Mysterious Big Spender Buys Three Boats In Cash
A six foot six, 220 pound man paid $45 000 in cash for three speedboats at Everglades Marina in Fort Lauderdale. He left half of a $14 000 bill in torn $100s and tossed more cash into the water as he departed with three women. The license plate on his Cadillac was traced to a Pompano Beach post office box. the buyer refused to reveal his name.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
UPI
Lindenbolt
Pompano Beach
Tears Flow As Troubled Parsons College Closes
Parsons College in Fairfield Iowa once dubbed Dropout U will close after today’s graduation as insurmountable financial woes end its 98 year history. Acting president Dr Everett Hadley announced the 1973 class would be the last amid 925 students facing an orderly shutdown following a bankruptcy ruling that demands a 250000 bond within 10 days.
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Fairfield
Iowa
UPI
Parsons College
Parsons
Millard Roberts
Roberts
Everett Hadley
Hadley
Roberts’ Empire
Richard F. Stageman
Des Moines
Ships Collide In New York Harbor Fatal Fire
A freighter struck an anchored oil tanker near New York causing fires and explosions that killed at least six crew members and injured many others. The Seawitch carried 38 crew and the Esso Brussels 32. sixty were rescued by 9:30 a.m. with several unaccounted. Rescue boats plucked survivors from dark waters. injured were treated in Brooklyn and Staten Island hospitals.
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New York
UPI
Coast Guard
Esso Brussels
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Harvey Firestone Jr. Dies at 75 Former Firestone Leader
Harvey S. Firestone Jr. former board chairman of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. died at his Akron home after a long cancer battle. He was 75, spent 50 years with the company and led as chief executive officer for 17 years from 1946 to 1963 before stepping down at 65 to his brother Raymond.
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Akron, Ohio
UPI
Harvey S. Firestone Jr
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone
U.S
Raymond
Two Sisters Drown In Open Wyandot Pool
In Nevada Ohio two young sisters Sheryl Wallingford ten and Beverly nine died after wandering into a partially constructed public pool. Police say the children were playing in a park when they slipped into the unfenced pool.
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Nevada, Ohio
UPI
Wyandot County
Sheryl Wallingford
Beverly
Hughes Aircraft unveils electronic wrist watch with lighted digits
Newport Beach California UPI reports Hughes Aircraft Corp announces a dialless wrist watch that shows time and date electronically when a button is pressed. The device will reach the market by August with an optimistic goal of 300 million units sold yearly by 1980.
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Newport Beach
Calif
UPI
Hughes Aircraft Corp
Antioch College Strikers Face Shutdown as Barrier Falls
In Yellow Springs Ohio deputies dismantled a seven foot barrier erected by striking students at Antioch College and entered the main campus building. The campus, closed since April 20, plans to reopen Monday as strikers vow to boycott classes until financial aid is guaranteed through graduation.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
UPI
Antioch College
Weather Outline and Local Births and Deaths for Norwalk Area
Partly cloudy with possible showers or thundershowers tonight and Sunday. Highs in mid to upper 70s today and upper 70s to low 80s on Sunday. lows tonight in upper 50s to low 60s. Rain chances 30 percent today, 50 percent tonight, 60 percent Sunday. Norwalk highs 79 and 51 low. humidity varied from 84 percent to 54 percent. Sunset 8 55 p.m. Sunrise 5 54 a.m. Births: Mrs Lawrence Wetzel Milan a girl and Mrs Paul Craft North Fairfield a girl. Deaths: John Albert Schibley 89 Amherst Ervin D McGahbey Willard Edna Mae Coovert 74 Willard.
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Norwalk
John Albert Schibley
Amherst
Ervin D. McGahbey
Willard
Edna Mae Coovert
POWs Show Stress Symptoms After Long Vietnam Captivity
Defense Department medical expert Dr. Richard S. Wilbur reported that many American POWs held in North Vietnam displayed low mood, euphoria, and fright as stress reactions after long captivity. He noted misjudged health upon return and a need for counseling to aid readjustment with families.
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Washington
APS
North Vietnam
Defense Department
Richard S. Wilbur
Defense Secretary For Health
Wilbur
Escapee Caught After Prison Break Near Detroit
Terry McDonald Bovee, 28, Dundee, Michigan, an escapee from Jackson State Prison, was arrested at an Omega Road house in rural Greenwich Huron County. Greenwich police provided the tip. deputies aided by Fremont officers at a riot control school made the arrest. He served time for larceny.
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Jackson State Prison
Monroe
Mich
Huron County
Terry McDonald Bovee
Dundee
Omega Road
Huron County Sheriff's Department
Greenwich
Bovee
Greenwich House
Fremont
North Star Council of Governments
Michigan
Sheriff's Department
Sohio Submits Sole Bid to Fuel Ohio DOT for Six Months
Standard Oil of Ohio bids to supply gasoline to the Ohio Department of Transportation for six months starting July 1, with details withheld. Sohio currently covers 61 of 88 counties and would expand to 63 counties if approved, replacing Gulf Oil in those areas.
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Columbus
UPI
Standard Oil Co. of
Ohio
Ohio Department of Transportation
Department
J. Phillip Richley
Sohio
Gulf Oil Co
Ohio Inns May Lose Contract Over Lodges Service
State Department warns Ohio Inns Inc to improve Salt Fork State Lodge operations by June 10 or face contract termination. Director William Nye cites rude staff, inadequate food service, open facilities delays, and a required removal of Douglas Ruth from supervision within 30 days.
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Columbus
UPI
State Department of Natural Resources
Ohio Inns, Inc
Salt Fork State Lodge
Department
William Nye
Nye
Ohio Inns
Douglas Ruth
Lodge
City buys 1973 Caprice for mayor and plant storage building
Board of Control selects a 1973 Chevrolet Caprice for Mayor Wayne C Goodsite after evaluating ten bids from five local dealers. Meyer’s bid $3593 beats other models on engine specs though not the lowest. The car may serve police use if needed. Also awarded goes to Roth Construction for a 30 by 60 foot metal storage building at the sewage treatment plant for 10983. Building to be ready in 90 days.
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Wayne C. Goodsite
Board of Control
Bob Meyer
Chevrolet, Inc
Chevrolet
Goodsite
Douglas Colvin
National Automobile Dealers Association
Meyer
Dodge, Inc
Service Garage, Inc
Delta 88
Roth Construction Corp
Norwalk
Roth
Weithman’ Brothers, Inc
Galion
Ed Feick
Sandusky
City May Lift Two Hour Parking Limit In Lot
City Council considers removing the Ernsthausen lot two hour limit and setting meter rates at 10 cents per hour for one hour and 25 cents for three hours. The council previously defeated an on street rate increase and tabled the measure to allow amendments.
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Ernsthausen City
Ernsthausen
Wayne
St Paul and Norwalk Highs Hold Baccalaureate and Commencement
Seventy five St Paul High School seniors will receive diplomas at a liturgy Sunday with a 4 p.m. baccalaureate Mass and commencement at St Paul Catholic Church. Norwalk High School seniors attend a baccalaureate service Sunday at Norwalk Junior High School at 8 p.m.
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St. Paul High School
St. Paul Catholic Church
Norwalk High School
Norwalk Junior High School
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Philadelphia Bulletin
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Milan
F-T Hospital
Paul Craft
North Fairfield
Janet Richards
William Bodart
Jacqueline Peters
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John Frank
Voorheis Brothers
Ed Riedy
Norwalk National Guard
Armory Kitchen
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