Kidnap Plot Leader Captured After Gun Battle in Turkey
Deniz Gezmis, 25, alleged head of the Turkish People's Liberation Army, was seized by police after a four hour gun battle near Gemerek 125 miles southeast of Ankara. He faces charges of kidnaping four U.S. airmen, bank robberies and attacks with militants.
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Ankara
UPI
Deniz Gezmis
U.S
Gemerek
Gezmis
Turkish People’s Liberation Army
Turkey
Gilligan Plans Daylong St Patrick Celebrations in Three Cities
Gov John J Gilligan launches a day long salute to his Irish roots with St Patrick events in Dublin Ohio a Columbus suburb, Cleveland and Cincinnati. He opens with library ceremonies in Dublin then attends the Cleveland parade and two Cincinnati functions.
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Columbus
UPI
John J. Gilligan
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Gilligan
Dublin
Columbus Public Library
Nixon to give prime time interview with Howard K. Smith
President Nixon will give a single newsman exclusive television interview March 22 on ABC-TV in a one hour special titled White House Conversation. The interview will run from 9 30 to 10 30 p m EST with no restrictions on Smith.
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New York
UPI
Nixon
Abc-Tv
Howard K. Smith
White House
Smith
Boy Fatally Beaten Over Lawn Trespass Dispute
Cincinnati police say 16 year old John Rothan died after being beaten with a wooden stake following a dispute over walking on a neighbor's newly seeded lawn. Joseph W. Evans, 26, is being questioned after admitting he confronted Rothan and others, struck him in the face and with the stake.
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Cincinnati
API
John Rothan
Western Hills High School
St. George Hospital
Joseph W. Evans
Evans
Rothan
Dewey Called First Major Victim of Polls by Le Monde
Le Monde described Thomas E. Dewey as the first major victim of public opinion polls. It stated his failure to win the White House in 1948 would be noted in history and political science theses.
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Paris
le Monde
Thomas E. Dewey
Thomas Dewey
White House
Whitney Young Jr. laid to rest near birthplace in Kentucky
Whitney Young Jr. a leading civil rights figure, was buried today at Greenwood Cemetery in Lexington. President Nixon attended with Mrs. Nixon and delivered a brief eulogy. Dignitaries gathered from around the world to honor Young who died last week in Nigeria at age 49.
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Lexington
UPI
Whitney Young Jr
Blue Grass
Nixon
Greenwood
Young
Neat
Nigeria
Weather Outlook and Local Births and Deaths
Mostly cloudy and cool with a chance of snow flurries today. High in the lower 30s and clearing tonight with a low around 20s. Thursday will be warmer with a middle to lower 40s high and a 20 percent precipitation chance. Norwalk high 35 low 25. Births: Mr and Mrs Walter Smith Wakeman announce a boy. Deaths: Frank J Fritz 90 Monroeville.
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Norwalk
Letters In Dead Man's Hand Tell The Story
Charles Mallinckrodt Jr. 35 a Palo Alto resident and father of three is found dead under a tree in Menlo Park. A folder with ten thank you letters for job applications suggests unemployment and despondency. Coroner notes industry layoffs worsened the suicide context.
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Menlo Park
Calif
UPI
Charles Mallinckrodt Jr
Palo Alto
Paul B. Jensen
San Mateo County
Gilligan Budget Big Boost For Ohio Schools
State Schools Superintendent Martin W. Essex hails Gov Gilligan's two year education plan as a giant leap forward reducing local taxes by 110 million and raising state funds by 375 million. It would lift per pupil spending to 877 dollars across 631 districts and place Ohio slightly above the national average.
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Columbus
UPS
Martin W. Essex
John J. Gilligan
Essex
Ohio
Great Lake States
Gilligan
Death of former New York Governor Thomas Dewey at 68
Former Gov Thomas E Dewey died at the Seaview Hotel in Miami Beach from a heart attack at age 68. He had planned White House dinners and St Patrick’s Day events, with funeral plans to move to New York.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
White House
St. Patrick’s
Seaview
Miami Heart Institute
Richard Elias
Duane Andreas
The
Andreas
Greenwich Township Elementary School to close under district plan
South Central Board of Education voted Tuesday night to close Greenwich Township Elementary School as part of cost-cutting to keep the nearly bankrupt district within budget. A May levy was discussed but not decided, with future consideration planned.
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Greenwich
South Central Board of Education
Greenwich Township
South Central
S. Viets In Full Retreat From North Vietnam Push
UPI reports more than 1,000 South Vietnamese troops with wounded in flight from Laotian jungle pursued by North Vietnamese forces. American pilots say survivors of Lolo base capture hacked through jungle and climbed a 1,000 foot cliff to safety, many boarding rescue helicopters. Vietnamese spokesmen deny fighting or retreat in Laos. North Vietnamese blocks forced a change of plan toward Brown base.
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Saigon
Laos
U.S
Brown
Norwalk Council Approves Pay Hike and Extended Vacations
Norwalk City Council introduced three ordinances on first reading to grant an across the board six percent pay increase to nearly all 140 city employees and four weeks vacation after 20 years. Longevity pay rises to 480 dollars max, with exceptions for the ambulance staff and Service Director. Officials expect about 82 thousand dollars yearly.
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Norwalk
Herbert Krogh
Richard Cunningham
Cunningham
Reflector
Joy Martin
Shamrock Tavern Celebrates St Patrick Day With Irish Cheer
Walter O Maraa Gaelic note proclaims Success Victory and Best Wishes at Shamrock Tavern. The bar hosts an annual party with corn beef sandwiches and Woody Woodruff on piano as James Schaffer and his brother Quantz ring in the Irish pride.
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Shamrock Tavern
Walter O’mara
Woody Woodruff
Erin
Ireland
James Schaffer
Quantz
Owen Navin
Schaffers
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