Levy defeats may shut down schools in Wellington
Lorain County voters rejected a 6 mill operating levy and approved a 2 mill building and ground rehab levy. If budgets fail to balance, Wellington Firelands and New London districts warned they may close or cut programs, with operation possible only until funds run out and likely new levies expected next year.
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Ellington
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Paul Dammeyer
Nixon lauds youth as protesters riot at awards dinner
President Nixon praised the competitive spirit of American youth at the National Football Foundation awards dinner inside the Waldorf Astoria while outside thousands of antiwar protesters clashed with police. At least 63 arrests occurred and police reported multiple injuries among officers and demonstrators.
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football Hall of
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Judge bars autopsy in Mary Jo Kopechne case ruling
A Pennsylvania judge denied a petition to exhumed Mary Jo Kopechne for an autopsy. The decision kept the case from inquest proceedings in Edgartown Massachusetts. The Kopechne family opposed the autopsy and welcomed the ruling.
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Massachusetts
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New Bedford
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Negro students seize building at Akron University
About 200 Negro students occupied Akron University’s administration building after a deadline passed on demands from the Black Students Union. The university and police were alerted. no injuries were reported. The students demanded control of the black studies program and segregated housing, which the university rejected.
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Knife linked to Oberlin stabbing found at scene
Police will mail descriptions of the assailant and the knife and glove to about 1,000 Oberlin College students along the route Janet Weiler took Nov. 29. They seek any clues to identify the attacker in the arboretum incident.
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Apollo 12 Clears Quarantine Early 18 Hours
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Richard Gordon and Alan Bean leave the Lunar Receiving Laboratory 18 hours early after a 17 day quarantine in Houston. They will return home ahead of the March 12 target for Apollo 13 as officials plan their first family reunions.
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New York
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Alan L. Bean
WASHINGTON
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Houston
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Douglas Ward
Miners reelect Boyle by seven to four
W A Boyle head of the United Mine Workers won a second five year term with 72 858 votes to 40 702 for Joseph A Yablonski. Yablonski said he would pursue legal action over alleged use of union money and personnel in the campaign.
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Weather: light rain tonight with cool lows near 34
Rain likely this evening with lows in the lower to middle 30s. Mostly cloudy and windy with little temperature change, highs in the lower 40s tomorrow. Friday should be fair with similar temperatures. Sunset at 4 58 p m and sunrise at 7 42 a m. High yesterday 4 degrees and low 36 in the evening.
Protests Block Army Poison Gas Shipments North West
Senators Magnuson and Hatfield urged the White House and Defense Department to halt Army plans to ship more than 700 railroad cars of mustard and nerve gases from Bangor Washington to the Umatilla Oregon depot. Magnuson wants safety measures enhanced before any movement while Hatfield urged Nixon to destroy the chemical weapons, citing the November pledge against first use. Shipments would start by January, moving by sea to Bangor then by rail 242 miles to Umatilla, amid renewed debate over former stockpiles and past incidents.
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