Mayor candidates outline differing visions for city role
In a New York Times sponsored debate, Mayor Lindsay stresses a fighter role, Mario Procaccino advocates for a judge mediator stance, and John Marchi calls for consensus. Barnard hints at NASA offer while preferring medicine. Vanik releases a study blaming Nixon for delays, White House counters with a critical progress report. In Cleveland Heights, 1500+ form a queue for I Am Curious Yellow despite a five day restraining order against police seizure.
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New York
UPI
New York Times
John V. Lindsay
Mario Procaccino
John Marchi
Washington
U.S
Charles A. Vanik
Ohio
Nixon
Congress
White House
Cleveland
Cleveland Heights
Common Pleas
Bernard Friendman
Population growth warning from C P Snow at Akron talk
C P Snow warned at the University of Akron that rapid world population will trigger bitter conflict and famine within 20 to 30 years as food production cannot keep pace despite gains in crops. He cited wheat and rice as examples of limited growth in supply.
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AKRON
UPS
C.P. Snow
University of Akron
Snow
Two Worcester Boys Die in Construction Site Tragedy
Two 9 year old Worcester boys John Bigwood and Robert Frigon were playing near their homes at a construction site when a bulldozer backed into a dirt pile. They were buried alive and died of suffocation after about 45 minutes of digging. The driver, Robert Lindstrom, 32, said he did not see them.
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Worcester
Mass
UPI
John Bigwood
Robert Frigon
Robert Lindstrom
Hahnemann Hospital
Neighbor Charged After Ohio Man Shot on Porch
Chautauqua Park Ohio police said 48 year old Harding Morris was killed Friday night after an argument with neighbor Leroy Robinson 38. Deputies found Morris on his front porch shot with a .22 pistol and Robinson was arrested to be arraigned on shooting charges.
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Chautauqua Park
Ohio
UPI
Harding Morris
Montgomery County
Morris
Leroy Robinson
Norwalk Weather Outlook and Local Notices
Mostly cloudy and mild tonight with showers and thundershowers likely. Low 60 to 65. Sunday cloudy with showers and thundershowers, high 65 to 75. Monday partly cloudy and cool. Precipitation probability 70 percent today tonight and Sunday. Winds south 15 to 25 mph today and tonight, southwest 15 to 20 mph Sunday. Norwalk highs 73 and low 57. BIRTHS and DEATHS listed. marriage license applications noted.
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Norwalk
Ambulance ordinance veto sparks city political clash
Mayor Harold Finch faces ongoing conflict over an ambulance subsidy. Funeral homes seek service past October 18 while Norwalk Ambulance Service declines bidding if the veto stands. Democrats accuse incumbents of secret meetings as council flips subsidies from Mansfield to Norwalk amid taxpayer opposition.
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Harold Finch
Finch
Funeral Directors
Norwalk Ambulance Service
Mansfield
Norwalk
Norwalk Ambulance Service Talks Continue Amid Friction
Mayor Finch expresses optimism with local funeral homes to provide ambulance service until a contract is awarded. Funeral directors hedge on a firm agreement while council members and backers clash over public input and alleged undue influence in the bidding process.
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Finch
Norwalk
Jack Heaston
Heaston-Hile Funeral Home
James Smith
Kubach-Smith Funeral Home
William Giles
Norwalk Tiffin Queen Cathy Rice crowned Homecoming Queen
Cathy Rice daughter of Herbert A. Rice crowned Homecoming Queen at Norwalk Tiffin football game with escort Trucker quarterback Doug Ott. She will preside at the Homecoming Dance and may attend Akron University in September. The Reflector notes her busy schedule.
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Norwalk
Cathy Rice
Norwalk High School
Herbert Rice
North Garden Street
Stuart Schillig
Akron University
Cathy
Doug Ott
Herbert A. Rice
N. Garden St
Norwalk Junior High
Draft shakeup after Hershey firing sparks reform talk
Local board member Frank Meyers of Norwalk says Hershey’s dismissal leaves public satisfied only if changes follow. Nixon fired Hershey amid draft reform push, aiming to end long seven year exposure and introduce a lottery system for selecting draftees with a one year draft window.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Frank Meyers
Selective Service Local Board 63
Norwalk
Meyers
Hershey
Congressional
Nixon
Congress
House
Armed Services
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Jerome Resigns as Bowling Green State U President
Bowling Green State University president Dr. William T. Jerome III will resign once a successor is named. He will serve through the academic year and then pursue writing and research in ecology while assisting former assistant Charles E. Perry, now president of Florida International University. Enrollment and faculty have grown significantly under his tenure, and a building boom added more than ten facilities costing about 35 million dollars.
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Bowling Green
William T. Jerome III
Bowling Green State University
Board of
Jerome
Charles E. Perry
Florida International University
Dade County
Fla
Perry
Florida
Claude Kirk
Firelands
Lamarr Seeks $26 Million From Ex-Husband Lee
Hedy Lamarr filed in Houston asking a court to award $26 million as her share of community property from her 1960 divorce from W Howard Lee. She alleges fraud and duress over assets estimated at about $50 million and seeks $25 million plus 6 percent interest since separation on Jan 21 1960.
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Houston
UPI
Hedy Lamarr
W. Howard Lee
Lee
Lee Brothers Oil Co., Inc
Gene Tierney
Miss Lamarr
Vegas Millionaire Escapes Kidnapers
Las Vegas real estate man Dean Petersen, 35, escaped after being held in a motorized trailer on Interstate 79 east of Reno for more than a day. Two alleged kidnappers, Joe Lischke and William McCoole, were arrested on kidnapping charges and police pursued at least five more suspects.
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Las Vegas
Dean Petersen
Interstate 79
Reno
Petersen
Joe Lischke
Carson City
Nev
William G. McCoole
Seattle
Wash
Ex Athletes Arrested in West Los Angeles Marijuana Raid
Nine people were booked on marijuana possession after a predawn raid on a West Los Angeles party. Among those detained were former Olympic gold medalist Zachery Zorn and two UCLA football starters, Victor al Lepisto and Mark Gustafson, plus several UCLA students and suspects described as probation trainees. Police seized marijuana, two pipes and some pills.
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Los Angeles
UPI
UCLA
Zachery Zorn
U.S
Mexico City
Victor al Lepisto
Mark T
Gustafson
Bruins
Lepisto
Alexander P. Ross
James A. Campbell
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Christiaan Barnard
NASA
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Guardian of
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Motion Picture Association of America
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Dozer
Lloyd Ash
New London
Esquiel Cervantes
Plymouth
Robert Abel
Norwalk, Son
Gary M. Fisher
Bellevue
Diane Julians
Anton Rieder
Willard
Earl J. Sinclair
Bank St. Anthony
Storm
Robert Young
Norwalk Ambulance
Ambulance
Gen. Hershey
Selective Service
Howard Feinberg
San Francisco State College
William Jerome
Hedy
Vegas
Reno, Nev
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