19 Jul 1968
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1968
Page
1
Twiggy plans to wed her manager Justin de Villeneuve in London. De Villeneuve, born Nigel Davies, was recently divorced after nine years of marriage. He is 26, Twiggy is 19, with no wedding date set.
Akron officials keep dusk to dawn curfew despite a night of relative calm as police and National Guard units handle minor outbreaks. About 110 people were arrested for curfew violations after the curfew began at 9 p.m. Thursday on the southwest side.
A sudden wind and rainstorm drenched Norwalk causing downed limbs and electrical outages while streets filled again for the Sidewalk Sales. One fatal crash on the Ohio Turnpike claimed three lives as storms raged across Ohio and surrounding areas.
James Earl Ray, the accused assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was flown from England and placed in a steel plated, air conditioned cell at Shelby County Jail. Guards in armor escorted the 40 year old suspect who wore a bullet proof vest and heavy dungaree pants.
Two brunettes dominated the Miss Ohio Pageant first round at Cedar Point. Miss Canton Leslyn Anita Hiple won talent with a song and dance to Step To The Rear. Miss Bowling Green January Zumstein Eckert won swimsuit in a pink suit.
Partly cloudy and less humid with highs in the 80s and cooler nights in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Saturday looks mostly sunny with little temperature change. Norwalk Thursday highs near 95 and lows near 68 with .85 inch rainfall noted and humidity varying through the day. Deaths include Clarence H. Luce 71 Columbus Janice E. Pierce New London Howard J. Ordway 73 Wakeman William F. White 80 rural Norwalk.
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller wrapped a whirlwind Ohio tour with a positive reception from delegates but no firm commitments. A Columbus meeting drew chatter of pressure poker as six youths interrupted a rally with anti-Rockefeller signs, and GOP officials noted delegates loyal to Rhodes would stay uncommitted on the first ballot.
Prague Central Committee members debate Dubcek's reform course as Soviet hints at a Hungarian style intervention. Cernik reports 20,700 support resolutions from across Czechoslovakia for Dubcek's defiance of the Warsaw Pact letter.
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