Nixon Cox wedding set for June 12 in Washington
Tricia Nixon settled on June 12 for her wedding to Edward Finch Cox after tests of dates for June 5 and June 12. The ceremony chosen to allow the wedding party time for studies. In Columbus, Sgt. Gordon B. Roberts appeared before the Ohio General Assembly and accepted the honor with pride. Cincinnati reports Congress rejected SST funding, prompting 1,600 GE layoffs and a projected $70 to $100 million regional impact over two years.
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Columbus
UPI
Gordon B. Roberts
Lebanon
Ohio General Assembly
Cincinnati
General Electric Co
General Electric
Paul Dawson
Dawson
Fannin Says Gilligan Owes Labor Big Backing
UPI reports U S Senator Paul Fannin charges Governor John Gilligan owes labor unions after accusing the campaign of light UAW spending. Fannin cites Ohio records showing the union contributed $66,000 versus reported $50.
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Washington
UPI
U. S
Paul Fannin
John J. Gilligan
Fannin
United Auto Workers Union
Gilligan
Ohio
Secretary of State
UAW
Ohio youth corps chief urges ratification of 18 vote amendment
Jerry Springer director of the Ohio Youth Corps asks Ohio lawmakers to ratify the proposed constitutional amendment lowering the voting age to 18 for all elections. The measure passed Congress and must be ratified by 38 states to become the 26th amendment. He notes 18 year olds pay taxes are adults before law and can serve the country.
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Columbus
UPI
Jerry Springer
Ohio Youth Corps
Ohio
U.S
Springer
Deputies Cleared in Jail Escape Case
CLEVELAND AUPI reports two deputies who ignored a custodian's warning of noises before a jail escape at Cuyahoga County Jail will face no discipline. Six inmates fled. five were recaptured within ten minutes, while David A. Panko 25 Cleveland remained at large Wednesday.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cuyahoga County
Ricardo Brown
George Ryan
Sheriff’s Department
Ryan
David A. Panko
San Francisco Teachers Strike Triggers Minimum Day for Schools
San Francisco educators walkout by the AFL-CIO union halves classes, with one third of teachers on strike. Superintendent Thomas A. Shaheen says most high schools and junior highs run short sessions as vandalism prompts the minimum day policy. Union says the Board of Education reneged on prior agreements.
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San Francisco
Thomas A. Shaheen
Ohio voters may decide 18-year-old voting ahead of federal amendment
State Sen. Stanley Aronoff said Ohioans would vote on lowering the voting age before ratification of the federal constitutional amendment. He expects the General Assembly to place the issue on the November ballot, giving people a chance to vote in the November election.
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Columbus
UPI
Weather outlook and local births and deaths in Norwalk area
Mostly sunny this morning with clouds building this afternoon and evening. Highs in the low to mid 30s, lows tonight mid 20s, with a 10 to 60 percent precipitation outlook through Friday. Norwalk high 35, low 16, humidity 62 percent this morning. Births: Mr and Mrs Mitchell Prater of North Fairfield welcome a girl. Deaths: Ruth Wilt 67 Bellevue Lillian Oswalt 76 Willard Homer Sandefur 71 Clyde.
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Norwalk
Mrs. Mitchell Prater
North Fairfield
Ruth Wilt
Bellevue
Lillian Oswalt
Willard
Homer L. Sandefur
Clyde
Perot Rescues Wall Street Brokerage With 30 Million
Texas financier H. Ross Perot agreed to acquire an 80 to 88 percent stake in DuPont Glore Forgan & Co by converting a $10 million loan into stock and adding $30 million. The move follows family and partners failing to provide $15 million in new capital, and the firm will convert from a partnership to a corporation on April 23.
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New York
UPI
Texas
H. Ross Perot
F.I. du Pont Glove Forgan & Co
DuPont
Perot
Dallas
Wall Street House
DuPont Glore Forgan
Wall
It’s Not How You Play Game But Who Won
Washington UPI reports the SST vote resembled a sports showdown with public interest and office pools. The 51 to 46 result sparked mixed reactions as officials cited environmental politics over engineering goals. Some officials expressed regret the measure passed for the wrong reasons.
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Washington
UPI
United Press International
Senate
Nixon
Nixon Proposes Major Federal Reorganization to Congress
President Nixon sent a four-bill plan to Congress proposing to abolish seven of twelve federal departments and replace them with four new super departments. The plan would reorganize Interior Agriculture Labor Commerce Transportation HUD and HEW into Human Resources Community Development Economic Affairs and Natural Resources. Only State Defense and Treasury remain untouched.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
State, Defense
Treasury Departments
HUD
Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Natural Resources
Pentagon
State
Treasury
Department — Post Office
Smith votes against supersonic transport in Senate
In Washington on Wednesday Senator Margaret Chase Smith, a Maine Republican, whispered her vote against the supersonic transport. The Senate galleries reacted with oohs as she kept to her habit of not revealing her position before a close vote.
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Boeing
Senate
Washington
UPI
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Calley Faces Prolonged Deliberations In My Lai Case
Lt. William L. Calley Jr shows strain as the nine day court martial deliberates on charges of murdering 102 civilians in My Lai Vietnam on March 16, 1968. Jury weighs possible death or life sentence as testimony is reread.
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FT. Benning, Ga
UPI
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
My Lai
Col
Reid W
Whip Accused Of Drunkenness In Commons Session
In a raucous House of Commons debate, Labor members accused government whip Francis L. Pym of being drunk as he walked from the bar toward the government front bench during a vote on the industrial relations bill. The bill passed 307 to 269 and moves to the Lords, aiming to curb wildcat strikes and enforce union-employer contracts with penalties.
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London
UPI
House of Commons
Labor Party
Labor
Francis L. Pym
Selwyn Lloyd
Pym
William Molly
Lloyd
House of Lords
Delinquent ruling in Willard bomb threat case
A 16 year old Willard High School student was ruled delinquent in juvenile court after being accused of mailing a bomb threat that led to four days of school dismissal. The case remains pending psychologist and probation officer reports, with testimony noting the letter and envelope were in evidence and the writer possibly identified by police. The 17 year old in a related case was ruled delinquent earlier.
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Willard High School
Russell T. Antrim
Willard Police
Frederick Waugh
Paul Miller
Miller
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