Senate debate on draftees exemption from Vietnam draft
The Senate is set to vote on Sen. Gaylord Nelsons amendment banning draftees from Vietnam combat after December 31 unless they volunteer or reenlist. Backed by Hubert Humphrey, the proposal faces opposition that it would force only volunteers to die for the country. The measure is part of six votes this week amid a broader fight over extending the Selective Service Act.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Vietnam
Senate
Ari
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Gruening
Indochina
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Nelson
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Congress
Sen
Richard Schweiker
R-Pa
Nude cafe patron robbed and helped by owner in Ohio
A North Royalton man wearing no clothes walked into a Cleveland cafe after being robbed of his trousers and shirt. Cafe owner Ernest Grilly provided a topcoat until police arrived and the man reported three attackers fled with his remaining garments.
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Cleveland
UPI
Royalton
Ernest Grilly
Grilly
Firemen fail to reach trapped Britons in Rijeka crash
At Rijeka Airport witnesses say flames hundreds of feet high trapped British tourists aboard a Yugoslav Aviogenex T134. Seventy eight passengers died. A commission probes the crash on Krk as authorities identify charred bodies. Five survivors, four crew, escaped the burning wreckage Sunday night.
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Belgrade
UPI
Rijeka
Adriatic
Krk
Tanjug
Aviogenex Co
Butler High Senior Crowned Miss USA
Michele McDonald an 18 year old from Butler Pennsylvania won Miss USA after naming President Nixon as the person she most wanted to meet Nixon, staying at his Key Biscayne home, arranged to meet her at the beachfront villa later today.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Michele McDonald
Butler
U.S.A
Nixon
Key Biscayne
New York City Sees First "Good" Air Day Since 1968
New York City recorded its first air quality reading described as good on Sunday since monitoring began in 1968. Robert Rickles of the Department of Air Resources called it fantastic and the best day this century, attributing the clear air to a cool Canadian air mass and Sunday lull in pollution sources.
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New York
UPI
New York City
Robert Rickles
Department of Air Resources
Norwalk Weather and Local Birth and Marriage Notice
Mostly cloudy and mild with showers and thundershowers likely today and tonight. Highs in the 70s, lows in the 50s. Tuesday partly cloudy with a chance of morning showers and highs in the lower 70s. Norfolk? Norwalk weather figures show 74 high and 51 low. Births announce a Norwalk girl to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jenkins. Marriage license app lists Thomas Derby and Laura Stewart of Norwalk.
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Norwalk
Mrs
Robert Jenkins
Thomas R. Derby
Laura R. Stewart
Supreme Court to rule on compulsory school age and Amish case
The court agreed to decide if states can require attendance to age 16 despite religious beliefs. It will hear next fall or winter the first religious grounds challenge to compulsory education. Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Amish children need not stay beyond eighth grade. Separately, hundreds toured Huron County facilities during open house. County officials called the event a success.
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Washington
API
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Huron County
Huron County Highway Dept
Shady Lane Rest
Former Senator Dodd Dies At 64
Former Sen. Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut died at his Old Lyme home at 12:30 a.m. EDT at age 64. He had been censured in 1967 for allegedly misusing $116 000 in campaign funds and lost re election as an independent to Lowell P. Weicker after his 1958 64 Senate years.
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Old Lyme
Conn
UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
Senate
Dodd
Lowell P. Weicker
Norwich
Providence Rt. College
Yale Law School
FBI
St. Louis
Justice Department
Nuremburg
Europe
Chester Bowles
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Democratic State Committee
Ribicoff
House
Akron man charged in deaths of two neighbor girls
Kenneth Lykens, 27, was charged with first degree murder in the slayings of Lorna Ritz and Lori Crowe, nine year old neighbors. The bodies were found in a Portage County ditch after last being seen near his home during a litter cleanup.
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Akron, Ohio
UPI
Akron
Carroll T. Cutright
Kenneth Lykens
Lorna Ritz
Lori Crowe
Lykens
Portage County
Ohio
Outright
Lyken
Three Charged In Norwalk Shoe Shop Vandalism
Three Norwalk youths were arrested over the weekend in connection with vandalism at Sam Spinello's Shoe Shop on Tuesday night. James E. Beaven 19 and Margaret Beaven 18 were released on bonds. James L. Jansen 19 was jailed. They will appear in Mayor's Court as details remain sealed.
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Norwalk
Sam Spinello
James E. Beaven
Newton Street
Margaret Jean Beaven
James L. Jansen
Milliman Road
Beaven
Jansen
Huron County
Main Street
Whittlesey Ave
Monroeville
E. Main Street
National Guard with Live Ammunition Arrives in Chattanooga
In Chattanooga Tennessee National Guard troops moved in with live ammo to aid police amid three nights of looting sniping and arson. Gov Dunn ordered 1500 to 2000 troops after a black armed man was wounded and Mayor Walker pleaded for help as police reported only isolated window breaks.
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Chattanooga
Asst
van Nunally
National Guard
Tennessee
Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Dunn
Robert K. Walker
Two Talked Out Of Holdup Here
Two youths from out of state attempted an armed robbery at the West End Sunoco on 288 W. Main St at about 8 30 am. Station owner A J Krupp said he talked them out of it and they fled, not taking any money. Police picked the pair up on Whittlesey Avenue near the Salvation Army. ages not confirmed.
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West End
Sunoco
W. Main St
Whittlesey Avenue
Salvation Army
A.J. Krupp
Krupp
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