Citizens circulate petitions to repeal Norwalk income tax and sell city power
Opponents file two initiative petitions with City Auditor Charles Hipp seeking a repeal of Norwalk's city income tax and authorization to sell the municipal power system. If 372 valid signatures are gathered by July 10, ballots would appear in November. Lead filer James Zuber and committee members Ruth Zuber, R Howard Turnley, and Donald H Mesnard plan a broad signature drive targeting 700 names each.
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Norwalk
Charles Hipp
James Zuber
E. Elm St
Hipp
Zuber
Ruth
R. Howard Turnley
N. West St
Donald H. Mesnard
Williams St
Ohio Edison Co
Turnley
County Board of Elections
Prince Sihanouk to be tried in absentia on treason charges
Cambodian authorities announce Sihanouk will face trial in absentia for conspiracy and high treason. The deposed prince, ousted after 30 months, was in Moscow and is now in Peking. The trial is scheduled for Friday.
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UPI
Maudling in Belfast Appeals for Law and Order
British Home Secretary Reginald Maudling arrived in Belfast and appealed for law and order after four days of violence that left six dead. He met Northern Ireland Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark, while troops used tear gas to disperse stone throwers amid ongoing unrest.
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Northern Ireland
UPI
Reginald Maudling
Maudling
James Chichester-Clark
Mrs Nixon visits Peru earthquake victims in high Andean valleys
Mrs Richard M Nixon toured quake wreckage in Peru and walked through a valley where villages were erased by avalanche after arriving with emergency supplies. The May 31 disaster left over 50 000 dead as she met destitute survivors and surveyed the hard hit Andean regions.
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Peru
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Sunny heat to linger with scattered storms this week
Weather report shows sunny hot humid conditions today with highs upper 80s to lower 90s and 70s at night. Wednesday and Thursday stay hot with humid and chances of scattered thundershowers and 10 to 30 percent precipitation. Norwalk highs near 87 today. winds 10-20 mph, moon phases noted. Births marriages and deaths listed: Thomas Brandt and Rebecca Ratliff wed, Dennis Witt and Vonda Estridge marry, Harold Lynch III's daughter born, two deaths: Elsie Benford and Cora Wolfe.
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Norwalk
Nixon declares full U S withdrawal from Cambodia
President Nixon announced that all 32 000 American ground forces including advisors are out of Cambodia and called for a negotiated peace. He said bombing raids would continue and most South Vietnamese troops would withdraw, with enhanced aid to non Communist Southeast Asian nations.
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Pilgrimage Youths Stop in Norwalk on Way to United Nations
A group of 30 high school students from California Nevada and Wyoming on the United Nations Pilgrimage for Youths paused in Norwalk for breakfast at the Odd Fellows Hall on Main Street before continuing to Washington D C New York and the United Nations. One boy Keith Nichols of Sunnyvale California was hospitalized overnight with abdominal pains but rejoined the trip.
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Rebekah Lodge
Main Street
Washington, D.C
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Sunnyvale
Callif
Former Area Man Killed In Vietnam
John Sharpless, a former Greenwich resident serving in the U S Marine Corps, killed on duty in Vietnam. Parents Mr and Mrs James Sharpless of Macon Georgia notified. He enlisted last autumn and had been in Vietnam since January. Survivors include two brothers Larry and Ron. Funeral plans pending body’s arrival in the United States.
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Greenwich
John Sharpless
Vietnam
U.S. Marine Corps
James
Pearl Hawkhammer) Sharpless
Robinhood Road
Macon
John
Marine Corps
Shelby Army
Warner-Robbins
Georgia
Larry
Ron
Greenwich-North Fairfield
United States
VEW Sponsors Day Of Fun On July 4
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will sponsor a full day of activities on July 4 including games pony rides train rides and fireworks. Food such as barbecued chicken will be available at the Milan Avenue post with one fixed price for the main meal and both indoor and outdoor seating. General chairman is Dwight Coder and publicity chairman Greg Richards notes this is the second year of sponsorship with plans for a parade next year.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Greg Richards
VFW Post
Milan Avenue
Richards
VFW
Monroeville Boy Drowns After Bicycle Crash Into Creek
Allan J. Adelman 12 plunged his bike into a shallow creek area and drowned after striking slate in the bottom. The accident occurred Monday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. The boy had been visiting his school teacher Mrs Raymond Heck, sixth grade at St Josephs Catholic.
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Monroeville
Allan J. Adelman
Alvin Adelman
Raymond Heck
Manson Lawyer Claims DA Used Media Pressure
Charles Manson's attorney Irving Kanarek accuses the district attorney of saturating the public with media to imply guilt. He spoke as jury selection continued in the Tate LaBianca trial, while the judge denied a motion to dismiss for prejudicial publicity. The page notes nearby details about a separate local incident and an obituary reference on page 8.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Charles Manson
Tate- LaBianca
Irving Kanarek
Manson
Kanarek
Superior Court
Charles Older
Wild Marijuana Growth Reported in Ohio Counties
U S Representative Donald Lukens cites a Department of Justice study noting wild marijuana flourishes in Warren and Licking counties Ohio. He says suppression of foreign sources spurs traffickers to harvest domestic wild marijuana tied to World War II hemp substitutes.
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Washington
UPI
Ohio
Warren
Licking
U. S
Donald W Buz
Lukens
US. Department of Justice
United States
Boy on Bike Struck by Car In Washington Newton Intersection
Edward Kluding, 13, son of Mr and Mrs Vernon Kluding of 94 W Washington St, was struck by a red Volkswagen at Washington and Newton shortly before 11 this morning while riding his bicycle to a local grocery. He was taken by ambulance to Fisher-Titus Hospital with condition not known at presstime.
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Vernon Kluding
Washington St
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Newton Streets
Marty Kluding
Edward
Fisher-Titus Hospital
Ohio Principals to Attend Weeklong Workshop
More than 200 Ohio junior and senior high school principals were to register for the annual summer workshop sponsored by the Ohio Association of Secondary School Principals.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
Ohio Association of Secondary School — Principals
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