Ex POW Plans Life as a Bum After Homecoming
Air Force Captain Burton W. Campbell of Amherst Ohio, held as a prisoner of war nearly seven years, said he will travel the United States and live as a high class bum after his release from the Operation Homecoming center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He recounted parachuting from a burning plane over North Vietnam on July 1 1966 and being captured almost immediately.
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Wright-Patterson Afb
Ohio
UPI
Air Force
Burton W. Campbell
Amherst
Campbell
U.S
North Vietnam
Elyria Nursing Home strike enters second day with picket lines
About 130 dietary, kitchen, laundry, housekeeping and nursing aides walked out at 6 am over a wage dispute. Local 47 seeks 50 cents per hour raise over two years while the home offers 50 cents over three years.
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Elyria, Ohio
UPI
Elyria Nursing Home
Service, Hospital, Nursing Home and
Nursing Home
Draft lottery assigns priority numbers for 19th birthday
Washington UPI reports American men turning 19 receive draft priority numbers with June 27 births at No. 1 and Oct. 19 births at No. 365. The fifth lottery by Selective Service was held in a relaxed mood as no one is being drafted and the Army moves to a volunteer system by July 1.
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Washington
UPI
Army
KC 135 tanker destroyed in midair taxi collision at Lockbourne
A KC 135 tanker collided with another aircraft while taxiing to a runway at Lockbourne Air Force Base. The burned jet fueled by 31,000 gallons killed two crew members and injured one. identities withheld pending next of kin notification. Col Hunter F Hackney confirmed those aboard the destroyed plane were the deceased and injured.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPI
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Hunter F. Hackney
301St Air Refueling Wing
Strategic Air Command
Norwalk Weather and Local Life Brief
Weather update shows lows in the low to mid 30s and highs in the 40s with minimal precipitation today tonight and Friday Winds mainly west to southwest 8 to 12 mph today shifting to under 10 mph tonight Norwalk high 67 low 38 humidity readings 72 at 7 am 65 at 1 pm 7 pm plus several local life notes including two marriage license pairs two births and two deaths
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Norwalk
Plane crashes near Silk Hope leaves 15 dead Golden Knights unit
An EC47 carrying the Golden Knights precision parachuting team from Fort Bragg on an exhibition mission crashed in woods near Silk Hope North Carolina. Officials report at least 15 killed and no survivors seen at the scene. The team was en route to Kansas City when the crash occurred.
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Silercity
N.C
UPI
Ft. Bragg
Simmons Army Air Base
Golden Knights
Simmons
Ure
Silk Hope
Department of the Army
Kansas City
Siler City
Northern Ireland Votes on Future in Referendum
Nearly 34 000 police guarded polling stations as 0.5 million voters prepared to decide Northern Ireland’s political future in a tightly secured referendum. Protestants favored ties with Britain while security forces implemented unprecedented measures after recent violence.
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Belfast
UPI
Northern Ireland
Britain
County Courthouse Hours Stay Uncertain After Saturday Meeting
Eight county department representatives met to discuss closing offices on Saturdays but produced no consensus. Sheriff John Borgia will speak for the group, with a Friday news release promised. Judge Russell T. Antrim said his office and the probate and juvenile divisions will stay open to 6 p.m. Mondays.
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John Borgia
Russell T. Antrim
Reflector
Antrim and
Common Pleas
Robert J. Vetter
Huron County
Kenneth W. Reed
Huron County Commissioners
George F. Linn
Monroeville Promotes Police Job Interviews
Mayor Bergman and the Village Council spent 47 hours over Wednesday night interviewing applicants to fill two police vacancies. Officials narrowed the field and plan further interviews after Ptl. Alfred Kennedy quit after eight hours on the job and Police Chief Richard Goetze resigns, effective April 1.
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Monroeville
Thomas Bergman
Ptl
Alfred Kennedy
Richard Goetze
Swiss Court Sentences Edith Irving in Hughes Hoax
A Swiss court sentenced Edith Irving to two years in jail for her role in the Howard Hughes autobiography hoax.
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Zurich
Switzerland
UPI
Edith Irving
Howard Hughes
Gunmen attack Belfast as referendum nears amid violence
Gunmen breached security in Belfast during a pivotal referendum on Ulster’s future. IRA activity disrupted voting with blasts and thefts of weapons from Ulster Defence Regiment units near Protestant polling areas. Police labeled the violence as an IRA effort to hinder the vote.
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Belfast
UPI
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Ulster Defense Regiment
Carey taunts Meany over neutrality in 1960 campaign
Democratic Rep Hugh Carey mocked AFL CIO president George Meany during a Ways and Means hearing over his stance in the presidential race. Meany joked he would choose neutrality again, noting his plumber background.
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Washington
UPI
Hugh Carey
D-N.y
Afl-Cio
George Meany
House
Ways and Means Committee
Meany
Nonwalk Tonight Junior High Science Display
Junior high science projects judged this week will be on display in the gym from 7 to 9 p.m. Superior rated projects advance to the Huron County Science Fair set for March 16 and 17.
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Jack van der Waarden
Marie M. Witter
William L. Botsford, Jr
Wellington
Winona Wosicki
New London
Donald Shirey
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James Colvin
Sandusky Memorial Hospital
Jack Webser
North Fairfield
Good Samaritan Hospital
J. Herbert Conry
Wakeman
Roy D. Tanner
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Col. Vogel
Richard Vogel
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
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