Norwalk police eye Kentucky confession in 1969 Touby slaying
Norwalk investigators consider a Kentucky death by own action suspect who reportedly confessed to the 1969 murder of gas station attendant Clarence Touby in Norwalk. Detectives Ratliff and Lau traveled to Ashland after a teletyped tip, noting similarities to Touby’s case.
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Norwalk
Clarence Touby
Kentucky
Touby
Whittlesey Avenue
League Street
Donald Ratliff
C. Fred Lau
Ratliff
Ashland, By
Daril Stone
Ashland
Stone
Ohio
W.L. Mead Co
Houston laundromat boy loses arm in washing machine
In Houston on January 31 an emergency crew rushed 9 year old Gerry Villarreal to Ben Taub Hospital after his arm was severed by a washing machine at a laundromat. Doctors plan to reconnect nerves but warn the boy faces a long road to possible use of the limb.
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Houston
Texas
Gerry Villarreal
Ben Taub Hospital
Gerry
UPI
Mansfield Reluctant to Seek Cambodian Peace But Open to Ford Request
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield says he is reluctant to personally seek peace talks with exiled Prince Sihanouk in Peking. He would undertake the mission if President Ford asked. Mansfield notes his constitutional limits and would need assurances and questions answered before any move. Sihanouk’s history with the United States and regional tensions are cited as context for the cautious approach.
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Steve Gerstel
Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Mansfield
Ford
Peking
Sihanouk
Sen
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
White House
Phnom Penh
Congress
Richard Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
United States
CIA
State Department
Jacqueline Kennedy
Vietnam
Soviet Union
China
Washington Post
Weather and births and death notices from March 13 1975
Lows tonight in the lower 20s and Friday highs in the low 30s with a 20 percent then 10 percent chance of precipitation. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Births note three newborn boys in Milan Monroeville and Willard areas. Deaths report William H. Rudasill, 91, Willard.
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Elmer Zieker
Milan
F-T
Michael Martin
Monroeville
Willard Area
John Veletean
Willard
William H. Rudasill
Viewer poll on Cher program bans and a proposed presidential election rule
The Opinion Line asks readers if Cher’s early evening TV costumes are suitable. Responses split 53.3 percent yes and 46.7 percent no with varied safety and censorship views. It also notes Senator Pastore and Ford on a proposed rule for presidential succession elections and invites voting by calling specific numbers.
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Cincinnati
Cher
Rhodes Extends Olive Branch on Economy Plan
Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes urged a Democratic General Assembly to place all four economic recovery measures on the ballot as a unit. He warned of swift consequences if lawmakers refuse and pledged to act unilaterally if needed while releasing a $12.2 billion two year budget with no new taxes.
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Columbus
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Ohio General Assembly
Rhodes
Ohio
Singing Cop Faces Trouble Over Moonlighting Song Career
Denver police patrolman Frankie Rino 30 battles department rules after moonlighting as a singer at a supper club. He earns extra income to supplement his 900 dollar rookie salary and argues singing and policing can coexist. Chief Art Dill says moonlighting violates policy and may lead to formal action.
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Denver
UPI
Frankie Rino
Las Vegas
Rino
Police Academy
Art Dill
Dill
White House To Host Susan's School Prom
Susan Ford gains parental consent for a White House senior prom on May 31. The event, possibly the mansion's first, features a ruffled print floor length dress and two bands, Outer Space and Sand Castle, with soft drinks and nonalcoholic punch for guests.
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White House
Susan
Washington
UPS
Susan Ford
Miss Ford
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New York
Cicely Tyson
Manhattan
Supreme Court
Susan Seim
Pathmark
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Miss Tyson
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Washington State Board of Health
James Humphrey
State Board of Health
Commerce
Maurice Stans
U.S. District Court
Stans
John Pastore
Gerald Ford
General Assembly
Britain
George McAfee
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London
McAfee
Robinson
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