McCormack Faces Slow Walk in Powell Case Panel
In Washington, Speaker John W. McCormack struggles to assemble Democratic backing for a select committee to decide if Adam Clayton Powell should retain his seat. Sources say members are avoiding the panel, fearing political backlash. Separately, Johnson officials favor quieter diplomacy to spur Vietnam peace talks, arguing public exchanges harden positions and hinder negotiations.
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Washington
UPI
John W. McCormack
Adam Clayton Powell
Congress
Johnson Administration
Hanoi
Soviet Union develops own birth control pill
Moscow reports the Soviet Union is developing a domestic birth control pill after abroad studies deemed such pills effective and harmless. Literaturnaya Gazeta weighs praise for contraception against a warning that the declining birth rate remains a central problem.
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Moscow
UPD
Soviet Union
Literaturnaya Gazeta
Literary Gazette
American battle losses in Viet during first week of 1967 fall
UPI reports that 67 Americans were killed and 479 wounded in the week ending Saturday, the lowest toll in recent weeks. The prior week had 128 killed and 634 wounded, with two Americans listed as missing.
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Saigon
Upi
Viet
Talks Set to Resume as Toledo Newspaper Strike Edges On
Toledo talks resume in Columbus after a full negotiating session Wednesday aimed at settling an 80 day Toledo newspaper strike with union and management representatives.
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Columbus
UPI
Toledo
Weather and notices glimpse a local day in Bellevue
Mostly cloudy and windy with a high near 38 to 43. Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with lows 26 to 30. Births list several families in New London Greenwich and Willard. marriages note Kenneth C Wood and Gloria F Holmes in Bellevue. a death reported for John J Zimmerman, 82, Bellevue.
Delinquency trial of Willard bartender over beer sale to minor
Fred Robson of Willard faces a 1966 charge in Huron County Juvenile Court for allegedly selling beer to a 15 year old. The defense argues the youth drank at a private party and entered the bar intoxicated, with Robson not serving him. A six by six juror panel heard the case as witnesses testified about prior alleged sales and the youth being carried from the bar.
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Fred Robson
Willard
Huron County Juvenile Court
Robson
Lee
Front Street
Kenneth Danhoff
Willard Police Department
Eugene Gordy
Clarksfield
Ronald Freeman
George Cook Ford
Freeman
Russell T. Antrim
Ford
Danhoff
Tax Hike Faces Uncertain Start Under Johnson Plan
President Johnson’s proposed 6 percent surcharge on income and corporate taxes could stall with Congress delayed until spring. The measure would raise about 5.7 billion dollars in the first year, with 3.8 billion from individuals and 1.9 billion from corporate profits, if enacted starting July 1.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Hanoi
Peking
United States
Vietnam
Congress
House
Senate
Ky Shrugs Off Mortar Misfire
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky was knocked to the ground but unhurt after a mortar misfire during a demonstration by Australian troops in NIDAT Vietnam. Bodyguards shielded him, he laughed off the incident and joked with Brig. Stuart Graham who apologized.
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Nidat
Vietnam
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
Stuart Graham
Two Men Indicted by Grand Jury Arrested in Huron County
Two men indicted by the grand jury Monday have been arrested by the Huron County Sheriff’s Department. Orville Switzer of New London charged with cutting and stealing timber had a hearing in Huron County Common Pleas Court. He pleaded innocent, bond set at 1000, released after posting bond, and a Feb 13 hearing was scheduled. Michael Lee Cole, 22, of Shelby remains jailed awaiting a hearing on a charge of malicious destruction of property connected to damage at Hert enstein's Restaurant in Willard.
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Grand Jury
Huron County Sheriff’s Department
Orville Switzer
New London
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Michael Lee Cole
Shelby
Huron County
Hertenstein
Willard
COED Plans Third Building at Bowling Green Firelands Campus
The COED Board of Trustees unveiled plans for a third structure at Bowling Green University Fire Lands Branch, to be built within 10 years as a student activities center with gym, cafe, and larger auditorium. COED cites freshmen and sophomores needing physical education and notes 14 meetings held during 1966 to 1975.
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Firelands
Bowling Green University
Coed Board of Trustees
Ralph Geer
Bowling Green
James McBride
Richard Jeffery
COED
Pledge Confusion in Sandusky Bank Treasury
Dale Olsen, treasurer, told trustees that one pledge was for lumber and concrete rather than cash. He noted the board has completed plans to collect monetary pledges but has not decided how to collect merchandise pledged.
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Sandusky
Dale Olsen
Olsen
EHOVE Opens Office At Milan
EHOVE plans a Milan office in the former Porter Ford Sales building with three months free rent offered to EHOVE superintendent J Creighton Christ. The Milan Chamber of Commerce arranged the site, with a board vote due Wednesday night after a site committee meeting where members reportedly favored the move. Seven Milan area sites are being considered before lease signing on January 18.
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Milan Chamber of Commerce
J. Creighton Christ
EHOVE
Porter Ford Sales
Christ
Schmuhl
Elvin Feltman
Chamber
Milan
COED reports $550000 in pledges for Firelands Branch
COED treasurer Dale Olsen says 1966 is a good year with pledges totaling over $550,000 as of Jan 1 for the Firelands Branch project. In the last 40 days $93,000 was collected, with few cancellations due to family death or finances. Monthly billing begins this month to fund land purchases, and a Founding Fellows list of 335 donors giving $1,000+ is ready.
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Sandusky
Dale Olsen
Olsen
Firelands
Bowling Green University
COED
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Hartland School
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Bellevue, Mason
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Bellevue
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Santos Esquivel
Corwin St
Joseph Tackett
Greenwich
David Asmus
William King
John J. Zimmerman
Jacqueline Grennan
Webster College
St. Louis
Order of the Sisters of Loretto
Jacqueline
UPI Telephoto
Colvin
Douglas Colvin
Norwalk
Huron County Board of Elections
Lewis McLaughlin
Donald Stein
Old State Road
Stein
Charles W. Keenan
Nitro
W. Va
Maj
Curtis W. Olson
Keenan
UPI Radiotelephoto
Alvin Schmuhl
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James Witten
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