Escapes from Hamilton County Jail Highlight Overcrowding Indicator
In Cincinnati police report, Sheriff Dan Tehan links the mass jail break to overcrowded understaffed prisons. Fifteen of 24 escapees remained at large. He warns the danger is nationwide and that inmates spend 24 hours planning escapes, not just in small facilities. news coverage includes other national items and political shifts across the country.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Hamilton
Dan Tehan
Hamilton County
Tehan
Mrs Irene McCabe Leads Bus Protest Marched to Washington
Irene McCabe of Pontiac Michigan continues a five member group walking across northern Ohio toward Washington D C to push for a constitutional amendment on busing. She says they have tired feet but are encouraged by donations totaling over 1000 dollars collected along the route to fund needed supplies.
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Fremont, Ohio
UPI
Irene McCabe
Ohio
Washington, D.C
Norwalk Area Weather and Local Vital Records Brief
Cloudy windy cooler with showers and a chance of snow flurries this afternoon. Highs near 40 with tonight and Thursday lows in the upper 30s to lower 30s. Norwalk high 71 low 35 humidity shifts through the day. Births report two newborns at IT Hospital and Sandusky Memorial Hospital. Marriage license applicants from Willard and surrounding areas. Death notices list four residents including Inev Bentley and Gordon W. Van Buren.
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Norwalk
Wisconsin voters weigh Humphrey lead in 1968 primary
Hubert H. Humphrey leads the Wisconsin Democratic primary in a March 13 17 poll by NPACTV with 18 percent, followed by George McGovern 16 and Edmund Muskie 13. Wallace 8, Jackson 12, Lindsay 2, McCarthy 1, Chisholm 1. In St Petersburg Florida the baseball Indians sale to Nick Mileti is approved by league owners for about 10 million with Dudley Blossom III as stockholder candidate.
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Chicago
UPI
Edmund S. Muskie
Illinois
Eugene J. McCarthy
Muskie
Wisconsin
Richard J. Daley
Cook County
Daley
Edward V. Hanrahan
Paul Simon
Daniel Walker
United Press International
Hubert H. Humphrey
National Public Affairs Center For Television
Humphrey
George S. McGovern
Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Alabama
George C. Wallace
New York
John V. Lindsay
McCarthy
Shirley Chisholm
Wallace
Milwaukee
George Wallace
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Mileti
Sarasota
Joe Cronin
Agnew Presses Teens On Objectivity In News
Vice President Spiro Agnew spoke to about 1,200 high school editors in Culver City urging reporters to avoid interpretive coverage and keep news separate from opinion. He dismissed legalization of marijuana and opposed forced busing while addressing 18 to 21-year-old voters.
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Culver City
Calif
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Guards Refuse To Unlock Cells At Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio Penitentiary guards refused to unlock inmate cells as 1,900 prisoners ended a work strike after gains for inmates including hair and beard concessions and a $25 monthly raise. Warden Harold Cardwell and Corrections Chief Bennett Cooper planned talks with guards and union reps today.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
Harold Cardwell
Cardwell
State Corrections
Bennett Cooper
London
Chillicothe
Easter Egg Hunt Announces Weekend Event at Memorial Lake Park
Norwalk Jaycees and the city park and recreation department will sponsor an Easter egg hunt at Memorial Lake Park on Old State Road. The first hunt for chocolate eggs starts at 1 p.m. Children are divided into six categories from pre school to grade four. Food from fast food shops will be provided.
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Norwalk Jaycees
City Park and Recreation Department
Memorial Lake Park
Old State Road
Ohio Sues Dow Chemical Over Mercury Pollution
Ohio Attorney General William J Brown files a 45 million damage suit in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court against Dow Chemical Co Base Wyandotte Corp and Dow Chemical of Canada for mercury pollution of Lake Erie The suit seeks a permanent injunction against mercury discharges into Lake Erie the Detroit River and the St Clair River and their tributaries and calls for a jury trial.
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Cleveland
UPI
Ohio
William J Brown
Dow Chemical Co
Base Wyandotte Corp
Dow Chemical of Canada
Lake Erie
Brown
Cuyahoga County
Panel recommends decriminalizing marijuana for personal use
The National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse urges removal of federal and state limits on personal possession and private use while discouraging use. It endorses confinement to the home and maintains criminal controls on production and public use, framing marijuana as a limited risk for casual experimentation. The panel headed by Raymond Shafer stresses a middle ground between full legalization and prohibition.
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Washington
UPI
National Commission On Marijuana and Drug Abuse
Nixon
Congress
Raymond P Shafer
Pennsylvania
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Warren E. Burger
Massachusetts
Anderson
Jack Anderson
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ITT
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Chile
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API
Mary Ann Curran
Andrew F. Jensen
Cecil Field Naval Air Station
Jensen
Curran
Lori Gudbranson
Navy
Reid
Ogden R. Reid
New York Herald Tribune
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Monroeville
IT Hospital
Donald Ortman
Sandusky Memorial Hospital
Lamar N. Luna
Willard
Lori A Gardner
Michael KR. Atkins
Delores J Moore
Bellevue
Inev Bentley
Bertin Heights
Gordon W. van Buren
Jane M. Hettel
James L. Trevillion
Bradenton
Florida
League
Fox River Valley
John F. Kennedy
Kaukauna
Lindsay
Fox Valley
Vernon Stouffer
Huron County
Patricia Tanner
Clerk of Courts Office
Millie
Marie Spiegel
California Scholastic Press Association
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United States
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