Missing 9-year-old Kevin Dye feared in Casper Mountain search
In Casper Wyoming a missing 9-year-old boy Kevin Dye, described as mentally retarded and epileptic, is feared lost in Casper Mountain canyons. Rescue efforts involving parents helicopters dogs and 2000 volunteers paused Thursday night and to resume Saturday hoping he calms. He has been missing since a picnic on Sunday and reportedly takes about nine tranquilizers daily.
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Casper, Wyo
UPI
Casper Mountain
Kevin Dye
Fire at Howard Johnson's Downtown Hotel Kills Seven
A 18 story Howard Johnson's Downtown Motor Hotel fire in New Orleans killed seven as guests escaped from the 12th floor with bedsheet rope. Eight were rescued from smoke, including a critical young boy victim. Fire officials cited toxic gases spreading flames.
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New Orleans
UPI
Howard Johnson
Motor Hotel
William McClausen
Elks Vote to Keep Whites-Only Membership Policy
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks voted at its national convention to maintain a whites-only membership. Grand exalted ruler E. Gene Fournace of Canton, Ohio defended private association rights as a matter of personal choice. Madison Ellis Lodge had urged removing the word white from requirements.
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New Orleans
UPI
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
E. Gene Fournace
Canton
Ohio
Madison
Wis
Ellis Lodge
Goldwater Urges GOP Silence on Nixon China Trip
Senator Barry Goldwater urged fellow Republicans to refrain from criticizing President Nixon's China visit. He spoke in a prepared address for the Republican National Committee, urging patience until results emerge.
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Denver
Colo
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Nixon
China
Goldwater
GOP
Republican National Committee
Airmen Convicted for Refusing Weapons Duty in Vietnam
Three young airmen including a Dayton Ohio native were found guilty of disobeying orders to bear weapons on guard duty in Vietnam. They claimed conscientious objector status after volunteering and received six months in jail plus dishonorable discharges.
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Phu Cat
Vietnam
UPI
Dayton
Ohio
Pleasant Weekend Forecast With Mild Warmth In Norwalk
Mostly sunny and pleasant conditions expected with a mid 80s high in Norwalk and cool lows around 60s. Saturday brings partial clouds and a small chance of afternoon thundershowers with a 30 percent precipitation probability. Also list includes a marriage license application for Raymond J. Fritts and Ruth E. Kuhn in Mansfield and Norwalk.
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Norwalk
Raymond J. Fritts
Mansfield
Ruth E. Kuhn
Fleetwood Plans Multi Million Plant Move to Ashland
Fleetwood Enterprises of Riverside California plans a modular housing plant in Ashland on 28 acres, hiring 300 to 400 workers. Construction starts Sept 1 and finishes by year end. Fleetwood chose Ashland over Delaware after evaluating centers, debunking rumors that power needs dictated the site.
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Janet Conway
California
Ashland
Norwalk
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc
Riverside
Calif
Fleetwood
Ohio
Delaware
Kaiser Industries
Mariner
Conspiracy Theory Emerges From Kent State Shootings Report
In a New York United Methodist Church study a lawyer and author alleges a preplanned act by a small Ohio National Guard group to fire on Kent State students on May 4, 1970. The report, citing FBI and Scranton Commission material, urges a federal grand jury and questions Ohio authorities' handling.
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NEW York
UPI
United Methodist Church
Ohio National
Davies
Church
Department of Law, Justice and Community Relations
Justice Department
FBI
Scranton Commission
Kent State Commission
James Michener
Ohio
National Guard
Little Maria Is Getting Better After Laundromat Accident
Manuel and Guadalupe Felix describe the night their 19 month old daughter Maria was struck when a car backed from a Snowy White Laundromat lot on Whittlesey Avenue. Maria suffered chest trauma and spent days in hospital in critical then improving condition.
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Manuel Felix
Maria Felix
Whittlesey Avenue
Maria
Naomi
Felix
Guadalupe
Vernon Craig breaks bed of nails world record in Wooster
Vernon E Craig, 39, American fakir, set a new world record by lying on a bed of nails for 60 hours. He finished at 10 20 15 a m after starting Thursday, beating Ziane Azzar of Sydney by 11 minutes 15 seconds. He said he would not attempt further challenges and cited exhaustion and constant publicity.
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Wooster
Ohio
UPI
Vernon E. Craig
Craig
Ziane Azzar
Sydney
Australia
Norwalk Eyes Site for New Shopping Center
A Columbus firm led by R G Haas of the Glimsher Co investigates land on U S 250 north of Norwalk for a possible shopping center. Haas says no land is purchased and cites plans to seek city water and sewer for a 260 acre Miller property area while consulting county and city officials on utilities and annexation.
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U.S. 250
Columbus Engineering
R.G. Haas
The
Glimsher Co
Columbus
Norwalk
City Water and Sewer Service
Haas
Florence Miller
Miller
Ohio 250
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Julia Shepard
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William Weide
Weide
David Mariner
Kent St
Sheller Globe Corp
Huron County
David L. Bolen
Attica
Robert A. Wiedemann
John F. Rhineberger, Sr
E. League Sr
Rhineberger
Robert L. Rettig
Maple St
Jefferson Street
Sheller Globe
James Bushong
Norwood Ave
Wiedemann
Thomas L. Fredericks
Fredericks
Fred Waugh
Bolen
Rettig
James H. Daniels
Willard
Bushong
Dennis Noggle
Toledo
Kent State
Arthur Krause
Pittsburgh
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