Cleveland mayor stalls freeways amid interstate plan clash
Columbus dispatch quotes State Highway Director Masheter criticizing Cleveland Mayor Stokes for prioritizing other programs and risking about 400 million dollars in interstate routes. Masheter accuses politics in the mayoral race. US Senate member Young proposes cutting draftee service to 18 months reflecting 1969 realities. Four U S Air Force wives in Paris call on North Vietnamese delegates to locate missing husbands. no definitive replies given yet.
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Columbus
UPI
P.E. Masheter
Cleveland
Carl Stokes
Stokes
Masketer
Washington
Stephen M. Young
Dohio
Young
Paris
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnam
Paula Hartness
Gregg Hartness
Explosion rips through Commerce Dept offices in Federal Building
An early morning blast on the 40th floor of the U S Department of Commerce in the Federal Building is believed to be from a homemade bomb. Fire officials report the whole office is blown out but no injuries are expected. Detroits Chrysler to raise 1970 car prices by about 107 dollars per car average to lift totals by over 1 billion dollars.
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New York
UPI
U S. Department of Commerce
Federal
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
Soviet Hungary pronouncements chill hopes on Hanoi pressure
In Moscow and New York Soviet and Hungarian statements dampen expectations that Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko will back President Nixon's call for Hanoi to accept a negotiated end to the Vietnam War. Gromyko spoke before the General Assembly as Nixon urged UN members to press for a settlement.
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United Nations
UPI
Moscow
New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
Nixon
Hanoi
Gromyko
General Assembly
Assembly
U.N
Bank of America Branch Robbed by Phone in Santa Rosa
In Santa Rosa California a Bank of America branch was robbed of 1500 dollars by a telephone hoax. Branch manager Steven Vinella said a kidnap threat led him to remove cash from the till and place it in a bag near a mailbox five miles away. Police issued a bolo for two men in dark glasses in a dark car. Vinella's wife was unharmed.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
UPI
Bank of America
Steven Vinella
Vinella
Green Beret murder case two face murder charges
Saigon officials say all six men in a court martial will plead innocent. Captain Tom Young defends Captain Robert F. Marasco of Bloomfield New Jersey as one of the first to be tried for murder and conspiracy. Two released Green Berets may testify for the prosecution.
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Young
Weather forecast for Norwalk area with mild temps
Variable cloudiness tonight and Saturday with not so cool lows 50 to 55 and highs near 70. Chance of showers Sunday with 10 to 20 percent precipitation and light winds from northeast or east. Births list three new babies and two deaths reported for regional towns.
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Norwalk
Draft calls for 90 000 canceled in Nixon plan
President Nixon announced the cancellation of draft calls totaling 90 000 for November December and October 29 000 to be phased out in the final quarter. He warned Congress on a lottery draft and said he might order a random selection by executive decree if lawmakers do not act.
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UPI
Nixon
Congress
White House
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Pentagon
Vietnam
Norwalk Council weighs ambulance bids in closed session
Norwalk City Council will review five ambulance proposals including two from Norwalk Ambulance Service Inc. in a closed session. Estimated cost ranges from 50 000 to 85 000 per year for various contract lengths as members weigh one year versus multi year terms.
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Norwalk
William V. Mount
Norwalk Ambulance Service, Inc
Mount
Alliance Ambulance Service
Alliance
Coach Rental Inc
Findlay
Hospital Ambulance Service, Inc
Akron
Mansfield Ambulance Service
Mansfield
Optical illusion blamed in TWA plane crash at Cincinnati
A National Transportation Safety Board report links the 1967 TWA crash at Greater Cincinnati Airport to optical illusion. The Los Angeles to Boston flight aligned with river valley lights and misjudged altitude, leaving the aircraft 15 feet above the runway but 400 feet too high, killing 70 and injuring 12. The hilltop airport and nearby incidents were noted.
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National Transportation Safety Board
Boston
Ohio River
Ohio River Valley
River
City Police Crack Series of Burglaries
Norwalk police arrest Cordell Hunter Gregory Hunter and Sandra Clapp for a year long burglary spree. They claim six break ins are solved including three at the VFW Hall on Milan Avenue and other attacks on Jo and Eds Carry Out and West End Certified.
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Norwalk
Cordell Hunter
New London
Gregory Lynn Hunter
Sandra Pauline Clapp
Bank St
Sandra Clapp
VFW
Milan Avenue
Jo and
Whittlesey Ave
West End
W. Main St
Acheson disputes Post bra war editorial
Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson debunks a Washington Post editorial linking men to a bra protest. In a letter he argues the war between the sexes has grown from misused armor to seduction and asserts men view topless women as acceptable if demanded.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Acheson
Washington Post
Acheson
Post
Boadicea
Britain
Village Council Allows Police Chief to Live Outside Town
Greenwich Village council agreed to draft an ordinance permitting the police chief to live outside the village limits within one mile. Chief Jim Robertson requested the change after purchasing a home outside town. The council also finalized buying a gas eel for sewer cleaning to be used by the street department, delivery in two to three weeks.
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Greenwich — Village
Jim Robertson
Ohio Alumni Tour Bus Crash in Italy Injures 29
A tour sponsored by the Ohio State University Alumni Association had 29 members hurt when their bus crashed on the outskirts of Rome. Injured were treated at three Rome hospitals with two in serious condition. Names include Mrs. Louis Karlsberger and Rose Milonig of Columbus, plus Wilbur Bruner and Dr. James J. McConnel. The group departed Columbus on September 13 and planned to return on September 23 after a Florence visit.
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Rome
UPI
Ohio State University Alumni Association
Italy
Florence
Louis Karlsberger
Columbus
Rose Milonig
Wilbur H. Bruner
University of Rome
Bruner
Ohio State University
James J. McConnel
Coshocton
Ohio
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