Council President Opposes City Vote On Power Plant Sale
Norwalk council president K S Flickinger argues the council should decide whether to sell or keep the electrical system, not the voters, citing need for full information and a monetary appraisal. Ohio Edison has offered 5.8 million. debt totals about 4 million if sold. A Raike report will be circulated in a closed meeting with public discussion to follow.
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Janet Conway
Norwalk
K.S. Flickinger
Flickinger
George Linn, Jr
Linn
Raike
Ohio Edison
Ashland
George Raike
Council
Rubber Fire Deliberately Set Burns in Old Quarry
Fire burning in an old quarry off Laylin Road near Norwalk was set deliberately, Norwalk Fire Chief Kenneth Link said. The blaze grew in 15 spots, reached halfway up the quarry sides, and a nearby farmhouse later burned. No injuries reported. authorities consider the dump site a possible ignition source.
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Laylin Road
Norwalk
Kenneth Link
Link
Durable Mat Co
Sheriff's Department
Namath learns horse riding for film in Rome
Jets quarterback Joe Namath saddled up for the first time on a horse near Rome as preparation for the film The Last Rebel. He must learn Go versus Giddap by Monday before filming begins at studios outside Rome. A separate Cleveland report notes a second day of high level inversion trapping polluted air over the city, raising health concerns for those with respiratory or cardiac issues.
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Rome
UPI
Joe Namath
Cleveland
APS
Justice Dept finds no sniper evidence in Kent State and Jackson State deaths
The investigation led by Jerris Leonard found no sufficient proof of sniper fire at Kent State on May 4 or Jackson State on May 15. Leonard said the state patrol and guard actions did not show sniper presence at the time of the shootings. The findings were released Tuesday.
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Kent State
State Patrol
Jackson
State Guard
Leonard
Space agency weighs canceling Apollo 15 to free Saturn rockets
CAPE KENNEDY officials consider cancelling Apollo 15 and possibly another flight to free Saturn 5 rockets for the Skylab program. An agency spokesman said the move could occur if one or two Saturns are deemed more useful for Earth orbital missions.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Space Agency
Maddox Reports Kidney Stone Operation Successful
Georgia Governor Lester Maddox underwent a 30 minute operation to remove a kidney stone and was reported doing fine after the surgery. The procedure was performed today and labeled as successful with the governor in stable condition.
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Atlanta
UPI
Lester Maddox
Weather Summary for West Lake Erie Shore Today
Sunny and warm today and Thursday with highs in the mid to upper 80s and lows in the mid 60s. Friday remains fair and warm with a 10 percent rain chance today tonight and Thursday. Norwalk high 90 and low 50 with light southerly winds. Sunrise 5 57 a.m. sunset 9 00 p.m. Marriage license applications listed for Luther W Brown Jr Kay E Yundt O Paul Shaw Gail E Peters.
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Lake Erie Shore
Norwalk
Luther W. Brown, Jr
Greensboro
N.C
Kay E. Yundt
Bellevue
O. Paul Shaw
Akron
Gail E. Peters
Americans and Arabs Hold 32 Hostages in Amman Hotel
Guerrillas from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine seized 32 foreigners at the Intercontinental Hotel in Amman. Amman Radio reported a cease fire and joint patrols agreed by King Hussein and Yasser Arafat, amid ongoing fighting with Jordanian troops.
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Gerard Loughran
Amman
Jordan
UPI
Amman Radio
King Hussein of
Yasser Arafat
al- Fatah
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
PFLP
Danny Chamoun
Intercontinental Hotel
Professor Killed By Mower In Indiana
Lavelle Rosselot a 58 year old Otterbein College professor of foreign languages died after being brushed from a riding mower seat by a low branch and pulled under the machine at her home near Nashville Indiana. Formerly of Westerville Ohio she had taught at Otterbein since 1946 and was famed as a top language methodologist who developed a film text method of teaching. Funeral services were to be arranged in Westerville.
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John T. Kady
Columbus
UPI
U.S
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
Roger Cloud
Cloud
Saxbe
Senate
Congress
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Robert Taft Jr
Bob Feldkamp
Feldkamp
Moscow
Alyona Nikolayev
Andrian Nikolayev
Baikonur Space Center
Nikolayev
Vitaly Sevastianov
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Nashville
Ind
Otterbein College
Here
Lavelle Rosselot
Westerville
Otterbein
Police Bomb Explodes At New York Headquarters After Warning
In New York City a dynamite time bomb exploded at police headquarters at 6:57 p.m. after a warning call 15 minutes earlier. Eight were injured as the blast damaged the second floor washroom and offices, including the deputy commissioner’s suite.
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New York
UPI
Pioneer Rubber Exec Stricken During Labor Strike
Willard Pioneer Rubber Co president Jack Gibson is hospitalized at the Cleveland Clinic after a possible heart issue amid plant shutdowns since April 1. Doctors say he is under observation in fair condition in the medical ICU. a 9 a.m. Thursday meeting with United Rubber Workers Local 804 is planned, with Gibson replaced by another company official.
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Willard
Jack Gibson
Pioneer Rubber Co
Cleveland Clinic
Gibson
Cleveland
William L. Proudfit
Willard and
Attica Pioneer
United Rubber Workers’ Local 804
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Donahue
Rhodes Campaign
Washington
Namath
Little Rock, Ark
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