Prominent Americans Predicted Uplift Then and Now
A rediscovered 1949 Colliers letter set asked 300 leaders to forecast America 1949 1954. Predictions included color TV radar ovens and suburban centers, while goals such as world peace inflation cure cancer and Cold War threats remained unfulfilled. Figures named include Jack Benny J Edgar Hoover Ernest Hemingway Pearl Buck Walt Disney and James Chenery.
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James R. King
New York
UPI
Manhattan
Jack Benny
J. Edgar Hoover
Ernest Hemingway
Pearl S. Buck
Walt Disney
Helen Keller
America
Dorothy Shaver
Lord and Taylor Department Store
The
FBI
William Chenery
Chenery
Colliers
Multiple Local Incidents Include School Locker Blast and Jail Break
In Monroeville a high school locker was damaged by a firecracker with $2 to $3 damage and a suspect not yet caught though a strong lead exists. In Holiday Lakes a 17 and a 20 year old from Willard faced drug-related handling after a raid at 2 a.m. Sunday. In Berlin Heights deputies caught Lorain County Jail escapee Martin E. Hudak near Joppa Road, amid a mass escape. others still at large include Johnny Martin and Perry Bentley Jr. Norwalk opens a National Police Week bicycle drawing during a remodeled station open house from May 12 to 18 with viewing hours and a noon Saturday prize draw.
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Monroeville
Monroeville High School
Holiday Lakes
Willard
Huron County
Berlin Heights
Erie County
Lorain County
Joppa Road
Here
Martin E. Hudak
Elyria
Michael John Popovich
Cleveland
Larry Higdon
Grafton
Johnny Martin
Perry Bentley, Jr
Norwalk
National Police
Weather and life notices from Norwalk area May 13 1974
Weather summary reports increasing cloudiness with rain chances and mild temps. Norwalk highs in the 60s to 70s, lows around 40s, various precipitation probabilities. Marriage license applications list multiple couples from Plymouth to Columbus. Births include three local families, with memorial notes for deaths and a nameless minor.
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Norwalk
New London Bus Struck By Train With No Children Aboard
A New London School bus empty except for its substitute driver Bruce Wolfe was hit by an eastbound freight train at the North Main Street crossing at 7 a.m. The bus, new last fall, was pulling onto tracks as the crossing cleared. No injuries were reported and another bus carried the students on.
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New London
Bruce Wolfe
North Main Street
State Highway Patrol
Robert Manzetti
Middlesburg Heights
Wolfe
Wakeman
Clarksfield
George Wargo
Canada
Norman Snyder
Snyder
Overdrive
Pennsylvania
Michael Parkhurst
Utah
Parkhurst
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Blue Ridge
U.S. 119
Connellsville
U.S. 40
Wind Storm Knocks Down Trees In New London Area
Wind toppled trees during a Saturday night storm in New London with a reported tornado sighting in Ottawa County and warnings for Erie and Huron Counties. Power outages affected parts of New London and Norwalk with repairs by Firelands Electric Cooperative crews into Sunday morning.
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New London
Ottawa County
Erie
Huron
West End
Firelands Electric Cooperative Inc
Walnut Street
East Main Street
West Washburn Street
Sherman Street
Chenango Road
Norwalk
New State Road
Townline Road
Kissinger Seeks Breakthrough in Golan Talks With Israel
Kissinger met Prime Minister Golda Meir in Jerusalem amid protests as about 50 demonstrators jeered from a parking lot. U S officials pegged the odds of a Syria Israel disengagement accord at about 50 50 while White House aides said a breakthrough could come this week.
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White House
Kissinger
Middle East
Israel
Golda Meir
Siren Brings Lifeless Boy to Life in Sheffield
In Sheffield England a four month old boy Nathan Oates believed dead revived when a patrol car siren was turned on during transport to a hospital by Officer Ronald Calvert. The mother found the child in his crib and a doctor later said he was in good condition.
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Sheffield
England
UPI
Nathan Oates
Ronald Calvert
Oates
Calvert
Two Men Plunge Over Niagara Falls Boat Tragedy
Two men in a 16 foot boat plunged over Horseshoe Falls at Niagara Falls Ontario as weekend crowds watched. They are missing and presumed drowned. Police say search is visual due to currents and whirlpools. Two Americans, David Boyd 29 and Donald Walker 19 of Niagara Falls New York, are being investigated as victims.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
UPI
Niagara
Horseshoe Falls
Niagara Ontario Parks Commission
Robert Harrison
Wayne Farmer
Niagara Frontier State Park
David Boyd
Donald Walker
N.Y
Niagara River
Norwalk High Booster Club Meets Tonight
The Norwalk High Booster Club will meet at 7 30 this evening in the reading room at Norwalk High School.
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Norwalk High Booster Club
Norwalk High School
Also Mentioned on This Page
Colliers Magazine
Macmillan, Inc
Ivar Hennings
South Bend Bait Co
R.S. Reynolds
Reynolds Metal Co
Alvin L. Weiss
Plymouth
Bernita A. Sallee
North Fairfield
Kenneth W. Didion
Middleburg Heights
Sharon J. Smith
Warren W. Ruggles
Susan A. Moore
Columbus
Gary R. Davidson
Jacquelyn A. Norris
David L. Heyman
Mary A. Hug
Franklin R. Gearheart
Veldean Wertz
Fairfield
James R. Allen
Bellevue
Becky A. Johnson
Robert W. Sanders, Jr
Lillian Slone
Curtis L. Conley
Barbara L. Ring
Michael P. McGinn
Orem
Judith G. Olsen
Gary Hintz
Newton Terrace
Jerry Slocum
Anthony Zeno
Emma E. Carroll
Jacob E. Peabody
Collins
Owens
United Press International
Keystone
Milton J. Shapp
Ohio
David Smith
Mideast
Peres
Siren
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