Fire Damaged Great Lakes Ore Carrier Roger Blough
Rescue teams planned to enter the engine room of the ore carrier Roger Blough in Lorain Ohio as four men remained missing and presumed dead after a blaze that began with an explosion on Thursday. The ship built for U S Steel by American Shipbuilding burned for 19 hours and workers began pumping Friday. At least five firefighters and four workers were injured.
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Lorain, Ohio
UPI
Roger Blough
Great Lakes
American Shipbuilding Co
U.S. Steel Corp
Nixon seeks Congress help to declassify secret archives
Chicago Tribune reports President Nixon will ask Congress to back a project to declassify mountains of federal archives following controversy over Pentagon documents. The move comes as Nixon spoke to a Chicago retirees convention before returning to Washington.
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Chicago
UPI
The
Chicago Tribune
Nixon
Congress
the Tribune
Washington
Pentagon
Stans Warns of Possible First U.S. Trade Deficit in 75 Years
Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans told a congressional subcommittee that the United States faces a deteriorating international trade performance potentially yielding the first trade deficit in 75 years. He called the situation unique and said evolving economic equations are affecting the U.S. seriously.
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Washington
UPI
Maurice Stans
United States
Columbia Gas Transmission formed by realigning subsidiaries
The Columbia Gas Transmission Corp will be formed July 1 as Ohio Fuel Gas and six other Columbia System subsidiaries merge. Ohio Fuel President W F Laird will lead the Columbus operations. system headquarters move to Wilmington Delaware.
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Columbus
UPI
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp
Ohio Fuel Gas
Columbia System
Ohio Fuel
W.F. Laird
Ohio
Laird
Columbus Group
Wilmington
Del
Bronx prowler falls to death from window during break in
A man about 30 broke into a Bronx apartment Friday and fled when a teenage girl woke and screamed. He leaped from a fourth floor window he mistook for a fire escape and died in the courtyard below. Police describe him as the intruder.
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New York
UPI
Bronx
Students SWEAT In Parks
Natural Resources Director William B. Nye announced a new program named Students Working in Environment and Training SWEAT to provide environmental training for youths in summer jobs and encourage careers with the department in Ohio parks. Nye said the program aims to make park work more than a seasonal wage.
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Columbus
UPI
Natural Resources
William B. Nye
Nye
Ohio
Park System
Weather Outlook and Local Civil Notices for Norwalk Area
Variable cloudiness and cooler today with a 30 percent shower chance and highs near 80. Partly cloudy tonight with lows around 60. Sunday brings sunshine and warmth with possible thundershowers and mid to upper 80s. Also lists marriage license applications births and a death in Willard Norwalk and Wakeman areas.
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Norwalk
Edward W. Knoll
Shirley A. Hamons
Timothy J. McIntyre
Clarksfield Township
Welder
Ruthladeen Cochrane
Wakeman
William C. Silcox
Willard
Bernadine K. Vanderpool
Humphrey urged LBJ not to escalate Vietnam war in 1965
Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey urged President Johnson to avoid full scale action in North Vietnam, warning of Soviet and Chinese involvement and risks to Great Society programs. He said Johnson sought restraint while hawks pressed for heavier bombing and ground troops.
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LBJ
Baltimore
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Baltimore Sun
Sun
Philip Potter
North Vietnam
Vietnam
United States
McNamara
Defense Department
Haiphong Harbor
Elisberg Charged Over Pentagon Papers Leak
The Justice Department sought an arrest warrant for Daniel Ellsberg on illegal possession of top secret Pentagon Vietnam War study materials. He held 47 volumes and 18 volumes of xeroxed documents, mostly top secret with internal cables and memos. The complaint in Los Angeles cites unauthorized possession and failure to return government papers, with penalties up to $10,000 fine and 10 years imprisonment.
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UPI
Justice Department
Daniel Elisberg
Pentagon
Los Angeles
Ellsberg
Xerox
U.S
Venetia S. Tassopulos
Rand Corp
Elisberg
Carol
Sens
J. William Fulbright
Charles Goodell
Calif
McCloskey
Senators Flee After Threat at Harlem Shooting Gallery
Four U S senators visiting a Harlem heroin detox site encountered six addicts preparing to inject heroin in a basement. A knife-wielding man frightened the group, prompting a quick retreat by Senators Harold Hughes Jacob Javits Richard Schweiker and Harrison Williams as cameras recorded the scene. The tour highlighted the drug crisis in the slums and included a methadone center visit and talks with anti drug leaders.
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Peter Freiberg
New York
UPI
U.S
Harlem
Harold Hughes
Diona
Hughes
Sens
Jacob K. Javits
Rn.y
Richard S. Schweiker
Rpa
Harrison A. Williams
Dn.j
Senate
United States
Isaac Hayes
Senators
Rotary Co Exec Frank Fries Dies
Frank E. Fries 60, sales manager of Rotary Printing Co., died this morning at home after a heart attack. A Norwalk native, he lived at 21 N Pleasant St and had open heart surgery in January at St. Vincent Charity Hospital Cleveland. He chaired the Norwalk Planning and Zoning Commission from January to April and earlier served on City Council in the 1940s. He was active in St. Paul Catholic Church and several fraternal groups. He is survived by his widow Dorothy, son Douglas, grandson Brett, two sisters, and other relatives. Funeral details listed.
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Millersport
Ohio
UPI
Jack Singleton
Fairfield County
Irvin Wilson
Singleton
Frank E. Fries
Rotary Printing Co
Norwalk
Mr. Fries
N. Pleasant St
St. Vincent Charity Hospital
Cleveland
Fries
Dorothy
Douglas
Huron
Brett
Lucille Mahl
Mary Lillian
Sisters of Charity
St. Augustine
Richfield
Paul
New London Seeks Recount After School Levy Vote
The New London Board of Elections received a formal recount request from school officials and Supt Hurley after a 3 mill operating levy failed 425 to 421. Petition filed by Bradley Koch for board seat. Map of precincts to recount in township and village areas with $70 fee included.
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New London
Board of Elections Today
Elections Office
Bradley C. Koch
New London Board of Education
James Erickson
Edward O'Reilly
David O'Hara
Charles P
Angle
New London Township
New London Village
Fitchville
Clarksfield
Rochester
Ground Breaking Sunday For Christie Lane School
The State of Ohio commits 270000 dollars as its 50 percent share toward the 540000 Christie Lane School for Retarded Children project. Ground will be broken at 4 p.m. Sunday at the South Norwalk Road site off U.S. 250. rain date Monday evening. County commissioners received state confirmation of funding and that bids will go to the low bidders. County funding comes from a 200000 bond issue approved by voters in 1968 and land value owned by the county.
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State of
Ohio
Christie Lane
Norwalk Road
U.S. 250
Huron County
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