Citizens Favor Sale of Norwalk Power System to Ohio Edison
A Norwalk citizens committee endorsed selling the municipal light system to Ohio Edison Co. after criticizing a city hired consultant’s report. The group urged a public vote and an independent CPA financial view before any election, noting the Raike report urged retention.
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Norwalk
Ohio Edison Co
James Ewell
Citizens Committee
George Raike
Certified Public Accountants
Ohio Edison
Norwalk Service
William Mount
Ewell
Raike
City
Anthony Petrosino
William Casselberry
Robert Hill
Casselberry
Don Morrison elected NEA president at San Francisco convention
Don Morrison, 44, a San Diego social studies teacher, was chosen as president elect by about 7,000 NEA delegates at the annual convention in San Francisco. Draft guidelines require conscientious objectors to oppose all wars and prove sincere beliefs to qualify. Nixon backs SALT talks after criticism by Fulbright. Resor reports Indochina casualties down over 50 percent for six months of 1969 compared with 1968 and notes a 21 percent reduction in U S combat strength with 115,000 troops withdrawn.
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Don Morrison
San Diego
Calif
National Education Association
NEA
San Francisco
UPI
Washington
Vienna
Nixon
United States
Russia
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Saigon
Stanley R. Resor
Indochina
Resor
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Births and Deaths in Norwalk and Willard Areas
Births reported for families in Norwalk New London and Willard include three girls and several boys with parents listed as Koehn Monahan Gessner Smith Robinson York Skistimas Hawkins Handshoe Bowling Bolen Wimbley Carpenter. Death notices for Augusta Pearl age 85 of Oak Park Illinois and Albert J Reynolds age 88 of 110S Linwood Ave.
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David Koehn
Norwalk
Larry Monahan
Daniel Gessner
New London
Donald Smith
William Robinson
Willard
Jay York
Shiloh
Terry Skistimas
Ralph Hawkins
Vince Handshoe
Wilard
Ned Bowling
James Bolen
Donald Wimbley
Paul Carpenter
Augusta Pearl
Oak Park
Ill
Albert J. Reynolds
Linwood Ave
Park Board weighs land sale and budget shifts
The Norwalk Park and Recreation Board debates buying four acres between Pitt Street and Homewood Avenue for playgrounds, considers using the site for a community center, and seeks an entrance plan. It asks for a spending statement and contemplates a separate donations fund as Milan Baseball League mulls selling light fixtures for McGuan Field. The UTU union strikes three major railroads, prompting calls for a 60 day emergency board and warnings of wide economic impact amid broader railroad financial woes.
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Park and Recreation Department
Barman & Seitz
Pitt Street
Austin Shadle
Borgia
Shadle
Charles Hipp
Milan Baseball League
Norwalk Department
McGuan Field
Hester Street
James Lewellen
Washington
UPI
United Transportation Union
UTU
National Labor Railway Conference
Baltimore & Ohio
Southern Pacific
Louisville and Nashville
Nixon
B& O
Willard Yards
Willard
Richard Newland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Moose Hall
Myrtle Avenue
B&o
Louisville and
Nashville
Chesapeake and Ohio
John P. Hiltz, Jr
National Railway Labor Conference
Penn Central
Brewers Booster Lifted to Top of Stadium Scoreboard
Milton Mason 69 of San Diego alias Bernie The Brewer has been perched atop the Milwaukee County Stadium scoreboard in a mobile home until the Brewers attract over 40 000 fans at an American League game UPI reports.
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Milton Mason
San Diego
Calif
Bernie the Brewer
Milwaukee County
Milwaukee Brewers
Dozen-crew pickup plunges 200 feet on Colorado mountain road
A pickup carrying twelve people slid 200 feet from Schofield Pass into the Crystal River. Nine are missing feared dead as rescuers search in rain. remains of the truck were later found 15 to 18 feet underwater. Driver Thomas T. Robinson and his two children were located nearby and treated for shock.
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Marble
Colo
UPI
Colorado
Crystal River
Colorado State Patrol
Thomas T. Robinson
Crested Butte
Schofield Pass
Robinson
Margie
Beren Robinson
Carbondale
Robinsons
Glenwood Springs
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Mount
Citizen’s Committee
Harold Finch
Ashland
SALT
Vata
Asbury Park
N.J
Norwalk Park and Recreation Board
Homewood Avenue
Woodlawn Avenue
John Borgia
Pentagon
Congress
Nixon Administration
Labor Department
Charles Luna
Luna
Alice Finch
Harold E. Finch
John Short
Brewers Booster
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