Church merger rejected as Presbyterians face cross-denominational talks
The Reformed Church of America refused a merger bid with the Presbyterian Church in the United States after talks with church leaders. In Washington, Rep William Harsha and Rep Clarence Brown announced a bill to extend farmers tax filing by 30 days after meeting Ohio Farm Bureau delegates. In Memphis, James Earl Ray seeks a post conviction hearing after pleading guilty to King assassination and naming his dissolved counsel. In Troy, a floor collapse in a car killed one-year-old Christopher Bolt as the vehicle ran over him. In London, Reginald Boucher was fined 60 for assault after slapping Jessie Watkins over a miniskirt.
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Washington
UPI
William Harsha
Portsmouth
Clarence Brown
Urbana
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Memphis, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Criminal Court
W. Preston Battle
Ray
Percy Foreman
Houston
Battle
Nashville
King
Troy, Pa
Walter G. Bolt
Troy
Here
Christopher
Troy Community Hospital
London
Reginald Boucher
Jessie Watkins
Boucher
New London Man Charged With Second Degree Murder
A 21 year old New London man pleaded innocent to second degree murder in the death of his stepson Glenn Damron. Bond set at 10000 cash or 20000 property. Await grand jury in May. The victim Kelly Earl Wilson died from a fractured skull after an alleged injury during a vehicle incident. Damron, a Vietnam veteran, was arrested after attending the funeral and is jailed in Huron County.
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Janet Conway
New London
Glenn Damron
Walnut St
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Kelly Earl Wilson
Judy
Robert J. Vetter
Damron
Huron County
Huron County Prosecutor
John Borgia
Kenneth Murr
Lorain County
Richard Andres
John Warner
Sheriff's Department
Norwalk
Phillip M. White, Jr
John Damron
White
Lorain County Community Hospital
Wellington
Paul J. Kopsch
Damion
London
Murr
Police Department
Borgia
Keating Natatorium Planned at St Xavier High School
Cincinnati officials announce an Olympic sized eight lane indoor pool will be built at St Xavier High School by June 1. The pool and grounds will be named Keating Natatorium in memory of Charles H Keating Sr. and funded by councilman William J Keating and his brother Charles.
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Cincinnati
UPS
St. Xavier High School
Ohio
William J. Keating
Charles
Keating Natatorium
Charles H. Keating
Two Men Charged In Narcotics Death At Suburban Motel
Cleveland area cases report James Prince and Thomas Walker both 22 in Seven Hills and Parma charged with possession of narcotics after Linda Potette 19 of Lakewood died from barbiturate overdose in a Strongsville motel. Marijuana found in room cited by Strongsville Police Chief.
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Cleveland
UPI
James Prince
Seven Hills
Thomas Walker
Parma
Linda Potette
Lakewood
Strongsville
Cuyahoga County
S. R. Gerber
Charles Sperber
Saigon tally shows battlefield deaths rise in third week
U S military sources report battlefield deaths increased slightly in the third week of the Communist offensive while American wounded numbers declined.
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Saigon
UPS
Uss
U.S
Lodge debunks Communist Vietnam charges in four hour briefing
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge presented a mass of evidence to refute Communist claims that Nixon administration escalation caused the South Vietnam offensive. Communists could not rebut his points after the four hour session, the second brief meeting since the expanded peace talks began on Jan. 18.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Vietnam
Nixon
Lodge
Weather forecast mixed with births and deaths in Norwalk area
Variable cloudiness and warm today with scattered thundershowers, windy and cooler tonight and Friday with possible snow flurries. Highs in 60s today, 40s Friday. lows 30s tonight. Norwalk highs 67, lows 41. Births reported in Birmingham and Bellevue. deaths listed for New London and Bellevue.
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Norwalk
Ohio senators unveil new education district proposal
Senators Ralph Regula and Oliver Ocasek introduced a bill to create county or multi county education resource districts. The plan would dissolve county boards, fund a master plan, form at least one educational park within two years, and require membership fees based on classroom units. Rhodes indicated his own omnibus bill remains separate and not endorsed.
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Columbus
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Senate
Rhodes
Ralph S. Regula
R Navarre
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
State Board of Education
Lawyer Eyes U S Supreme Court On Mayors Court Case
Cleveland attorney Niki Z. Schwartz lost a Common Pleas Court appeal to overturn a Monroeville Mayor s Court ruling against Clarence Ward in a failure to obey a police officer case. He plans to seek the U S Supreme Court if needed, with a Sixth District appeal next. The matter involves due process and the mayoral court’s judicial role amid trucker group test case aims. The incident began with Ward failing to stop for a police check, and includes a driver license charge, a fracas at a restaurant, and municipal court transfers in Huron County. The case has bounced through Mayor s Court, County Court, and Common Pleas Court amid objections to mayoral authority.
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Norwalk
Monroeville
Huron County
United States Supreme Court
Niki Z. Schwartz
Cleveland
Common Pleas
Clarence Ward
Harkness
Schwartz
Ward
Leonard Conners
Kenneth Salisbury
Common Pleas Court
Vetter
Ohio House endorses safety department bill
Ohio lawmakers hear Gov. Rhodes plan to consolidate safety functions into a single department. Rep. Levitt calls the measure simple and needed while Atty. Gen. Brown says it is well conceived and will improve coordinated law enforcement. The governor favors a 90 day effective date after passage.
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Richard Wheeler
UPI
Statehouse
Columbus
House
State Government Committee
James A. Rhodes
Public Safety Department
Ohio
Robert E. Levitt
Canton
Levitt
Paul W. Brown
Attorney General’s Office
Rhodes
John McElroy
Cairo Plane Crash Kills 92 Moslems Returning From Mecca
A Soviet built Illyushin-18 turboprop crashed on landing at Aswan, flaming out of control after wing contact with the runway. Ninety two people died, fourteen survived with five later dying in hospitals. The flight carried 101 aboard including seven crew and 94 pilgrims.
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Cairo
UPI
Mecca
Aswan
United Arab Airlines
Nile
Cairo Radio
Middle East News Agency
MENA
Egypt
Plane crashes in dense fog at New Orleans airport
A privately owned DC3 with 24 to 28 aboard crashed in heavy fog at New Orleans International Airport, burning on impact. Sheriff’s officers report at least seven survivors, with initial estimates of more bodies and several injured found in the grass around the runway.
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New Orleans
UPI
New Orleans International
Jay Charrier
General Aviation
Charrier
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J. Edgar Hoover
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Marvin Clary
Birmingham
Robert Hoyt
Jefferson
Bellevue
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Robert A. Drexel
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UPI Telephoto
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