Newswoman Christine Chubbuck shoots herself on live TV
Sarasota based WXLT journalist Christine Chubbuck 29 shot herself during a live broadcast seen by viewers. The event occurred after she warned of showing blood and guts and followed a prior script noting her critical condition. She had worked in Cleveland Pittsburgh and Canton previously and was described as friendly yet outspoken.
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Sarasota, Fla
UPI
Christine Chubbuck
Sun Coast Digest
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WXLT
Mike Simmons
TV-40
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Simmons
Rob Smith
Hudson
Ohio
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Canton
Emergency UN session eyed over Cyprus crisis
The Security Council called an emergency session on Cyprus after a coup by rebel forces. Archbishop Makarios, via a British officer in Paphos, urged action, and UN Secretary General Waldheim approved the session for today with no time set.
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UPI
United Nations Security Council
Cyprus
U.S
Makarios
Paphos
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
State Strike Spreads Across Ohio Government
Nearly 10 000 AFSCME correctional officers and attendants at 24 state mental institutions walk off. The union seeks a 40 cent per hour wage increase as the Ferguson Act is deemed unworkable by the governor’s office. Institutions run with supervisors. Norwalk liquor store clerks and a Norwalk highway garage are unaffected. A deadlocked appropriations panel slows pay hike approval.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPI
Norwalk
American Federation of State
Ohio Civil Service Employees Association
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Afscme
Owen King
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OSGE
Norwalk Elks Again Vote on Selling Country Club
Norwalk Elks members will meet at 8 p m July 25 to decide if they want to sell the New State Road country club. A May 23 vote approved a sale by June 3, tied to a $175 000 base offer from the Hartensteins, who face financing delays.
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New State Road
Bill Rogers
The
Elks Board of Trustees
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Willard
Dan
Joe E. Dudley
Norwalk Realtor
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Rogers
Reflector
Dudley
Elks
Elk
Hartenstein
Boxer known as Kid McCoy turns 103 in nursing home
Chicago reports Max Moskowitz celebrated his 103rd birthday with a half gallon of Bourbon. He once boxed as Kid McCoy, a nickname shared by several fighters of the era. Officials note he drinks two to three fifths weekly and now lives in a nursing home.
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Chicago
UPI
Max Moskowitz
al Mendelevictz
Moskowitz
Inmate Stabbed at Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Lucasville Ohio inmate Leroy Scharf serving 18 to 90 years was stabbed five or six times as prisoners prepared to eat breakfast. Superintendent Joseph Havener said a National Guard medical helicopter transported Scharf to the Ohio Penitentiary medical center in Columbus for treatment.
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UPI
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Joseph Havener
Leroy Scharf
Cuyahoga County
Havener
Scharf
National Guard
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Dizzy Dean In Serious Condition After Heart Attack
Jerome Dizzy Dean, the last NL pitcher to win 30 games and a Hall of Fame member, is in serious condition after a severe heart attack during Sunday dinner with his wife Pat and Dr Louis Lombardi. The attack followed his release from a hospital earlier that day.
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Reno, New
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Dizzy
Dean
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Louis Lombardi
Boe Terre Weather And Local Notices
Mostly sunny today with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and clear tonight. Wednesday expects mid to upper 80s with near zero precipitation. Marriage licenses list Garza Molina and Howman Archer couples. Births note three newborns and deaths report John P. Rupp Jr. aged 54.
Nixon fires OEO chief amid abolition push
President Nixon dismissed Alvin J. Arnett head of the Office of Economic Opportunity after Arnett resisted the plan to abolish the agency. Arnett said Dean Burch demanded his resignation effective July 31 and that Burt A. Gallegos would replace him as acting director.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Alvin J. Arnett
Dean Burch
Arnett
Burt A. Gallego
Political Pressure on IRS Tactics Revealed in 440 Page Report
The House Judiciary Committee released a 440 page impeachment inquiry report detailing White House efforts to weaponize the IRS for political gain and to harass opponents. Former IRS Commissioner Randolph Thrower testified that pressure to politicize rose in 1970, prompting threats to resign to block a White House reorganization plan.
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Washington
UPI
House Judiciary Committee
White House
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Randolph Thrower
Tax Service
Policeman Wins Appeal In Accidental Shooting
Norwalk Sgt James Martin won an appeal overturning a one day suspension for an accidental revolver discharge in the police station on June 16. The Civil Service Commission ruled the act was careless but not willful, costing him $40 in lost pay. The hearing drew Paffenbarger and Fraternal Order of Police support amid broader concerns of other unpunished incidents.
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James Martin
Norwalk
Civil Service Commission
Martin
Safety Service
Herbert Krogh
Fraternal Order of Police
Tom Paffenbarger
Paffenbarger
Safety and Service Director
Krogh
Sgt. Martin
L.C. Hilson
Hilson
Ohio Supreme Court
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Ohio Civil Service Employes Union
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Joe L. Garza
Plymouth
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Randall L. Howman
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Alexander Molnar
Good Samaritan
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Monroeville
Larry Lepard
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Thrower
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