Ex-Rams Quarterback Charged Over Playbook Sale Plot
Former Los Angeles Rams backup quarterback Sweetan faces charges of interstate transportation of stolen property and wire fraud for allegedly attempting to sell a Rams playbook for 2500 dollars. FBI arrested him in New Orleans amid a planned meeting with Saints coach J D Roberts to finalize the sale.
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Los Angeles Rams
Rams
Sweetan
FBI
New Orleans
New Orleans Saints
J.D. Roberts
Roberts
Butz Attacks Press and Other Global News Bits
Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz assails the liberal press as a threat to Nixon against McGovern while Comsat reports over 15 hours of DNC coverage to Europe. A fatal paraquat exposure is discussed in London. The Pentagon Papers trial proceeds in Los Angeles. In Saigon two U S jets are shot down. NAACP leader Roy Wilkins condemns Nixon on busing in Detroit.
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Des Moines
Iowa
UPI
Earl Butz
George McGovern
Nixon
South Dakota
Butz
McGovern
Washington
Europe
Communications Satellite Corp
Comsat
Pacific Points
Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Saigon
Hanoi
U.S
China
Detroit
Roy Wilkins
The
NAACP
California
White House
Still resigns from Fanny Farmer plant in Norwalk
Edward J. Still, operations manager at the Fanny Farmer Candy Shops Inc. Norwalk plant for four years, resigned Friday as part of a corporate consolidation. Chester Dymek will take over locally. The plant is Norwalk’s only Fanny Farmer facility amid closures. Still, 47, has 30 years with the company and plans to stay in Norwalk.
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Edward J. Still
Fanny Farmer Candy Shops Inc
Still
Chester Dymek
Norwalk
Bedford
Mass
Fanny Farmer
Harrisburg
Rochester
N.Y
Tax Valuations Drop Sharply In Downtown Norwalk
The Reflector reports a decade decline in downtown Norwalk property values from 1963 to 1970 with all sampled parcels showing lower assessments. Land values led the drop while the building values remained largely steady. Downtown commercial real estate accounts for 6 percent of city real estate value and 14 percent of tangible assessments.
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Janet Conway
Norwalk
Main Street
Central City
Tiffin
Lorain
Elyria
Jackson Smith
Huron County Auditor's Office
Smith
County Auditor’s
Main
Monroe
Seminary Streets
Foster Street
Case and
Church Streets
Benedict Avenue
Whittlesey Avenue
Norfolk and Western Railway
Penn Central
Whittlesey
Weather Brief Norwalk and Area with Mild Forecast
Partly cloudy today and tomorrow with a 40 percent rain chance today and tonight and 30 percent tomorrow. Highs in the upper 70s today and lower 80s tomorrow. Lows mid to upper 50s tonight. Winds southerly 10 to 20 mph, easing tonight. Norwalk high 76 and low 55. Moon and sunrise times noted along with brief humidity readings. Marriage licenses issued for four couples including Snyder Martin and Knoll Tucker. Deaths listed for Mildred B. VanDette 72 Fremont William C Weimnan 86 Milan infant Elizabeth Cavazos Plymouth.
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Norwalk
Mildred B. VanDette
Fremont
William C. Weimnan
Milan
Elizabeth Cavazos
Ernest Cavazos
Plymouth
Spassky and Fischer contrasted in Iceland ahead of world chess final
In Reykjavik fans favor Spassky over American challenger Fischer. Spassky mingles with fans and plays tennis while Fischer stays private, late arrivals and money debates hurting his image. Spassky won the opening game draw for white.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
UPI
Boris Spassky
Fischer
Spassky
Loftseider
McGovern Faces Biggest Nomination Challenge After Court Ruling
McGovern confronts a coalition of rivals backing a Supreme Court decision that trims California delegates and blocks Daley seating. The 6-3 ruling cuts his tally by about 110 votes, lowering his path to the nomination and boosting Humphrey and Muskie as a divisive convention looms.
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Steve Gerstel
Miami Beach
UPI
George S. McGovern
Supreme Court
McGovern
California
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
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Connor
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Martin Luther King, Jr
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San Clemente, Calif
Federal Aviation Administration
John D. Ehrlichman
Southern California
Ehrlichman
St. Louis
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Edward S7
Andrew W. Snyder
Lorraine K Martin
William C. Knoll
Judy A. Tucker
Gary A. Jackson
New London
Cathy A. Wolfe
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