to gain new revenue for the village. Plans include a 1 percent municipal income tax, completing a zoning code, street improvements, updating equipment, and codifying ordinances. 1972 achievements include insurance for workers, water plant expansion, better police communications, annexation, dam debris removal, student hiring, and a $12,000 street repair program.
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Monroeville
Thomas D. Bergman
Bergman
Sheriff's Department
Marsh Field
Firelands Mayors and Managers Association
Driving While Intoxicated Charge Reduced in Huron County
In Willard Kenneth R. Smith of rural Willard had a driving while intoxicated charge reduced to driving left of center and fined 25 dollars plus costs. Roy Villareal was found not guilty of assault.
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Huron County Court
Willard
Kenneth R. Smith
Roy Villareal
Local Waste on Soil Sparks County Planning Board Debate
Huron County Regional Planning Commission opposes spraying treated Cleveland area sewage on local farmland citing vast unknown social and economic impacts. It backs recycling wastewater through soils with extensive pilot testing and warns against using 94 000 to 237 000 acres in three counties. The Corps will present three plans to Ohio officials by June.
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Huron County
Robert Moore
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Buffalo
Three Rivers
Cleveland- Akron
William B. Nye
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ira L. Whitman
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
C.B. Roscoe
Huron
Seneca
Crawford
Planning Commission
State of
Ohio
Mouse Utopia Doomed By Overcrowding Says Calhoun
Dr. John Calhoun of the National Institute of Mental Health warns that a mouse utopia built on abundance and safety degenerated into social collapse. The colony grew from four couples to 2200 mice before the last male died, leaving four withdrawn females in decline.
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Calhoun
National Institute of Mental Health
Violet Hearted Soldier Becomes Conscientious Objector
Sgt. J. C. Ernest R. Pounder a 28 year old Green Beret with 11 years in the Army and three Vietnam tours resigns from wearing the uniform after January 15 and seeks conscientious objector status. He returned 24 medals and cites the war as insane and brutal amid his disillusionment from Son Tay and wartime experiences. Pounder formerly served on JFKs White House security detail and helped guard the president's helicopter and airports in Ireland.
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Dan Carmichael
Honolulu
UPI
Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
J.C. Ernest R. Pounder
Southeast Asia
Army
Pounder
Peoria
Ill
Kennedy
White House
Secret Service
Ireland
U.S
Son Tay
Hanoi
America
St Pauls To Host Reading Clinic Start
St Pauls Elementary School hosts the first of four reading clinics sponsored by the Huron County Council of Right To Read. Dr Maurice Williams of Akron University is keynote. area teachers from Monroeville New London South Central Western Reserve Bellevue St Francis Willard St Pauls and St Marys attend.
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Maurice Williams
Akron University
The
Huron County Council of Right To Read
St. Paul’s Elementary School
Monroeville
New London
South Central
Western Reserve
Bellevue
St. Francis, Willard
St. Paul’s
St. Mary’s
Dr. Williams
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Thomas McCoppin
Columbus
Ohio School Boards Association
Republic ‘Franklin Insurance Co
Cheryl Keefer
Omaha
Florsheim
Pohls
BROIL
Carl
Benedict Ave
Craig Palmer Washington
John
Hero
Washington
Sgt
L.C. Pounder
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Mr. Big
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Ccreer Wakeman
Phil
Hooker
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