Pravda accuses Johnson of talking peace while war widens
Pravda denounces President Johnson as war expands in Viet Nam while Red Star calls for peaceful negotiations. Red Star warns against any road other than talks, citing risks to world peace and the United States. Winter returns to southern Ohio with snow flurries and varying accumulations.
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Moscow
UPI
Communist Party
Pravda
Johnson
Viet Nam
Red Star
United States
Police to Question Man Over Local Burglaries
Akron man Marvin Garrett 28 is jailed in Erie County on breaking and entering and auto theft charges after confessing to a Safe burglary at Sandusky Motor Sales Co. Detectives believe two other suspects may be involved in the Maxie Tire and George Manyak Ford Agency burglaries and will interview Garrett for links to the Feb. 4 and Aug. 10 crimes. Investigators found the Manyak safe and a pickup at Laylin Road, the Sandusky theft scene shared with the Maxie break in which televisions radios and other items were stolen. Garrett was arrested by Akron Police and held for Sandusky and Erie County sheriffs as Norwalk officers prepared to question him around 1 p.m.
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Norwalk
Maxie Tire & Supply Co
George Manyak
Marvin Garrett
Akron
Erie County
Sandusky Motor Sales Co
Ray Chapin
Garrett
Maxie Tire and Supply Co
Maxie’s
Laylin Road
Maxie
Erie County Sheriff’s Department
Sandusky
Syrian government seizes nine oil firms in nationalization drive
Radio Damascus reports the takeover includes three foreign companies Socony Vacuum Esso Standard and Shell along with six other oil firms. Esso Standard tied to American Standard Oil New Jersey Socony Vacuum to Socony Mobil Oil Shell to Royal Dutch Shell under British Dutch ownership.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Radio Damascus
Socony-Vacuum
Esso Standard
Shell
American Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Socony-Mobil Oil Co
Royal Dutch Shell
W Somerset Maugham Gravely Ill In France
The 91 year old author W Somerset Maugham is gravely ill with lung congestion at his villa in St Jean Cap Ferrat on the French Riviera. Doctors ordered his transfer to the British American Hospital in Nice and his level of consciousness remained unclear.
Lima man leads for Ohio Republican State Chair
Kent B. McGough of Lima appears to lead for the Ohio GOP state chairman post as Ray C. Bliss resigns to become national chair. The Republican State Executive Committee will name a replacement, with McGough and John Andrews as leading candidates for the $20,000 yearly post.
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Columbus
UPI
Kent B. McGough
Lima
Ray C. Bliss
Republican State Executive Committee
Bliss
McGough
Lima Insurance
Allen County
John Andrews
Lucas County
Weather and notices brief from The Reco
Partly cloudy with intermittent snow in the southwest and colder on Saturday. Snow amounts under three inches. low tonight 18 to 24, high Saturday 22 to 32. Norwalk high 49, low 24. Five day forecast: Ohio temps 8 to 12 below normal, colder by Sunday or Monday, about 0.5 inch melted precip. Births list four couples with location and sex. Deaths record Clyde Ross age 52 and Joseph Wells age 61.
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Norwalk
Ohio
Bombing Begins Near Da Nang As Viet Cong Battle Escalates
U S and South Vietnamese bombers pound Viet Cong positions about 25 miles south of Da Nang where a major clash rages. Airlifted reinforcements join the fight as Da Nang air base supports raids on North Viet Nam. An officer wounded, a soldier killed and others wounded in separate incidents near the Laotian border and south of Saigon.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
da Nang
North Viet Nam
Quang Nam Province
Here
Trucker Hurt In Collision Near Hancock-Seneca Line
A head on crash on Route 224 near the Hancock Seneca line killed Warren driver Owen Klingensmith and left Norwalk driver George Ritz critically injured. Ritz’s rig burst into flames after impact while Klingensmith’s tractor disintegrated. Both men were thrown from their rigs as investigators work the scene.
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Findlay
Warren
Norwalk
Here
Owen W. Klingensmith
George Eugene Ritz
Route 2
St. Charles Hospital
Toledo
Fostoria City Hospital
Hancock
Seneca County
Ritz
Klingensmith
Youths jailed in truck theft at Trails End Motel
Two Bellevue teenagers were jailed in Huron County Jail after Monroeville Police found them at 4:30 a.m. attempting to steal a radio from a truck parked at Trails End Motel. Robert Taylor, 19, faces attempted larceny. a 17-year-old Bellevue youth is charged with probation violation.
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Bellevue
Huron County
Trails End
Monroeville
Robert Taylor
Huron County Sheriff’s Deputies
Taylor
Willard Farmer's Exchange stock sold to Havana Omar Grain
Willard Farmer's Exchange Co stockholders met at Willard Grange Hall and approved sale to Havana Omar Grain and Supply Co for about 35000 dollars. Ninety seven percent supported the move, with Ray Feichtner, Lloyd Dawson, and Glen Miller reelected to a nine member board authorized to finalize the sale. The business will continue under current management. assets 85563, net loss 13085 in 1964.
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Willard
Neil Slessman
Willard Farmer’s Exchange Co
Willard Grange Hall
Havana Omar
Ray Feichtner
Lloyd Dawson
Glen Miller
Exchange
Gas line blast kills 17 in Natchitoches area
A gas line explosion in a quiet Natchitoches neighborhood destroys four homes and a house trailer, leaving 17 dead and multiple others burned. The Tennessee Gas Transmission Co line ruptured a 24 inch pipe, creating a 15 foot deep crater and melting seven cars as authorities estimate damage likely over 1 million dollars.
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Natchitoches
UPI
John Hilton
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Two Firms Eye Norwalk for Potential Plant Site
C C Crist reports two firms are considering Norwalk as a possible plant site. Information has been sent to one firm and committee members will meet the other firm on Monday. Airport and parking plans are also advancing with municipal committees coordinating with development groups.
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Norwalk
C.C. Crist
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development Committee
Chamber General
Crist
Howard Fisher
Elmer Buki
Tom Lendrum
Pancake Backs Sunday Hunting Of Small Quadripeds In Ohio
State Sen. Charles Pancake proposes a Sunday hunting rule change in Ohio. He aims to permit hunting of small wild quadripeds except deer and bear while keeping bans on birds and large game. The existing Sunday hunting ban has not been enforced for years.
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Columbus
UPI
Charles Pancake
Nelsonville
Ohio
Pancake
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Kathy McLaughlin
Norwalk High School
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Greenwich
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