London Bank Theft Tunneling Ring Missed by Police
A Scotland Yard probe followed a $2.4 million central London bank heist after Robert Rowlands heard thieves tunneling into a Lloyd’s Bank vault on Baker Street. Police failed to act for 34 hours, only investigating after Rowlands called again. a 40-foot tunnel and an 18-inch vault breach were found, with the strongroom floor uncovered despite alarms.
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Gordon F. Josel
London
UPI
Robert Rowlands
Australia
Rowlands
Rowland
Scotland Yard
Lloyd’s Bank
Baker Street
Sherlock Holmes
Madame Tussaud’s
Marylebone
Guy Darke
Wimpole Street
Post Office
Free Swim and Skating Program Proposed by Park Board
The Park and Recreation Board discussed new plans including free swimming lessons for all children, reduced child swim rates from 75 to 50 cents, and free entry for evening sessions. Roller skating at the Ree Center was also suggested but funding and floor repairs were debated.
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Ree Center
Park and Recreation Board
John Borgia
Borgia
Park and Recreation
Austin Shadle
Shadle
Norwalk City Schools Reports 3282 Enrollment
Norwalk City Schools total enrollment reached 3282 as of last Friday, up 78 from 3204 when school closed last June. 88 students attend EHOVE Joint Vocational School, with 78 Norwalk students at EHOVE when last year ended. Superintendent A V Gotaas notes some transfers may yet affect rolls while board discusses elementary class sizes and staffing.
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Norwalk City
A.V. Gotaas
Ehove
Gotaas
Benedict
Bronson
League
Maplehurst
Pleasant
Board of Education
Ohio boards warned of possible classroom closures over finances
The state Board of Education faces possible cuts as 22 Ohio districts with 139000 students seek state financial audits. Superintendent Martin W. Essex says audits, required before calendar changes, could trigger closures in coming weeks. Districts include Findlay Bowling Green Fostoria Galion Clyde and South Central.
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Columbus
UPI
State Board of Education
Ohio
Martin W. Essex
Essex
Findlay City
Bowling Green City
Fostoria City
Galion City
Clyde Exempted
South Central
Miss America Named Honorary Lieutenant Governor
Lieutenant Governor John W. Brown announced that Laurie Lea Schaefer of Bexley has been commissioned as an honorary lieutenant governor following her winning Miss America title.
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Columbus
UPI
John W. Brown
Laurie Lea Schaefer
Bexley
Weekend forecast shows mild, sunny conditions with light winds
Weather outlook calls for sunny skies today with highs near 75 to 80 and a low around 50 tonight. Wednesday brings highs in the 70s with a small chance of rain and light winds shifting from southwest to northwest. Norwalk temperatures include a high 67 and low 50 with humidity near 90 percent in the morning. Births report a Norwalk girl to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Stoll. Marriage licenses issued to Hay and Forster and Foreman and Stover. Obituaries list Edward W. Schenk Marley E Robson and Wilbur E Loyer.
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Norwalk
Runaway youths captured after high speed chase to Wellington
Two 16 year old runaways from Mohican Youth Camp in Ashland County were arrested after a chase that began south of Clarksfield and ended east of Wellington. Officers clocked speeds up to 90 mph as the stolen car, taken from Hayesville, was pursued by sheriff and police units. The youths, from Brook Park and Barberton, were in custody.
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Attica
N.Y
UPI
Frank Ward
Nelson A. Rockefeller
National Guard
Russel G. Oswald
Wellington
Mohican
Ashland County
Clarksfield
Lloyd Smith
Sheriff's Night Patrol
New London
Sheriff's Department
New
Furniture Plant Forced To Shut Down
A defect in a 1,500 KVA transformer serving the Norwalk Furniture plant has forced a shutdown at least until Wednesday when a temporary unit arrives from North Carolina. Jack Edwards of the city's electric department said the transformer, under a year old, failed about 5 p.m. Monday and will be returned to Westinghouse in Sharon, Pennsylvania for repairs under warranty.
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Norwalk
North Carolina
Jack Edwards
Electric Department
Westinghouse
Sharon
Edwards
Faulhaber Votes No on Union at Monroeville Plant
Faulhaber Co of Monroeville rejects UAW unionization for the second year after a NLRB election. The tally 76 to 41 with 11 challenged votes, up from last year’s margin, cited by VP Martin J. Bird as support for upgrading facilities and working conditions. The plant employs 145 production workers producing bicycle saddle seats.
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Monroeville
Faulhaber Co
United Auto Workers of America Union
UAW
Faulhaber
National Labor Relations Board
Martin J. Bird
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P.m
Stokes
Cleveland
UPS
Carl Stokes
United States
John Conyers, Jr
D-Mich
Washington
Sues
New York
Ohio National
Pryor
Stephen Stranahan
Toledo
Commission On Public School Personnel Policies
Stranahan
Hue
Saigon
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
UPI Telephoto
Oswald
Rockefeller
White House
Northwestern Regional
Ohio School Board Association
Robert Kramer
Mrs. Lawrence Stoll
F- T
Kenneth E. Hay
Willard
Donna M. Forster
Rollin E. Foreman
Arbutus Stover
Edward W. Schenk
Milan
Marley E. Robson
Greenwich
Wilbur E. Loyer
Collins
Union
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