Businessmen wary of municipal bus plan in Norwalk
City hall briefing outlines a tentative plan to buy two to three buses funded by the state and run by the city. Engineers from the Ohio Department of Urban Mass Transit will assess feasibility while Chamber members weigh costs, maintenance, and subsidies.
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Chamber of Commerce
Wayne Goodsite
Ohio
Department of Urban Mass Transit
Richard Henderson
Planning Commission
Don Wise
Henderson
Edward Still
Wappler Instrument Co
Don Yassange
Don’s Coffee Corner
Norwalk
Ed Prack
K-H Drugs
Welfare Department
May Not Renew Cab Franchise In Norwalk
Norwalk cab franchise held by James Womack expires November 22. Womack says he may discontinue service due to weak business and potential mass transit plans. City officials deny subsidy talk and say cooperation continues. Womack notes possible price hikes if mass transit arrives. he plans a final decision near the deadline. Womack has run the firm since 1972 after 28 years with Willard Taxi Service.
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Norwalk Cab Company
Norwalk
James Womack
Womack
Wamack
Herbert Krogh
Willard Taxi Service
Nixon to be Hospitalized As Blood Clots Worsen
Richard Nixon is seriously ill with blood clots in his left leg and will be hospitalized within a few weeks, according to his daughter Julie Nixon Eisenhower, his lawyers, and Billy Graham. Lawyers also argued Nixon is too sick to depose next Tuesday in a federal case. Emmett Kay, the last known American POW in Southeast Asia, is freed by Laotian authorities and reunited with his wife Flora in Vientiane after 16 months in captivity.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Richard Nixon
Billy Graham
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
New York
Nixon
Vientiane
Emmett Kay
Southeast Asia
Kay
Flora
Laos
Ford pledges broadened food aid at UN session
President Ford told the United Nations General Assembly the United States will substantially increase food aid to hungry nations and join a world effort to establish an international food reserves system. He outlined four foreign policy pledges and said Rome would host a World Food conference in November.
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Helen Thomas
UPI
White House
United Nations
Ford
United States
United Nations General Assembly
Rome
China
Cuba
Cyprus
Middle East
Indochina
Shaker History Talk at Firelands Society Meeting
The Firelands Historical Society hosts a meeting at 8 p.m. at the Norwalk Senior Center with guest speaker Mrs. Suzanne Toomey from the Shaker Historical Society Museum discussing life in a 19th century Shaker commune. In North Fairfield the Huron County Republican Women meet at 7 30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall.
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Firelands Historical Society
Norwalk
Suzanne Toomey
Shaker Historical Society Museum
North Fairfield
Huron County Republican
American Legion Hall
Wilson Calls Election In Britain To Break Stalemate
Prime Minister Harold Wilson ordered a parliamentary general election for Oct. 10 as Labour seeks a new five year mandate to tackle Britain's economic crisis. The party vows socialist measures and state control of key industries still privately owned if victorious.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
Britain
Wilson
Labor Party
General Motors rotary engine to debut in Monza 2 plus 2
GM officials announce the rotary engine, with about 30 mpg fuel economy, will debut next spring in a squareback version of Chevrolet Monza 2 plus 2. Emission certification tests begin in October, with production starting this winter and introduction possibly in April.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors
Chevrolet
F. James McDonald
Newsmen
Billy Graham defends Nixon pardons says he will answer to God
Evangelist Billy Graham said President Ford was likely right to pardon Richard Nixon. He declined to judge Nixon, stating Nixon will ultimately answer to God for any crimes he may have committed as president.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ford
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Billy Graham
Graham
White House
Weather and vital notices from local area
Generally clear tonight with lows in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Thursday partly cloudy with a 10 percent to 30 percent chance of showers and highs in the lower 70s. Also includes marriage license applications for Dennis Schild and Karen Riedy of Norwalk, births in Greenwich and Milan, and the death of Esther D. Norman of Bellevue.
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Dennis J. Schild
Norwalk
Karen L Riedy
Rhodes Declines City Club Debate Over Scheduling
Former governor James A. Rhodes, seeking a third term, tells the City Club of Cleveland he cannot attend the November 1 debate with Governor John J. Gilligan. He suggests November 2 as an alternative but will not appear. Rhodes notes an empty chair debate would proceed without him, and criticizes the club’s handling while acknowledging the club’s invitation.
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Columbus
UPI
James A. Rhodes
City Club of
Cleveland
John J. Gilligan
Rhodes
Sidney Josephs
City Club
City
Josephs
Gilligan
Baltimore Woman Charges Oscar Gamble with Rape
A 21 year old Baltimore woman swore out a warrant charging Cleveland Indians left fielder Oscar Gamble with rape in a Lord Baltimore hotel room. Police said the incident occurred last Saturday night during the Indians stay in downtown Baltimore. Gamble denied the accusation calling it a frame up and said he would comment after speaking with his lawyer.
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Baltimore
UPI
Cleveland Indians
Oscar Gamble
Social Security
Woodlawn
Gamble
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Baltimore Sun
Brewers
Milwaukee
Norwalk Park Plans Stir Local Voting On Northside Gallup Ave
Voters split on a park commission proposal for a new northside Gallup Avenue park with playground and picnic facilities. Planners favor adding a soccer field track and tennis courts while residents debate timing and funding. A separate bus system question invites calls and votes by midnight.
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Norwalk
Surgeon Testifies on Rising Malpractice Insurance Costs
Mansfield surgeon Dr. Pasquale Test told a state Insurance Department hearing that malpractice suits rise as patients target big insurers for money. He noted his own policy jumped from 1,683 to at least 14,000 to secure coverage after his insurer dropped him in 1953.
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Test
Ohio
R. Crawford Morris
Cleveland
Morris
Aetna Insurance Co
George Linn
Huron County
Ohio Department of Health
Linn
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Mike Meinke
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GM Rotary
Howard C. Smith
Greenwich
F-T
Carl Ezell
Milan
Sandusky Memorial
Esther D. (Downing) Norman
Bellevue
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