Social Security increase moves toward near-certain passage
The Senate approved a 5.6 percent rise for about 30 million elderly beneficiaries effective January 1 1974 by an 86 7 margin and the House is expected to follow. At Ohio State University an astrophysicist from Caltech proposed the sun has stopped thermonuclear energy and relies on reserve energy possibly cooling for up to 10 million years.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Columbus
California Institute of Technology
William Fowler
Fowler
American Astronomical Society
Ohio State University
Ohio bill to cut adulthood age passes House
Legislation lowering adulthood age from 21 to 18 cleared the Ohio House 84 to 11 and moves back to the Senate for concurrence in minor amendments. It omits a controversial drinking age provision and awaits Gov. Gilligan's approval after Senate action.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
General Assembly
John J. Gilligan
Ohio Senate
House
Senate
Ohio budget deal reaches final vote for 1973 75
A House Senate Conference committee reached formal agreement on a record 9.9 billion dollar state budget for fiscal 1973 75 and recommended it for final vote in both chambers tonight. Lawmakers from both parties celebrated the accord after closed door sessions Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
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Columbus
UPI
House-Senate
Nixon to answer Watergate questions near hearings end
White House counselor Melvin R. Laird told the Washington Post Nixon will not answer every witness but may answer all questions at a press conference when the Senate Watergate hearings near conclusion. Post interview quoted Laird as speaking for the president.
Dean Maintains Truthful Testimony On Watergate Coverup
John W. Dean III told the Senate Watergate Committee that several White House staffers knew the administration was not fully forthcoming about the scandal and coverup. He said he told the truth and did not exaggerate in his fourth day of testimony, maintaining Nixon was involved in hush efforts.
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Washington
UPI
White House
John W. Dean III
Dean
Senate
Nixon
Nixon did not author Watergate memo says White House
A Nixon spokesman said the memo accusing John W. Dean III of masterminding the Watergate coverup was prepared by H. Fred Buzhardt and not a definitive White House statement. Nixon did not review it before it went to the Senate Watergate Committee, though he was briefed on it Wednesday.
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Senate Watergate Committee
Warren
City Council Drops Fonda Censure Over POW Remarks
Los Angeles officials vote 9-3 that Jane Fonda remarks on returned prisoners of war are none of the city's business. Fonda and Tom Hayden attend with antiwar supporters as about 25 veterans groups observe.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Jane Fonda
Miss Fonda
Tom Hayden
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Weather and marriage license items for Norwalk area
Mostly cloudy with showers likely tonight and tomorrow with highs in the 70s and lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Norwalk highs 77 and 62, rain chances 60 40 and 20 percent. winds west to southwest 10 20 mph. Also marriage license applications listed for residents of Willard Monroeville Norwalk Orlando Greenwich and other areas with occupations noted.
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Norwalk
Kenneth D. Bailey
Willard
Debra J. Montz
Richard L. Robinson
Carol A. van Laar
Brian C. Claus
Monroeville
Stella M. Knoll
Robert G. Hickok
Orlando
Fla
Carpenter
Nim L. Dickinson
Greenwich
Power Plant Smoke Sparks Neighborhood Concern
Ohio Edison power plant on Old State Road drew complaints as thick smoke and soot affected nearby homes. Residents blamed diesel oil and past city operation, while the plant manager cited boiler load changes and said conditions have eased.
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Ohio Edison Co
Old State Road
Terry Smales
Woodlawn Avenue
Molnar
Permanent Bicycle Tags Are Proposed for Norwalk
Norwalk officials plan permanent bicycle licensing through stainless steel bands with numbers to stay with the bicycle for its life. Current rules require new licenses every two years and a 50 cent fee every two years. The one time 50 cent charge would cover the permanent bands, with ownership changes reported to the fire department.
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Norwalk
City Council
Wayne Goodsite
Goodsite
Fire Department
Gasoline Spill Reaches 100 000 Gallons in Ottawa Creek
The Ohio EPA reports a Buckeye Pipeline spill into Ottawa Creek has reached 100000 gallons after an earlier 50000 gallon release at Rawson. Trenches, booms, and skimming bars are being used to divert gasoline toward containment before reaching the Blanchard River in Hancock County.
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Findlay
Ohio
UPI
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Ottawa Creek
Rawson
EPA
Buckeye Pipeline Co
Blanchard River
Hancock County
Buckeye
China tests hydrogen bomb amid call to end nuclear monopoly
China announced it detonated a hydrogen bomb in the atmosphere on Wednesday and said it seeks to end the nuclear monopoly of the superpowers while pledging it would not be the first to use nuclear weapons in war. The test drew criticism linked to atmospheric testing by France in the South Pacific.
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United Press International
China
Peking
France
South Pacific
Dean Reveals Nixon Enemies List Plan Before Senate
Dean testified that Nixon aides compiled a list of about 200 political enemies including actors Leonard Woodcock Paul Newman and journalist Dan Schorr and drafted a memo on how to use federal power to "screw" them The plan called for staff input and top agency backing to pursue investigations contracts and prosecutions.
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Washington
UPI
John W. Dean III
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Paul Newman
CBS
Daniel Schorr
Dean
New York
John V. Lindsay
Dick Gregory
Alabama
George Wallace
Ex-Nixon Aide LaRue Pleads Guilty in Watergate Coverup
Frederick C. LaRue a former Nixon campaign aide pleads guilty to obstruction of justice becoming the first to admit a role in the Watergate coverup He agrees to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for dropping remaining charges LaRue says he aided a hush money scheme and helped plan concealment of evidence related to the burglary
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Watergate Grand Jury
LaRue
Senate Watergate
Grand Jury
Department of Justice
Thunderstorm Knocks Out Power in Norwalk Area
A line of thunderstorms moved through Norwalk triggering a severe thunderstorm warning that was lifted shortly after 11:30. Power outages affected about 800 customers, including downtown businesses and police stations, with traffic lights out and WLKR AM briefly off air. No major damage was reported and rainfall totals for the storm were not yet determined.
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U.S. Weather Service
Cleveland
Norwalk
Ohio Edison
Main Street
Wlkr-Am
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