Belt Life Promotes Belt Use For 4th of July
Ohio expects 38 traffic deaths in the July 4 weekend, a reduction from 45 in 1968. Safety Director Warren C. Nelson says belt use could cut fatalities in half and notes none of the victims were wearing belts. The state adopts a Bells for Freedom Belts for Safety theme urging bell ringing at 2 p.m. on July 4 to honor the Declaration of Independence.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Warren C. Nelson
Nelson
Tims
Canoe Capsize Drowns Visitor At Findley State Park
A 19 year old from Inman South Carolina Marshall Hood died when a canoe capsized at Findley Park lake. His 20 year old host Donald Caruthers of North Ridgeville struggled to save him and nearly drowned. Hood had just graduated from Spartanburg Junior College. Funeral plans are pending.
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Inman
S.C
Donald Wayne Caruthers
Lear Nagle Rd
North Ridgeville
Ohio State Patrol
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Hood
Marshall
Milton M Caruthers
Donald
Rex
Spartanburg Junior College
Spartanburg
Limestone College
South Carolina
Perry Jark
Marie Hood
Mission Impossible for Women Drivers Probe
Sunday in The Chronicle features Norma Conaway and intern Jean Mlincek reporting on how much women drivers know about their autos with photos by Dick McKinley. The piece promises surprising, informed insights.
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Norma Conaway
Jean Mlincek
Jean
Dick McKinley
Chronicle
Violent storms sweep central regions with tornadoes and hail
A cold front from Kansas and Oklahoma triggered fierce thunderstorms across the eastern Great Lakes. Tornadoes touched down in Missouri and Oklahoma while winds exceed 80 mph hit Cleveland and 52 mph in Toledo. western Oklahoma saw nearly three inches of rain in two hours and hail the size of golf balls. A person in Buffalo was killed by lightning as storms spread from Michigan and Ohio into New York.
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Ohio
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Wichita
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New York
Buffalo
N.Y
Weather Outlook With Cooler Temperatures Ahead
Mostly sunny and a little cooler today and tomorrow. Highs in the 80s with a fair, cooler night and lows in the 60s. Westerly winds 10 to 15 mph today, then light and variable tonight and tomorrow. Sunset today at 9 05 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 5 50 a m.
Don’t worry about computers taking over
A playful remark suggesting that if machines become too powerful they could be organized into committees to manage their influence.
Space monkey Benny to orbit aboard Delta rocket
Benny a 3 year old male monkey will launch aboard a Delta rocket at 11 10 p m EDT to begin the longest space flight by a living creature. The mission aims to guide future manned expeditions and include behavioral tests and brain and heart implants to transmit data to earth during weightless exposure.
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Fla
Benny
Thailand
Earth
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Fresh South Vietnamese troops sweep near Ben Het siege
About 1500 fresh South Vietnamese troops launched new sweeps around the besieged Ben Het Special Forces camp to ease pressure. Viet Cong warned Ben Het would fall, promising a symbolic US defeat as heavy rocket and mortar attacks continued. US air strikes increased in response with bombers targeting enemy bunkers and supply routes from Laos.
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Ben Het
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Laos
Dien Bien Phu
Nixon names Egeberg as Finch aide
President Nixon named Dr. Roger Egeberg dean of USC School of Medicine as assistant secretary of Health Education and Welfare. The appointment awaits Senate confirmation after HEW head Finch withdrew John Knowles. Nixon also announced a trip to Romania in August after Southeast Asian stops, including a Hornet flight to greet Apollo 11 astronauts.
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University of Southern California School of Medicine
Ronald Ziegler
HEW
Robert H. Finch
John H. Knowles
Egeberg
Senate
Ziegler
U.S
Romania
mid-Pacific
Hornet
Ohio faces federal criticism over Lake Erie cleanup delays
Federal officials chastised Ohio for lagging behind pollution deadlines as 1969 1970 targets were moved to 1971 1972. Officials cited funding gaps and slow plant development while stressing hearings and possible court action for noncompliance. Cleveland was cited for May pipe break pollution.
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Ohio Pollution Board
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Edward Wiliams
Omo Water Development Authority
George H. Eagle
Ohio Department of Health
Interor
Carl Klein
Klein
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Akron man dies after Rt 18 car truck crash
An Akron rubber worker, Jesse D. Sewell, 52, died at Elyria Memorial Hospital from head injuries after a collision on Route 18 west of Wellington. His fishing companion Clinton Moore, 50, and truck driver Robert A. Fefs, 49, were cited in fair condition at Southern Lorain County Hospital. Sewell was pinned in the wreckage and transported by Wellington fire units. the auto veered left of center and struck the dump truck head on.
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Rt 18
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Moon St
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Clinton Moore
Wooster Ave
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Seville
Fair
Southern Lorain County Hospital
Elyria
State Highway Patrol
B. F Goodrich
Antioch Baptist Church
Ushers Club
Elyria seeks funds for Rt 57 extension planning
Mayor Leonard P Reichlin asks city council for 150000 to plan extending old Rt 57 into downtown Elyria. The request follows a prior 100000 proposal and aims to prepare construction plans for a route from Lorain Boulevard to Second and Third Streets, expediting downtown renewal.
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Old Rt. 57
Elyria
Leonard P. Reichlin
City Council
Rt. 57
Lorain Boulevard
Lodi Street
Turner Street
Europe
Tiger Woman Winnie Ruth Judd Captured in California
Winnie Ruth Judd known as the Tiger Woman was found in Martinez California seven years after escaping an Arizona mental hospital. Deputies traced a car to a Marian Lane alias used by Judd. She will be returned to Arizona after processing and Monday return.
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UPI
Winnie Ruth Judd
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Contra Costa County
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Judd
Walter Young
Winnie Ruth
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