First Norwalk electric bill begun by Bee Nichols remains
Geneva B. Nichols known as Bee, who collected Norwalk City Light's first bill fifty one years ago, turns 90 this Friday. She recalls the launch of the plant, the parade, and early collections while noting today about 5100 customers use the system and she retired at 71 after 32 years of service.
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Norwalk City
Geneva B. Nichols
Bee
N. Hester St
Freda Jacobs
Ray Spurrier
City Light Plant
Nichols
Norwalk
Miss Nichols
Billings, Mont
Nursing Home Fugitive Woods Runs New Orleans Diner Venture
Equene H. Woods, 43, once a Norwalk nursing home operator, remains a fugitive. Indicted for larceny by trick after the 1964 death of a patient, he now runs a 10‑table diner in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, while federal and local authorities seek extradition.
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Equene H. Woods
Norwalk
New Orleans
Woods
Cuyahoga County
Grand Jury
Trick
John Huggin
Cleveland
Norwood Nursing Home
Fitchville Nursing Home
Angela Wood
Woods’ Nursing Homes
Jefferson Parish
John T. Corrigan
FBI
Orleans Parish
Corrigan
Louisiana
Cerf Reveals Mrs Kennedy Pressed Block On Bishop Book
Bennett Cerf, head of Random House, described the Kennedy family’s objection to Jim Bishop’s The Day Kennedy Was Shot. He noted Mrs Kennedy called to urge the publisher not to release the book and asked how much money the author sought from the family tragedy.
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Cleveland
UPI
Bennett Cerf
Random House Publishing Co
Kennedy
Cerf
Town Hall
Random House
Jim Bishop
Bishop
Lincoln
William Manchester
Harper and Row
Huron County approves Willard annexation petition
The Huron County Commissioners accept a petition to annex 86.6 acres north of Fort Ball Road and east of the B and O tracks to Willard. The plan moves to Willard for a final hearing with no opposition. city manager Keith Armstrong favors the petition.
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Huron County Commissioners
Willard
Keith Armstrong
Fort Ball Road
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Bertha Stockley
OSU Students Plan Free University Aims for Humanized Education
A group of Ohio State University graduate students will teach as six professors in a Free University not officially connected to OSU. Courses at no cost without grades or degrees aim for a personal, human-centered approach to learning. Topics include Philosophical Ramifications of the Modern Drama and Mathematics as a Humanistic Study.
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Columbus
UPS
Ohio State University
OSU
Ohio State
Michael Murtha
School of
Free University
Berkeley
Calif
Boston
Chicago
New York City
Chrysler Reopens Plants After Weeklong Strike
Chrysler Corp. begins recalling over 49,000 idle workers as production resumes across U S and Canada after a seven day walkout. Ratification vote by United Auto Workers Local 122 pending. Twinsburg stamping plant to restart Friday with other plants resuming Monday through Tuesday.
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Detroit
UPI
Chrysler Corp
United States
Canada
Chrysler
Twinsburg
Ohio
United Auto Workers Union
Warren
Mich
Humphrey Would Not Campaign For Maddox Georgia Governor
Vice President Hubert Humphrey said he would not campaign for arch segregationist Lester Maddox for Georgia governor. He stated Maddox would not want his support and praised Rep. Charles Weltner who withdrew from reelection after Maddox’s Georgia primary win.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Hubert Humphrey
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Humphrey
Pennsylvania
Kyw-Tv
Charles L. Weltner
Maddox
Weltner
Retiring Fireman Honored by Norwalk Unit
Albert G. Probst, honored at a farewell dinner at the Norwalk Fire Department station, is retiring after 44 years. He started as a 1922 volunteer, served as assistant chief from 1930 to 1937, became a fulltime member in 1936, and drove the number one truck until retirement, living at 13 Hickory Street.
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Albert G. Probst
Norwalk
Probst
Department
Hickory Street
Classifieds offer practical charge option
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Newspaper subscription rates listed by region
UPI News Service outlines subscription terms from the Audit Bureau of Circulation and Ohio Newspapers Association. Carrier or mail options exist for Norwalk Milan Monroeville Wakeman North Fairfield Greenwich New London Willard and rural areas. Rates: 45 cents per week by carrier, $15 per year by mail in Huron and Erie Counties and similar rural areas, $23.40 per year elsewhere in the U.S. Mail subscriptions payable in advance.
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UPI News Service
Audit Bureau of Circulation and
Ohio Newspapers Association
Norwalk
Milan
Monroeville
Wakeman
North Fairfield
Greenwich
New London
Willard
Huron
Erie
U.S
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Mrs. Nichols
Community Theatre
Quprey Hepburd and
Peter Gtoole
William Wyler
Orginal
Availah
RCA Camden Records
Raeford
Varsity Town
Nursing Home
Fugitive Woods
the Pickett & Son
John D. Millis
Clayton C. Lord
Millis
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
Friendly Acres
Bellevue
Ray F. Weldinger
Harold E. Finch
James
Red) Williams
Attica
Huron County
Russell T. Antrim
Williams
Newark
Del
Belvidere
Ill
St. Louis
Windsor, Ont
Albert Probst
Monroe
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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