London Bridge Reborn In Arizona Desert Site
The 140 year old London Bridge was reassembled in Lake Havasu City Arizona by a 40 man crew over 23 months using 10 276 granite blocks shipped from London. McCulloch Oil Corp bought the bridge for 2.46 million dollars with total project costs around 7 million.
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Ariz
UPI
London Bridge
Arizona Desert
Thames
London
Peter M. Studd
Colorado River
McCulloch Oil Corp
Lakeside
Blind jazz musician arrested at Cleveland airport
Blind jazz artist Roland Kirk was arrested at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport after a metal detector signaled a firearm. The 35 year old from East Orange New Jersey was taken into FBI custody and held at Summit County jail pending a hearing before a U S magistrate in Cleveland.
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Akron
UPI
Roland Kirk
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Kirk
East Orange
N.J
FBI
Cleveland Hopkins International
Summit County
U.S
War pause as dog saves a life in Londonderry window blast
Scruffy the dog on a Londonderry window ledge halts fighting as soldiers and rioters pause to rescue the animal. After Scruffy’s removal troops resume positions and a stone is hurled, reigniting the clash. In Marietta Ohio a church boiler explosion kills four teens and injures many in a Sunday School class.
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Scruffy
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Cleveland Police Chief Resigns Ahead of New Mayor
Cleveland Police Chief Lewis Coffee announced his resignation effective on the day the new mayor is sworn in. He will depart about a week after the November 2 election. Coffee, a 33 year veteran, joined the force in 1938, and took the helm February 5, 1970 after William Ellenburg quit amid disclosed ties to organized crime in Detroit.
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Cleveland
UPI
Lewis Coffee
Coffee
William Ellenburg
Detroit
Cleveland Police
Weather and notices from Norwalk Ohio
Variable cloudiness and windy today through Tuesday with cooler nights. Highs in the 50s, lows in the 30s to 40s. 20 percent precip today tonight, 10 percent Tuesday. Norwalk temps 56/41, humidity rises and falls through the day. Births list two Norwalk girls. deaths listed for six local residents with obituary on page 2.
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Norwalk
One Humdinger Wedding Four Daughters Wed Simultaneously
Justin Hund married off all four daughters in separate ceremonies at St. Anne's Church San Bernardino. Each daughter walked the aisle with a different groom Lt Kenneth Smith Darryl Sellas Larry Hyder and was joined by distinct wedding parties. About 1200 attended with 600 admitted by invitation only.
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San Bernardino
Calif
UPI
Justin Hund
Thomas O’toole
Hund
St. Anne’s
Judy
Janice
Joan
Jeannette
Gerald Howard
Air Force
Kenneth Smith
Darryl Sellas
Larry Hyder
Norwalk Nears Decision on City Power Position
Norwalk City Council weighs selling the entire electric system versus going wholesale with Ohio Edison after a three hour closed session. Council may decide at the Oct. 19 regular meeting as changes to the offer are considered.
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Norwalk
Melvin Shipley
Ohio Edison Co
Shipley
Richard Cunningham
Ohio Edison
Cunningham
Edison
Sandusky
Tony Gorant
Gorant
Garant
Herbert Krogh
Columbus
Krogh
U S Sees POW Release as Step Toward Wider Exchange
In Saigon the U S Embassy said talks with the Communists on the release of a North Vietnamese army lieutenant aim to spur more prisoner exchanges. The lieutenant was freed as a reciprocal gesture with 52 Communists reported killed in fighting near Krek, Cambodia as U S troops at Fire Support Base Pace faced mutiny reports.
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Cambodia
U.S. S
John C. Sexton
Sexton
Krek
U.S
Pace
Watermelon Hurls at Truck on U S 20 Near Monroeville
James L. Freudeman Jr. escaped injury when vandals on Columbus Day weekend tossed a watermelon at his semi tractor trailer on U S 20 about a mile west of Monroeville. The truck, owned by Roadway Express of Akron, was unharmed as banks and offices observed the holiday.
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James L. Freudeman, Jr
Cuyahoga Falls
U.S. 20
Monroeville
The
Highway Patrol
Roadway Express of
Akron
Benefit Pancake Breakfast Sunday by Norwalk Jaycees
A Dollars For Scholars pancake breakfast sponsored by the Norwalk Jaycees runs 7 30 a m to 3 p m Sunday at the V F W Hall on Milan Avenue. Proceeds benefit Dollars For Scholars as stated by Ed Ondak state director of the local Jaycees chapter.
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Norwalk Jaycees
V.F.W. Hall
Milan Avenue
Ed Ondak
Jaycees
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