Freeman Baird Returns From Vietnam POW Ordeal
Fredericksville man William A. Baird, home from almost five years as a Viet Cong prisoner, was greeted by more than 3,000 people in Wooster. He carried $52,000 in back pay and bonuses which later vanished. At 23, he faces disability, a modest life with wife Debbie in Fredericksburg, and a government pension while recalling years of jungle hospitals and confinement.
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Fredericksburg
Ohio
William A. Baird
Wooster
Baird
Bill Baird
Artoy
Debbie
Elyria
Holmesville
Lony
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Spring training hints at early baseball start
The warm 65 degree high spurred Danny McDonald and Westley Cooper to pull baseball gloves from winter storage. Forecasters at Cleveland Hopkins Airport predicted highs in the 60s to near 70s through the weekend with a turn to 60s in Elyria and downtown. Ray Diederich noted yesterday’s 60 degree record set in 1961, while Colem bia Gas officials cited Elyria’s 60 degree reading. Danny McDonald, 12, and Westley Cooper, 11, are sons of local residents.
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Danny McDonald
Westley Cooper
Cleveland Hopkins
Sts
North Ridgeville
Ray Diederich
Elyria
Colembia Gas
Ohie
Danny
Robert McDonald
Riverdale
Westley
Ave
Gene Krebs
Soviet Leaders Claim Unmatched Strength and Peace Focus
At the 25th Soviet party congress in Moscow officials including Janos Kadar Todor Zhivkov and Leonid Brezhnev declare the USSR stronger than ever while stressing peace and detente. Alexandrov praises socialist growth, Castro says no revolutionary export, and delegates discuss unwavering power and peaceful aims.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Janos Kadar
Hungary
Todor Zhivkov
Bulgarian Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Anatoly P. Alexandrov
Ussr Academy of Sciences
Brezanev
Fidel Castro
Alexandrov
Brezhnev
Tass
Castro
Russia
Leonid Brezhnev
Church arsonist strikes again in Norwalk fourth fire hits church
Fire officials report definite arson evidence after a sofa in the First United Presbyterian Church on Fire lands Blvd was damaged by a fire yesterday afternoon causing 200 dollars in damage. Fire in the Youth Fellowship area was discovered in time to extinguish. The state arson lab report is awaited.
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Norwalk
Elmer McGuckin
First United Presbyterian Church
Firelands Blvd
Youth Fellowship
Frank Storch
McGuckin
Salvation Army
Ernsthausen
United Methodist Church
W. Main St
E. Main St
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Sal
Shirley G. Brown
First United Church
Elyria OSU leader survives ouster move
Ohio State University Undergraduate Student Government president Chris Kalis faced impeachment votes that failed to reach two thirds. Charges cited misuse of student government phones for personal calls, questioning about two wristwatch purchases for a now-defunct Student Discount Store, and dereliction of duty in selecting a girlfriend for a convention and attending key meetings. Kalis was not available for comment. The challenge to his leadership followed an earlier election dispute alleging bylaws violations.
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Columbus
Elyria
Chris Kalis
Ohio State University
Kalis
Lad T. Kais
Crestline Dr
Elyria Catholic High School
San Francisco
University Senate
Rick Theis
Chronicle-Telegram
Prosecutor says probe into Goodwin Marsico case continues
Lorain County Prosecutor Joseph Grunda states the Eddie Goodwin trial is not closed and investigations into the Goodwin Marsico matter proceed. A former Oberlin teacher identified as “The Professor” is tied to phone calls that funded Goodwin, amid a plea to receiving more than 150 in stolen tax funds and dismissal of related charges.
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Eddie Goodwin
Goodwin
Lorain County
Joseph R. Grunda
Goodwin-Marsico
Grunda
Marsico
Oberlin
Sandusky
Robert Gary
John D. Pincura
Marsho
Jonda
Gronda
Kenneth Gallatin
John Drenkin
Ken
Testi
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Mike Clary
William Baird
Debbie Baird
Tomerner
Wester
Wellington
Communist Party
Rome
By Cathy Hui
Vation Arty
Col
Elyria Osu
Rosemary Palmer
Chronicle-Telegram Bureau
Balis
Carolyn Bell
Alexander Smith
Office of Student Judicial Programs
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