Six year old killed as airport bus plunges down embankment
A Pittsburgh airport bus crashed through a guardrail after hitting a median barrier on a wet highway. The accident left one 6 year old dead and 24 others injured as the bus fell 120 feet down an embankment. Firefighters recovered two dead in Philadelphia after an eight alarm blaze at the Frederick Levy Co building. Robert F. Malley 37 and John Welsh 33 were identified among the fallen firefighters.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Greater
Pittsburgh International Airport
Philadelphia
Frederick Levy Co
Robert F. Malley
John Welsh
Power restored after nine hour westside outage
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. restored power to 15 000 westside customers after a nine hour outage blamed on deliberate sabotage. Oil drained from transformers at two substations halted service at 7 a.m. One substation was back by 11 35 a.m. Mobile substations revived power to the rest by 4 29 p.m. CEI president Karl Rudolph labeled the act deliberate sabotage amid ongoing worker strike.
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Cleveland
UPS
Westside
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
CEI
Karl H. Rudolph
Bomb blast kills six in Coleraine main street
A 200 pound bomb in a parked car exploded in Coleraine's main street causing six deaths, including four women, and 34 injuries. The attack marks Northern Ireland's deadliest incident of the year, following last year's Belfast bombing that killed nine.
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Belfast
UPI
Coleraine
Northern Ireland
Fire at River Downs Kills 11 Horses
A River Downs fire killed 11 thoroughbreds Monday night. Officials report a short circuit in an extension cord connected to an electrical horse walker 35 feet from barn No 4 started the blaze. The walker held four horses at a time while they were forced to walk in a circle.
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Cincinnati
UPI
River Downs
Anderson Township
Ed Stagnaro
Kissinger Tho Initial Sign Cease Fire Communique
Kissinger and Le Duc Tho initialled a communique on strict implementation of the January 27 Vietnam cease fire with a full signing due later. Objections from South Vietnam’s Thieu were overcome, paving the way for final agreement today. Princess Anne to marry St Mark Phillips at Westminster Abbey November 14.
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Paris
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
London
API
Anne
St. Mark Phillips
Westminster Abbey
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Neuilly
Kissinger
Norwalk Weather And Local Marriages Reported
Clear and mild tonight with a mid 50s low and sunny Thursday highs in the mid 70s. Rain probability stays near zero today and 10 percent Thursday. Norwalk temperatures high 90s and low 60s with humidity rising through the day. Births list Mrs Thomas Kovar Norwalk with a daughter. Multiple marriage license applications listed for Norwalk and surrounding areas.
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Norwalk
City weighs fixes to charter after six months of reform
After six months under a new city charter, officials report bugs in the system. Planning Commission worries about limited power while council-driven legislation accelerates or slows processes. A charter review panel, led by Robert Williams and Roger Waite, plans changes for the ballot with consultants from Cleveland.
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Jack Brown
Planning Commission
Robert Williams
Williams
Roger Waite
Goodsite
Park Board
John Borgia
Council
Waite
Cleveland
Stans recounts Nixon pep talk over Watergate fallout
Maurice H. Stans testified before the Senate Watergate Committee that President Nixon gave a August pep talk saying the Watergate troubles would be over eventually. Stans described no questioning of cash payments to campaign figures and noted a later 10 day meeting about fundraising with no further Watergate discussions.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Stans
White House
Democratic Party
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
Finance Committee
John N. Mitchell
Mitchelll
New York
Robert L. Vesco
Clevelanders Train Pigeons at Norwalk Airport for Races
A group of Clevelanders test 120 homing pigeons from the Norwalk Airport in a prep for a 300 mile race in Putmanville Indiana. Richard Friedel Leonard School Sam Salem and William McNab race birds weekly and travel to Columbus Cincinnati Louisville Bowling Green and Columbia for races back to Cleveland. About 400 people race homing pigeons in the area, with winds shaping speeds from 40 to 100 miles per hour.
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Carol Buescher
Norwalk
Cleveland
Putmanville
Ind
Richard Friedel
Leonard School
Sam Salem
William McNab
Salem
Columbus
Cincinnati
Louisville
Bowling Green
Columbia
Tenn
Sam Salen
Huron County
Nixon to Unveil Inflation Plans Tonight
President Nixon will address the nation at 8 30 p m EDT in a prime time broadcast outlining new inflation fighting proposals. Officials expect selective price freezes with no general wage freeze, as labor leaders anticipate wage exemptions despite possible wage controls by the Cost of Living Council.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Congress
Organized Labor
Cost of Living Council
Gerald L. Warren
Oval Office
Warren
Washington Star-News
Hug Concrete Paving Wins Low Bid On City Project
Norwalk based Concrete Paving Inc. was the apparent low bidder for improvements at two U S routes in Norwalk. Bid was $88,395 with S E Johnson Co. of Maumee the only other bid at $91,823. Work targets Whittlesey and League intersections and League and Milan. Funding from a federal TOPICS program covers 50 percent, 45 percent state, 5 percent city.
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Hug Concrete Paving Inc
Norwalk
U.S. 250
Department of Transportation
Columbus
Hug
S.E. Johnson Co
Maumee
Whittlesey Avenue
League Street
Milan Avenue
Blanket Policy On Sidewalks Out
Norwalk city councilors favor reviewing sidewalk installation on a case by case basis rather than a blanket rule. Committee discussions flagged topographical and usage variations, with plans to develop guidelines for when sidewalks are required amid years of unenforced ordinances and backlog.
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Norwalk
Council
Richard Cunningham
Cunningham
Planning Commission
Ohio Judge Rules In Favor Of Long Hair
Common Pleas Judge Gilbert Bettman ruled that high school student William Jacobs may grow his hair long, citing the Ohio Bill of Rights and finding no evidence of unclean or untidy grooming. The ruling targets a Colerain Junior High hair policy that previously stripped Jacobs of student leadership roles and NHS membership.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
UPI
William Jacobs
Jacobs
Colerain
Frances Jacobs
Colerain Senior High School
Common Pleas
Gilbert Bettman
Bettman
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Stephen R. Young
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Mary A. Reeder
Shelby
Robert M. Bivens
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Diane M. Stockmaster
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