Toledo judge orders four hour choice to return or be fired
Lucas County Common Pleas Court Judge George Kiroff gave 2,500 striking Toledo teachers five hours to decide to return to work or face dismissal. He invoked the Ferguson Act, delaying a signed order to activate the law until 4:15 p.m. for teacher consideration. In Minneapolis, police identified James W. Lawson Jr. 19 as the teen killed when a bomb exploded 11 days earlier, saying he carried about 20 pounds of plastic explosives that detonated by accident during a thunderstorm.
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Toledo
UPI
Lucas County
Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis
James W. Lawson Jr
Violence sours Mexican Independence Day parade in Los Angeles
Sniper fire rock throwing and firebombings erupted in the nation’s largest Mexican American community after a festive Independence Day parade. At least 50 arrests and six sheriff’s deputies injured, including one by gunfire, marked the incident. In Washington, the Senate rejected a motion to halt a Southern-led debate on a constitutional amendment for direct presidential elections.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Mexico
Washington
Senate
Weather Outlook With Showers and Mild Temperatures
Increasing cloudiness today brings a 30 percent chance of rain, highs around 70 to 75 in Norwalk. Tonight stays mostly cloudy with possible showers and thunder for a 60 percent chance, lows near 55 to 60. Friday looks variable with a 40 percent chance of showers and cooler upper 60s to lower 70s. Saturday should be fair and warm. Birth notices show multiple local families welcoming new babies in Norwalk and nearby jurisdictions.
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Norwalk
Norwalk Youth On CAC Board Becomes Members
Steven Spencer fourteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Fred Spencer was named to the Erie Huron Bi County Community Action Board at a Wednesday meeting Purvis Brown Jr of Sandusky also joined as a Youth Pride Economic Division delegate to involve youth in business ventures Youth Pride plans three enterprises in Erie and Huron counties including a Willard coffee shop a Sandusky record shop and a recreation center The CAC board chaired by Clarence Seavers and Director Wallace Reese also announced a Family Planning Center project with Dr Robert Gillette as director and a co op store in Sandusky expected to open by early October The board may expand to 35 members and fills vacancies from Willard Norwalk Sandusky and EHOVE with Youth Pride representing two new members.
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Steven Spencer
Fred Spencer
N. Pleasant Sr
Erie-Huron
Steven
Youth Pride
Erie
Huron
Willard
Sandusky
Clarence Seavers
CAC
Wallace Reese
Family Planning Center
Robert D. Gillette
John Goss
VISTA
Coop
Monroe and
Warren Streets
Norwalk
Ehove
Nixon Sees Heckling as Minor on Campus Tours
President Nixon said a fair hearing matters more than protests as he toured Midwest campuses to boost Sen. Ralph Smith. He noted that universities risk hosting only nonentities if controversial figures are barred, while brushing off about 50 hecklers at Kansas State and awaiting meetings with Chicago editors and Polish leaders.
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Chicago
UPI
Nixon
Kansas State University
Ralph Smith
Midwest News
Midwest
White House
State Department
Rig wedged under Route 61 underpass blocks traffic near Willard
A Baltes Construction Co truck carrying a drilling rig became stuck beneath the Route 61 underpass just north of Route 194. A panel truck struck the rig, causing damage and a radiator spray. Ezell was checked at Fisher-Titus but released. The rig was removed and no underpass damage reported. Patrol Lt. Jack Walsh investigated.
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William Geiger
Norwalk
Baltes Construction Co
Carl Ezell
Baltes
Willard
Route 61
Huron
Hart Advertising
Ezell
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Five Days Left to Register for Nov 3 Election
Five days remain to register to vote for the November 3 general election. Registration is available at the Board of Elections on the courthouse third floor 8:30 am to 4 pm weekdays and 8:30 am to noon Saturday. On the final registration day next Wednesday all county polling places will stay open until 9 pm for registrations and name or address changes. Those who registered in 1969 or the May primary do not need to re register.
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Board of Elections
Drifters Rescued After 48 Days Without Food in Pacific
Captain Julian Ritter and two crewmen survived 48 days adrift 422 miles northwest of Honolulu after running out of supplies on the Galilee. They subsisted on algae, fish, and squid while repairing sails and splicing lines onboard. They were rescued by the USS Niagara Falls and described a cautious optimism during the ordeal.
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Honolulu
UPI
Julian Ritter
Galilee
Niagara Falls
Tahiti
Ritter
Santa Barbara
Calif
South Seas
Lauren Kokx
Ojai
Winfried B. Herringhoff
Seidenhorst
West Germany
Sydney
Australia
Huxley
Jung
Miss Kokx
Beethoven
Mozart
Vivaldi
Lauren Louise Kokx
Callif
Edgar M. Cocke
Winfried Herringhoff
14 year old arrested in New London bomb scare
A Fitchville area freshman, 14, admitted making a prank bomb call that led to evacuations at New London School. No device was found after a search by Deputy Osterland Police Chief Snyder and staff. He faces Juvenile Court charges and is under house arrest with school attendance allowed only with a parent.
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Fitchville Area
New London
John Osterland
New London Police
Norman Snyder
John Borgin
Borgia
Norwalk
Sheriff's Department
Joseph Hurley
Airport Lease OK'd by Huron County Commission
The Huron County Commissioners sign the revised Norwalk Huron County Airport lease ending a six month construction delay. The agreement was previously signed by Mayor Harold E. Finch and former Service Director William V. Mount for the city, John Baltes president of the Airport Authority, and Ted Murphy president of Erie Air Service Inc who will operate the airport.
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Huron County
Norwalk
Harold E. Finch
William V. Mount
John Baltes
Huron County Airport Authority
Ted Murphy
Erie Air Service, Inc
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D-Maine
Kansas State
Amman
United Press International
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