Reflector Christmas Coloring Contest Opens for Kids
The Norwalk Reflector sponsors a Christmas coloring contest for children ages 6 to 11. Entries accepted by noon December 10 with judging in two age groups 6-8 and 9-11. Prizes of 5, 4, and 3 dollars awarded per division. Judges include Karen Riddlebaugh, Ronald Willard, and Joe Vattorello.
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Norwalk Reflector
Karen Riddlebaugh
Norwalk
Ronald Willard
Joe Vattorello
Norwalk Recreation Center
Adam and Eve Stolen from Cleveland Art Museum
Police report little progress two valuable 16th century prints by Albrecht Durer stolen Saturday from the Cleveland Art Museum. Director Sherman Lee said frames were pried from the wall, with about 3,000 visitors that day.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Art Museum
Sherman Lee
Albrecht Durer
Death and
the Devil
Richard Speck to Face Competency Hearing in Slay Case
Richard Speck, accused of killing eight nurses in Chicago, goes to Criminal Court for a competency hearing. Judge Herbert C. Paschen will hear arguments on his ability to stand trial despite objections from Public Defender Gerald W. Getty.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard Speck
Criminal Court
Herbert C. Paschen
Gerald W. Getty
Morse Links Water Desalination to Middle East Peace
UPI reports U.S. Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon argued that desalination of water could be the most significant step toward peace in the Middle East during a Sunday speech. He said removing salt from water would ease regional tensions and aid stability.
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Cincinnati
Weather and Local Life Brief
Cloudy windy with snow flurries today and tonight. high 34 to 40, low in the 20s. Sunday’s highs around 65, lows near 38, with a .38 inch Sunday precipitation. Marital licenses list six couples. births note twin daughters to the Harpers. deaths include Vera Geist and several local residents.
White House weighs income tax hike to cover deficit
Rep. Hale Boggs said the Johnson administration may seek a 10 to 15 billion dollar income tax increase after reports of a peacetime deficit up to 15 billion. He noted defense spending and high debt interest are driving the gap while Treasury and other officials hint at shifting policy and possible tax action.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Hale Boggs
House
Eisenhower
Texas
Boggs
CBS
Walter Heller
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Heller
NBC
Meet the Press
Treasury
Henry H. Flower
Bogg
Lin Piao Seen as Key Challenger to Mao in China
BBC and Tass reports from London describe Lin Piao gaining Red Guard support and using Mao as a front while seeking supreme power. The notes say Lin led an early coup attempt, controls the Red Guards, and keeps Mao intact publicly as a figurehead amid upheaval in the Chinese party.
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London
UPI
Lin Piao
Mao Tse-tung
Tass
Lin
Mao
China
Iron Curtain
Peking
Communist Party
Chinese Communist Party
Typewriter and Three Televisions Stolen from Richmond School
Burglars broke into Richmond School near Willard overnight, forcing open the furnace room door with a pipe wrench. They stole an Underwood typewriter and three RCA televisions, plus spray paint cans and a vending machine of pencils and pens, loading items into a rear entrance vehicle. Milk cartons were also taken as a snack, per Huron County Sheriff deputies.
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Richmond School
Willard
Dave Tanner
Huron County Sheriff’s Department
Underwood
Rca’s
Sheriff’s Department
Police and Firemen Threaten Strike in Warren
In Warren Ohio police and firemen threatened mass resignations if city council does not resume wage negotiations. The Warren Police and Firefighters Association says all 97 firemen and 85 officers have joined, with about 150 attending a meeting to sign the threat and more signing afterward. A demonstration in front of City Hall is planned this week.
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Warren
Ohio
UPS
Ptl
Richard Galgory
Warren Police and Firefighters Association
Galgory
Norwalk School Levy Group Sets Tonight Meeting
The Citizens For Schools Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Board of Education office to promote the Norwalk school levy for the upcoming special election on December 13. Dr. Sturgis Corbin urges public attendance and volunteers to support the schools. Sub committee reports are on the agenda.
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Norwalk
Citizens For Schools Committee
Board of Education
Sturgis Corbin
Corbin
Turnpike Patrol Reports Nine Hour Accident Spree
Areas along the Ohio Turnpike saw twenty accidents in a nine hour period Sunday into Monday. Five people were treated at Fisher Titus Hospital after two crashes and four from Michigan were treated after a 3 15 p m collision near the Norwalk Sandusky interchange. Jeane Knowlton 20 Livonia Michigan and James Renner Haslett Michigan were involved as Knowlton avoided another collision injuring four others including Lillian Knowlton Julie Kyrias and Van Kyrias. A Maumee woman was treated after a five fourteen p m three car pileup nine miles west of the local interchange involving Elizabeth Forcst Youngstown and John Duscenter Ann Arbor Michigan. Dorothy Clymer Maumee also suffered extensive vehicle damage in the rear collision.
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Ohio Turnpike Patrol
Fisher- Titus Memorial Hospital
Michigan
Norwalk
Sandusky
Jeane Knowlton
Livonia
Mich
James Renner
Haslett
Lillian Knowlton
Julie Kyrias
Detroit
van Kyrias
Maumee
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Ohio Turnpike
Elizabeth Forcst
Youngstown
John Duscenter
Ann Arbor
Dorothy Clymer
Duscenter
Manslaughter Trial Begins for 18 Year Old Driver
The manslaughter trial of Eugene B. White of Greenwich opens in Huron County Common Pleas Court. He faces four counts tied to a July 16 car bicycle crash on Fort Ball Road near Willard that killed a New Haven family of four. Jury selection was underway with Frederick F. Waugh presenting for the state and Moses Krislow defending White.
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Eugene B. White
Greenwich
Huron County Common Pleas Court
White
Willard
New Haven
Eldon Murray
Fort Ball Road
Frederick F. Waugh
Huron County
Moses Krislow
Cleveland
New Weapon Put Into Operation in Central Highlands
U S Fourth Infantry Division used a secret anti mortar radar system to locate Viet Cong mortar shells and direct precise counter fire during a battalion command post attack in the Central Highlands. B52 bombers had earlier pounded suspected VC positions near the Cambodian border and a jungle headquarters in Gia Dinh Province.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Central Highlands
Jiay Ninh
Strikes Culvert In Ohio Auto Crash Near Norwalk
Eugene Smelko, 22, of Chicago Illinois was treated at Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital after his car veered off the road and struck a culvert seven miles east of Norwalk. The 4 p.m. Sunday crash prompted a local hospital treatment. UPI reported from Pleiku that Col Judson Miller, commander of the 2nd Brigade, told 15 replacements the basic Viet Nam tactic centers on air and artillery support.
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Eugene Smelko
Chicago
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Norwalk
UPI
Thomas Corpora
Plei Djereng
Pleiku
Saigon
Judson F. Miller
Viet Nam
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