Ships inch past sunken freighter in St Clair River
Traffic returns to near normal as vessels navigate around the 572 foot Sylvania stuck on a mud bank in the St Clair River after sinking in a narrow channel. The Sylvania was rammed by Canadian freighter Renvoyle and threatens to block the waterway linking the Great Lakes to Lake Erie.
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Port Huron
Mich
UPI
St. Clair River
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Ocean
Renvoyle
Johnson heads to New York for three Democratic fundraisers
President Johnson flies into Manhattan to address three fund raising dinners amid expected cheers from supporters and protests by antiwar demonstrators. Reform Democrats plan to boycott a $100 plate state Democratic Committee dinner over his Vietnam policy.
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New York
UPI
Johnson
Manhattan
State Democratic Committee
Ohio 37th Division to be deactivated after summer camp
The Ohio based 37th National Guard infantry division will be deactivated after this summer's three week training camp. A brigade now attached to Pennsylvania's 28th Division will transfer to Indiana's 38th Division but stay in the selected reserve ready for quick mobilization.
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Washington
UPI
Ohio
37Th National Guard
Pentagon
37Th
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Marines Repel Night Assault In North Vietnam
Saigon reports Marines killed 450 North Vietnamese troops during a night attack aided by heavy mortar and machinegun fire. Officials say 174 Marines were wounded or killed, including 54 dead, as helicopters ferried the force to a suspected North Vietnamese headquarters complex in the northern coastal plain.
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Saigon
Ups
Rural opportunity urged to curb urban migration
Columbus based report quotes Undersecretary of Agriculture John Schnittker saying economic opportunity in rural America must rise to reverse the rush to cities.
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Columbus
UPI
John Schnittker
America
Weather and Marriage Notices from Local Almanac
Fair and cool tonight with low 50s. Sunny, warmer Sunday. Marriage applications list four couples: Guy S. Kirkwood with LaDonna K. Sway, Danny M. Moore with Barbara Mae Fast, Ronald L. Burton with Karen L. Witzlaben, Robert E. Baker with Cleo M. Heston. Birth announced for Bernard Missler’s family. Death reported for Edith Klingler, 76, formerly of Norwalk.
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Guy S. Kirkwood
Attica
LaDonna K. Sway
Danny M. Moore
Willard
Barbara Mae Fast
Ronald Lee Burton
Louisville, Ky
Karen Lee Witzlaben
Wakeman
Robert E. Baker
Norwalk
Cleo M. Heston
Monroeville
Lonely Bowery man allegedly plots TWA hijack extortion
Joseph Vito Grimaldi, 37, is accused of threatening to destroy an airliner to extort 100000 from Trans World Airlines. FBI traced Mister Z to a Belle Harbor phone booth after six weeks of calls. he was arraigned and jailed pending a hearing, with hospital observation ordered later.
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New York
UPI
Bowery
Joseph Vito Grimaldi
Trans World Airlines
FBI
Grimaldi
Belle Harbor
Queens
U.S
Earle N. Bishop
John M. Cannella
Bellevue Hospital
Mister Z
TWA
Benedict Named To Norwalk Park Board
Donald Benedict of 5 Hawthorne Dr will replace James Curry on the Norwalk Park and Recreation Board, announced by Mayor Harold Finch. Curry resigns due to a new job and will move to Aurora Ohio next Friday. Benedict works for NASA in Sandusky. Walvin Inc Norwalk Dragway must pay $10 to the Huron County Health Department for serving food without a license.
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Donald Benedict
Hawthorne Dr
James Curry
Norwalk Park and Recreation Board
Harold Finch
Curry
Indian Terrace
Aurora
Ohio
Norwalk Furniture Co
Benedict
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Sandusky
Walvin Inc
Norwalk Dragway
Huron County Health Department
Common Pleas
Dragway
Health Department
Second Balloon Launch From Norwalk Airport Today
The second free balloon launch from Norwalk Airport occurred around 10:30 a.m. with pilots James Contos of Akron and Bob Nadich of Cleveland, members of the National Lighter Than Air. The craft headed west as crewmen feared a northern wind could shorten the flight. organizers plan several more launches this summer from Norwalk.
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Norwalk
James Contos
Akron
Bob Nadich
Cleveland
National Lighter Than Air
Dad Of 10 Dies In Gas Chamber in Colorado
Luis Jose Monge, 48, father of 10, died in Colorado State Penitentiary gas chamber after pleading guilty to the 1963 murder of his pregnant wife and three children. He was the 77th execution in Colorado and the first there since 1964, strapped into the chair at 8:02 p.m. Warden Wayne Patterson witnessed the execution.
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Canon City
Colo
UPI
Luis Jose Monge
Colorado State Penitentiary
Monge
Colorado
U.S
Puerto Rico
Wayne K. Patterson
Patterson
St Pauls Honors Top Students At School Assembly
St Pauls high school recognized its top seniors at the Honor Assembly. Valedictorian honors went to James E Swabley with a 96.15 GPA. Merrianne Hackathorn was salutatorian with 95.6. Kathrine M Lesch received the Catholic Action Trophy. William L Kluding earned the Ebert Athletic Trophy. Susan A Herkender received the Scholastic Pursuits Trophy and Religion and Mathematics Medals.
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St. Paul’s High School
St. Paul’s
James E. Swabley
Merrianne Hackathorn
Catholic Action
Susan Herkender
William L. Kluding
Ebert Athletic Trophy
Susan A. Herkender
Father Friemoth
Thomas J. Laux
Margaret R. Casselberry
James Swabley
Bausch and Lamb Science
Miss Hackathorn
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England
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Robert F. Kennedy
Lady Harlech
Kennedy
Harlech
Wales
Lord Harlech
City Hall
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Lindsay
Churchdown
Bernard Missler
Rosedale Blvd
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Norwalk Park Board
Edith Taylor
Norwood Ave
Michael Taylor
VFW
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Willard Golf Course
Huron County Sheriff’s Department
Stan Ware
Samuel H. Miller
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Nasser
Port Said
Suez Canal
Middle East
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Israel
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South Central High School
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Voice of Democracy
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