Dayton Police Defend Chrysler Sheriff Commercials
About 160 Dayton officers sent a letter defending Chrysler Corp commercials featuring a rough talking southern sheriff. The letter, praising the spots as humorous, urged the public not to assume all police are easily insulted and warned that the ad awareness helps show not all officers carry chips on their shoulders.
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UPI
Chrysler Corp
Robert Chiaramonte
Ohio Highway Patrol
Fire halts Apollo 13 countdown after pad car blaze
Three security cars drove through a cloud of oxygen vapor at the Apollo 13 launch pad and caught fire, but the Saturn 5 rocket remained safe. The drivers escaped injury, abandoning the vehicles and letting them burn as a trial countdown was stalled for hours.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Space Agency
Psychiatrist Links Vietnamese Marijuana to Soldier’s Killing
Dr. James W. Teague testified that powerful Vietnamese marijuana prompted a GI to kill a comrade who he believed was Ho Chi Minh. The hearing also featured Ronald Ridenhour, the former soldier whose tip helped launch the My Lai massacre inquiry.
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Washington
UPI
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
James W. Teague
Ronald Ridenhour
My Lai
Nixon proposes death penalty for bombing fatalities
President Nixon announced he will seek legislation to impose the death penalty if a bombing causes a fatality. He described bombings as spreading fear in American communities and labeled the perpetrators political fanatics and young criminals posing as revolutionaries.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Flag Cape Conviction Reversal
The Ohio Supreme Court today upheld reversing the conviction of John E. Saionz a 19 year old from Toledo over desecrating the flag by wearing it as a cape during a protest inside a supermarket. Saionz was fined 350 dollars with 200 suspended and costs.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio Supreme Court Today
John E. Saionz
Toledo
Saionz
Denison President vows moral commitment to black students
Denison University President Joel P. Smith says he is morally committed without reservation to the black students on campus. The school faced a class boycott by many of its 2,100 students in sympathy with demands from 43 Negro students.
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Granville, Ohio
UPI
Denison University
Joel P. Smith
Coast Guard Academy Dismisses Nine Cadets Over Marijuana
Nine cadets at the Coast Guard Academy in New London were dismissed for marijuana possession. Seven were to receive ensign bars this June. An academy spokesman said the cadets were expelled last Friday after an executive board action and refused to name them.
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New London, Conn
UPI
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U. S. Navy
Atlantic Fleet
Norwalk Area Weather and Local Notices
Cloudy and not as cool with rain likely tonight and possible mix of rain and snow this evening. Lows in the 30s. Thursday highs in the 40s. Friday mostly cloudy and colder with possible snow flurries. Precipitation prob 30 to 70 to 80 percent across the period with variable winds. Also births marriages and deaths listed for Norwalk area residents including names and ages.
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Norwalk
Mailmen Back as Postal Strike Ends in Nation
The nation’s first postal strike ends with Congress set to consider pay raises. New York City was the main holdout but rest of the country returns to work as officials anticipate higher demands than bills. Postmaster Blount convenes union leaders amid renewed talks.
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William Sunderland
United Press International
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Queens
Brooklyn
James Rademacher
National Association of Letter Carriers
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Senate
Winton M. Blount
New York
Two Meat Trucks Crash on Hartland Center Road US 20
A semi-trailer struck a southbound delivery van at 10:25 AM at Hartland Center Road and US 20, six miles east of Norwalk. Van driver Dave Gede of Huron was hospitalized with head lacerations and a thumb injury. the Kroblin Refrigerated Express truck from Sumner Iowa was en route to Buffalo with 20,000 pounds of meat, driven by Robert Richmond.
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Huron
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Sumner
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Buffalo
N.Y
Richmond
Selected Meat Co
Sandusky
Frank Beck, Jr
Meat Express Service
Detroit
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Nickols
Walter Martz
My Experience With God How Can God Be Dead
An Easter reflection by Elmer Smith recounts moments of divine help during wartime and a terrifying ice skid. He cites prayers that saved soldiers and a near-fatal crash on Hartland Center Road, noting faith’s presence beyond tragedy. A truck crash near Richmond, Ohio, involves a Selected Meat Co. semi, with witnesses describing the damage and narrow misses.
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Norwalk
Elmer Smith
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Cannon
Germany
Joe
Boyd
Shelby
WR Bid Meeting Postponed Over Bus Chassis Row
Western Reserve Board of Education postponed a special meeting to resolve a dispute over bus chassis contracts after learning a board member is in Florida. The tentative dates are Monday or Wednesday. Morris Chapin protests the award to Dorr Chevrolet of Milan over Downtown Dodge of Norwalk and seeks a prosecutor’s ruling.
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Freeman
Chapin
Dorr Chevrolet
Milan
Dodge
Norwalk
Air Traffic Controllers Slowdown Hits U.S. Airways
United Press International reports a sick and tired slowdown among air traffic controllers across the nation. More than half stayed away from work prompting FAA warnings that the action is illegal and could bring penalties. PATCO says the move seeks better conditions and bargaining rights.
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United Press International
Oberlin
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization
PATCO
Armstrong Award Goes To City Man
James Mougey, Norwalk High School band director, is the first recipient of Wapakoneta Senior High School's Neil Armstrong Award. The honor, announced last Thursday at the spring concert, honors his high school era in the Mississippi Moon shiners. Mougey led bands in Buckland Bluffton Belle Center and Medina before joining Norwalk.
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James Mougey
Norwalk
Wapakoneta
Neil Armstrong
Mougey
Armstrong
Jerre Maxon
Senator Mottl backs removing lead from gasoline
State Sen. Ronald M. Mottl of Parma urged phasing out lead in gasoline to reduce air pollution. The Ohio lawmaker highlighted health and environmental benefits and called for regulatory action.
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Columbus
UPI
Ronald M. Mottl
D-Parma
Stokely Corn Contract in Jeopardy at Norwalk Plant
Stokely-Van Camp may not process sweet corn in Norwalk this year due to price disputes with the Ohio Agricultural Marketing Association. Area growers must sign by Thursday for sale to the Norwalk plant on North West Street, with OAMA seeking $25 per ton while the company offers $22. If contracts aren’t signed, the plant may not run corn this year. OAMA reps are at the plant to negotiate, but no meetings have been set. Ted Gastier of OAMA declined to comment, hoping growers reject the offer.
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Stokely-Van Camp
Norwalk
Ohio Agricultural Marketing Association
OAMA
Canning
North West Street
Stokely
A.H. Gassman
Gassman
Ted Gastier
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