Reagan Launches Four State Tour To Boost GOP Funds
California Governor Ronald Reagan starts a four state swing through Tulsa Washington New York Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and St Louis to rally support and raise more than 2 million for GOP coffers since his governorship began a year ago.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
Republican Party
GOP
James W. Halley
Reagan
White House
Tulsa
Okla
Washington, D.C
New York City
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Evangelist Bob Jones Sr. Dies at 84 in South Carolina
Bob Jones Sr. founder of Bob Jones University and a leading fundamentalist died after a long illness in Greenville, South Carolina. The university offered no cause of death, noting only the extended illness. Jones rose to prominence as an evangelist in 1927 and built a school to counter stereotypes about old-time religion.
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Greenville
S.C
UPI
Bob Jones
Bob Jones University
Jones
U.S. and allies report 5084 North Vietnamese killed in two weeks
Government spokesmen said U.S. and allied troops killed more than 5,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong in ground actions over the past two weeks. Most killings occurred in battles along the Laos Cambodia border with observers noting possible Communist activity resurgence in Laos. Last week 2,216 enemy were killed. combined with 2,868 the prior week brings total to 5,084 through Saturday.
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Saigon
Upi
U. S
Laos-Cambodia
South Vietnam
Laos
Williams Becomes Mississippi Governor After Congress Career
John Bell Williams, 49, known as a staunch conservative and segregationist, leaves Congress after 21 years to become Mississippi's 55th governor. He forfeited seniority for backing a Republican nominee and has recently signaled a move toward moderation while taking the governor's chair.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Williams
Congress
Johnson
Eight Air Pollution Regions Created Across 48 States
The government divided the 48 states into eight air pollution areas as a first step under new federal air quality laws. The move, published in the Federal Register, sets the stage for official air control regions where states must meet standards or face federal enforcement.
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Washington
API
Federal Register
Man to face court for fatal shooting of daughter
Ralph Dunbar 41 is due in court on a first degree manslaughter charge for the death of his 10 year old daughter Janet. He told police the gun went off accidentally when he put it in a drawer. Janet died at St Alexis Hospital.
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Cleveland
UPI
Ralph Dunbar
Janet
Dunbar
St. Alexis Hospital
Cab Drivers Strike Shrinks New York Taxi Service
Nearly one million riders crowded buses and subways as cab drivers staged a 24 hour work stoppage. City streets were bare of taxis, forcing commuters to seek alternative transit options.
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New York
UPS
Fire and explosion sweep Houston ship channel area
A collision between a ship and gasoline barges set the Houston ship channel ablaze after an explosion. Fire and flames spread through a Shell Oil refinery quarter block as tugboats Coast Guard craft and a helicopter battled the inferno amid burning barges and fuel on the water.
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Houston
UPI
Houston Ship Channel
Shell Oil Co
Coast Guard
Weather outlook and early births and deaths
Variable cloudiness and colder today with a high in the low to mid 20s. Tonight will be fair and not so cold with a low of 10 to 15. Wednesday looks fair and warmer. Births include a daughter for Mr and Mrs Gary Walker of Greenwich and a son for Mr and Mrs Clayton Cline of Berlin Heights. Deaths note Mrs Louise F Wykoff, 83, of Milan.
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Norwalk
Gary Walker
Greenwich
Clayton Cline
Berlin Heights
Cambodian Arms Cache Foiled Plot Aimed at Sihanouk Tito
Cambodian authorities disclosed a large arms cache intended for assassination attempts against Prince Sihanouk and Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito. Police said the weapons included about 1,000 hand grenades and were hidden in Angkor ruins visited by Jacqueline Kennedy.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Norodom Sihanouk
Josip Broz Tito
Yugoslavia
Angkor
Jacqueline Kennedy
Cambodia
Tito
Gime
Sihanouk
Britain to Slash Defense Spending and Withdraw Forces
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced a 2.4 billion spending cut including canceling a 1 billion F111 fighter-bomber order and pulling 42 000 British forces from the Far East by 1971 while also withdrawing from the Persian Gulf. The move aims to avert financial crisis after the pound devaluation and save about 960 million in defense funds through 1977 78.
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London
UPS
Harold Wilson
Far East
Persian Gulf
Wilson
General Dynamics Corp
House of Commons
Britain
Labor
Area Digs Out Back To Normal After Snow
Area officials and crews expect normal operations to resume Wednesday after a 12 inch weekend snowfall in Huron County. Schools plan to reopen as plows clear roads and post office deliveries resume with several routes still impeded by drifts and closures.
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Carole Sprowls
Weather Bureau
Huron County
Norwalk
Albion Gotaas
Bob Crouch
Bronson Township
Bronson School
Bronson
Dublin Road
Norbert Lawrence
Gerald Spencer
Zenobia
State Highway Patrol
Jury Returns Indictments in Bellevue Area
The grand jury returned seven indictments, four public, two secret. Char lene Surgner and Mary Agee, both of Bucyrus, face grand larceny charges for taking money from purses in a Bellevue store. James R. Custer of Findlay is charged with breaking and entering. James J. Wise of Norwalk arrested the intruder. Wayvonne King of Bellevue indicted for assault with a deadly weapon against Officer John Bloxom with a shotgun. Donald J. Mears of Zion faces grand larceny for taking rings. One case resulted in no bill. Frank Farina of Bellevue, awaiting grand jury action on rape, was not indicted. The jury, after eight cases and 16 witnesses, found the jail satisfactory.
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Bellevue
Charlene Surgner
Mary Agee
Bucyrus
James R. Custer
Findlay
James J. Wise
N. Garden Sr
Norwalk
Custer
Wise
Wayvonne King
John Bloxom
Donald J. Mears
Zion, Ill
Frank Farina
Jail Visitor Is Arrested While Waiting in Court
Bellevue man Joel Bruce Seal 21, of the Bellevue Trailer Park, visiting a friend at Huron County jail, was arrested in the courthouse on a Juvenile Court warrant accusing him of contributing to the delinquency of a minor by giving a juvenile beer. Bond set at 1500 cash or 3000 property.
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Bellevue
Norwalk
Huron County
Joel Bruce Seal
Russell Hetrick
Hetrick
Seal
Sheriff’s Department
Russell T. Antrim
Car wheels in reverse after crash injures two
Mrs. Lillian I. Self 65 of 274 West Monroe Street was admitted to Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital after a 9 30 a m crash at 120 West Main Street. Her car skidded cross centerline colliding with O Dell Holbrook driving westbound. Self’s wheel broke as impact threw her against the steering wheel. Her car reversed and struck a following truck driven by Roy Lines before bouncing into a snow bank. Holbrook released after minor injuries. Self cited for speed in excess of conditions.
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Lillian I. Self
W. Monroe St
Fisher- Titus Memorial Hospital
W. Main St
Self
O’dell Holbrook
RD 1
Holbrook
Mrs. Self
Roy Lines
Napoleon
Norwalk Housing Survey Plan Faces City Council
Norwalk City Council will consider approving a housing survey proposal by John R. Gerken and James Stewart of the Mayor's Committee on Human Relations. The plan outlines housing needs for low income residents to gain state approval for a local housing authority. Five private firms seek the contract, with an estimated cost of $2,000.
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Norwalk
John R. Gerken
James Stewart
Mayor’s Committee On Human Relations
Gerkin
Huron Housing Authority
New London
Willard
Gerken
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