Boxing King Al Weill Dies at 63
Al Weill longtime Madison Square Garden matchmaker and Rocky Marciano manager died late Monday in a state hospital after a long illness. He guided four world champions including featherweight Joey Archibald lightweight Lou Ambers welterweight Marty Servo and heavyweight Rocky Marciano.
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Lou Ambers
Marty Servo
Marciano
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Older Americans Face Medicare Hike and Education Cut
Elderly and veterans brace for higher costs as Nixon administration plans raise Medicare charges to just over 5 dollars a month starting July 1 and signals a veto on a large boost to veterans education benefits. Social Security Administrator Robert Ball told the House Ways and Means Committee of the proposed increase.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Robert Ball
House
Ways and Means Committee
Cost of Living Jumps 12 Percent in September
Labor Department reports the cost of living index rose to 129.3 in September, up 0.5 percent. The figure means $12.93 buys what $10 did in the 1957 59 base period.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Nixon
Painesville Draft Office Fire Mirrors Lorain Akron Attacks
Vandals ransacked the Painesville Selective Service Office burning thousands of draft records. Authorities linked the blaze to similar early morning fires at Lorain and Akron offices. Firefighters arrived at 2:03 a.m. and FBI involvement followed.
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Painesville, Ohio
UPI
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Draft Board
Lorain
Akron
John Kilgore
Ohio
Akron Draft Board
FBI
Shook
Painesville
Selective Service
Norwalk Ambulance Franchise Vote Ruled Illegal
Norwalk City Council's Oct 7 attempt to award an ambulance franchise on proposals was ruled illegal by City Solicitor Frederick Waugh, who urged sealed bids and halted the ordinance vote. The scene drew 125 residents as council postponed bids while they consider a volunteer service option.
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Frederick Waugh
Waugh
Council
Harold Finch
Tiffin
Reflector
Mansfield
Jess Byrd
Mansfield Service
Finch
Service
William Mount
Norwalk Ambulance Service
Norwalk Ambulance
Young to disclose plans on seeking re election
U.S. Senator Stephen M. Young of Ohio said he would announce on Friday whether he will run for a third term. If he does not seek re election, John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum are expected to vie for the Democratic nomination. Young, at 80, is the Senate’s oldest member.
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UPI
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
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Glenn
Cleveland
Howard Metzenbaum
U.S. Senate
Weather In Norwalk Area Clears and Turns Colder
Clearing and colder tonight with lows in the low 30s. Thursday brings mostly fair cool weather with highs in the upper 40s and low 50s. 30 per cent precip today, 20 tonight, 10 Thursday. NW winds 15 to 30 mph today, easing tonight and W 10 to 15 mph Thursday. Norwalk highs 68, lows 38. Humidity 83 at 7 am, 56 at 1 pm, 54 at 7 pm. Sunrise 7:06, sunset 6:36. Moonrise 5:22, moonset 4:46.
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Muffed GI Is On Target
Pvt. Lynn Davidson, 19, of Bellevue Ohio, wore protective earmuffs on a firing range at Fort Campbell Kentucky and hit 20 of 28 targets. The earmuffs may have alleviated his extra sensitive ears after Walter Reed tests. Davidson is in B Company 8th Battalion 2nd Training Brigade with two weeks left of basic training.
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UPI
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Ohio
Lynn Davidson
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Walter Reed Hospital
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Kennedy Tape Brings Tears In Chappaquiddick Courtroom
In Wilkes Barre a taped Kennedy radio address plays in court as Judge Brominski weighs exhuming Mary Jo Kopechne’s body for autopsy. The Kopechne family reacts emotionally while prosecutors seek confirmation of drowning as the cause of death.
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William M. Coombe
Wilkes Barre. Pa
UPI
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Edward M. Kennedy
Mary Jo
Chappaquiddick Island
Mass
Mary Jo Kopechne
Washington D. C
Joseph
Gwendolyn Kopechne
Bernard Brominski
Joseph Kopechne
Judge Brominski
Larksville
Edmund S. Dinis
Massachusetts
Luzerne County
Brominski
Donald R. Mills
Dukes County
Ford predicts for Vietnam war, draft may end
House Republican leader Gerald R Ford told reporters the Vietnam conflict should improve enough in coming months for Congress to consider abolishing the draft next year. He predicted a substantial reduction in military need and said an all volunteer army could arrive when 2.6 million personnel are under arms.
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Nixon
Ford
Congress
Vietnam
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Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Resident demands curb on Seminary Street youth parties
At Norwalk City Council a resident and local business operator described beer parties drag racing and property damage in the Seminary Street parking lot across from Connie's Laundry He alleged police are unable to act without drivers identification and urged curfew enforcement and patrols Two other residents cited assaults and traffic dazzle as youths chase cars and disrupt the business district Officials debated possible solutions including lighting patrols or closing the parking lot while police pledged continued presence.
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John Haupricht
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Bank St
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Harold Finch
Hilson
Richard Rench
State Senate
Finch
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Bench
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