County May Move Equipment Into State Garage
County officials weigh temporary use of the state garage on Chatham Street after a Friday night fire destroyed the county garage and equipment valued at over $100,000. Urban Livengood will meet with state officials to discuss renting the building while seeking replacement vehicles and emergency measures.
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Donald Robertson
County Board of Commissioners
Arthur Herner
Arthur Leak
Robertson
Reflector
Urban Livengood
Chatham Street
Dublin Road
Route 250
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to ILO on Its 50th Year
The International Labor Organization won the 1969 Nobel Peace Prize worth 75000 dollars. The Nobel Committee provided no reasons and stated there would be no comments. The prize coincides with ILO’s 50th anniversary this year.
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Oslo
UPI
International Labor Organization
ILO
Nobel Committee
Agnew Attacks Vietnam Moratorium at Fundraiser
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew denounced last week's Vietnam Moratorium calling it a display driven by a spirit of national masochism and an effete corps of impudent snobs. He spoke at a $100 plate Republican fundraising dinner in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Manufacturers unveil saccharin base sugar substitutes plans
United Press International reports American manufacturers plan saccharin based substitutes to replace cyclamates in foods and beverages. Nations including Denmark and Sweden ban cyclamate in low calorie items. HEW Secretary Robert Finch announced the U S cyclamate ban in Washington.
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United Press International
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Robert Finch
Washington
Denmark
Sweden
Norwalk Weather And Local Life Brief
Mostly cloudy with showers tonight and Tuesday. Highs in the upper 50s to 60s, lows in the 40s. Stronger southwest winds shift west tonight and Tuesday. Precipitation around 0.09 inches in Norwalk. Marriage licenses listed for residents of Norwalk Wakeman New London Bellevue Willard and others. Births and deaths of local residents reported from Sandusky Norwalk New London Berlin Heights Monroeville and Greenwich.
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Norwalk
Roger L. Bahnsen
U.S. Navy
Deborah R. Albright
Lawrence L. Stoll
Mary Ann Rospert
Elijah R. Hoover
Wakeman
Mary M. Shaver
New London
Earl J. Lawson
Anna L. Hamilton
Jerry K. Johns
Ambulance Service and City Tax on Norwalk Council Agenda
Norwalk City Council will consider ambulance service decisions and a one percent city income tax. Mayor Finch vetoed the ambulance ordinance amid emotion in the chambers. A veto override would need five votes, while bids for ambulance service may be advertised. Other items include Elm Street Bridge repairs and Lake Avenue vacation ordinances.
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Norwalk
Harold Finch
Council
Norwalk Ambulance Service, Inc
Finch
Mansfield
Frederick Waugh
Elm Street
Lake Avenue
Norwalk Reflector Receives Government Coverage Award
The Norwalk Reflector is one of 23 daily newspapers honored for local government reporting. Publisher Herman Schaafsma travels to Chicago as awards are announced by Inland Daily Press Association and UW School of Journalism.
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Norwalk
Mich
Franklin-Greenwood Daily Journal
Franklin- Greenwood
Ind
Red Wing Daily Republican Eagle
Red Wing
Minn
Henderson Gleaner Journal
Henderson Ky
Sandusky Register
Nixon Proposes Changes to Drug Possession Penalties
The Nixon administration urged reducing first offense marijuana possession to a misdemeanor, with second offenses remaining felonies, and reclassifying marijuana as a hallucinogen. Professional traffickers would face up to 40 years, while possession with intent to sell stays felony.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
John E. Ingersoll
Justice Department
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Senate
Ingersoll
TV Stolen From VFW Club In Huron County
John Henderson, post commander, reported a break in at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post on U S 20 east of Bellevue. A 16 inch square window was smashed but nothing else appeared missing until an hour later when two televisions were found missing.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
U.S. 20
Bellevue
John Henderson
Huron County Sheriff's Department
Heidi Delays NBC Football Telecast Eight Minutes
NBC kept Heidi waiting on the sidelines for eight minutes to insert football fans back into the schedule. The Buffalo Oakland game ran eight minutes past 7 p.m. to accommodate the children's classic and avoid last year’s anger over the Heidi interruption.
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New York
UPI
National Broadcasting Company
Heidi
NBC
New York Jets
Oakland Raiders
Raiders
Tragic Drowning Deaths Of Three Sisters And Their Dates
Three sisters Rose Ann Vigil 20 Mary Margaret 19 Cathy 17 and two dates die in a car accident that left a Riverside canal scene under water. The car, a two door hardtop, wedged in a concrete ditch with 47 inches of water, five bodies recovered and the sixth, John Rumble 19 Canton Ohio, found downstream. Airmen Richard Sconamore 19 Renton WA and Donald Stolarick 29 Chicago, along with parents at Wheatland Ranch, linked to March Air Force Base. Funeral services set for Wheatland.
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Riverside
Calif
UPI
Fred Taylor
Riverside Police Department
John Rumble
Canton
Ohio
Wheatland
Wyo
Rose Ann
Mary Margaret
Cathy
Rubindoux
Richard Sconamore
Renton
Wash
Donald Stolarick
Chicago
March Air Force Base
Roth Low Bid On Elm Street Bridge Repair
Roth Construction Co of Norwalk appears the low bidder for Elm Street Bridge repairs with a bid of 9 235. Six companies bid including Charles M Ink Co 9 501 Price Construction 10 850 William D Mosser Co 11 564 Conn Welding and Machine Co 14 004 and Chernak Bredbenner Construction 27 393. Contract award expected at council meeting Tuesday following flood damage July 5.
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Roth Construction Co
Norwalk
Elm Street
Roth
William V. Mount
Charles M. Ink Co
Tiffin
Price Construction
William D. Mosser Co
Port Clinton
Conn Welding and Machine Co
New Castle
Chernak-Bredbenner Construction, Inc
Baltimore
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Highway Department
Kenneth Link
Robert Andrews
Rule St
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Manhattan
Jerry Kuhemister
Milan
James Neuberger
Parsons
George Latteman
Monroeville
Lloyd Rapp
Greenwich
Ent
Erwin Hicks
Berlin Heights
John Short
Bouscau
Clarence A. Rickard
Sandusky
Carl Henry Seibel
Benedict Ave
Latimer A. Selgem
George Collingwood
Mississippi River
Moc Hoa
South Vietnam
UPI Telephoto
the Reflector
Niles Daily Star
Niles
Congress
VFW Club
Pleasant Street
Leon Riley Excavating Co
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