Norwalk Plans All-Day Fourth of July Festivities
Norwalk organizers announce a community run Independence Day with a parade from Maplehurst to Fair Road, hourly rocket salutes, a car smash, bingo, chicken barbecue, penny pitch and food stands. Events include a garden tractor pull, drum and bugle competition, hot air balloon race with cash prizes, and a 10 PM fireworks show. Proceeds support the junior class and event costs.
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Norwood Avenue
Fair Road
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Jaycees
Norwalk
St. Paul’s Booster Club
John Ashbrook
Norwalk Park and Recreation Board
Fire Department
Kiwanis Club
Richard Reach
Fairgrounds
Norwalk High School
Ohio Death Penalty Upheld as Unconstitutional
The Ohio Penitentiary electric chair has 315 uses since 1897 but no execution since March 13 1963. The Supreme Court ruling Thursday declares the death penalty unconstitutional and blocks death sentences for 55 inmates on Ohio’s death row.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio Penitentiary
Donald I. Reinbolt
Supreme Court
Bowling Green Students Travel to Miami for Democratic Convention Study
Twenty eight Bowling Green State University political convention students depart for Miami to observe the Democratic presidential nominating process. The trip serves as field work for Dr. William Spragens's course with students conducting individual or team projects based on their interests at the convention.
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Bowling Green, Ohio
UPI
Bowling Green State University
Miami
William Spragens
Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial staff votes to strike
UPI reports editorial workers at Ohio's largest newspaper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, voted to strike Thursday over the firing of an assistant city editor. In Dillon State Park near Zanesville, a tornado damaged about 20 tents and campers, with an off duty Ohio Highway Patrolman reporting a tree top level dip before the storm cleared. minor injuries were noted.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio
Zanesville
Dillon State Park
Here
National Weather Service
Weather Summary And Local Life Events In Norwalk
Variable cloudiness with a 30 percent chance of showers today. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s, lows tonight in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Saturday highs in the 80s. Winds mostly west, 5 to 15 mph. Deaths include Mrs Dorothy C Boose, 80, Norwalk. Marriage license applications list John F Ernsthausen and Fern L Marett, both Norwalk. Lawrence H Shull Jr and Ellen F Schlenbaker. Births report a boy to Mr and Mrs Russell Keysor Monroeville and a girl to Mr and Mrs Thomas Nestor New London. Precipitation in Norwalk at .35 inches. Sunrise 5:56, Sunset 9:04. Moonrise 11:33, Moonset 10:00. Humidity readings noted.
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John F. Ernsthausen
Fern L. Marett
Lawrence H. Shull, Jr
Savannah
Ellen F. Schlenbaker
Greenwich
Senate approves 20 percent Social Security rise
The Senate voted 82 to 4 to raise Social Security benefits by 20 percent and to boost payroll taxes after the election. The increase would start Sept 1 for 28 million people, while taxes for those earning $12 000 or more would rise 41 percent from Jan 1. Nixon opposed the 20 percent rise as inflationary and warned it could cripple government bonds if the debt limit fell to 400 billion.
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UPI
Senate
Nixon
Congress
Cent
Ernsthausen to Wed Fern Marett in Nuptials Next Week
John F. Ernsthausen 84 a retired founder of Norwalk Truck Lines and bank board honorary chairman has taken a marriage license with widow Fern L. Marett his housekeeper of four years since the death of his first wife Doris An exact wedding date will be set by Rev. Paul Bailey next week in a ceremony planned for couple who married previously in 1912 with a 57 year first marriage.
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John F._ Ernsthausen
Norwalk Truck Lines
The
Huron County Banking Co
Fern L. Marett
Doris
Paul Bailey
Ernsthausen
Poisoned Minds From Child to Killer in 1960s London
Graham Young, a shy Neasden youth, researched poisons in the library and poisoned family members before killing two factory workers at John Hadland Ltd. He used thallium laced tea, was convicted by a 12 member jury, and given life imprisonment after serving nine years at Broadmoor.
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William F. Wright
London
UPI
Graham Young
Neasden
Graham
Broadmoor
Young
John Hadland, Ltd
Robert Egle
Frederick Biggs
Happiness Comes To Death Row In Ohio Ruling
Inmates at Ohio Penitentiary cheered as the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. Warden Cardwell noted no security issues amid the celebration while Gov. Gilligan promised careful review of pending cases. Critics like Wolman expressed surprise and overjoy.
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John J. Gilligan
Benson A. Wolman
Ohio-American Civil Liberties Union
Nixon Says Paris Peace Talks to Resume July 13
President Nixon announced talks with North Vietnam would restart in Paris on July 13 with a goal of ending the war within seven months if negotiations proceed seriously. He argued the past seven weeks of bombing and mining helped bring the Communists to the table, and pledged an internationally supervised cease fire and total U.S. withdrawal within four months as bargaining terms. He defended not breaking up a potential Agnew ticket and said the war is largely over for most Americans due to reduced spending and troop levels.
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Helen Thomas Washington
UPI
Nixon
United States
North Vietnam
Paris
U.S
Senate
Spiro T. Agnew
South Vietnam
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New London
Dorothy C. Boose
Tedech, Inc
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Fred Evenson
Eastwood Village
William Smith, Jr
Sandusky
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Cardwell
Vietnam
John D. Lavelle
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