Newsman details captivity and near-death in Amman hotel
Gerard Loughran recounts 65 captives including journalists held by the PFLP at the Inter-Continental Hotel Amman for three days. They endured gunfire and threats of execution while limited to candlelight meals and blocked communications before freedom at 4:30 a.m. Friday.
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UPI
Gerard Loughran
Beirut
Amman
Inter- Continental
Gerard Loughran Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Georges Habash
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
PFLP
Philadelphia
Ahlan
Robert Kesee
Phoenix
Ariz
Ibrahim
Popular Front
Dr. Habash
Huaraz
Patrol chief urges doubling Ohio State Police strength
Former State Highway Patrol Superintendent George C. Mingle proposes doubling the patrol to handle emergencies such as campus demonstrations, currently managed by the Ohio National Guard. He argues the patrol is better trained, equipped, and mobile, able to respond sooner than calling in the Guard.
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Columbus
UPS
State Highway Patrol
George C. Mingle
Ohio National Guard
Highway Patrol
National Guard
Ohio University offers partial room and board refunds
Ohio University will issue partial refunds of student room and board fees for the last four weeks of spring quarter after the campus closure due to student disorders. The campus closed on May 15 as Ohio National Guardsmen were called in, and OU president Claude Sowle said the university should not profit from the period when housing and meals were not provided.
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Athens, Ohio
UPI
Ohio University
Ohio National Guardsmen
Claude Sowle
Five Teens Die In Ravenna Crash After Overtake
Five teenagers riding in a single car were killed when their vehicle struck a tree while passing another car on a county road seven miles south of Ravenna Ohio. Two other teens in the same car were critically injured. The victims are Danny L Young 17 Ravenna Karen Spoerndle 14 Akron Ronald D Brumit 19 Ravenna Rachael Triplett 16 Cuyahoga Falls and Charles Wagner 17 Ravenna.
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Ravenna, Ohio
UPI
Ohio
Danny L. Young
Ravenna
Karen Spoerndle
Akron
Ronald D. Brumit
Rachael Triplett
Cuyahoga Falls
Charles Wagner
Poll Estimates Labor Landslide Likely in Britain Vote
An opinion poll suggests Prime Minister Harold Wilson and the Labour Party may win a landslide in the British general election. Printing unions and publishers end a four day strike that halted national newspaper production during the campaign.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Britain
Winds Of Change Mark BGSU Commencement Ceremony
Dr. William T. Jerome III addressed his last commencement as Bowling Green State University president. He told 1,700 graduates that the year saw strong winds of change as he prepared to join Florida International University as vice president of academic affairs. The ceremony awarded 170 masters and 10 doctoral degrees.
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Bowling Green, Ohio
UPI
William T. Jerome III
Bowling Green State University
Jerome
Florida International University
Dade County
Florida
Teen sentenced to die in Ohio store killing
A 17 year old youth in Columbus was sentenced to die in the electric chair on Oct 16 for the murder of auxiliary police sergeant Lawrence Kipsinger during a dairy store robbery on Oct 13 1969. An accomplice Amos Henderson 18 was convicted earlier and given life-in-prison.
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Columbus
UPI
Lawrence Kipsinger
Thomas Anderson
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Kipsinger
Amos Henderson
Norwalk Weather Forecast and Local Life Events
Mostly sunny and warm today and Sunday with highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Lows tonight in the upper 50s to lower 60s. 10 percent precipitation chance today tonight Sunday. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph today, easing tonight, southerly 10 to 15 mph Sunday. Norwalk highs 86, low 57. Marriage licenses issued for five couples. Births: three in Norwalk. One death: Richard L. Kelley, 60, New London.
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Norwalk
Nixon Hickel Split Deepens Over Policy Rift
Washington reports indicate a widening divide between Secretary Walter Hickel and President Nixon over antipollution policy. Hickel skipped a White House briefing on the Santa Barbara Channel oil lease buyback, fueling speculation of his reduced role while he pressed the plan after last year’s beach pollution incident.
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Donald R. Finley Washington
UPI
Interior Department
Walter J. Hickel
Nixon
Hickel
White House
Congress
Santa Barbara Channel
California
William T. Pecora
Cambodians Drive Reds From Highway
Cambodian troops pushed North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces from the Freedom Highway between Phnom Penh and Kompong Som. South Vietnam reported 4,000 troops pulled back across the border, leaving 42,000 allied troops in Cambodia with 12,000 Americans. A North Vietnamese general was killed near Siem Reap. Robert Wiedemann collected petitions for the county court judge race in Huron County. filing deadline August 5.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Kompong Som
Saigon
Duc Lap
Siem Reap
Angkor Wat
Nixon OKs probe of Justice Douglas tax returns
President Nixon authorized the House Judiciary Committee to inspect Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas tied to impeachment inquiries. He directed the IRS to open the returns and the panel seeks more time beyond the June 20 deadline with Ford and many Republicans backing the extension.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Judiciary Committee
Internal Revenue Service
House
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Council May Hire Adviser on Bonds
City Council will consider an emergency ordinance to hire a fiscal consultant to review Norwalk's debt and prepare bond issues for a 9.6 million sewer separation project. The adviser, chosen for municipal expertise, will help set market timing and favorable rates with no annual cost. Survivors of local businessman George Higgins include his wife Agnes and eight children.
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Charles Hipp
George A. Higgins
E. Main St
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Shelby
Higgins
Norwalk
Cleveland
Higgins Carton and Die Service Co
Whittlesey Ave
Agnes
Hipp
William V. Mount
Old State Road
Evangelist A A Allen Dies After Health Assurance Tape
Rev A A Allen 59 a Miracle Valley Arizona founder of A A Allen Revivals Inc died in a San Francisco hotel room from unknown causes. His ministry built a multimedia empire with radio television and publications. Funeral services tentatively set for 1 pm Monday at Miracle Valley.
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Clifford P. Cheney
San Francisco
UPI
A.A. Allen
Allen
Brother Allen
A.A Allen Revivals, Inc
Miracle Valley
Furnished Cottage for Rent in Norwalk Area
Small furnished cottage available for $65 per month including utilities. Suitable for a single person or working couple. Viewing arranged by appointment.
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Shiloh
Stephanie A. Morrison
Plymouth
David A. Zuk
Townsend
Beverly L. Church
Bradley T. Tinker
Vicki L. Burton
Randolph E. Beller
New London
Polly M. Hartman
Leland Ringle
Dallas Newton
Bruce Radcliffe
U.S. Geological Survey
Pecora
Department
Alaska
Peru
Robert Wiedemann
Huron County Board of Elections
Richard Nixon
HEW
Robert H. Finch
Key Biscayne
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Timahoe
Florida White House
Council
George Higgins
Evangelist
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