Debate on Church Merger Stirs Uproar Across Denominations
The Church of the Brethren faces merger discussions with eight major Protestant bodies through COCU as the United Church plan gains traction. In other notes, Ruby seeks new trial. Helms named CIA director. Pope Paul VI may back limited oral contraception. a student survives a 160 foot bridge jump. marches reach Mississippi. LCA approves study on admitting women. Ohio political critique amid federal projects. Methodists back church merger prospects.
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Louisville
UPI
Church of the Brethren
Antiwar protests criticized by American Baptist Association
The American Baptist Association charged that anti Viet Nam War demonstrations tend to destroy the respect of the American people for their flag and country. The association stopped short of endorsing American action in the war.
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Houston
UPI
American Baptist Association
Graham London crusade attendance tops half a million
Evangelist Billy Graham's London crusade drew 504,831 attendees by Thursday night, counting both in person at Earl's Court and viewers at five other cities via closed circuit television.
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London
UPI
Billy Graham
Earl’s Court Arena
Births and deaths from Berlin Heights and area
Births report a son for Mr and Mrs Clarence Stanley of Berlin Heights. Death notices list Otto Zeuch age 75 and Francis G Bebout age 62 of 200 Woodlawn.
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Clarence Stanley
Berlin Heights
Otto Zeuch
Ruggles
Francis G. Bebout
Woodlawn
Rhodes Rejects Welfare Increase Amid Ohio Surplus Debate
Gov. James A. Rhodes indicated welfare payments will not be raised despite calls from groups marching from Cleveland to Columbus. He noted the state’s 28 million dollar surplus cannot cover existing needs including schools and mental health. Rhodes questioned a special session and suggested meetings could occur with welfare officials. He also urged federal action on Lake Erie pollution and criticized St. Lawrence Seaway tolls, arguing Ohio loses on returns from federal waterways.
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Cleveland
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Here
Columbus
Denver White
Richard Krabach
Rhodes
Lake Erie
Stewart Udall
Great Lakes States
Udall
St. Lawrence Seaway
Marchers in Canton Stir Racial Tension Shuts Down Streets
Dr Martin Luther King Jr urged a lockout as state troopers dispersed about 2000 marchers with tear gas outside Canton Mississippi causing a melee at a Negro school yard. Violence left injuries and arrests with students photographers and medical staff affected.
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Canton
Miss
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Selam
Jackson
Memphis
James Meredith
New York
City Adds 200000 to Treasury Bills Holdings
Norwalk's Investment Board approves another 200000 in U S Treasury Bills to raise total city investments to 3350000.
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Norwalk
Treasury Investment Board
U.S. Treasury
Rites Held For Victim Of Shooting
Funeral services were held for Woodrow Duvall 46 of Sandusky who died after being shot in his home. His son Danny 16 is held in Erie County Jail charged with first degree murder with decisions on trial as adult or juvenile due next week.
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Woodrow Duvall
Sandusky
E. Parish St
Danny Duvall
Woodrow
Erie County
George Steinmann
Grand
Two Women Injured In Norwalk Monroeville Crash
A Norwalk woman and another elderly passenger were hospitalized after a two car collision on U S 250 near Milan. Catherine Jenkins and Doris Ruffing were treated, with Ruffing admitted. Wanda Boswell cited for failing to stop within the clear distance. A Monroeville resident, Bessie Miller, was also admitted after being struck on private property by a Lasch Furniture Co truck driven by Jack Schafer.
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Norwalk
Fisher - Titus Memorial Hospital
Monroeville
Doris Ruffing
Central Blvd
Catherine Jenkins
Sandusky
U.S. 250
Milan
Jenkins
Ohio 299
Wanda Boswell
Ohio 61
Mrs
Bessie Miller
Monroe St
Fisher-Titus
Jack F. Schafer
Lasch Furniture Co
Schafer
Man Faces Shooting Charge in Greenwich Cable Incident
Darrell Music, 22, of Greenwich, charged with malicious destruction of property for shooting a telephone cable in the Greenwich area. The incident was reported by a Northern Ohio Telephone Co. employee to Huron County prosecutor Bernard Freeman, who filed a bill of information. Music was released on a $500 personal recognizance bond.
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Darrell Music
Greenwich
Northern Ohio Telephone Co
Huron County
Bernard Freeman
Music
Mansfield man posts bond in Norwalk theft case
Posts bond Rital Shoulders, 24, of Mansfield, charged with grand larceny in connection with the theft of 160 dollars from a Norwalk service station Tuesday night. He was released from Huron County jail.
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Rital Shoulders
Mansfield
Norwalk
Huron County
Milan Man Sues Over 1965 Intersection Crash
Edward F. Fitch of Milan filed a 7500 dollar suit in Huron County Common Pleas Court against Lawrence E. Pete and William Dauch. He claims a June 29 1965 collision at the North West and Jefferson Streets intersection in Norwalk. Fitch alleges Pete negligent as he drove a truck west on Jefferson while Fitch rode north on West Street.
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Edward F. Fitch
Edison Drive
Milan
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Lawrence E. Pete
William Dauch
Wakeman
Fitch
North West
Jefferson
Norwalk
West
Pete
Dauch
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