Deliverance inspired canoe tragedy kills four Ohio students
Four Ohio State University students died when two canoes capsized on the Scioto River ten miles south of Marion. Victims were Michael B. Smith 20 Marc J. Silverman 20 Howard R. Banchek 21 and Charles Roessler 20. Sheriff Scheiderer linked the incident to Deliverance.
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Marion, Ohio
UPI
Ohio State University
Zanesville
Ohio
Here
Deliverance
Marion County
Ron Scheiderer
Whiting death ruled a drug overdose amid mystery
Coroner's jury in the Sarah Miles Burt Reynolds case found David Whiting aged 26 died of a drug overdose. They noted possible injuries from a fight and left unresolved questions about whether he was beaten before his death in Sarah Miles's hotel room on February 11.
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Gila Bend, Ariz
UPI
Sarah Miles
Burt Reynolds
David Whiting
Whiting
Miss Miles
Case presses Postal Service to deliver press release
Senator Clifford P. Case of New Jersey repeatedly challenged the Postal Service to forward his Capitol Hill press release to UPI in Washington. The item finally arrived, stamped March 20 and March 21, with a handwritten note asking routing to the National Press Building. The release criticized ongoing postal service delays.
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UPI
Clifford P. Case
Rn.j
Postal Service
Capitol Hill
National Press Building
S.O.B
Senate
Case
Elmer T. Klassen
Weather Update and Local Notices
Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the mid and upper 30s. Saturday will see increasing clouds with highs in the 50s and a 20 percent chance of rain. Winds shift from 5 to 10 mph to southeast 10 to 15 mph. Marriage license filed for Gary L. Keefer and Marsha A. Boose in Norwalk home. Death of Mrs. Waneta W. Parrott, 85, of Greenwich.
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Norwalk
Gary L. Keefer
Akron
Marsha A. Boose
Meat Packers Warned Prices Must Be Cut If Costs Drop
The Cost of Living Council told meat processors to pass any lowering livestock costs to consumers. The rule now covers smaller processors, with strict enforcement planned. Officials debated boycott effects on prices as beef demand remains high and supply grows later this year.
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Washington
UPI
Cost of Living Council
John T. Dunlop
Stein
Clayton Yeutter
Yeutter
House
Pressure Letter From Watergate Figure Cites Political Pressure
James W. McCord, former security chief for Nixon's re election committee, writes that political pressure aimed to force defendants to plead guilty and stay silent. He lists perjury concerns and claims others were not identified, denies CIA involvement, and notes Cuban claims implicated in the operation. Sentencing followed McCord’s Jan 30 conviction on eight counts in the Watergate case.
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UPI
John J. Sirica
James W. McCord
Sirica
U.S. District Court
McCord
Watergate
Nixon
FBI
White House
G. Gordon Liddy
Miami
White House Denies Dean Lied To FBI About Office
The White House denies John Dean lied to the FBI during the Watergate probe. Senate testimony by L. Patrick Gray III raised doubt on his FBI director nomination as Democrats push for accountability. Byrd pressed Gray on whether Dean lied about Hunt having a White House office and Dean family aides drilling Hunts’s safe.
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Dean
FBI
Gray
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Byrd
E. Howard Hunt
Hunts
Both Sides Hold Firm in POW Exchange Impasse
In Saigon, the United States and North Vietnam refused to yield in a POW dispute delaying potential freedom for the last U S prisoners. Hanoi promised 107 releases and Viet Cong 31 while Washington demanded nine Americans and a Canadian held in Laos and vowed no troop pullout until they are accounted for. The Joint Military Commission made no progress.
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UPI
United States
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Laos
Joint Military Commission
JMC
State OKs Plan for Fairgrounds at Norwalk
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources approves Huron County plans to acquire 20 acres beside Huron County Fairgrounds in Norwalk for a Fairgrounds Recreational Park. A $33,600 federal matching grant request moves to the US Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. Developments include camping sites sports fields and picnic areas with initial parking expansion. The land costs $60,000 with $12,000 not eligible for federal reimbursement. the grant is a 50 50 match under the Land and Water Conservation Act.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Huron County Commissioners
Norwalk
Fairgrounds
US Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Fair Board
Elsa K. Bick
City plant to seek formal name change
Chuck Sweet, superintendent, urges the council to rename the Plank Road wastewater facility to a more dignified title arguing the old term disposal plant leaves a bad taste. He says ordinances still call it simply disposal plant, a name from 1931 that ignores its current status.
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Chuck Sweet
Sweet
Plank Road
Council
Norwalk Native Named Ashland County Judge
Gov. John J. Gilligan appoints Eugene Puglisi 53 longtime Ashland Municipal Court judge to Ashland County Court of Common Pleas bench. Puglisi fills vacancy from Judge Robert E. Henderson resignation. He is a Norwalk native with ties in Ashland and local relatives listed.
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API
John J. Gilligan
Eugene Puglisi
Ashland Municipal Court
Ashland County Court of Common Pleas
Puglisi
Norwalk
Robert E. Henderson
Ashland
Ashland High School
Ashland College
Nicolina Puglisi
Mildred Puglisi
Maple St
Anthony Pusateri
Newton St
Joseph Pusateri
Milan
Fire damages Fitchville home of McKenzie family
A spark from a coal furnace ignited a blaze that gutted the two story house on U.S. 250 north of Fitchville. Mrs. Sarah McKenzie and her four children lost all belongings and are staying with neighbor Emma Conley. Clothing donations are being requested.
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Fitchville
Sarah McKenzie
New London Fire Department
Elroy Walcher
New London Fire
al Walters
Nowalk Tonigh Nowalk Tonigh Dance at St Paul Social Hall
The St Paul Social Hall hosts an all ages dance tonight sponsored by the CYO. Cleveland band Oasis will play from 8 30 to midnight attracting area youth to the event.
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St. Paul Social Hall
CYO
Oasis
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