Apollo 15 astronauts begin bold lunar approach orbit
UPI reports Apollo 15 astronauts woke to all systems normal and sped toward lunar orbit marking the climactic phase of their moon mission. Paris dispatch notes David Bruce ends Paris peace role urging immediate Cease-fire talks while Hanoi activities risk talks.
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Space Center
Houston
UPI
America
Earth
Moon
Paris
U.S
David K. E. Bruce
Indochina
Bruce
Hanoi
Vietnams
William J. Porter
South Korea
Vietnam
Nixon Pushes Immediate Move To Metric System
The Nixon administration urged immediate steps to switch the United States to the metric system. Commerce Secretary Maurice R. Stans said a full changeover to meters and liters should occur within ten years to replace yards miles and quarts. The U.S. remains the world’s only major nation not to adopt the metric standard.
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Washington
UPS
Commerce
Maurice R. Stans
United States
Tragic Hunting Accident Claims 14 Year Old
Charles D Herner aged 14 of 144 E Main St died from a gunshot wound received during a woodchuck hunt with his grandfather Earl Herner 69 south of Peru. The rifle discharged injuring him in the back of the head around 7 25 pm. He was taken to Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital and died at 1 40 am. Coroner ruled accident. Funeral details and survivors listed. Also UPI reports Washington inflation and deficit figures with Taft reacting to Stans forecast. Trade deficit for six months reaches 803 million dollars. Government spending exceeds income by 23 2 billion dollars. Leading indicators slip 0 5 percent in June.
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Charles D. Herner
E. Main St
Peru
Charles
Earl Herner
Hunt
Sheriff’s Department
Norwalk
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
William B. Holman
Washington
UPI
U.S
Nixon
Commerce Department
Harold C. Passer
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Ohio University Publishes Book On Alden Years
Ohio University spent 21500 to publish a hard binding book detailing Vernon R. Alden’s eight year presidency. Two thousand copies of the 239 page volume were printed, titled Ohio University and the Alden Years, covering 1962 to 1969.
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Athens
Ohio
UPI
Ohio University
Vernon R. Alden
Meno Lowenstein
Alden
Lowenstein
Ohio State University
John Milan
Weather and births and marriage licenses for Norwalk area
Cloudy morning turning partly cloudy with cool highs in the low to mid 70s. Winds northwest to light tonight, 20 percent precipitation today and tonight, 10 percent Friday. Norwalk highs 81, low 59, humidity 78 percent at 8 am. Births include a boy to Mr and Mrs Larry Hill of New London. Marriage license applications list Thomas M Green and Joyce F Morrow. Robert L Wilson Jr and Deborah L Cagle. Clyde A Mays Jr and Janet M Bertsch.
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Norwalk
Thomas M. Green
Milan
Joyce F. Morrow
Collins
Robert L. Wilson, Jr
Clarksfield
Deborah L. Cagle
Clyde A. Mays, Jr
Bellevue
Janet M. Bertsch
Gilligan Defends Budget and Travel Practices in Columbus
Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan challenged critics over his office budget and use of a state airplane for travel. He touted low costs, contrasted with former Gov. Rhodes, and argued air travel keeps him in constant contact with his office and state leadership.
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Columbus
UPI
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
James A. Rhodes
Hoover Commission
Executive Office
Rhodes
John W
Brown
Ohio
Norwalk Receives Final Flood Aid Check
Norwalk today received the last federal reimbursement for July 1969 flood damage. A $117,622 check was presented to Service Director Herbert Krogh, bringing total federal flood aid to $242,334. Major portion funds the street fund with $69,173 while other allocations include the general fund, park and recreation, fire, police, and electric and water funds.
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Norwalk
Herbert Krogh
Robert Siler
Ohio
Dana Stewart
Krogh
City Street Fund
Charles Woodworth
General
Park and Recreation
Police
Milan Girl Injured After Fall From Horse At Track
Vicki Kramer, 16, a top rider and Edison High School student, was critically injured Wednesday afternoon when thrown from her Appaloosa Woodhills Red Hawk at the former Shamrock Downs track. She remains in Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital with a fractured skull, fractured rib, and spleen removal surgery. Her father James Kramer reports she crawled to safety and the horse stayed by her side.
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Vicki Kramer
Fisher- Titus Memorial Hospital
James Kramer
River Road
Milan
Vicki
Woodhills
Red Hawk
Shamrock Downs
Zenobia Road
Ohio
Edison High School
Marian Kramer
Norwalk
Elmer Oley
19 year old seeks Monroeville mayor post amid apathy
Joseph P. Meyer, 19, is the only candidate to file petitions for Monroeville mayor with the Aug. 4 deadline. Meyer, a 1970 Monroeville High School graduate and Norfolk and Western brakeman, aims to boost civic involvement while neighbor and incumbent mayor Kenneth Salisbury may not run. Mare South, 18, seeks a school board seat. Family supports his bid.
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Monroeville
Joseph P. Meyer
Meyer
Monroeville High School
Kenneth Salisbury
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King County Grand Jury
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U. S
New York
Claudia Cardinale
Miss Cardinale
Boy
Huron County Sheriff's Department
Herner
St. Paul’s High School
St. Paul
Stephen
Michael
Marie
Harold Plue
Margaret Herner
Heaston- Hile
S. Paul Catholic Church
Gerald Stein
St. Paul Cemetery
Robert Taft
Siler
Larry Hill
New London
Lane
Wallace Meyer
Ridge St
W.W. Karmen
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