Baby named Golden born on the Golden Gate Bridge
A couple’s baby was born in their car while crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. It was the first bridge birth in 31 years, so the infant was named Golden. Also noted are rail loudspeakers in Britain, a revival tent collapse in Rockford, Nixon's Missouri Waltz pledge, and headlines from Coventry and Kennedy Airport flight delays.
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United Press International
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Terry Brainard
Brainards
Golden
Rockford
Ill
Charles Young
Kennedy International Airport
New York
Europe
BOAC
London
Weather and local life notes from Norwalk area
Partly cloudy with little temperature change through Saturday and scattered showers. Highs in the 70s, lows 50s to 60s. Norwalk forecast shows 74 Thursday high and 60 Thursday low with no rainfall. Births list three new daughters and one son. marriages include Joe D. Jarrell and Elaine Moore.
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Norwalk
Joseph Phillips
Willard
Wade Eden
Area schools press for state aid reform in hearing
About 50 area educators urged Ohio legislators to adjust the new foundation school funding formula. Erie County schools superintendent Dr. W E Weagley warned the plan favors wealthier districts and inflates costs. Local superintendents from New London Western Reserve Monroeville and South Central urged changes. They cited rising salaries and cafeteria losses while districts still seek voter funding.
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Huron — Area
Ohio Assembly
W.E. Weagley
Erie County
House Education Committee
Ohio
Huron County
Ralph Brown
New London
Western Reserve
Monroeville
South Central
New Foundation
Fred Hadley
Weagley
Firelands
Bowling Green State University
Ethel Swanbeck
Walter White
Cochairmen
James Hagan
William Massey
Vernal Wright
New London Village
Plymouth Village
Townsend Township
Willard City
Steer Found After 10 Days At Huron County Fair
Max Opper of Peru recovered the thousand pound Hereford steer that escaped during the Huron County Fair on Sept 10. Opper plans to fatten and sell the animal after entry in 4 H, noting the loss of at least 100 pounds. Election details outline local and county ballot questions due Nov 5 including school bonds and levies across multiple districts.
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Max Opper
Peru
Huron County Fair
Fairgrounds
Opper
Dan Hopwood
Huron County
Norwalk
Police Department
Wall Street in Frenzy Over Francine Walk
A Brooklyn computer operator Francine Gottfriend sparked a Wall Street eruption as crowds swarmed near the New York Stock Exchange. Police estimate 5000 people gathered as photographers pushed to capture the moment while clerks and bystanders watched in astonishment.
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NEW York
UPI
New York Stock Exchange
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Francine Gottfriend
Brooklyn
BMT
Broad Street
Francine
City Hall
A Norwalk Housewife Fights City Hall Over Tax Plan
Mrs. Willard Bishman a 65 year old Norwalk housewife led a citizens protest against city income tax drawing 100 residents to a council meeting. The action delayed the proposal two months as a citizens committee studies city finances.
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Janet Conway
City Hall
Willard Bishman
Norwalk
Citizens Committee
Bishman
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British Railways
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Harry S. Truman
Nixon
Springfield
Truman
Coventry
England
Bremond College
Sui Hung Tang
Sui
Hong Kong
Birmingham
Ala
Five
Hoys
Donald Hainline
North Fairfield
Son
Joe D. Jarrell
Plymouth
Elaine Elizabeth Moore
By Dan Hopwood
Jack Meade
Huron City
Legislative Committee
Pat Opper
Berlin-Milan
Attica
Bellevue City
Bronson Township
Buckeye Central
Fairfield Township
Greenwich Village
Greenwich
Milan Village
Moscow
Soviet Union
NATO
Pravda
Red Star
Wall St. Agog
Board of Education
Sandusky
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