House Passes Postal Reform Bill with Right to Work Amendment
The House approved a postal reform bill 359 to 24, introducing a right to work clause to bar compulsory union membership. Senate counterparts back collective bargaining and union shop, prompting potential filibusters over union membership as a major sticking point. Defense Dept reports three Ohioans killed in Indochina war: S Sgt Dale E Williams, Cpl Ronald C Morgan, Pfc Michael L Chase. In Oklahoma, prison paper goes to press with obituary for Brenda Lee Jones, 9, a leukemia patient supported by inmates fundraising of over 3000 dollars.
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UPI
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Senate
Nixon
Camas
Defense Department
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Shirley O. Williams
Attica
Ronald C. Morgan
Edward Morgan
Cleveland
Michael L. Chase
Harold N. Chase
Cleves
Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma State
Rex Fletcher
Brenda
Brenda Lee Jones
Hillcrest Medical Center
Tulsa
Agnew to address Republican dinner in Cleveland
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew will speak at a Republican fund raising dinner in Cleveland on Saturday. Security is described as the tightest in Cleveland vice presidential visit history. Five dissident and anti war groups plan demonstrations and the Yippies announce a beggars banquet to run concurrently.
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APS
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Youth International Party Yippies
New Industry Planned for Norwalk Rubber Metal Products Inc
Articles of incorporation filed in Columbus by William H. Smith and John W. Lehrer for a new Norwalk based firm Rubber Metal Products Co Inc. No factory yet. Roberts Reynolds of General Elastomer acts as company agent and expects a report in two to three weeks. Norwalk Chamber of Commerce president Don Blosser and Don Sheffert listed on filing.
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Rubber Metal Products Co., Inc
Columbus
William H. Smith
John W. Lehrer
Sandusky
Smith
Robert Reynolds
General Elastomer
Pleasant St. Reynolds
Fox Bounty Fund Dries Up as Commissioners Hold Line
County officials report only 18 dollars left in the bounty fund to pay hunters for fox feet, with authorities declining further additions this year. The fund, started at 1,000 dollars, has paid out 705 by mid year last year and faces a statewide move to end bounties in urban counties.
Schroeder Signs Pro Cage Pact With Pittsburgh Pipers
John Schroeder, a former Norwalk basketball record setter, signs to play professionally for the Pittsburgh Pipers of the ABA. He previously drafted by Seattle in 1967, but opted to teach and coach at Euclid High School before accepting the Pipers offer. Schroeder Sr. notes his son’s return to pro hoops follows praise and recent success in regional tournaments.
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Seattle
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Youngstown
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Sandusky
Ohio University Bobcats
Hughes nets Harolds Club deal to rule Nevada casinos
Howard Hughes, arriving in Nevada in 1966 and rarely seen in public since, wins Nevada Gaming Commission approval for an $11.5 million purchase securing Harolds Club Reno and giving him first Northern Nevada holdings. His state investments now total about $250 million after already owning six Las Vegas casinos plus mining claims ranches real estate a TV station and an airport.
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Reno
Weather and Birth Notices from Norwalk and New London
Partly cloudy and cooler today with highs in the low 70s and 88 at Norwalk. Tonight fair and cool with near 50s, little change Saturday with 70s. West to northwest winds 10-20 mph today, easing tonight. Norwalk records show no precipitation. births announce twin boys for Mr and Mrs Don Cleland in Norwalk and a son for Mr and Mrs Roger O'Dell in New London.
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Lake Erie Shore
Norwalk
Don Cleland
Roger O'Dell
New London
Wakeman Soldier Describes Ambush in Vietnam
Sgt. Kenneth Tkach, Bronze Star recipient, recounts an ambush on a convoy near Dau Tieng May 15 while serving in Vietnam. Wounded in both legs and face, he is recovering at Valley Forge Army Hospital, plans a summer leave, and had just completed four days of recuperation in Australia.
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A_ Wakeman
Southeast Asia
Kenneth Tkach
Tkach
Vietnam
Cambodia
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Phoenixville, Pa
Camp Rainier
Dau Tieng
Australia
Reverend risked necktie stunt at Father's Day service
Norwalk preacher Rev. Paul Smith plans a gimmick to boost Sunday school turnout at First Baptist. If Father’s Day attendance does not beat Mother’s Day 139, the oldest woman in the congregation will cut his necktie. What if it’s a tie remains a quip.
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Paul Smith
Norwalk
First Baptist Church
Smith
FCC Commissioner Says Agnew Muzzles TV Networks
FCC commissioner Kenneth A. Cox says television networks bowed to Vice President Agnew and failed to provide strong analysis of Nixon Cambodia speeches. He cites those comments as backing Fulbright’s demand for equal TV time and supports curbing campaign TV spending pending a Nixon-manage successor.
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UPI
Kenneth A. Cox
Federal Communications Commissioner
Spiro T. Agnew
Cox
FCC
Nixon
Cambodia
Fulbright
Oliver Family Inn Heads West From Ohio Wagon Trek
The Russell Oliver family with four children left Norwalk Ohio on April 16 in a horse drawn wagon seeking fortune in the West. They follow U S 30 across Nebraska aiming for Wyoming or nearby states and arrived in Cosad Nebraska on Thursday.
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UPI
Russell Oliver
Norwalk
Ohio
U.S
Nebraska
Olivers
Wyoming
Oliver
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