Former Junkie Tells Story At Norwalk Drug Conference
A 19 year old girl using the alias Chris described a five to six year heroin and methamphetamine habit with 52 injections in one night. She spoke at a news conference arranged by Sheriff John Borgia in Norwalk about youth drug use and the danger of dependence, recounting her descent from casual experimentation to overdose.
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Judy Morgan
Chris
John Borgia
Cleveland
Norwalk
Reagan Attire Signals Shifts In Style And Social Stance
Mrs. Ronald Reagan and California’s governor favor longer dresses as minis fade. She wore a black and white Oscar de la Renta outfit at tea and praised the longuette for its flattering, seated-woman practicality.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Ohio GOP to meet on split over two statewide nominees
Ohio Republican leaders summon 48 member State Committee for a May 27 meeting after Treasurer John D. Herbert and State Sen. Robin T. Turner refuse to withdraw as attorney general and treasurer nominees. The party faces a possible rift before the November election.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
John S. Andrews
Republican State Committee
Andrews
John D. Herbert
Robin T. Turner
Woodcock Heads UAW Vows Activist Role After Reuther
Leonard Woodcock arrived in Georgia to join a civil rights march days after succeeding Walter P. Reuther as UAW president. He pledged to carry forward the union’s activist stance and stopped at a GM stockholders meeting to vote the UAW seven GM shares for Campaign GM proposals aimed at consumer reform.
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Detroit
UPI
Leonard Woodcock
Georgia
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter
Atlanta
Woodcock
General Motors Corp
Weather Update Norwalk Area With Births and Deaths
Partly cloudy and cooler with a 40 percent chance of thundershowers through Sunday. Norwalk highs near 89 and 58 overnight with no precipitation reported. Births list two boys and one girl for Norwalk Collins and New London. deaths note Leon E. Parkhurst and Martha M. Riemer.
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Lake Erie
Norwalk
Norman Sommers
Albert Good
Collins
David Asmus
New London
Agnew Attacks Press and Students at Fundraiser
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accused the news media rioting students and faculty of supporting isolationists in the Senate. He named The Washington Post New York Times Life magazine and others while defending Nixon and urging cooling of pundits during a $500 plate event in Houston. Pickets protested outside as Agnew defended his rhetoric and attacked liberal outlets.
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Agnew
Senate
United States
Nixon
South
Atlanta Constitution
Arkansas
Vietnam
Six N and W Coal Cars Derail in Norwalk
Six loaded coal cars derailed on a Norfolk and Western train between Newton and Pleasant Streets in Norwalk this morning, blocking two crossings for over three hours. Traffic resumed on Newton after repairs. Pleasant Street remained blocked as Bellevue-supplied equipment assisted. Cause was not known and no coal spilled.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Newton
Pleasant Streets
Pleasant Street
Bellevue
City Council Receives Vacations From Mayor
Mayor Harold Finch announces a rest period for city council and staff during a two week hiatus. Council President K S Flickinger had asked for a two week moratorium on Ohio Edison's 5.8 million offer, but Finch says the vacation decision was made earlier and not tied to the offer talks.
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William V. Mount
Harold Finch
Finch
Council
K.S. Flickinger
Ohio Edison
Fireman dies during equipment demonstration in San Francisco
A 34 year old fireman, Robert L. Hutchinson of Pacifica, fell 40 feet from an aerial ladder while demonstrating firefighting gear before 200 elementary school children. The accident occurred as the ladder operator halted a suspected malfunction and Hutchinson adjusted his safety belt.
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San Francisco
UPI
Clarence Rosenstock
Robert L. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Norwalk Pet and Pup Parade Draws Nearly a Thousand
About 1,000 youngsters and their pets marched along Main Street Norwalk in the annual Pet and Pup Parade. Cats and dogs led, followed by miscellaneous animals such as chipmunks pigs raccoons and rabbits. The parade began at Case and Church, moved to Wooster Street, and ended in the St Paul parking lot after a line of decorated bikes and ponies.
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Norwalk and
Main Street
St. Paul
Case and
Church On Main
Wooster Street
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Goodie
Leon E. Parkhurst
Willard
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Herblock
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New York Times
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