Mayor Rizzo pledges to pull death row switch in punishment push
Philadelphia Mayor Frank L. Rizzo expresses unwavering support for capital punishment and offers to flip the switch himself. He backs a petition urging Governor Shapp to authorize executions on Pennsylvania’s Death Row, criticizing the governor for delaying the law.
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UPI
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Milton J. Shapp
Pennsylvania
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U S Soviet Space Flight Planned for 1975
President Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev agreed at the Moscow summit to send American and Soviet spacemen on a joint earth orbital flight in 1975. The plan envisions a three person Apollo craft docking with a Soviet space station for about two days to test space rescue equipment. Further talks will map final plans in Houston in July.
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Soviet Academy of Sciences
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Baby tossed from bridge sparks murder charge
Police in Huntington West Virginia charged Keith Hamilton seventeen with murder after a five month old infant was hurled from the seventeenth street bridge into the Ohio River early Tuesday search efforts continued for the child reported missing.
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Mostly sunny warm day with near 80 inland and 70 near Lake Erie
Weather forecast shows mostly sunny and warm conditions today and Thursday with highs near 80 inland and near 70 near Lake Erie. Tonight clear with low mid 50s and minimal rain chances. Norwalk highs 82, low 50. humidity morning 75 percent, afternoon 52, evening 57. No precipitation. Sunrise 5 59, sunset 8 48, moonrise 5 53, moonset 3 50. Marriage license applications listed for several couples. Births an Norwalk girl reported. Deaths noted: Fred Hall, 85, Norwalk.
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Nixon First Lady rides Moscow subway with KGB protection
Mrs. Richard M. Nixon rode Moscow’s metro amid a crush of newsmen and security men. Mrs. Andrei Gromyko urged reporters to questions elsewhere while KGB guards protected the First Lady. Later she comforted Victoria Brezhnev during a crowded school visit.
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McGovern Sweeps East and West Coast Primaries
George S. McGovern won Rhode Island and Oregon primaries, adding 56 delegates and widening his lead toward the Democratic nomination. He also picked up 11 Missouri delegates, with 44 uncommitted delegates and 18 to be chosen at state convention.
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United Press International
George S. McGovern
Rhode Island
Oregon
Hubert A. Humphrey
California
McGovern
Missouri
Undecided Many Norwalk Council Seats in charter Runoffs
Five of seven Norwalk councilmen have not decided whether to seek re election when the new eight seat charter takes effect Dec 1. Ream and Sipple will run for new terms while Cross undecided pending business plans. Williams may reconsider after public pressure. Cunningham may run at large depending on mayoral race. Fire hydrants to be flushed as spring cleaning continues through the week.
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William Ream
Third Ward
Richard Sipple
First Ward
Clifton Cross
Cross
Melvin Shipley
Fourth Ward
Robert Williams
Williams
Russell Fisher
Morgan
Jones
Board of Control
Richard Cunningham
Cunningham
Goodsite Mullenix
Goodsite
Charter Commission
Township Zone Code Is Revived By Zoning Board
The Norwalk Township Zoning Commission will again seek voter approval for a zoning code defeated last November. Amid a private five member meeting and a public show of 20 residents, the board split on restarting the effort but ultimately decided the majority support zoning. The 51 page code must be refined to pass a prosecutor’s deadline with hearings set for July 6 and August 6 and additional meetings to publicize the code.
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Judy Morgan
Norwalk Township
William Meese
John Metz
Commission
Meese
Bremer Enters Innocent Plea At Baltimore Arraignment
Arthur Bremer, charged in the George Wallace shooting, pleaded innocent in a tightly secured federal arraignment in Baltimore. Judge Northrup refused to lower the $200000 bail as Lipsitz requested, granting 30 days for motions and five days for government response.
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UPI
Arthur Herman Bremer
George Wallace
Northrup
Bremer
Benjamin Lipsitz
Lipsitz
Norwalk petitions urge Mayor Goodsite to run again
Ninety seven residents signed petitions urging Norwalk Mayor Wayne Goodsite to run again under the new city charter. Jim Seitz presented the petitions, supported by Stephen Mullenix of the Charter Commission, as Goodsite pledged to consider returning to the mayor’s post amid citywide charter transition plans.
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Norwalk
Wayne Goodsite
Goodsite
Jim Seitz
Citizens For Good Government
Seitz
Townline Road
City of
Mullenix Mullenix
Mullenix
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