Clergy and funeral directors weigh church versus home funerals
Clergymen from Huron and Erie Counties and Ohio Funeral Directors Association meet at the Homestead Inn to discuss whether funerals should occur in churches or funeral homes and whether caskets should be open or closed. The group agrees no universal guidelines exist and emphasizes catering to family and church traditions.
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Avery
Huron
Erie
Ohio Funeral Directors Association
Homestead Inn
Alexa Dandar
Berlin Heights
Castalia
Garland
Hinman
Paul Smith
First Baptist Church of
Norwalk
Ohio approves emergency mobile home sites for Lake Erie victims
Ohio Welfare Director Charles W. Bates announced the state will accept applications today for emergency housing on 100 mobile home sites funded with 80 000 to house Lake Erie disaster victims. HUD provides the homes and the state supplies sites for up to a year.
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Columbus
UPI
Lake Erie
State Welfare Department
Charles W. Bates
Bates
Ohio Emergency Board
Federal Housing and Urban Development Department
Haig Chosen Interim White House Chief of Staff
President Nixon selects Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr. to lead the White House staff on an interim basis after Haldeman and Ehrlichman resign. Haig, a veteran Army officer and Kissinger aide, will help reorganize the staff while Nixon seeks a permanent realignment amid the Watergate crisis.
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Haig
White House
Key Biscayne, Fla
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Indochina
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Sherman Adams
Kissinger
National Security Council
Philadelphia
West Point
Georgetown University
Washington
Haldeman Ehrlichman Discuss Watergate With Senate Team
The White House aides H R Haldeman and John D Ehrlichman met Senate staff investigators on Capitol Hill after a day of grand jury testimony. They expressed confidence Nixon was not involved in the Watergate plot or cover up. Senate members urged Nixon to compel refineries to serve old customers to prevent 40000 independent stations from going out of business amid a gas shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
UPI
John Ehrlichman
Cleveland City Club
Seymour R. Brown
Ehrlichman
Nixon
White House
Haldeman
Washington
Watergate
Kenneth Cole
Pat
Julie Eisenhower
Ronald L. Zeigler
Rose Mary Woods
Paul Keys
Key Biscayne Compound
Zeigler
William Timmons
Congress
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Roy Ash
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Federal Grand Jury
Capitol Hill
Senate
Weather notes and local deaths in Norwalk area
Weather clears and turns cold with scattered frost risk in low areas. Saturday should be sunny and warmer with highs in the mid to upper range. Norwalk temperatures 49 high 34 low, precipitation 0.04 inch, winds NW to N. Death notices include Mrs Bessie E Howard 43 and Mrs Donna Jean Smith 37 and Richard L Domeraski 50 in Moline Illinois.
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Norwalk
Bessie E. Howard
Donna Jean Smith
Nova
Richard L. Domeraski
Moline. Il
Mitchell Wife Refuses to Discuss Watergate Testimony
Martha Mitchell testified for nearly three hours in the Democratic suit against Watergate conspirators but declined to discuss what she learned in her marriage. Attorneys described her as frank and colorful, saying she knows nothing about the Watergate scandal.
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New York
UPI
Martha Mitchell
John N. Mitchell
Henry Rothblatt
Rothblatt
James McCord
Mitchell
Watergate
Jaycees Elect Woodyard Norwalk Chapter Officers
Tom Wodyard was elected president of the Norwalk Jaycees Thursday night. Lee Shample is internal vice president, Bill Hackbush external vice president, Jim Filip treasurer, and Earl Mihali secretary. Bob Westcott joins the board. Jim Souslin, Roger Wilkinson, and Bob Carlton take one year terms. Installation will occur at a June banquet. The group, led by Carleton, works on two projects including PIT telephone hotline setup.
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Tom Wodyard
Norwalk Jaycees
Lee Shample
Bill Hackbush
Jim Filip
Earl Mihali
Woodyard
Columbia Gas
Ohio
Jaycees
Bob Westcott
Jim Souslin
Roger Wilkinson
Bob Carlton
Carleton
Julie Nixon cancels Columbus speech
Julie Nixon Eisenhower cancels her scheduled speech for the Ohio Federation of Republican Women's Organizations in Columbus to stay with her father at Key Biscayne Florida.
Health board dispute ends with call for apology and records
Walcher confronts the Huron County Health Board demanding a public apology or evidence of what happens after reporters leave. The dispute centers on alleged secrecy and plans to merge county health departments under Dr. Linn, with issues including the liquid thermal digester and disposal of treated sewage.
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C.B. Thomas
Ralph Walcher
Board of Health
Walcher
Huron County
George F. Linn
Clarence Ellett
Thomas
Reflector
Huron
Seneca Counties
Dr. Linn
Cleveland Area
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Portland
Ore
Anderson
Fred Nomura
Bess Kaiser Hospital
Diane
Scott
Allen Funt
Manhattan
Funt
Seymour Goldes
Woodmere
N.Y
Goldes
ST. Louis, Mo
Ralston Purina Co
Moline
Ralston
Chicago
U.S
United States
Hanoi
Phyllis Osborne
Columbus, Ga
Jill Diane
Georgia
Osbornes
William
Judy) Knoll
Martha
Julie
Dr.Thomas
Linn
John Wallace
Clifford Beck
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