Eight year old writes train wreck story from Amtrak derailment
Kip Friedenberg, eight, son of Cincinnati Post editor Walter Friedenberg, rode an Amtrak derailment near Melvern Kansas. He wrote and phoned his account after ensuring his mother and brother were safe. The tale describes alarms and evacuation between Emporia and Kansas City Missouri.
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Connors Wins Wimbledon Crown at 19 in Dominant Final
Jimmy Connors defeated Ken Rosewall in straight sets 6-1 6-1 6-4 to become the youngest Wimbledon champion in 18 years. The crowd of 15,000 at Center Court saw Connors overpower the sentimental favorite as Rosewall suffered his fourth loss in a title match at the Mecca of tennis. The Duke and Duchess of Kent attended the final.
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Ken Rosewall
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Lew Hoad
Rosewall
Alabama seeks blacksmith for state vehicle, road equipment
Alabama posts a blacksmith opening with no written exam required. Salary ranges from 6019 to 7878 dollars a year. Experience and an eighth grade education are the only requirements. The worker will forge sharpen and temper tools and parts used on state vehicles and road equipment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Nixon May Travel to Japan in August Sources Say
President Nixon may visit Japan in August and consider another European swing this fall. White House aides note he recently toured the Middle East and the Soviet Union within a month while battling phlebitis and a potentially dangerous blood clot in his left leg.
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Fla
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White House
Middle East
Soviet Union
Ohio Lottery Tickets Roll Off Presses for Aug. 12 Sale
The first of 500000 Ohio lottery tickets is printed and will carry numbers shortly before initial sale. Lottery Commission official Terry Burnett noted numbers not yet on tickets. Tickets will go on sale August 12 and are currently printed by Greyhound Computer Corp.
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AmShip May Sell Fleet
George M. Steinbrenner III, chairman of American Shop Building Co., said the firm is considering selling its Great Lakes shipping fleet. He cited ship building and growth prospects for self unloading vessels and noted no estimate of fleet value or buyers.
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API
George M. Steinbrenner III
American Shop Building Co
Great Lakes
Steinbrenner
Temperatures and notices from Norwalk area weather and life events
Clear tonight with mid 50s lows and sunny Sunday highs in the mid 80s. precipitation near zero. Marriage license applications list six couples including Melvin Brown and Sandra Cavello. Births noted for several families. one death listed for Mrs. Blanche Hoffman.
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Bellevue
Sandra C. Cavello
Willard
Mark A. Cross
Norwalk
Teresa M. Beatty
Carl Bistline
North Fairfield
Lillian Hicks
Richard H. Hillman
Christine C. Beat
Sandusky
Harold VanGoor
Wyckoff
N.J
Hedges Trial Postponed To July 25
The first degree murder trial of Thomas J. Hedges for the Hooker brothers killings in New London is postponed 20 days to July 25 in Ashland County Common Pleas Court. Attorney William Oxley sought more time to review prosecution witnesses and to hire co counsel with a $1,000 cost request. The delay follows a bid to declare indigence and appoint public defense, which the family disputes.
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Ashland County
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Former Norwalk optometrist teaches college in Florida
Dr. Norman E. Ross, 49, once in Norwalk for 21 years, now teaches dispensing optics at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa. He leads a class of 30 to 40 students and plans a visit to his son in Detroit. He and his family—wife Doris son Craig—live in Dunedin, Florida, enjoying the climate.
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Whalen Sees Mail Swing Against Impeachment 20-1
Rep Charles Whalen of Ohio reports constituent mail now runs about 20 to 1 against impeachment of President Nixon, saying the shift reflects active supporters rather than a broad change of minds. He predicts impeachment recommendations by July 26 or August 3 and notes Watergate may affect November elections.
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Rohio
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Chenault Details How He Located Church Victims
Marcus Chenault told attorney Randolph Bacote that he found Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and his wife at Ebenezer Baptist Church by asking a congregant to identify them. He sat beside Mrs. Jimmie Mitchell and indicated that she pointed out the couple, with Mrs. Mitchell then wounded. Deacon Ed Boykin was killed and Mrs. Mitchell wounded as Chenault fired after the initial shooting. Authorities and Bacote dismissed conspiracy claims.
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Atlanta
UPI
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Marcus Wayne Chenault
Chenault
Jimmie Mitchell
Dr. King
Martin Luther King Jr
Bacote
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Justice Department
Ohio Armories Well Protected
Ohio National Guard officers say thefts from Guard armories are unlikely due to a vast electronic burglar alarm network and civilian watchmen. They note ammunition is stored separately and inaccessible even if weapons are stolen.
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United Press International
Ohio National Guard
Ohio Guard
Compton
Calif
William Wilson
Wilson
Kennedy Wallace Ticket Deplored by Spock in Indianapolis
Dr Benjamin M Spock at the People's Party convention warned that a Kennedy Wallace ticket would reveal corruption within the Democratic Party He suggested Kennedy might win the 1976 Democratic nomination and select George Wallace as running mate.
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Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
George Wallace
Benjamin M. Spock
Spock
The
People’s Party
Kennedy
Alabama
Wallace Potential Endorsement Shifts 1976 Race
Spock, 1972 Peace and Freedom candidate, suggests Wallace backing Kennedy could reshape the Democratic race. If Kennedy selects Wallace as vice president, it might reveal party corruption and shift tens of thousands of voters to Spock’s side, affecting Wallace’s 76 influence.
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Spock
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Peace and Freedom Party
Police Sgt Catches Baby Thrown From Window
Police Sgt John Williams of Woodlawn described an automatic reaction when he caught seven month old Adrianne Warren after she was thrown from a second story window in Lincoln Heights on the Fourth of July. The babysitter, facing removal of her own children, had threatened the act amid a history of mental illness. the life squad later tended to the infant who cried only after delivery.
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Cincinnati
UPI
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Woodlawn
Lincoln Heights
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Funny Car Summer screens at Towne and Country Tonight
Nowalk film Funny Car Summer airs at Towne and Country Theatre at 8 p.m. tonight and again Saturday and Sunday. A cornerstone ceremony for St. Peter Lutheran Church on Benedict Avenue is set for 4 p.m. Sunday.
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