Frog Jump Contest Sees Ontario Frogs Victory
An Ontario Ohio imported frog won the Valley City Chamber of Commerce frog-jumping contest with an 18 feet 3 inch leap. Local entrant John Seamon 5, rode as jockey for the entry while Denise Kenney 11 encouraged Charlie C-T.
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Valley City Chamber of Commerce
Ontario
Ohio
John Seamon
James Seamon
Oak St
Medina
Denise Kenney
C-T
John Kenney
Charlie C-T
Charlie
Anti-Red mob burns Braga Communist HQ in Portugal
An angry mob in Braga Portugal surged through police and army lines and hurled Molotov cocktails at the Communist headquarters igniting the building. Police report unknown fates of inside occupants while a socialist said they escaped via a back door. Three injuries reported including one soldier. Marines earlier dispersed crowds with teargas and automatic fire.
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Lisbon
UPI
Braga
Portugal
New Rt. 2 Section to Open in Erie County
A 12 mile relocated Rt. 2 from Baumhart Road to Rt. 61 in Erie County is set to open two weeks from today. The project begun in 1972 includes three interchanges and will connect with a four lane high speed route toward Huron.
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Baumhart Road
Erie County
Huron
Donald J. Pease
D-Oberlin
Pease
Harold Reader
Ohio Department of Transportation
District 3
Ashland
Reader
Bob Whidden
Rt. 2
Whidden
Baumhar! Road
Rt. 60
A.J. Baltes Construction Co
Norwalk
Vermilion River
Rt. 61
Peirce Construction Co
Holland, O
Mosser Construction Co
Fremont
Sunnyside
Vermilion Road
Vermilion
Rts. 6
Betty Ford says she would not be fazed by Susan affair
Betty Ford describes herself as a liberated woman and says it would not surprise her if daughter Susan, 18, were to tell her she is having an affair. She calls premarital relations part of a free lifestyle and suggests it might reduce divorce. She also notes her children may have experimented with marijuana.
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Washington
UPL
Betty Ford
Susan
Ft. Smith
Ark
White House
Ford
Morley Safer
Mrs. Ford
CBS
60 Minutes
Susan Ford
Gilbert
Polkinghorn
Unicor
Flagging Car Decor Sparks Local Incident
James R. Wamsley of 508 Foster Ave. briefly lost control while working on rust spots on his 1966 Mercury Comet and decorated the vehicle for a bicentennial event, prompting a community response about safety and display.
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James R. Wamsley
Foster Ave
Twin Mars probe sets record cost and distance
The Viking mission launches from Cape Canaveral with two spacecraft aiming for Mars on a 505 million mile round trip. The project costs about 1 billion dollars to American taxpayers and aims to search for life, described as the most ambitious unmanned mission and crucial for future space programs.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
Mars
Florida
Red
Gerald Soffen
Viking
Soffen
Weather Update Cooler and Cloudy With Possible Showers
Partly cloudy tonight with a chance of showers or thundershowers in the early evening. Lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. West and east readings vary from the low 60s to the mid 60s. Tomorrow turns fair and cooler with highs in the upper 70s and low 80s.
Airport radio system deemed inadequate after fatal Lorain crash
Lorain County Regional Airport executives and a Unicom operator say the radio system cannot ensure safe landings. Two Cessna 150s collided during parallel approaches killing Benjamin Percy and severely injuring his instructor Charles Ingersoll. Patricia Gilbert survived with serious injuries. Unicom offers landing guidance rather than control, and pilots remain responsible for collision avoidance.
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Lorain County
Benjamin Percy
Lowell Ave
Lorain
Charles Ingersoll
Elyria Ave
Amherst
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Unicom
Dan Polkinghorn
Air Central Enterprises Inc
Polkinghorn
Ingersoll
Percy
Dancik
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Wamsley
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Robert Kraemer
Andy Young
Patricia Gilbert
Prospect St
Oberlin
Federal Aviation Administration
Robert Dancik
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