Youngsters Injure Themselves With Makeshift Blasting Device
Two 14 year old Norwalk boys rigged a blasting device from an unfired cartridge and a fired cartridge they found. They lit a fuse, causing an explosion that wounded Greg Gregory and landed him in Fisher-Titus Hospital in fair condition. Daniel White was not severely hurt.
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Sheriff's Department
Greg Gregory
John Gregory
Daniel White
Tom White
Gregory
Fisher-Titus Hospital
Rhodes pitches seven state plan for Great Lakes pollution
Gov James A Rhodes proposed a bold regional concept to tackle Great Lakes water pollution at a one day conference with eight bordering states. Meanwhile Huron County officials await formal request to join a county waste disposal study. In London two Britons were jailed for selling missile secrets to Russia and Iraq, and in Phnom Penh the United States said it would not seek consular ties with Cambodia after relations were suspended.
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Cleveland
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Appalachia
Great Lakes
Huron County
Board of Health
London
UPS
Russia
Iraq
Aviation Ministry
Frank Clifton Bossard
Army
Peter Sidney Allen
Allen
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Dean Rusk
United States
Washington
State Department
Rusk
Koun Wick
Houston Negro schools boycott for desegregation speedup
Students at Houston five Negro schools organized a march and boycott to press for faster desegregation. The action appeared 80 to 90 percent effective as pupils picketed with signs in a bid to speed reforms.
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United Press International
Houston
Texas
Five Day Forecast And Local Births And Deaths
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. highs 80s to mid 80s. Tonight mostly cloudy, cooler with showers ending. lows mid 50s to 60. Norwalk high 87 low 63. Five day trend above normal. 1/2 to 1 inch precipitation total. Births list includes Coffey Monroeville boy and others. deaths include Webb, Clifford, Laughlin, Flusen Jr., Webster.
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Norwalk
Mabel Webb
Norwalk Memorial Home
Dorothy Clifford
New London
Far
Draft continuation eyed as Pentagon warns on 1967 end
After a year long study the Defense Department will likely recommend to President Johnson that conscription continue to sustain armed forces. Enlistments have fallen since a draft end appeared possible and recent callups rose to cover deficits. Estimates suggest an all volunteer force may fall short by about one million over five years. Needs total 2.6 to 2.7 million across land, sea and air forces. Draft calls rose from 7,900 in March to 15,100 in May.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Johnson
Pentagon
Seoul Arrests Seven Officers in Coup Plot Against Park Hee
South Korean authorities arrested at least seven army officers and several civilians over a coup plot against President Park Chung Hee. Army HQ said no generals involved. suspects were colonels and majors. About 40 conspirators under house arrest amid academy rivalries. Park expected to depart for the United States next Sunday. plot timing tied to May 16 and the civil government overthrow anniversary.
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Seoul
APS
Park Chung Hee
Park
United States
Orient Press
John M. Chang
Korean Military Academy
Local Receipts Double In 1963 in Huron County
Huron County had 371 service establishments reporting receipts of 6.6 million dollars in 1963, up 52 percent from 1958. Personal services earned 1.5 million, auto repair 1.6 million, movie theaters 139 thousand, other amusements 573 thousand, hotels motels and camps 483 thousand. The trade employed 4354 workers with a payroll of 1.1 million. State totals showed 55,453 establishments with 1.93 billion in receipts.
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Huron County
Bureau of the Census
U.S. Department of Commerce
Selective Service
State Rejects Liquor Transfer at Half Way Inn
The Ohio Department of Liquor Control rejected the stock transfer for Half Way Inn Inc Route 20 West to former owner Nathan Gerson. Sheriff John Borgia cited repeated drunkenness and fights during Gerson’s prior term. The decision, dated May 7, is appealable to the Liquor Control Commission within 30 days.
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Half Way Inn, Inc
Route 20
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
Nathan Gerson
John Borgia
Gerson
Half Way Inn
Allen D. Martin
Huron County
Liquor Control Commission
Rebels Use Mortar Fire Near U S Positions in Santo Domingo
UPI reports rebels fired mortars at U S positions in Santo Domingo Sunday night wounding three troopers. Mortars exploded within 100 yards of the U S Marine Corps headquarters near the embassy. It marked the first mortar attack against American forces.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
UPI
U.S
U.S. Marine Corps
Ozama
Bike accident on Linwood Ave triggers two-car crash
Parents of 13 year old Norwalk boy pledge two week bicycle restriction after a near fall on the Linwood Ave bridge led to a two car collision. Lodermeir 41 and Schoenegge 16 were northbound with cyclists nearby. Lodermeir swerved to avoid a fall, rear ending by Schoenegge. Schoenegge cited for juvenile court on failure to stop.
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Norwalk
Linwood Ave
State
Leon John Lodermeir
S. Linwood Ave
Robert Gene Schoenegge
Townsend Ave
Lodermeir
Schoenegge
Lodermeier
Gene Ersel Kesling
S. West St
Clifford Hall
Clyde
W. Main and
Pleasant Streets
Soviet boast of giant nuclear warhead and moon probe launch
The Soviet Union unveiled a 120-foot Brezhnev Block buster ICBM at a VE-Day parade in Moscow and claimed it could deliver a fantastic nuclear warhead anywhere. Days later a multi stage rocket was announced to launch a new moon probe while diplomats boycotted the event.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
Red Square
NATO
Paris
Rodion Malinovsky
United States
Viet Nam
United
West Germany
Iown
Kremlin
North
Reichstag
Malinovsky
America
Vostok
Voskhod
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Pittsburgh
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David J. McDonald
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USW
Taft
Ray C. Bliss
Republican Coordinating Committee
Bliss
Ohio
Robert Taft Jr
Richard Coffey
Monroeville
Rodney Jones
Greenwich
Robert Alt
Newton, Boy
Ronald Krebs
Wakeman RD 3
Mrs
Darwin Dodd
Savannah, Boy
Luther League of St
Halden Robarge
Robert Hein
Ann Lierenz
Sandy Reitzel
Linda Bergstedt
Steve Schild
Pauline Habick
Woodlawn
Luther Leagers
Linda Patton
Kathy
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Dee Whitney
Antonio Imbert Barrera
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