Downtown Norwalk seeks 383 500 plan for free parking district
A plan to create 215 new off street spaces and remove meters aims to provide 600 free parking spots downtown. The program would be funded by a 3.39 per 100 assessment on property within Foster Case Church Monroe Seminary boundaries.
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Norwalk
Harvey Moskowitz
Foster and Case
Church Streets
Monroe and
Seminary
Frederick P. Waugh
Moskowitz
Nixon Holds Sizable Delegates Lead For First Ballot Nomination
United Press International survey estimates 691 probable first ballot votes for Nixon with 183 committed and 508 leaning. With the convention less than two weeks away, 667 votes needed to nominate, indicating Nixon could secure the nomination on the first ballot.
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Richard M. Nixon
United Press International
UPI
Nixon
Dubcek Keeps Tight Grip Amid Soviet Pressure
CTK reports Dubcek still leads the 11 member Presidium as Soviet demands for a liberal shift intensify. Editorials in Czech papers signal no change in line despite Western backed coup fears after two decades of Communist rule.
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Prague
UPI
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovakia
CTK
Kremlin says Western forces push for coup in Czechoslovakia
Pravda reports Western backed forces near calling a coup to end 20 years of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia. New Times urges action as needed while not detailing form. Pravda's editorial focus is on military topics.
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Moscow
UPI
Kremlin
Pravda Today
Czechoslovakia
New Times
Pravda
Soviet Communist Party
Akron tense cools as troops depart after curfew clashes
About 400 National Guardsmen left Akron after being called in July 18 to quell firebombings and looting on the south side. An enforcement incident near the Afro American Liberation Front headquarters drew bitter responses from the Negro community and tear gas dispersed about 30 protesters. In Cincinnati a common pleas judge refused to move from the air conditioned room and dismissed a juror unsettled by the cool temperature.
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Akron
UPI
145Th Infantry
South Side
Afro-American Liberation Front
Wooster Ave
Cincinnati
Common Pleas Court
Frank Gusweiler
Weather Outlook With Mild Temperatures And Showers
Mostly sunny and mild today with highs in the lower 80s and cooler near Lake Erie. Tonight remains mostly quiet with upper 60s lows as clouds increase. Saturday brings warmer, unsettled weather with scattered showers and thundershowers. Norwalk highs near 80 and lows around 56 with trace rainfall. Humidity peaks at 93 percent this morning, then 74 percent by 2 PM and 69 percent at 8 PM. Sunrise 6 16 AM sunset 9 58 PM Moonrise 7 20 AM moonset 10 00 PM. Deaths listed include John W Slack 83 Willard Frank B Lucas Willard and William C McLaughlin 84 Rural Shelby.
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Lake Erie
Norwalk
John W. Slack
Willard
Frank B. Lucas
William C. McLaughlin
Rural
Shelby
Guard Withdrawal Follows East Side Riots in Cleveland
National Guard units and police largely pulled back from Cleveland’s East Side after three days of looting and racial violence that killed 10. Mayor Carl B. Stokes lifted a city liquor ban as normal services resumed and a curfew proved effective. The withdrawal drew complaints from police who said looters acted with impunity.
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Cleveland
UPS
National Guard
Carl B. Stokes
Stokes
Picket Line Turmoil Injures Ten in Chicago Rampage
Rioting groups ransacked areas of the North Side after a picket line collapsed. Ten injured include a newspaper photographer battered near a North Side supermarket. Police reported looting, a damaged store, a looted drugstore, and a boarded-up bus. Curfew imposed by Stokes.
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Chicago
UPI
North Side
Henrotin Hospital
Maywood
Here
Operation Breadbasket
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Cart Tip Injures Girl at St Marys Street Facility
Collins resident Susan Rosenberger 21 sustained multiple lacerations to her left knee and foot when a steel cart tipped while shearing steel at Progressive Allied Industries on St Marys Street Thursday. She was treated at Fisher-Titus Hospital and listed in satisfactory condition.
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Collins
Progressive Allied Industries
St. Mary’s Street
Susan Rosenberger
Fisher-Titus Hospital
Handicapped Store Owner Robbed of Merchandise
A Norwalk store owned by a cerebral palsy victim, Bob's Carryout on Route 61 near the Erie County Line, was burglarized after 9 p.m. Thursday. Entry was gained by opening a window and cutting wires in a security screen. A medium sized Styrofoam cooler and items including lighters cigars wine cupcakes and cigarettes were taken valued at more than 40.
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Norwalk
John Robert Haas
Bob
Erie County
Huron County Sheriff's Department
John Werner
Airlines Overdo It Says Exec Urges Scheduling Overhaul
Washington United Press International reports G. W. Kriske executive director of the Air Traffic Control Association criticizes airlines for peak hour scheduling. He urges FAA to assume flight scheduling to reduce congestion and possible hold patterns. FAA plans early talks with ATCA PATCO and others as congestion solutions are explored. Representative Lester Wolf convenes a meeting with officials on congestion.
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Washington
UPI
Air Traffic Control
G. W. Kriske
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Kriske
Air Traffic Control Association
ATCA
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Association
PATCO
Lester Wolf
Dn.y
Rockefeller seeks veep path through Percy endorsement
Nelson Rockefeller gains Illinois Senator Charles H. Percy in his corner as Nixon camp views the move as a potential bid for the vice presidency Percy says Rockefeller has a detailed war ending program and a peace plan that advances dialogue Herbert Klein suggestsPercy’s endorsement raises talk of a Rockefeller ticket with possible vice presidential considerations Hatfield and Volpe back Nixon amid veep speculation Percy says he has not been contacted about a Nixon ticket and hints at possible future talks Sharon Rockefeller IV, Jay, connects to the Democratic nominee for West Virginia secretary of state
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Washington
UPI
Nelson Rockefeller
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Richard Nixon
Percy
Congress
Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
Herbert G. Klein
Klein
Sen
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
John Volpe
Massachusetts
Repub
Sharon
John V
Jay”’ Rockefeller IV
West Virginia
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