City weighs Ernsthausen plan to turn Avalon site into parking
John Ernsthausen offers city financing to buy the Avalon Hotel and Cook Tobacco Co. properties for a 94 space parking lot east of South Hester Streets between West Main and Seminary. Plans cost 106000 with debt paid from meter revenue. council favors 94 space layout though annual payback uncertain.
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John Ernsthausen
Norwalk Truck Line
Avalon Hotel
Cook Tobacco Co
Hotel and Tobacco Company
Ernsthausen
City Council
Allen Hakes
Morgan Jones
Hakes
Hester
Seminary
Herbert Krogh
Krogh
Avalon
Whittlesey Avenue
L.C. Hilson
Hilson
Church Street
National Father’s Day honor goes to Mother of Father’s Day
The National Father's Day Committee names Mrs. John Bruce Dodd, 89, as Father’s Day founder honored as the Mother of Father's Day for her role in creating the holiday sixty one years ago.
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John Bruce Dodd
UPI Telephoto
Schools Close In Sympathy In Southington Ohio
Southington Ohio closes all schools for the rest of the week in solidarity with families after a man is killed in a shooting at home and several traffic fatalities including two boys and an eight year old girl struck by a school bus. Ford to use platinum catalytic converters in 1974 California cars to meet emissions standards and possibly extend to all models in 1975.
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Southington
Ohio
UPI
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
California
Ben D. Mills
Ford
Variable cloudiness and warm weather through Friday
Weather note reports highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s for today and Friday with lows around 57 tonight. Probability of precipitation 20 percent, winds west to southwest near 10 mph. Norwalk highs 79, low 57. humidity mid day about 66 percent.
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Norwalk
Bombs Rock Lisbon Telecommunication Centers Ahead of NATO Conference
Explosions hit Lisbon and Scavem telecommunication sites disrupting Portugal's lines as NATO foreign ministers begin a two day meeting. ARA group suspected, no casualties. Brioso opened NATO session while Soviet troop withdrawal discussed. New wage pact boosts Norwalk Furniture workers with phased raises and fringe benefits.
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Joseph W. Grigg
Lisbon
UPI
Portugal
NATO
National Assembly
Sao Benton Palace
Feytor Pinto
Portuguese Information Ministry
Europe
Berlin
Pinto
Scavem
Armed Revolutionary Action
ARA
Dom Luis Square
Brosio
Suspect In Murder Fires His Lawyer
Glenn Damron 23 of Greenwich saw his second attorney withdraw at his request delaying a second degree murder trial for the death of his 3 year old stepson Kelly Earl Wilson. Judge Vetter asked for written notice once a new lawyer is hired. Damron remains jailed on a $5000 bond on an assault charge.
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Glenn Damron
Greenwich
Damron
Kelly Earl Wilson
Common Pleas
Willard
Robert Thornton
Thornton
Norwalk
Phillip M. White, Jr
Robert J. Vetter
Huron County
Hoffa Faces Possible Step Down as Teamsters President
Washington reports secret Teamsters executive board session amid word James R. Hoffa may not seek re election at Miami Beach convention. Hoffa serving eight year prison term for jury tampering and fraud and could be paroled sooner if he does not run. Frank Fitzsimmons, acting president, said he would seek the job if Hoffa steps down. Hoffa pledged a decision within weeks on the five year term.
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Washington
UPI
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Frank Fitzsimmons
Hoffa
Lewisburg
Washington Post
Teamsters
Miami Beach
Fitzsimmons
Brown Shoe to acquire Eagle Rubber Co Inc
Eagle Rubber Co of Ashland Ohio will become an operating subsidiary of Brown Shoe Co of St Louis under an agreement announced Wednesday. Terms were not disclosed. Eagle Rubber will keep current management and continues to produce toys and sporting goods for national distribution. Kent Sporting Goods, a Eagle Rubber subsidiary, operates a plant in New London.
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ST. Louis, Mo
UPI
Eagle Rubber Co., Inc
Ashland
Ohio
Brown Shoe Co., Inc
St. Louis
Eagle Rubber
Kent Sporting Goods
New London
Cholera Death Toll Rises Among Refugees in West Bengal
Cholera sweeping East Pakistani refugee camps in West Bengal has killed at least 1,000 people, with other reports citing over 5,000. PTI notes epidemic levels in Nadia district, especially Karimpur town where more than 200 died.
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New Delhi
UPI
India
West Bengal
Press Trust of India
PTI
Nadia
Calcutta
Karimpur
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Judy F. Lillo
Beautician
Clarence W. Briggs
Karen M. Rock
Robert Johannsen
Collins
Bruce Rickley
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Timothy Tillinghast
Girl
John Donaldson
My Lai
Donaldson
U.S
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Philippines
Smith
Philippine
Samar
National Archives and
Department of Defense
United Press International
Phyllis
Scottex
Monsanto
Diller
Manlio Brosio
Italy
United States
Norwalk Furniture Corp
Ben Shouse
Local 48
Shouse
Teamster
Brown Shoe
Eagle Rubber Co
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