Multiple global and domestic news briefs from UPI
A collection of brief UPI items covers a Florida kidnapping case with a growing ransom fund, a British artist changing his name, U.S. daylight saving and federal pay hikes, Massillon police resignations over wages, a U S Army Air Cavalry engagement on Chu Pong Mountain, and Ohio farm work placements for students.
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Massillon, Ohio
UPI
Joseph Wetzel
George Hardesty
Saigon
UPS
1St Air Cavalry
Chu Pong Mountain
Weather and births and deaths notice
Becoming partly cloudy by tonight. High today 40 47, Low tonight 28 34, Thursday fair with little temperature change. Sunrise 6 14. Sunset 6 50. High Tuesday 52, Low Tuesday 32. BIRTHS Mr and Mrs Jose Villarreal 54 N Pleasant daughter. Mr and Mrs Robert Fraelich Wakeman daughter. Mr and Mrs Stanford Fulton Monroeville daughter. DEATHS Mrs Inez Smith 94 Greenwich.
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Jose Villarreal
N. Pleasant
Robert Fraelich
Wakeman
Stanford Fulton
Monroeville
Weather blamed for sky high groceries and meat prices
Agriculture Department economists cited January weather that slowed fruit and vegetable distribution and a small hog herd last fall and early winter as factors lifting meat prices. Consumers faced a 1.5 percent jump in retail food prices, contributing to a February cost of living record.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Johnson hints at five to seven percent tax rise to curb inflation
President Johnson signaled a possible five to seven percent tax increase if price growth persists. He noted February’s 0.5 percent CPI jump, the largest February rise in 15 years, and said advisers doubt higher Social Security, Medicare, and excise taxes will curb the boom enough. The inflation scare is described as a jag by Johnson, with officials stating the worst may be over.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Labor Department
U.S
Pentagon says four US Army divisions not combat ready
The Pentagon admitted that the Vietnam buildup has drained home Army readiness. Four continental divisions are not combat ready due to heavy use of draftees and recruits and reassignment of regulars to Vietnam, prompting Senate scrutiny by the preparedness subcommittee.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Pentagon
United States
Viet Nam
John Stennis
D-Miss
Defense Department
Subcommittee
Research Firm May Form Here in Norwalk
Articles of incorporation filed for Montgomery Research Associates Inc a firm linked to industrial incentive concepts. Agent A B Mann 8 Central Blvd cites uncertain office location possible Cleveland or Norwalk with Akron University aiding the program. Incorporators include Harold S Stern and Donald M Robiner.
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Norwalk
A.B. Mann
Central Blvd
Montgomery Research Associates, Inc
Mann
Cleveland
Ford Heads Norwalk Zoning Board Amid Reforms
Norwalk's Zoning and Planning Commission recommended hiring a part time zoning inspector and elected George Cook Ford as chairman. They accepted John Fischer’s resignation after 20 years, approved a study on administration, and sought funds for a part time inspector to handle day to day code work.
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Norwalk
Zoning and Planning Commission
John Fischer
George Cook Ford
Ford
Commission
Harold Finch
Grant Walls
Robert Mason
Mason
Park Board
Fischer
Bernard Logan
Walls
Finch
Sherman Diamond
Bike Theft Ring Probed In Norwalk
Juvenile authorities hold a youth in custody amid a probe into a possible teenage bicycle theft ring. Deputies recovered a bicycle on En Road reported stolen by Leon Riley about three weeks earlier.
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En Road
Leon Riley
Elusive big cat sighted by Huron County deputy near Olena
Deputy sheriff reported a large grayish cat about three feet long with a two foot tail seen on Peru Olena Road Tuesday night. Harold Fife and his brother, riding in a car, observed the animal as it bounded from a ditch and disappeared at dusk.
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Huron County
Olena
Harold Fife
North Fairfield
Peru-Olena Road
Fife
Fail To Get Quorum Again CAC Defers Action On Director
The Erie Huron County Community Action Committee again failed to reach a quorum delaying the director hire for the anti poverty program. Eleven of the bi county board attended the meeting at St Paul Parish Hall Norwalk with fifteen needed to transact business. The screening committee reported 15 applicants and named a recommended candidate urging quick action to start the program. A follow up meeting is set for 8 p m in the Erie County office building to decide if Huron County representatives will participate. Mrs Ford outlined proposed organizational changes and by law additions from Chicago regional office.
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Erie-Huron County Community Action Committee
St. Paul Parish Hall
Norwalk
George Cook Ford
Huron County
S.A. Robinson
Erie County
Michael Sumter
Creighton
Ford
Huron County Board
New London
Willard
Office of Opportunity
Chicago
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George Chuvalo
Cassius Clay
Surfside
Fla
Daniel Jesse Goldman
Danny
Miami Beach
London
James Evans
Greece
Constanti Ivanovitch Andreyev
Evans
America
White House
Columbus
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Inez Smith
Greenwich
Wilson
Harold Wilson
Manchester
Labor Party
Rose Foss
Service
Morley Price
Price
CAC
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