Fire Damages Erie Supply in Norwalk area blaze
Fire causes 10000 to 12000 dollars in damage to Erie Supply Co a wholesale plumbing outlet on U S 20 west of Norwalk. Monroeville Fire Dept sent three trucks and 16 volunteers at 7 30 p m aiding for about 105 minutes. Norwalk sent a standby unit. Owner William Benz used a torch on water lines igniting insulation and flames. Most damage occurred in the main entrance room with 4000 dollars to the building and 7000 dollars of contents destroyed.
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Erie Supply Co
U.S. 20
Norwalk
Monroeville
Olin Schneider
William Benz
Benz
Communist Summit Expands to Global Meeting in Moscow
In Moscow a meeting billed as a East European Communist leaders summit appears to broaden into a world wide gathering to map a Viet Nam path independent of China with reports that Cuban leaders arrived with defense ministers and other world communists are en route. The Supreme Court rejected a bid to abolish the electoral college as unfair to small states. President Johnson moved to invoke the Taft Hartley act to curb local walkouts at General Electric Viet Nam equipment plants.
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Moscow
UPI
Viet Nam
China
Tass
Washington
Supreme Court
Delaware
UPD
Johnson
General Electric
Maddox vote pledge sparks oath remark by Georgia party chief
Atlanta Georgia Democratic Chairman Jack Turner says he will vote for Lester Maddox despite reports Maddox would not vote for Negroes on the same ticket. Turner adds the oath may curdle his blood but he will cast his ballot for Maddox anyway.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Jack Turner
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Detroit Coach Dies Amid Tiger Tumbling Management Loss
Detroit Tiger coach and twice interim manager Bob Swift died of lung cancer at 51, the second Tiger manager to die in just over two months, prompting tributes from team officials and players.
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Detroit
UPI
Bob Swift
Detroit Tiger
Tiger
Swift
Note But No Name
Mrs. Vernon Youell of Fort Bliss returned to her car in an El Paso lot to find a hit and run dent and a note from the driver claiming people are watching him but refusing to give name address or phone number.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
Vernon Youell
Neaby Ft. Bliss
Weather outline and early births and deaths notes
Weather reports slow cloud clearing and colder high 48 53 with a Tuesday shower forecast. Sunrise 6 41 a m Sunset 5 44 p m. Sunday highs near 60 and 41 low. Birth notices list families in New London Attica Norwalk and New Washington with several newborns. Obituaries note Donald J Moir Laura Kramer and Donald E Bittner.
Erie Huron CAC to review grant status and finances
The Erie Huron Counties Community Action Commission meets at 8 p.m. in the Huron County Courthouse to discuss remaining grant funds and how long they will last. The initial $20,501 grant covers six months from May 17 with estimates shifting between Oct 31 and Nov 17.
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Erie-Huron Counties Community Action Commission
Huron County
CAC
Caroline Ford
Poverty Commission
Staten
LBJ Heads On Pacific Peace Mission
President Johnson set out on a 17 day 25000 mile trip to six Asian nations aiming to shape a new regional life in Asia and seek an honorable peace in Viet Nam. He will visit Hawaii New Zealand Australia the Philippines for a summit in Manila with leaders discussing war and development.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Pacific
Southeast Asia
Far East
U.S
Asia
Viet Nam
Air Force
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Dulles International
Virginia
Manila
Hawaii
New Zealand
Australia
Philippines
City Leaf Pickup To Begin This Tuesday
City crews will start leaf collection on Tuesday weather permitting. Service Director Morley Price announced that one team will work on the south side and residents should place leaves at the tree lawns in front of their homes for pickup.
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Morley Price
Youth Charged in Region Burglary Case Set for Trial
Thomas D. Ward 18 of 10 Pine St among five youths charged in a string of area burglaries. Ward faces grand larceny for stealing tools valued over $300 from a garage belonging to Vernon Gibson. Trial slated in Huron County Common Pleas Court on Thursday.
