Norwalk Firemen Eye 3 of 8 Day Work Week Proposal
Norwalk would cut firemen hours from 63 to 56 weekly if the City Council approves a plan moving from a 24 on 24 off three-day cycle to 24 on 24 off 24 on and then three days off. The change affects 13 firefighters on the rotating schedule and would lower annual hours from 3,276 to 2,912.
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Janet Conway
Norwalk
Ohio
Elmer McGuckin
Cleveland
Toledo
City Council
Don Hohler
McGuckin
Fire Department
Saxbe Endorses Destruction of Watergate Tapes in Speech
UPI reports Senator William Saxbe in Hong Kong urged that if Watergate tapes are incriminating they should be destroyed, while stating the President has rights not to disclose them. He said he personally wished he had never heard of the tapes and questioned any illegal content.
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Hong Kong
UPI
William Saxbe
Ohio
Nixon
Saxbe
Hong Kong Standard
Washington
Spiro Agnew
Autopsy rules out intoxication or heart attack in bus crash
A UPI report says the autopsy found no evidence the driver was drunk or had a heart attack in the wreck of a Greyhound gambler’s special that killed 13 and injured all aboard. The bus carried 43 members of Richmond California’s Variety Swingers social club traveling from the Bay Area to Reno.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Greyhound
Richmond
San Francisco Bay Area
Reno
Ohio weekend traffic toll tops 26 fatalities
United Press International reports at least 26 people died on Ohio roads during the weekend. A nine year old Holmes County youth driving a farm tractor was among the dead. Brian Smith of rural Millersburg was killed when his tractor collided with a pickup on a county road Saturday.
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United Press International
Ohio
Holmes County
Brian Smith
Millersburg
Energy official warns of blackouts and brownouts this winter
An administration energy expert warned that a cold winter could trigger blackouts and brownouts across the Midwest and coasts due to a fuel shortage, even without the Arab oil boycott. Former Colorado Gov. John A. Love told U S News that the immediate remedy is to slow the rise in demand.
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United Press International
Midwest
Colorado
John A. Love
U.S. News and World Report
Mideast Tensions Rise as Kissinger Seeks Peace
The Middle East heated up with threats of a new war as Kissinger visited to push peace. Arab states cut oil output by 25 percent while Egypt warned an embargo would deepen unless the U.S. adopted a more even handed Mideast policy. Egyptian papers accused Israel of aggressive plans and Al Ahram called the cease fire lines explosive. Moshe Dayan claimed Egypt had massed troops to restart the war.
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United Press International
Middle East
Henry A. Kissinger
Egypt
United States
Mideast
Israel
al Ahram
Moshe Dayan
Turkey Truck Hijacked Near Streetsboro
Hijackers stole a Freezer Queen Food Co. truck carrying 94 cases of turkey and gravy at a Streetsboro area truck stop. The vehicle was en route from Tennessee to Buffalo, New York when the driver left it unattended.
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Streetsboro
Ohio
UPI
Freezer Queen Food Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Tennessee
Curtis backs Nixon at GOP gathering in Raleigh
Senator Carl Curtis of Nebraska told a North Carolina GOP convention that he is convinced President Nixon was not involved in Watergate. He called the affair a massive conspiracy to destroy Nixon and criticized the Watergate committee as a get Nixon effort while denouncing its practices.
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Raleigh
N.C
UPI
Carl Curtis
Nixon
Weather and vital records for Norwalk area
Generally clear tonight and Tuesday with a cold snap. Highs upper 30s to low 40s, lows 20s. 20 percent precip today, 10 percent tonight and Tuesday. Norwalk high 48 low 30. Births and deaths listed. marriage license for Kenneth Schatz and Julia Emmons. Deaths include Agnes Siesel and L Pearl Gay. other names and ages noted.
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Norwalk
Kenneth W. Schatz
Collins
Julia A. Emmons
City Voters To Settle School Board Race and Community Center
Huron County voters decide in Norwalk on Tuesday with polls from 6 30 a m to 6 30 p m The main contest is a school board race with six candidates for three seats including incumbent James G Ryder William B Holman and others Local issues include a 4 6 mill school levy renewal a proposed increase in city income tax to fund a community center and renewal of a nine tenths mill police levy The turnout may hinge on weather and campaign intensity with emphasis on teacher turnover in Norwalk schools and district financing decisions
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Huron County
Leona Weisenberger
Huron County Board of Elections
Norwalk
James G. Ryder
Ed Rubinow
Ryder
William B. Holman
Dorothy D. Delianides
Michael J. Myers
Richard L. Fyock
Harry A. Currier
Police Department
Man Sucked From DC10 Over New Mexico
National Guard pilots in central New Mexico found part of a National Airlines DC10 engine but no trace of G F Gardner of Beaumont Texas who was sucked out a window when the DC10 disintegrated over the Gila Wilderness after exploding during a Houston to Las Vegas and San Francisco flight.
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Albuquerque
N.M
UPI
National Guard
New Mexico
National Airlines
G.F. Gardner
Beaumont
Tex
Houston
Las Vegas
Nev
San Francisco
Gardner
Singapore
Nixon Faces Resignation Demands Amid Watergate Crisis
President Nixon, at Key Biscayne, convened strategy sessions as calls for his resignation rise. Aides said he remains determined to govern and believes full Watergate facts will vindicate him, amid a record low 26 percent public confidence per the Gallup poll.
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Eugene V
Nixon
Watergate
Gallup
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