Pulitzer Prizes Awarded to Knight Newspapers Threefold
Knight Newspapers won three Pulitzer prizes for editorial writing local reporting and editorial cartooning. Toshio Sakai a UPI combat photographer in Vietnam won feature photography for Dreams of Better Times showing a weary GI asleep in the rain while a buddy guards him.
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New York
UPI
Knight Newspapers
United Press International
Vietnam
Toshio Sakai
Sakai
Lurleen Wallace Dies at 41 in Montgomery
Alabama Governor Lurleen B. Wallace died at 12:34 a.m. CDT in the governor's mansion after a lengthy cancer battle. Lt. Gov. Albert Brewer became governor as the Wallaces faced the day’s Democratic primary with George Wallace still pursuing the presidential race.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Lurleen B. Wallace
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Albert Brewer
North
Wallaces
Decatur
Wallace
U.S. Senate
George Wallace
Brewer
Warming Western Front Ends Ohio Frost Threat
A westward warmup ends frost danger in Ohio while cold spells shift to Pennsylvania and New York. In Houston UPS reports two surviving heart transplant patients in satisfactory condition on the same hospital floor, one writing to his wife and the other sitting up. In London Frederick West, 45, walks and drinks sherry as the transplanted heart from an Irish carpenter beats steadily.
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United Press International
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York State
Houston
UPS
London
Frederick West
West
Soviet denial on Masaryk death to Czech reports
Moscow dismisses any Soviet involvement in Jan Masaryk s 1948 death and accuses Czech and foreign newspapers of portraying Soviet security men as killers, branding them enemies of socialist Czechoslovakia.
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Moscow
UPI
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Masaryk
Marchers pause over capitol route for Lurleen Wallace mourning
In Selma Alabama UPI reports the poor people march waits as leaders decide whether to bypass Montgomery to honor Governor Lurleen Wallace. Over 100 participants planned to ride four old school buses along the 54 mile U S 80 route once used by the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march led by Martin Luther King Jr.
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Selma, Ala
Weather and births and deaths update for the local area
Weather forecast shows high cloudiness and warmer temperatures in the upper 50s to mid 60s with a chance of thunderstorms on Wednesday. Nighttime lows reach the upper 40s to mid 50s and Monday's highs reach mid 50s. Birth announcements include two boys and a girl from families in Hickory Street Wakeman Fitchville Norwalk Arcade Road and Norwalk. death notices note infant Amy Christine Bergman.
Thirteen Miners Trapped Alive In West Virginia Mine
Rescue teams extended food water blankets and oxygen to 13 trapped miners while pumps moved within 1,900 feet of the flooded shaft. Divers from Philadelphia were being considered to reach them. Two men remained in danger in a distant pocket as drilling crews pursued horizontal and vertical passages.
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Hominy Falls
W. Va
UPI
H.E. Sundstrom
Maust Coal Co
Sundstrom
Rnit
Permit Approved for Motel in Berlin Heights
Berlin Township Zoning Board granted a conditional use permit to Leroy Lorton to build a 12 unit motel on Cleveland Road after approving a zoning change request to commercial. Public hearing by Berlin Township Trustees will occur in about 30 days. Also, Dale Lee Krumroy, 19, remained in critical condition after a wreck in his driveway. passenger Char lene Wilson, 17, was listed in fair condition.
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Berlin Township
Leroy Lorton
Cleveland Road
Lorton
Dale Lee Krumroy
New London
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Krumroy
Elyria Hospital
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Charlene Wilson
Fitchville
Fisher-Titus
Truman Birthday Visit Reflects Johnson Kinship
Washington reports marking Harry S. Truman’s 84th birthday in Independence Missouri with quiet family observation. President Johnson and wife visited Truman last week, noting Truman’s improved spirits and enduring courage amid past criticism and notable foreign policy ventures.
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UPI
White House
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Johnson
Trumans
Truman
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Greece
Turkey
Congress
Deputies Ordered to Turn In Mace Spray
Sheriff John Borgia orders all deputies to surrender Mace spray after reports of possible permanent eye damage. The tear gas chemical, sold as small aerosol cans, has not yet been used by the department. Other area officers report its effectiveness.
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John Borgia
Borgia
C C Seeks Members for Norwalk Chamber Drive
The Norwalk Chamber of Commerce launches a 100 member increase campaign. A coffee hour 7 30 to 9 a m in the chamber conference room will hand out assignments to Membership Committee volunteers led by K S Flickinger and Tom Carabin with a goal of 350 members for 1968.
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Chamber
K.S. Flickinger
Tom Carabin
James MacMurray
Don Yassange
Jack Alexander
al Wilson
Walter Kuhlman
Charles Furey
Mike Battles
Allen Hakes
Ray Flanagan
Bill Dreyer
Ed Still
George Filip
Don Halter
Bill Young
Wilbur Edwards
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