Historic March Resumed By 300 On Route To Montgomery
About 300 marchers led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. moved along the Jefferson Davis Highway toward Montgomery with heavy guards. National Guardsmen and Army MPs protected the line as they started this leg of the historic trek after a dawn breakfast in a cow pasture beside U.S. 80.
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Montgomery, Ala
U.S. 80
Selma
UPI
Brown's Chapel
Selma To Montgomery
Montgomery
Bettus Bridge
U.S. Army
Pettus Bridge
Martin Luther King Jr
James Forman
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Martin Luther King
Silent Selma to Montgomery March Reaches Pettus Bridge
Federal court orders a 50 mile march from Brown's Chapel in Selma to Montgomery with a five day deadline. Some 4000 participants including Ralph Bunche participate, while about 300 camp at David Hall farm and the rest are transported back to Selma after an eight mile segment.
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Ralph Bunche
United Nations
Brown’s Chapel Ame
Selma
David Hall
Five Hazardous Devices Found in Birmingham Area
Five time hazardous devices loaded with 200 sticks of dangerous material were found at five Black establishments including a Catholic church near a parsonage once occupied by MLK's brother. Army experts disarmed all. no explosions occurred. Authorities plan investigations and promise full prosecution.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Albert Boutwell
Brother of
Longtime Columbia Gas employees invited to Lake Erie banquet
Ten Huron County residents including seven Norwalk workers will attend Columbia Gas System Lake Erie Quarter Century Club banquet on April 6 at the Oberlin Inn. Pins honor 40 years of service. Barr earns 25 years for safe driving. Rothel gets 30 years. other invited active staff include Crist Harris Nippell Gross Roethlisberger MiHer and retired Dove. Similar events occur in Dover Lancaster Columbus Mansfield and Toledo for Ohio Gas and Ohio Fuel GasCo.
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Huron County
Norwalk
Columbia Gas System
Lake Erie
Oberlin Inn
Donald E. Barr
Southgate Dr
D. A. Arrington
Barr
O. W. Rothel
Carroll
Crist
Christie Ave
Elsie M. Harris
W. Main St
A. Nippell
James St
Cloyce H. Gross
Bellevue
Grace Roethlisberger
Monroe
Allan W. Lundstrom
Civil Service Exams Set for Police and Fire Posts
Civil service tests for police captain, police patrolman, and firefighter are set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the council chamber. Applications are available at the office of Carpenter and Paffenbarger via Betty Zorn, Civil Service Commission secretary. The captain’s exam fills a vacancy from retirement of Captain Willis Sattig. Applicants must be between 21 and 31, tall at least 5 feet 9 inches, weigh at least 160 pounds, be high school graduates, pass a police pension doctor physical, be a U.S. citizen, have a Norwalk mailing address, and have no felony convictions.
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Council Chamber
Carpenter and Paffenbarger
Betty Zorn
Civil Service Commission
United States
Norwalk
Huron District Enters Goodyear Conservation Contest
Huron Soil and Water Conservation District enters the 19th Goodyear competition to name the nation’s top 53 districts. Judges will compare 1965 activities with other districts. winners receive a paid work-study trip to Arizona in 1966 for one district official and one outstanding farmer cooperator.
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Huron Soil and Water Conservation District
Goodyear
Frank W. Smith
Plymouth
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
Arizona
Goodyear Farms
Phoenix
Defiance Man named Jaycee of the Year Wilde
James E. Wilde, longtime Defiance Jaycee and Norwalk native, is named Jaycee of the Year for outstanding chapter and community contributions. A 1953 Norwalk High School graduate, he manages Nobili's Shoe Store and has served as vice president and treasurer. he and wife Berta Shepherd of Norwalk have four children.
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James E. Wilde
Defiance
Norwalk
Norwalk High School
Nobil’s
Jaycees
Berta Shepherd
Randy
Rusty
Sande
Ricky
Pizza House slip causes collision in Summit Street turn
Linda Kay Getz, 17, of 7 Old State Road, was turning from Benedict onto Summit Street when a sliding pizza jar prompted by a Pizza House pickup caused her to strike a parked car owned by Jackie D. Toney on Summit Street. Police cited Getz for an improper turn.
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Linda Kay Getz
Old State Road
Benedict
Summit St
Jackie D. Toney
Miss Getz
Stolen Corvette Found Burned on Rural Roadside
State patrolmen turned over the burned shell of a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette to Huron Police after it was found on New London Sectionline Road six miles east of Route 60. The motor had been removed and the car stolen from Buddie Payne of Huron between 12 01 a m and 4 30 a m Sunday. It was found at 12 40 p m.
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Huron
New London
Route 60
Buddie Payne
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Big Creek
Frank M. Johnson
King
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory
Florida
Otatoes
AXP
Jane Parker
Rinso Blue
Don Barr
del Arrington
Capt
Willis Sattig
James F. Wilde
UA Sul
Wti Kay
Mesninan
Symphony
Ted
Hlmans
Leese Cory
Comet
Cape Horn
Fairbanks
Alaska
Mercury
Daytona
Teay
Martin Motor Sales, Inc
Norwalk, Ohio
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