Apollo cuts shorten moon landings schedule to 1972
Washington reports NASA drops two more Apollo moon landings due to congressional cuts leaving four landings to be completed by mid 1972. Officials foresee possible resignations of several astronauts as the program adjusts to a six flight plan. In Wisconsin four youths facing federal charges for involvement in the Aug 24 UW explosion are sought by FBI officials.
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Washington
UPI
Space Agency
United States
Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Ky to visit US for Nixon Vietnam rally support
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky will travel to the United States soon to address a rally in Washington on behalf of Nixon’s Vietnam policy. Ky’s office has not set a date and says the trip will occur in the near future.
Nixon Hosts Celebrity State Dinner In Coronado
President Nixon plans a high profile state dinner in Coronado California honoring Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz to stress close border ties. He will also press Senate Finance Committee members in Washington to advance his stalled welfare reform plan before departing. Paris talks resume with cautious optimism as Xuan Thuy meets David Bruce in first direct session after boycotts.
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Calif
Paris
UPI
U. S
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
David K. E. Bruce
Nixon
Israeli Cabinet Holds Secret Session Over Egyptian Crisis
The Israeli cabinet met in Tel Aviv in a secret session to study the Egyptian missile crisis and to decide on suspending Middle East peace talks. Israel lodged its ninth official complaint of cease-fire violations and the meeting was held under official secrets acts.
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United Press International
Tel Aviv
Middle East
Israel
Auto union targets GM and Chrysler in pending talks
Detroit reports UAW resumes contract talks with General Motors and Chrysler Corp. Strikes could begin by midnight September 14 if no settlement is reached. The UAW International Executive Board chose two targets, a first since 1955 when all big three contracts expired together.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers
UAW International Executive Board
Weather outlook Norwalk with showers and mild heat
Considerable cloudiness and warm with a chance of showers and thundershowers today and tonight. Highs in the mid 80s and lows around 50 in Norwalk. Friday mainly cloudy cooler with scattered showers and highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s. 50 percent precip today and tonight, 40 percent Friday. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph today, shifting to westerly Friday. Births list two local families welcoming daughters, and deaths note two residents, both in their 60s or older.
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Norwalk
Townsend breaks silence on Princess Margaret romance
Peter Townsend, 55, in London, recalls his 1950s romance with Princess Margaret as memory. Now married to a Belgian tobacco heiress with five children, Townsend says he last met her in 1958 and regards the affair as a past news item. He also notes his role in the Battle of Britain era and his 1944 equerry service to King George VI.
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London
UPI
Peter Townsend
Princess Margaret
Townsend
Paris
Battle of Britain
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Buckingham Palace
George VI
Church of England
Clarence House
Antony Armstrong Jones
Earl of Snowdon
Brussels
Norwalk Picks New Service Director Adam Brickner
The nine person Brickner family headlines the move as Adam Brickner will become Norwalk’s director of service and safety on October 1. Locals greet the news with mixed opinions while Brickner jokes about his hometown reception and adjusts to public scrutiny.
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Brickner
Adam and
Jeanne Brickner
Cleveland
Hough
Greg Watkins
Adam Brickner
Norwalk
Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune
Tiffin
Adam
Kenneth Egbert
Egbert
a_ Tiffin
Labor Day Festivals In Three Towns
Labor Day weekend features three village festivals in Huron and Erie Counties New London Milan and Berlin Heights. Parades and queen contests headline each event with distinct attractions including Milan melon events and Berlin Heights radio celebrity appearances. Grand marshals Elmer Smith and Dr. Byron P Merrick lead processions as local acts perform throughout the weekend.
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Huron
Erie
New London
Milan
Berlin Heights
Elmer Smith
Cleveland Indians
Byron P
Merrick
Whizzer’s Clowns
Zanesville
Norwalk
St. Helen’s
Newbury
U S Warns Soviet Union Egypt Over Cease Fire
Washington says it advised Moscow and Cairo to curb cease fire violations to protect ongoing peace talks at the United Nations. Ambassador Beam and Donald Bergus were instructed to press Gromyko and Riad for a rapid meeting and present concrete evidence of violations.
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UPI
United States
Soviet Union
Egypt
Middle East
United Nations
Jacob D. Beam
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
U. S
Cairo
Donald C. Bergus
Mahmoud Riad
Mayor disbands Utilities Advisory and Liaison Group
Mayor Harold E. Finch disbanded the Utilities Advisory and Liaison Group a year after its creation to study water sewer and electric rates. The panel had endorsed selling the municipal power plant to Ohio Edison and criticized engineer Raikes report on the plant. Members included Janes Ewell Robert Hill Anthony Petrosino and William Casselberry.
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Harold E. Finch
Finch
Utilities Advisory and Liaison Group
Ohio Edison Co
George Raike
Janes Ewell
Robert Hill
Anthony Petrosino
William Casselberry
Certified Public Accountant
Ewell
Raike
Sandusky Firm Wins Jail Expansion Bid in Sandusky
Bids totaling 47722 for the Huron County Jail addition were accepted by the commissioners. Lew Construction Sandusky won the general contract for 35306, Shepp Plumbing Norwalk 4116, J and J Electric Monroeville 5250, and G and B Plumbing Castalia 3050. Contracts to be signed next week as Sheriff and staff plan December move into new space.
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Huron County
Lew Construction
Sandusky
Shepp Plumbing and Heating, Inc
Norwalk
J_ Electric
Monroeville
B Plumbing
Castalia
Thurman J. Peabody
Charles Effinger
Borgia
Richard Andres
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