Mighty Mouse Wins Miss Indiana Central College Title
Karen L. Rogers nicknamed Mighty Mouse wins Miss Indiana Central College and advances to Atlantic City as Indiana’s representative at Miss America. The 4 foot 11 inch graduate from Indiana Central, native to Arcanum Ohio, earned the three-girl contest crown.
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Karen L. Rogers
Mighty Mouse
Indiana
Indiana Central College
Atlantic City
Indiana Central
Arcanum, O
Nixon aide defense cites constitutional power in Ellsberg break-in
John J. Wilson, Ehrlichman’s lawyer, argues before the Senate Watergate Committee that the 1971 burglary of Ellsberg’s psychiatrist office was permissible under a reservoir of presidential power to protect national security. He spoke on his 72nd birthday.
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Washington
UPI
John D. Ehrlichman
Daniel Ellsberg
John J. Wilson
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Senators seek to freeze pay for Congress members
Embarrassed senators rally around Sen. James B. Allen amendment to fix salaries at 42500. Sen. Warren Magnuson says any raise is ill timed and unjustified beyond most workers annual earnings.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
James B. Allen
D-Ala
House
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Handcuffed Boy Killed by Dallas Officer
A Dallas police officer Darrell L. Cain age 30 shot and killed an 11 year old handcuffed boy while aiming a pistol at his head to terrify him into confession. Cain was charged with murder and suspended from the force. He was arraigned and released on $5 000 bond after five years on the department.
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Dallas
UPS
Darrell L. Cain
Cain
Pig rustlers kill hogs on Spinelli farm near Ravenna
In Ravenna Ohio a farm hand found a sow and a boar missing from Mike Spinelli's farm. A search uncovered the hogs slaughtered in a nearby field leaving only bones. Spinelli estimates the loss at about 200 dollars.
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Ravenna
Ohio
UPI
Mike Spinelli
Here
Spinelli
Weather Warm With Showers and Norwalk Forecast
Highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s with a chance of thundershowers. Tonight and Wednesday remain warm and humid with a 50 percent, 30 percent, and 40 percent chance of rain respectively. Norwalk highs around 85 and lows near 69 with humidity peaking in the day. Birth notices list four local newborns and two deaths in Berlin Heights.
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Norwalk
Imposter Lives It Up At Playboy Club in Champaign
FBI arrested 27 year old Thomas Pardick for impersonating an armed forces officer to swindle the Playboy Club of Chicago. He allegedly posed as Lt Tom Johnson and former POW to arrange a candlelight dinner with a 1965 Playmate of the Year, Collins, including a room at the Playboy Towers.
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Playboy Club
Thomas
Butch
Eugene Pardick
FBI
Armed Forces
Chicago
Champaign
Earl Pardick
Pardick
Cmdr
Robert Stevens
Great Lakes Naval Station
Tom Johnson
New York City
Tripler Army Hospital
Hawaii
Washington
Johnson
Collins
Playboy
Miss Collins
Playboy Towers
Stevens
Great Lakes
Slain guard shot by colleague during prison rampage in Ohio
In Lucasville Ohio Wayne Raney escaped his cell and grabbed guard Arthur Sprouse killing him and taking three other guards hostage for 90 minutes. A second guard, Arthur Underwood, was fatally shot during the rescue attempt when Raney opened fire. Investigators probe how Raney obtained the pistol and why the cell door was open.
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Lucasville
Ohio
UPI
Southern Ohio
Arthur Sprouse
Wayne Lester Raney
Arthur Underwood
Raney
Underwood
John Linta
Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
Linta
Ohio Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Central Control
Sprouse
Bob Hope Home Destroyed By Fire In Palm Springs
A $3 million Bob Hope hilltop home under construction in Palm Springs was destroyed by fire, leaving only the steel frame. Firemen estimate $1.5 million in damage. land cost $587,000 and the domed roof $490,000. Hope plans to rebuild.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Hope
Sheriff Cruiser Demolished in Willard Highway Crash
A Huron County sheriff's cruiser was rammed from behind along Ohio 103 east of Willard while Lt. John Osterland helped a stalled motorist. Marlene Coffman, 22, of Greenwich, was injured and admitted to Willard Area Hospital. Osterland escaped injury. The crash totaled the 1972 Chevrolet wreck, with about $500 damage to Coffman’s car.
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Huron County Sheriff’s
Ohio 103
Willard
John Osterland
Marlene Coffman
Greenwich
Willard Area
John Borgia
Borgia
Osterland
Pullman Inn
Peru Center Road
Willard Police
Ptl
Gary Courtright
Clades Riley
Monroeville
Coffman
Plumbrook Reactor Ties to Death Rate Rise in Sandusky
Dr. Ernest Sternglass testified to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the government owned Plumbrook reactor increased cancer and heart disease deaths in the Sandusky area. Evidence cited includes Ohio radiological data linking plant radiation to Lake Erie water and noting declines after the plant shut down.
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Port Clinton
Secret Laos and Cambodia missions claimed 81 U.S. lives
The Pentagon confirmed 81 Americans died on covert Laos and Cambodia missions, most Green Berets, contradicting prior reports that deaths occurred only in South Vietnam. Fifty five died in Laos, 26 in Cambodia, with officials withholding names pending kin renotification.
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Washington
UPI
Green Berets
Laos
Cambodia
Pentagon
Defense Department
Congress
South Vietnam
Hughes
Jerry W. Frideheim
Friedheim
Wakeman Man Hurt In Crash
Randall S. Eschen, 19, was in critical condition after a traffic collision on U S 20 east of Wakeman. He later improved to satisfactory, with neck injuries. Eschen rear-ended Clinton KE Bement, 18, who slowed for an animal. Bement uninjured and Eschen cited for failure to stop.
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Wakeman
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
U. S. 20
Randall S. Eschen
Eschen
Clinton KE
Bement
Eischen
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Kelly Moon
Robert Holbury
Otto Bowles
Berlin Heights
Paul Wasem
Tony Carbone
Syracuse
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