National figures clash over civil rights and politics
Ohio candidate Robert Taft Jr. argues laws alone cannot solve civil rights and calls for attitude shifts. In Atlanta a legal bid to seat Julian Bond faces federal court action. A 73 year old driver in England pays a fine after driving in the wrong lane. Ohio Wesleyan-Capital game pause to search for a contact lens. China condemns U.S. Viet Nam talks as a peace hoax, while Harvard psychiatrist proposes schools teach drinking to curb adult alcoholism.
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Fairborn, Ohio
Atlanta
API
Julian Bond
U.S
Viet Nam
Bond
Georgia House of Representatives
Tokyo
UPI
China
Soviet Union
United States
Johnson
Peking
Adolf Hitler
Hideki Tojo
New York
Morris Chafetz
Harvard
Chafetz
Steel imports seen as top problem for industry
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. president William J. Stephens says imports are the steel sector’s No. 1 problem and that the industry is losing the battle to foreign producers due to lack of effective competition. In Washington, officials discuss birth control instruction for unmarried women under antipoverty programs while federal funds for contraception remain banned.
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Chicago
UPI
William J. Stephens
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Washington
Sargent Shriver
War On Poverty
Weather notes and vital records from Norwalk area
Partly cloudy and colder with highs 28 to 35. Clear and colder tonight lows 12 to 18. Saturday remains partly cloudy and cold. Sunrise 7 52 a m Sunset 5 21 p m Marriage license applicants John Alan Frisch and Michael Joyce Rutherford of Norwalk. Births Mr and Mrs Donald Cory Wake man John McGowan Paul Hensley. Deaths Mrs Anne E Johnson 71 Milan Ave Mrs Lona F Heath 57 Main St Cedric H Long 67 Willard.
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John Alan Frisch
Norwalk
Michael Joyce Rutherford
Donald Cory
League
John McGowan
Wakeman
Paul Hensley
Monroeville
Anne E. Johnson
Milan Ave
Lona F. Heath
Main St
Cedric H. Long
Willard
End of New York Transit Strike Brings Normal Commute Back
New York ends a 13 day transit strike as three million riders return to buses and subways. Mayor Lindsay hails the settlement as a triumph of reason. TWU leader Michael Quill calls the contract substantial and leaves hospital after being jailed for walkout actions. TA chairman O Grady calls the agreement acceptable as court action against jailed leaders is dropped.
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New York
UPI
Brooklyn Bridge
John V. Lindsay
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
TWU
Joseph E. O’grady
Transit Authority
Quill
Norwalk Chamber Names Betty Chambers Manager
Mrs. Betty Chambers will begin duties as Norwalk Chamber of Commerce manager Monday. Appointed by President James Westerhold, she will handle organizational work and public relations while Mrs. Neel Fauber remains part time secretary. Chambers is a widow from Littleton West Virginia and has been in Norwalk six months.
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Betty Chambers
Woodlawn Ave
Norwalk Chamber of Commerce
Chambers
Chamber
James Westerhold
Tom Sean
March of Dimes
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Daring Kidnap Plot Foiled In Beverly Hills
Police killed two would be kidnappers who planned to seize Leonard K Firestone 58 year old rubber magnate and California Angels part owner from his mansion for a 28 million dollar ransom.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPI
Leonard K. Firestone
Firestone
The
California Angels
Two Jets Collide Aiding Koreans Near Saigon
A U S Air Force transport and a Skyraider collided and crashed 280 miles northeast of Saigon while aiding South Korean troops against the Viet Cong. Seven crewmen are listed missing. Separate action near Da Nang involved jet fighters attacking sampans believed to carry Viet Cong. A wider operation in the Iron Triangle used gas crystals to flush VC from tunnels with limited contact reported.
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Saigon
Aps
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Iron Triangle
Central Highlands
Weaver Named First Negro Cabinet Member for HUD Post
President Johnson selected Robert C. Weaver to head the new Department of Housing and Urban Development at $35,000 a year. Weaver, 58, has led the Housing and Home Finance Agency since 1961 and will oversee national housing and urban redevelopment programs as Johnson pledges major city slum clearance.
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Washington
UPI
Robert C. Weaver
Senate
Johnson
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Weaver
The
Housing and Home Finance Agency
HHFA
Jury Indicts Norwalk Tavern Owner for Assault with Iron Bar
Grand Jury indicted Kenneth D. Morse proprietor of the Route 20 and 601 Bar for assault with a dangerous weapon in the November tavern incident that injured Ronald A. Smith of Collins. Morse was one of seven indictments. two were secret and three no bills were returned after 16 witnesses across a one day session. Other indictments named Frank E. Case for grand larceny and George E. Trushel for p erslarceny. true bills also went against Don Ward for statutory rape and Donald Lacy for non support.
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Norwalk
Collins
Kenneth D. Morse
Morse
Ronald A. Smith
Vine Road
Frank E. Case
Prospect
George E. Trushel
Greenwich
de Witt
Don Ward
Monroe St
Donald Lacy
Plymouth
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Lutterworth
Eng
Catherine Holbech
Delaware, Ohio
Capital
Tom Koehler
Gary Walter
Koehler
N. Y
Birmingham
Ala
Bessemer
Jefferson County
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
City Hall
Fred L. Shuttlesworth
Alabama Christian Movement
U.S. Community Relations Service
Paul Jones
Irving Tranen
Shuttlesworth
U.S. Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Westerhold
Mrs. Chambers
Thin Yen River
da Nang
Los Angeles Rams
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
California
San Francisco
William Calvin Bailey
George Henry Scalla Jr
Barbara Ezell
B.L. Cork
Jack Egger
Jack Mourning
Bailey
Stork
U. S
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dean Rusk
Dia
I.A. Benedikatov
Alexei Kosygin
UPI Radiophoto
G. I
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