Wife seeks divorce from longest-held POW Everett Alvarez Jr
Tangee Alvarez 32 files for dissolution of marriage to Lt. Everett Alvarez Jr. after eight months of marriage ended by his 1964 downing in the Gulf of Tonkin. Navy allegedly blocked direct contact and tried to stop the action, serving summons via the Department of the Navy in Washington.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
America
North Vietnam
Everett Alvarez Jr
San Francisco
Tangee Alvarez
Gulf of Tonkin
Myron Tower
San Leandro
Navy
Towers
Department of Navy
Washington
Weather outlook and local life notices in Norwalk area
Partly cloudy breezy warmer with a chance of showers or thundershowers today. Highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Tonight mostly cloudy with showers possible. Lows in the low to mid 50s. Thursday cooler with a 30 to 40 percent rain chance and highs in the lower 60s. Norwalk highs 59, lows 28. Marriage license applications listed for several local couples. Deaths noted for Amelia Haupricht, Clara Parker and Eldon Inman.
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Norwalk
Saxbe Predicts 1973 Income Tax Increase
UPI reports Ohio Senator William B. Saxbe warned in Columbus that, despite President Nixon’s assurances, an income tax hike is likely in 1973. Saxbe spoke to the Ohio Savings and Loan League saying new taxes cannot be avoided next year.
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Columbus
UPI
United States
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
Nixon
Saxbe
Ohio Savings and Loan League
Des Moines Grant For Handmade Infant Grave Markers
The Des Moines Park Board voted 8 to 1 to permit two concrete headstones on the graves of the infant children of Mr and Mrs Douglas Frederick in Glendale Cemetery The move reverses an earlier cemetery committee decision that would have blocked the handmade markers due to concerns about the showplace appearance of the cemetery
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Des Moines, Iowa
UPI
Glendale
Des Moines
McGovern Unveils 90 Day Vietnam Withdrawal Plan
McGovern says total U S pullout from Indochina in 90 days paired with Hanoi POW releases is the only way to end the war. He rejects charges of surrender, vows to press Kissinger talks, halt bombing, and keep S Vietnam defended with over a million U S troops if elected.
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United Press International
George S. McGovern
U.S
Vietnam
Indochina
Hanoi
McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Chicago
Kissinger
North
France
South Vietnam
Fire devastates three barns at state fair Dairy Show
A Tuesday fire at the Ohio state fairgrounds destroyed three barns housing the North American Dairy Show. Four cows died and 12 people were injured as more than 260000 square feet burned, with damages over 4 million dollars. 1600 animals were at the show. cause undetermined.
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Columbus
UPI
State Fairgrounds
Willa Lowry
Pleasant Hills
Schlitz Brewing Co
University Hospital
John Chaney
LaCamp
Fire destroys barns as cattle saved at North American Dairy Show
Rescue crews saved 12 cattle from Gerald Palm of Fair-Ayr Farms as a fire swept the hog and dairy barn during the North American Dairy Show in Huron County. Palm lost two trucks and numerous show items while his wife led cows to safety with help from onlookers and exhibitors. The blaze began between 1 and 1:30 pm and fire units worked until about 3:30 pm, leaving beams and posts twisted and scorched.
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Ohio State Fairgrounds
Huron County
Gerald Palm
Fair- Ayr Farms
North Fairfield
Palm
Carl Lund
New State Road
Norwalk
William
Ohio State University
Lund
Father swims hours with three sons strapped to him tragedy
Edgartown Massachusetts father George J Jaeger spent hours swimming through 6 to 8 foot swells while tied to his three sons Bruce 15 Robert 11 and Clifford 10 with a tow rope after their cabin cruiser sank off Martha's Vineyard. The boys died before dawn and Jaeger survived though exhausted. Their grandfather George C Jaeger 73 was found dead on the beach.
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Edgartown
Mass
George J. Jaeger
Chappaquiddick Island
Jaeger
Bruce
Robert
Clifford
Martha's Vineyard
David Rappoport
Jesse Oliver
North Neck Beach
George C. Jaeger
Dominic Arena
Martha's Vineyard Hospital
Deplore Bombing of French Embassy in Hanoi Provokes Uproar
Paris protests to the United States over an alleged U S bombing of the French legation in Hanoi as President Pompidou calls the act deplorable The U S Command in Saigon cites possible North Vietnamese SAM2 missile strikes that cratered after missing U S planes en route to railroad yards north of the French mission area with uncertain reports of any flights over Hanoi itself
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Paris
UPI
United States
U.S
Hanoi
George Pompidou
Saigon
U.S. Navy
Red River
North Vietnam
Fire Prevention Week Urges Rules to Cut Annual Loss
Sparky Set. If the annual fire loss last year was in one dollar bills laid end to end it would stretch four times around the earth at the equator and have 2,400 miles left to start the fifth lap. Help to reduce this loss by practicing Fire Prevention rules during this, Fire Prevention Week.
Norwalk Schools End Elementary Workbook Fees For 1968 69
The Norwalk City Schools board voted to stop charging elementary workbook fees, noting the 1968 tax levy funds cover the costs. Supt Gotaas said the operation budget can handle it and only a very small number of families struggle to pay. The typical bills ranged from 2.45 to 5.80 per student, with kindergarten at 3.25. The board also conducted student inquiries on governance and reviewed lunch week, coaching assignments, staff rehiring, and adult education funding.
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Norwalk City
Board of Education
Albion V. Gotaas
James G
Ryder
Gotaas
Larry Huston
Huston
Norwalk
van Ramsey
Glenn Bitner
Steve Cillo
Sam Cessna
Diane Shane
Benedict
League Street
Gotans
Sue Arthur
Clarice Brown
Diane Chairez
Ronald Dymond
Suzanne Ludwig
Cynthia Overly
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Mrs. Alvarez
UPI Telephoto
David L. Baker
Collins
Dawn R. Myers
Charles D. Piazza
Elyria
Greenhouse
Mary A. Davis
Timothy L. Grosswiler
Mary C. Raines
John J. Lewis
Milan
Evelyn M. Deiner
Amelia M. Haupricht
Clara M. Parker
Eldon Inman
Marianna
Fla
Norwalk Board of Education
William B
North Fairfield Farmer
By Carol Buescher
Sparky
Paul Miller
Raymond Sizemore
Jan Waugh
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