Rockie Larizza's Fond Farewell At Norwalk St Paul
Retiring Principal Rockie Larizza received a warm farewell as Norwalk St Paul students filled the school with posters. An 8 am Mass and assembly featured Greg Hipp as MC with speeches by Dick Alge Ken Bleile Sister Mary Matthias Charles Roth Wayne Goodsite Father Robert Thomas and others. Gifts were exchanged and Larizza canceled classes for the day.
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Norwalk St. Paul
Rockie Larizza
Greg Hipp
Dick Alge
Ken Bleile
Mary Matthias
Charles Roth
Wayne Goodsite
Robert Thomas
Rockie
Spinks cleared in cocaine marijuana case frame up claim
Heavyweight champion Leon Spinks walked out of a Cleveland court cleared of drug charges amid a frame up claim. He said the drugs found after a traffic stop were planted in his hat and pocket. Spinks, 24, had dethroned Muhammad Ali in February.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Leon Spinks
Spinks
Muhammad Ali
Weather and life events from Coffeyville era
Weather report shows clear tonight with upper 50s lows and Saturday clouds with a 30 percent shower chance and upper 70s highs. Local notices record marriage license applications for Brooks and Metcalfe, a birth in Plymouth, and several deaths in surrounding communities. and a note from United Press International recalls Coffeyville hailstones of March 9, 19/0 weighing up to 123 pounds and 7.5 inches in diameter.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Ancient Indian canoe unearthed near Bailey Lakes Ohio
An excavator's 1976 find in Bailey Lakes area led to the discovery of a hollowed 2242 foot long 3500-year-old Indian dugout canoe. Radiocarbon dated to 1500 B C the vessel was preserved at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History with polyethylene glycol treatment. Dr David Brose reports on excavation preservation and restoration plans as he准备 to speak at Willard Historical Society meeting.
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Willard
Harold Slessman
Slessman Excavating Corp
Bailey Lakes
Ohio
Ashland
Donald Ringler
Slessman
Ringler
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
David Brose
Brose
Case Western Reserve University
Smithsonian
Willard Historical Society
New Haven
FBI morale high says agent despite indictments
Robert Quaintance a 26 year FBI veteran who heads the Sandusky office told the Norwalk Kiwanis Club that morale remains high despite indictments and negative publicity. He praised Hoover but called for limits, lauded Kelley, questioned Webster’s leadership, and warned internal security comes first.
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FBI
Robert Quaintance
Norwalk Kiwanis Club
Quaintance
Huron
America
Ex-Press Aide's Son Charged In School Shooting
In Austin a 13 year old son of former presidential press secretary George Christian is held by juvenile authorities for allegedly shooting and killing his English teacher Wilbur Grayson in front of about 30 students at a crowded classroom. The boy allegedly fired three shots with a .22 rifle after entering the class and speaking to the teacher. The youth was captured after fleeing the scene and later sobbed at his arraignment. Grayson died from head, chest and arm wounds.
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Austin
Texas
UPI
George Christian
John Daniel Christian
Wilbur Rodney Grayson
Christian
Grayson
Larry Schirpik
Hume Cofer
Lyndon Johnson
Jo Ann
Dolph Briscoe
Jackie Strashan
Texas Youth Council
Lyndon Baines Johnson High School
Fire destroys three River Downs barns killing 25 horses
A fast blaze swept through three wooden barns at River Downs Race Track in Cincinnati killing 23 horses in stalls and forcing the humane euthanization of two. Grooms and staff, including Jim Rice and Norm Evans, voiced heartbreak and praised the crews who freed remaining horses as flames raged. A prior 1973 fire at the same track killed seven horses.
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Cincinnati
UPI
River Downs Race Track
Jim Rice
Norm Evans
Rhodes Tells Of Getting Pie In Eye
Governor James A. Rhodes testified for 51 minutes in the Franklin Municipal Court trial of Steven Conliff accused of criminal assault after a banana cream pie hit Rhodes during last year’s Ohio State Fair opening ceremonies. Rhodes described brief eye irritation and dazedness, while defense questioned disruptions at the event and noted a dog that ate pie scraps. Nearby, Barney Trapp won a district tennis opener for Norwalk, improving to 20-1 and advancing toward the state finals in Columbus.
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Columbus
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Steven Conliff
Rhodes
Franklin
James A. Pearson
Barbara Terzian
Fairgrounds
Kent State University
Stars and Stripes
Bowling Green
Norwalk
Barney Trapp
Scott Treisel
Lima St. Mary
Trapp
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Ohio Lottery
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Jim Selander
Streetsboro
Grinder
Donald L. Brooks, Jr
Plymouth
Julie A. Metcalfe
Keith and
Vicky Field
Willard Area Hospital
Gladys M. Hatfield
Andrew G. Lindenberger
Norpha C. Williams
New Washington
Mildred E. Edwards
Blasdell
N.Y
Gwendolyn M. Niver
United Press International
Smithsonian Institute
Royal Academy
Stockholm
Sweden
By Dick Hobson
Fostoria
Heidelberg College
Tiffin
Washington and Lee University Law School
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Clarence M. Kelley
Kelley
Times
William Webster
Gary Smith
Columbus High School
Barney
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