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Thomas D. Ward
Pine St
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Ward
Vernon Gibson
City Church Eyes Center for Elderly
Norwalk area residents over 65 are invited to a meeting at St. Pauls Episcopal Church to discuss a potential Senior Citizens Center. The session runs 2 to 4 p.m. with speakers Catherine Cox and Charles Tither and music by the Kitchen Comedy Band.
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Norwalk
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
St. Paul
Catherine Cox
Canton Senior Citizens
Charles Tither
Mansfield Retmen
Kitchen
Chaplin Returns to Work on The Countess of Hong Kong
Veteran actor director Charles Chaplin aged 77 returns to Pinewood Studios cast on foot and using crutches after a broken ankle from a fall on the set last week. The UPI cable photo accompanies the report.
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Charles Chaplin
Hong Kong
Pinewood Studios
Chaplin
UPI
Huron County Announces 36 Inductees for Nov 9
Thirty six men from Huron County are to be inducted on November 9, officials at the local Selective Service Board report. This is ten more than October’s induction. A 37 man call for physicals accompanies the induction list, with physicals set for November 9, seventeen more than last month.
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Huron County
Selective Service Board
Threats on LBJ Life Prompt Global Police Action
UPI reports death threats against President Johnson and leaders of Australia and New Zealand received in Sydney and Wellington. Police, with U.S. security aid, probe anonymous calls about a Kennedy style assassination. Holt and Holyoake noted as targets amid hostile letters while Sydney braces for Johnson’s expected warm welcome.
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Sydney
Australia
UPI
Johnson
New Zealand
Wellington
N.Z
U.S
Sydney Daily Mirror
William Perry
Harold Holt
Reflector Wins Coverage Award in Inland Daily Press Event
The Norwalk Reflector was among 25 papers honored for local government reporting at IDP A Chicago meeting. Ohio papers Chillicothe Gazette and Ashland Times Gazette also placed, with several other regional winners noted. Judges praised dramatizing governmental developments for readers.
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Norwalk
Ohio
Chippewa Falls
Wisc
Herald-~Telegram
Red Wing
Minn
Republican Eagle
Ames
Iowa
Daily Tribune
Niles
Mich
Daily State
Boonville, Mo
Daily News and Advertiser
Waukesha
Wis
Freeman
Topeka
Kas
Daily Capital
Chicago Ill
Daily News
Thieu Extends Johnson Invite to South Vietnam Visit
South Viet Nam Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu says his government will officially invite President Johnson to visit South Vietnam during his Far Eastern tour. It is believed Johnson would accept.
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Pleiku
South Viet Nam
Huron Man Killed In Milan High Lift Accident
Gary Robert Wickoff 22 of 568 Wilber Ave Huron died at the Milan highway garage when a high lift arm crushed him. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. William Cole from suffocation. Wickoff, 1962 Huron High School graduate, was Army Reserve member and Presbyterian. Private funeral set at Wheland Funeral Home Huron with burial at Scott Cemetery.
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Huron
Milan Highway
Gary Robert Wickoff
Wilber Ave
William Cole
Wickoff
Baybridge Patrol Post
Huron High School
Army Reserves
Presbyterian Church
Chester Wickoff
Tillie Wickoff
Harvey Parman
Wheland Funeral Home
George Bell
Scott Cemetery
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Ay Kyom
Electoral
Taft-Hartley
Carl Hall
Nova
James Barnett
New London
Michael Randleman
August Ocepek
New Washington
Walter Shank
Attica
Amos Collins
Plymouth
Charles Wilken
William Lucas
Main St
John Bechtle
Chatham St
Donald J. Moir
Breezewood
Laura Kramer
Cline St
Donald E. Bittner
Berlin Heights
Air Force One
City Leaf
City Church Eyes Center For
LBJ
Reflector
Viet Invites
Milan
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