Otepka Resigns From Subversive Activities Board
The White House announced the resignation of Otto Otepka a controversial former State Department official from the Subversive Activities Control Board He had left the State Department in 1968 rather than accept a Civil Service hearing board recommendation that he be demoted and reassigned after Dean Rusk ordered his firing for allegedly sharing classified information with Senate staff.
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White House
Otto Otepka
State Department
Subversive Activities Control Board
Otepka
Civil Service Hearing Board
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Senate
South Viets Retake Bong Son After 83 Days
Government troops end 83 days of Communist occupation retaking Bong Son in South Vietnam with UPI reporting U.S. warplanes helped clear the Lai River area by destroying three irrigation dams to aid armor entry.
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Saigon
UPI
Bong Son
South Vietnam
Saigon Command
Edward Bassett
U.S
Lai River
Tick Removal Lets Girl From Ohio Heal Quickly
A four year old girl from St. Martin Ohio was released from Children's Hospital after doctors removed a tick from the back of her head. She had been partially paralyzed and diagnosed with acute cerebellar ataxia a nervous disorder that can be fatal if misdiagnosed. Her father Lee Meyer said she woke unable to walk and with slurred speech Sunday. The tick was found while she lay in bed.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Children’s Hospital
Lori Jean Meyer
St. Martin
Ohio
Lee Meyer
Lori
Senate kills busing delay in desegregation case
The Senate voted 53 to 38 to defeat a proposed moratorium on court ordered busing for school desegregation. Senator Gambrell had offered the measure as part of a minimum wage bill. Senator Pastore said the issue has merit on both sides but is not the time to decide it.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
David Gambrell
D-Ga
John O. Pastore
D.R.I
Weather and brief notices from Norwalk area
Mostly sunny and warm with humidity and a 30 percent rain chance today and Saturday. Highs mid 80s near Lake Erie and near 90 inland. lows upper 60s to low 70s. Births include a girl for Hibbard of Berlin Heights and a girl for Geiger of Norwalk. death of Henry F Meinen, 83, Wakeman.
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Lake Erie
Lake Shore
Norwalk
Senate backs higher minimum wage in labor bill
The Senate approved a measure to raise the federal minimum wage to 2.20 dollars an hour within 26 months, with 6.1 million workers affected. The vote expanded coverage to 7.4 million additional workers, including maids and certain civil servants, while McGovern’s near-tie vote was not decisive. The bill now goes to reconcile with the House version before Nixon’s signature.
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Washington
UPI
George S. McGovern
Senate
Afl-Cio
McGovern
Economy Grows Rapidly as Inflation Slows in Q2
Washington reports the U S economy expanded at a prodigious real rate in the second quarter while inflation eased to 2.1 percent. GNP rose by 30 billion to a 1.139 trillion annual pace, with real growth around 8.9 percent.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Nixon
Commerce Department
Department
Harold C. Passer
Passer
GNP
Plain Talk Still Best Word To Replace Welfare
Washington public affairs officials admitted their bid to replace welfare with terms like Fedcare Fedicare Americaid or Amerish failed as ill advised and misguided. Deputy assistant secretary Brian M Duff said no contender matched the clear, familiar term welfare for government communications amid welfare reform discussions.
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Washington
UPI
Fedcare
Fedicare
Brian M. Duff
OBrien Blasts Connally Over Democratic Pressure Tactics
Lawrence F. OBrien, newly named McGovern unifier, accuses John B. Connally of political blackmail to win Democratic support for Nixon. Connally plans a Democrats-for-Nixon push using pressure on state officials and others, implying federal program leverage.
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Washington
UPI
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Democratic
George S. McGovern
John B. Connally
Nixon
O’brien
Nbctv Today Show
Connally
Treasury
McGovern
Plea From 10-Year-Old Urges Court to Halt Divorce
A Visalia girl writes to Superior Court Judge Jay Ballantyne asking him not to divorce her parents. She describes her father’s drinking and appeals for help and reconciliation. Ballantyne says he is shaken and will aid any effort toward reconciliation and shares letters with both attorneys.
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Visalia
Calif
UPI
Superior Court
Jay Ballantyne
McGuckin Targets Color Coded Hydrants For Efficiency
Norwalk fire chief Elmer McGuckin proposes red blue and yellow hydrants to rate flow and hose capacity. He and City Engineer Jim Widman test every hydrant, map water mains, and plan color coding to aid crews. The department reports nearly 100 calls in six months with training totaling over 130 hours and the city holds a general rating of six from the Ohio Insurance Association, with some areas rated higher due to limited water.
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Janet Conway
Norwalk
Elmer McGuckin
McGuckin
Jim Widman
Board of Control
Harold Lynch
Bowling Green State University
Lynch
David Caprara
Ohio Insurance Association
Lindsay Rebukes McGovern Over City Issues
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay criticized George S. McGovern for not focusing enough on big city problems while remaining supportive of the Democratic ticket. McGovern, an underdog, received tentative UAW endorsement as he campaigned against President Nixon.
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George S. McGovern
New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
McGovern
Fisher-Titus Opens $800,000 Wing With Open House
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital hosts an open house Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. to tour its new 33 bed medical and surgical wing, upgraded maternity and nursery areas, and new laboratory. Construction began June 1971, finishing this month, increasing total beds to 126.
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Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Fisher-Titus
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