Printing delay hits Reflector from typesetter overheating
The Reflector's Wednesday edition arrived up to three hours late due to a mechanical failure in the typesetting equipment. Officials traced the issue to overheating in an electronic typesetter and work continued to fix it. Some of today's type was set by Ross Day at Milan, the Sandusky Register, and the Fremont News Messenger, explaining the mix of type faces.
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Ross Day
Milan
Sandusky
Record Toll Mounts in Vietnam War Offensive
UPI reports last week a record 562 American servicemen were killed in the height of the Communist spring offensive, with 5,552 Communist deaths. The US toll exceeded the prior war peak by 19, while 2,225 Americans were wounded, 1,153 of them to require hospital care. South Vietnamese losses included 675 killed and 1,999 wounded.
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Saigon
Kennedy and McCarthy seek coalition to stop Humphrey bid
Bobby Keys urges a joint push with Eugene McCarthy to block Hubert Humphrey from clinching the Democratic nomination. McCarthy says he remains in the race after Nebraska, while graduate students face a 50-50 draft risk as new rules suspend most deferments for non medical graduates starting in June.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Nebraska
Eugene J. McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
McCarthy
Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Marine drill instructor acquitted in Parris Island mistreatment case
A four member court martial panel found Sgt. Shelly Harden innocent of mistreating recruits at Parris Island last winter. Harden denied allegations he held a bayonet to a recruit's throat for writing a letter and said he did not force trainees to sleep on cold bar racks floor as punishment.
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Parris Island
S.C
UPI
Marine Corps
Parris Island Training Center
Shelly Harden
Akron
Ohio
Vietnam
Stanford dance student tops pageant runoffs for student body president
Vicky Drake, a topless dancer with 38 22 36 measurements, finished second in the student body president race after a preliminary win. Dennis Hayes, former assistant student body president, won the runoff by a strong margin on an educational reform platform.
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Stanford
Calif
UPI
Stanford University
Vicky Drake
Miss Drake
Dennis Hayes
Huron County Hires Barbara Becker Home Economics Agent
The Huron County Extension Advisory Committee hired Barbara Becker, a Ohio State University home economics major, to lead 4-H Advisor training and adult home economics programs starting July 1. She has ten years of 4-H experience and roots in Beach City with her family operating a Route 250 vegetable farm.
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Huron County Extension Advisory Committee
Huron County
Barbara Becker
Ohio State University
Miss Becker
Donald E. Becker
Beach City
Becker
Route 250
Tuscarawas County
Barbara
Edward
Weather Update and Obituaries Lead Norwalk Area
Windy and mild with scattered showers ending in the afternoon. Partial clearing and cooler tonight with a low in the 40s to 50s. Friday brings partly sunny skies and cooler temperatures. Deaths include Raymond Vanscoder 53 Willard Kenneth Miller 52 Mansfield William Wilkinson 83 North Fairfield Elmer Meyer 83 South West St.
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Norwalk
Kenneth William Miller
Mansfield
William Jay Wilkinson
North Fairfield
Elmer C. Meyer
South West St
Six Miners Found Alive After 10 Days Entombed
Six men trapped in a water-filled coal mine near Hominy Falls WV were found alive by fellow miners after nearly ten days. Four others died. fifteen were rescued last Saturday. The survivors rationed food and used a barricade to hold back water, then surfaced at about 4 a.m. EDT.
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Robert C. Welling
Hominy Falls
W. Va
UPI
Gauley Coal and Coke Co
Freshman With Courage Mack Garcia Chooses Return to School
Mack Garcia, a 31 year old Texan, seeks admission as a Willard High School freshman after years out of school. He works at Pioneer Rubber Co and aims to complete his education to advance toward foreman duties, hoping to pass entrance exams next fall.
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Willard
Mack Garcia
Garcia
Willard High School
Alice
Texas
Rita
Lisa
Buurma Bros
Here
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Pioneer Rubber Co
Mack
Dozen Dead as Tornado Outbreak Rages Across 10 States
A fast moving cold front spawned about 50 tornadoes across Minnesota Iowa Illinois Missouri Nebraska Ohio Indiana Wisconsin Arkansas and Alabama. Death toll over 70 with Arkansas alone reporting 49 fatalities and Jonesboro suffering severe destruction. Towns like Charles City Oelwein and Oil Trough faced heavy losses while dozens more were injured.
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Minnesota
Alabama
Arkansas
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Nebraska
Omaha
Jonesboro
Jim Hanley
Oil Trough
Henderson
Tuckerman
Ark
Charles City
Oelwein
Maynard
Wabash
Ind
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin
McDaniel Oil Co
Opening Day Parade Flows Smoothly but Rain Cancels Game
The Lefty Grove League opened with a well organized ceremony on Wednesday afternoon. The parade along Main Street and Milan Avenue went in step with a tuned band as spectators enjoyed free ice cream at VFW field. Mayor Finch threw a perfect strike to league president William Baines, but the day ended with the game rained out.
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Lefty Grove League
Main Street
Milan Avenue
VFW Field
Finch
William Baines
Milan Bus Purchase Draws A Complaint
Berlin Heights Ohio Milan car dealer protested Wednesday night that the Berlin Milan School Board did not accept the lowest bids for three buses. The board voted to buy two buses from Dorr Chevrolet.
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Berlin Heights
Milan
Berlin-Milan
Dorr Chevrolet
Berlin Heights to Rebuild After Fire Damages Box Co
The Berlin Fruit Box Co plans a new 80 foot high concrete and steel factory on the old site after a blaze 35 days ago. Mayor Burt C. Oehling announced the reconstruction as Milan businessmen and George Manyak Ford of Norwalk urged local cooperation.
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Berlin Heights
Berlin Fruit Box Co
Burt C. Oehling
Norwalk Weather Storm Triggers School Moves and Injuries
A Norwalk electrical storm forced Bronson School closure and forced 250 students to relocate to League and Pleasant Street classes. Daniel Smith, a Norwalk High junior, was treated for electrical shock after lightning struck a home, while other injuries and outages affected residents across the city.
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Bronson
Norwalk
New Norwalk
League
Pleasant Street
William Conway
Norwalk High School
Daniel Smith
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
James Smith
Southgate Dr
Terry
Daniel
East Main Street
Mack Street
Benedict
Garcia Drive
Norwood-Christie
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Bobby
United Press International
Roulette
Raymond A. Vanscoder
Wil
Sacred Heart Hospital
Richwood
Larry B. Lynch
Lynch
Garcia and
His Wife
Daughters
St. Paul’s
VFW
Baines
Milan Bus Purchase
George Manyak Ford
Richard Obermiller
Dorr Motor Sales
Ford
Chevrolet
Storm
Wooster Street
Rosedale Boulevard
Maplehurst
Lawson
Benedict Avenue
Norwalk Creek
Kathy Chapman
Morley Price
Salvation Army
Pleasant Street Park
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