Dirksen dies at 73 end of long Senate career
Everett McKinley Dirksen, 73, a towering GOP figure in Congress, died after heart stoppages following lung cancer surgery. The Pekin Illinois native served 35 years in Congress, rising to Senate leader and mentor, with tributes from President Nixon and Senate colleagues. Funeral plans included lying in state at the Capitol before burial in Pekin.
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Bowling Green unveils new campus telephone system
Bowling Green State University activated a $1.2 million telephone system by Northern Ohio Telephone Co. The plan gives each office and student room a direct number with three way transfer and campus wide dialing. In Columbus, Gov. Rhodes mourned the death of Sen. Dirksen calling him a pillar of strength and a champion of national principles.
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Bowling Green State University
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Everett M. Dirksen
Ohio
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Cleveland Indians Catcher Duke Sims Pleads Innocent
Duke Sims pleaded innocent in Garfield Heights Municipal Court to striking Adrienne Leib with a cocktail glass during an August tavern argument in Garfield Heights. The case was continued to October 13.
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Ohio Forecast Temperatures Run Below Normal This Week
United Press International reports a five day outlook for Ohio with temperatures averaging well below normal. Day highs expected 65-70 in the north and lower 70s in the south, overnight lows 45-50 north and 50-55 south. Cool throughout with precipitation about one tenth inch.
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Communists Mourn Ho Chi Minh as Hanoi Lays in State
Ho Chi Minh lies in a glass coffin in Hanoi as mourners pass the bier in the Vietnamese capital. Soviet Premier Kosygin viewed the bier and will attend the Wednesday funeral. Moscow Radio criticized Chou En-lai for leaving before the rites. In Illinois Gov. Ogilvie says he is shocked by Sen. Dirksen’s death and will decide on a successor for a 16 month term.
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Variable skies and showers with cooler temps ahead
Weather outlook shows variable clouds and cooler with a chance of showers today. Highs near 70s, tonight partial clearing and cooler, lows in upper 40s to lower 50s. Tuesday partly cloudy and cooler, highs mid to upper 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 18 mph today, shifting northerly 12 to 20 mph Tuesday. Norwalk highs 74, lows 59. Relative humidity 81 percent at 8 am, 74 at 2 pm, 84 at 8 pm. Marriage licenses issued for several couples. deaths listed for several residents.
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Economy Shows Slower Growth with Stable Jobs in August
Labor Department reports non farm payrolls up 165000 to 70.4 million while August unemployment falls to 3.5 percent. Construction jobs decline 43000 as inflation controls kick in. housing projects hit by 75 percent cutback ordered by President Nixon. Howard Stambler notes slowed employment growth since March.
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MilanTeen Football Player Satisfactory After Norwalk Game
Al Percival 16 of Milan remains in satisfactory condition at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital after a knee injury in the St Pauls vs Lucas game in Norwalk. Richard Frank 17 of 283 West Main St was released after ER treatment for a knee injury in the same game. Mrs Kriscintia Stadelmaier 67 of 18 Milan Ave treated in ER for a dog bite.
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Milan Ave
Truck Crash Kills 25-Year-Old Daniel Rash in Delaware Ohio
Daniel A. Rash 25 of Norwalk was killed when a pickup with Hug Concrete Paving Tools rolled on the Olentangy Expressway in Delaware. Steven Austin 20 of Norwalk is in serious condition after being thrown from the vehicle. Rash belonged to St Marys Church and Union Local 37. Funeral arrangements set with Heaston Hile Funeral Home and St Marys Catholic Church.
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Ridge Road
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Norwalk
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St. Paul High School
Dorothy Fisher
Brenda
Paul
Gary
Robert Rash
Robert
Rochelle) Gunther
Douglas
Claudia) Dellinger
Milton
Roberta) Simon
Monroeville
Heaston-Hile
Thomas E. Reynolds
St. Paul Cemetery
Apollo 12 Crew Says They Are Ready To Go
CAPE KENNEDY UPI reports Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Alan Bean and Richard Gordon watched the Saturn V rocket roll to the launch pad ahead of the second moon landing mission They voiced eagerness to begin the flight with Conrad saying Were ready to go Gordon noting 68 days to excitement and the launch target November 14 with Bean stressing a good lunar landing site remains to be found and launched from this day forward
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Alan Bean
Richard Gordon
Charles Conrad
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Taxi man crashes new car in parking lot collision
A Norwalk policeman's brand new 1969 Mercury Cougar was damaged when it collided head-on with a taxicab in Schild's IGA lot on Milan Avenue. The car was driven by neighbor George Haupricht with Captain Henry Landoll as passenger. taxi driver Charles Strobel faces reckless operation on private property charges.
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Schild
IGA
Milan Avenue
Henry Landall
George Alfred Haupricht
Cline St
Landoll
Charles Robert Strobel
Scottwood Ave
Walt’s
Norwalk Cab Co
Landall
Strobel
Racing Driver Killed At Ohio Valley Speedway
In Parkersburg West Virginia a 235 pound former high school football standout Stephen E. Smith age 17 built his own stock car and died when the car rolled three times on a curve at Ohio Valley Speedway south of town He was thrown from the vehicle after the seat belt bolt sheared off on the fifth lap of the feature race.
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Huron County Fair Opens With King and Queen Contest
Exhibits due by 6 p.m. Tuesday as fair opens with free grandstand admission for junior king and queen contestants. Eight girls and four boys compete for crowns. ceremony at 7 p.m. in front of the grandstand. Style show at 7:30 for clothing exhibitors. talent finals at 8. Judging begins Wednesday morning.
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