Revere’s 1966 VW drives 88 000 miles for 2 cents a mile
A UPI report notes Paul Revere of Toms River New Jersey logged 88 000 miles in a 1966 Volkswagen at about two cents per mile, a claim Volkswagen submitted to back a TV commercial. Also in Ohio news Oberlin College President Robert Fuller announced he would resign in February after nearly four years. Gov Gilligan warned of drugs in schools and Ohio harvests show strong soybean and corn yields this fall.
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Washington
UPI
Volkswagen
Paul Revere
Revere
Toms River
N.J
Oberlin, Ohio
Oberlin College
Robert Fuller
Fuller
Columbus
Ohio
Gene R. Abercrombie
Rebozo Sues Times for Libel Over Stock Article
Bebe Rebozo sued the New York Times for libel seeking 10 million dollars claiming the Washington Post article about a stock transaction defamed him. Attorneys for the Times asked a federal court in Baltimore to dismiss a separate libel action by Otto Otepka.
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United Press International
C.G
Bebe’ Rebozo
Washington Post
The
New York Times
Baltimore
U.S. State Department
Otto Otepka
Kentucky editor tests 50 mph speed on I 75 in KY
Cincinnati Enquirer editor Jack Hicks drove five miles each way on Interstate 75 at 50 mph to test Nixon energy policy. He reported 135 vehicles passed during a 20 minute drive and noted passing only two slow trucks on a hill. He likened the trial to a caterpillar crossing a highway.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Jack Hicks
Kentucky
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Hicks
Nixon
Bell named Cleveland Indians Man Of The Year for 1973
Buddy Bell, 22, is chosen by the Cleveland Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America as the Indians Man Of The Year for 1973. He will be honored at the Writers' Ribs and Roasts dinner in January after appearing in 156 games and posting a .268 batting average.
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Cleveland
UPI
Baseball Writers Association of America
Buddy Bell
Cleveland Indians
Writers
Bell
Ohio Mayors Implement Energy Saving Measures
Ohio cities from Columbus to Lancaster to Youngstown and Cincinnati adopt energy saving rules in response to an energy crisis. Youngstown Mayor Jack Hunter restricts city car speeds to 50 mph and works by window light alone while others cut unused lighting. Washington reporting UPI notes Elliot L. Richardson resigns as attorney general but believes Nixon denies Watergate complicity.
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United Press International
Ohio
Columbus
Lancaster
Youngstown
Cincinnati
Jack Hunter
Hunter
Washington
UPI
Elliot L. Richardson
Nixon
Weather Ahead In Norwalk Sees Cool Highs In The 30s
Mostly cloudy and cool today with highs in the mid to lower 30s. Tonight and Saturday remain partly cloudy and cold with a low near 12 to 18 and a high around 30s. Precipitation chances are 20 percent, winds from the west to northwest at 10 to 15 mph. Also notes two birth announcements and a marriage license application for John Nortz and Sharon Fries.
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Norwalk
Try It Youll Like Underheated House
PAUL R ALLERUP recalls living in underheated London flats and the UPI writer argues for lower thermostats. He describes 68 degree living as possible and comfortable, noting personal experience from 1959 to 1966 and suggesting readers try cooler homes.
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Paul R. Allerup
New York
UPI
America
London
Nixon
Watergate figures sentenced by Sirica in historic case
Judge John J. Sirica handed minimum prison terms to six defendants in the Watergate break‑in and cover‑up. E Howard Hunt received 242 years minimum, with an eight‑year maximum and a $10,000 fine, while James W. McCord got one to five years. Other Miami area defendants Bernard Barker Virgilio Gonzalez Eugenio Martinez and Frank Sturgis received 18 months to six years minimum to maximum. G Gordon Liddy faces additional penalties for grand jury contempt.
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Jane Denison Washington
UPI
E. Howard Hunt
Watergate
John J. Sirica
Democratic National
James W. McCord
Hunt
Miami
Bernard L. Barker
Miami Area
Sirica
McCord
Frank A. Sturgis
Virgilio R. Gonzalez
Eugenio R. Martinez
G. Gordon Liddy
White
Sachs
Bernard Finsterwald
Liddy
AFL-CIO Urges Impeachment of Nixon nationwide push
The AFL-CIO with 13.5 million members asks congressmen to impeach President Nixon immediately. The federation says removal is needed to move past Watergate and address economic social and global dangers. White House condemns the move as ill conceived and harmful to the nation.
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Washington
UPI
Afl-Cio
George McGovern
Nixon
Labor Federation
Richard Nixon
White House
George Meany
Ken Clawson
Federation
Klingshorn Tower Adds Two Apartments in Norwalk
Klingshorn Tower Apartments of Vermilion plans two new buildings in Norwalk at a total cost of 240000. Each 12 unit building will include six one bedroom and six two bedroom apartments near the firm’s recently completed complex at the end of West Chestnut Street. The company already owns four buildings in Norwalk’s Sycamore Hills subdivision.
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Klingshorn Tower Apartments
Vermilion
Norwalk
West Chestnut Street
Klingshorn
Sycamore Hills
Norwalk Debates Downtown Christmas Lights Amid Energy Crisis
Norwalk may skip downtown Christmas lights as the chamber weighs rights with Universal Decorating Co. in view of an energy shortage. County commissioners urge immediate energy conservation measures and deputies are ordered not to exceed 50 mph except in emergencies.
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Norwalk
Huron County
Nixon
John Bergia
Ed Still
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Universal Decorating Co
Columbus
Universal Decorating
Commissioners’ Journal
Borgia
Richard Andres
Glass in Candy Bar Traced to Factory in Norwalk Case
A Norwalk child found glass in a Halloween candy bar later determined by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation to have been inserted at the Curtis Candy Co factory in Chicago before wrapping. The wrapper was intact and no fingerprints were found on the glass. Local officials praised community efforts at the party.
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Norwalk
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation
BCI
Don Ratliff
Norwalk Police Department
Ratliff
Curtis Candy Co
Chicago
Pts
Ralph Braker, Jr
Norwalk Lions Club
Norwalk Experiences First Winter Snow Flurries
Downtown shoppers faced brief snow flurries as Norwalk saw its first real winter taste. By noon the sun returned and conditions eased though the Cleveland Weather Bureau had warned of potential accumulation. Tonight and tomorrow will stay cold with lingering flurries and lows around 18 to 25 degrees.
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Norwalk
Cleveland Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Funeral Home Apologizes For Wrong Body in Casket
Leonard Zilbert head of a veteran funeral chain apologized to Minnie Greenia and the VFW for finding another man in her husband John Greenia's casket. The body was exhumed and returned. a second service with full military honors was planned before burial in Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn.
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UPI
Leonard Zilbert
Zilbert
John Greenia
Greenia
Minnie
Post
John Greenin
Brooklyn
Greenwood Cemetery
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Charles Fisher
John C. Nortz
Milan
Carpenter
Sharon R. Fries
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Harvey Lisle
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