Simants Sentenced to Death in Nebraska Farm Killings
Erwin Charles Simants was sentenced to death by electric chair for the murder of six members of a Nebraska farm family. Lincoln County District Court Judge Hugh Stuart declined delay and ordered the execution. The crowded courtroom fell silent as the ruling was announced.
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North Platte
Neb
UPI
Erwin Charles Simants
Nebraska
Lincoln County
Hugh Stuart
Stuart
Simants
Nebraska Electric Chair
Ford to speak at Midwestern Governors Conference and Williamsburg events
President Ford will travel Saturday on campaign funds to address the Midwestern Republican Governors Conference in Dearborn Michigan and attend a reception then go to Williamsburg Virginia for a bicentennial event and a dinner before returning to the White House. A New York Supreme Court justice upheld a state law banning pay toilets saying access to facilities is a public necessity and within police powers. Nik O Lok Co challenged the law aiming to unlock pay toilets statewide.
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Washington
Albany
N.Y
UPI
New York State Supreme Court
Edward Conway
Nik-O-Lok Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Two Brothers Die In Madisonburg House Fire
In Wooster Ohio two 8 and 10 year old brothers Raymond and Douglas Hamilton died when a Madisonburg home burned after ten p.m. The boys mother and two sisters were hospitalized with injuries. Fire chief J Willard Keith of Smithville said the blaze burned for over four hours and destroyed the dwelling.
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Wooster, Ohio
UPI
Madisonburg
Wooster Community Hospital
Raymond Hamilton
Douglas
J. Willard Keith
Smithville
Ohio Lottery Winning Numbers This Week
The drawing lists include Three-digit 682, Four-digit 0477, Five-digit 37598, and Six-digit 609251. Spirit of 76 results show Two-digit numbers 71 62 70 38, Four-digit 2568, Five-digit 06223, and Six-digit 352833.
Weather and civic notices from Norwalk area
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with lows 10 to 15. Saturday remains variable cloudiness with highs near 30 and a 20 percent chance of precipitation. Winds northerly to northwesterly at 10 to 20 mph tonight. Also includes marriage license applications births and deaths from Norwalk and nearby areas.
Public asks to vote on national anthem change and gas pricing plan
Readers divided over replacing the Star Spangled Banner with America the Beautiful and God Bless America while Ohio gas firms seek PUC approval to pass emergency gas purchase costs to residential customers with call-in voting options by midnight.
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Cleveland
Star Speames
Russia
America
Ford
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
Cincinnati ByStanders Nab Prowler After Quick Pursuit
In Cincinnati two separate purse snatchings were thwarted by quick citizen action. Catherine Cowdery, 76, yelled stop and four passersby tackled the suspect until police arrived after he snatched her handbag. Lisa Botterell, 54, blocked a getaway car and chased a CD certificate thief through yards until officers captured him.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Catherine Cowdery
Lisa Botterell
Supreme Court upholds some Campaign Reform Act provisions
The Supreme Court sustains 1974 act limits on individual contributions and disclosure and upholds public financing for 1976 races. It overturns ceilings on expenditures and personal funds by candidates and limits FEC powers to officers. Justice Marshall partly dissents against removing candidate expenditure caps.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Federal Election Commission
United States
U.S. Court of Appeals
Congress
Thurgood Marshall
Two Hurt As Amtrak James Whitcomb Riley Derails In Ohio
Seven cars of Amtrak’s James Whitcomb Riley derailed near Shandon Ohio with 29 passengers and 11 crew aboard. Two people suffered very slight injuries. no serious injuries reported. Passengers were moved by bus to a town hall while awaiting a Greyhound charter to Chicago. The cause was not immediately determined.
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Shandon
Ohio
UPI
Amtrak
James Whitcomb Riley
Washington
Chicago
Indiana
Cincinnati
Angles
Kathy Roberts
Butler County
Greyhound
Richmond
Ind
Stamp Sells For $57,500 at New York Auction
A rare 1851 L-cent stamp sold for 57500 dollars in New York at a Siegal Auction Galleries sale. Brought by Raymond H. Weill of New Orleans, the unused stamp bears Jamin Franklin’s portrait and ornate scroll framing making it a record single U.S. stamp price.
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New York
UPI
U.S
Robert A. Siegal
Raymond H. Weill
New Orleans
Jamin Franklin
Night of Parents at St Paul South Central Game
The St Paul South Central boys host a parents night at Norwalk Junior High gym. The junior varsity tips at 7 PM and the varsity at 8 15 PM. A Walt Disney film One Of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing will screen at 8 PM at the Towne and Country Regional Art Center.
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St. Paul South
Eye Mini-Summit On Mideast Peace
Diplomatic sources say the United States and Israel may push for a sub-summit of foreign ministers from the United States the Soviet Union Arab states and Israel to lay groundwork for a broader Mideast peace conference. Ford and Rabin discussed PLO participation arms aid and weapon quality during White House talks.
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Mideast
Washington
UPI
United States
Israel
U.S
Yitzhak Rabin
Ford
White House
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Jordan
Bey
PLO
Henry A Kissinger
Rabin
House to Consider Loosing Gas Prices
The House will take up a bill to end federal price controls on interstate natural gas sales next Tuesday. Speaker Carl Albert announced the move, while Rep. Dingell backs a winter emergency easing and Rep. Krueger urges broader decontrol with Senate approval already given. Actor Paul Newman unveiled a new citizens action group to counter petroleum industry influence on energy policy.
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UPI
House
Carl Albert
Paul Newman
Citizens’ Action Rye
U.S
John D. Dingell
D-Mich
Albert
Robert Krueger
D-Tex
House Rules Committee
Dingell
Digell
Krueger
Senate
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North Fairfield
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