Medina United Community Chest Drives 66 950 Goal
More than 300 volunteers in Medina unite 23 requests into a single appeal for 66 950 to fund 23 health and welfare agencies. The drive is run by local volunteers with committee oversight and no capital expenditures allowed.
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Doris Kilbane Medina
Medina
United Community Chest
Frank Kraus
Cochairman
Medina City
Workman
Kraus
Medina Corporation
Khrushchev Buried In Modest Moscow Ceremony
Former friends and a small crowd attended Nikita Khrushchev’s burial at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. The Kremlin sent a wreath as rain fell. Sergei Khrushchev delivered the eulogy, noting mixed feelings about his father, while Ning Petrovna Khrushchev stood nearby. The service lasted about 30 minutes.
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David Nagy
Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Novodevichy
Sergei
Ning, Petrovna
A.m
Pravda
Nikita Sergeyevich
Communist Party
Alexei N. Kosygin
Soviet Union
Handicapped Offered Rehabilitation Help in Medina County
A Medina County Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation representative will be available each Thursday at the Medina County School System office at Elmwood and Friendship. Frank Rickett from Ashland will run the Medina office and keep Wooster duties, offering diagnosis counseling planning vocational training job placement and follow up. Services include artificial limb or hearing aid assistance and self or referred help from ministers doctors schools industries and welfare agencies. The bureau aids handicapped with employable prospects, and Rickett hopes to spend more time in Medina County as 160 local people are currently helped.
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Medina
Medina County
Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
Elmwood
Friendship
Frank Rickett
Ashland
Akron
Rickett
Wooster
Attica Prison Assault Underway As Guards Move In
State police and sheriff deputies storm Attica prison where 1000 inmates hold 38 hostages. Army helicopters circle the complex as tear gas is released amid an ultimatum from Oswald and Governor Rockefeller on high alert. One guard has died in the five day uprising.
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Attica
N.Y
API
State Correction
Russell G. Oswald
Oswald
Nelson A. Rockefeller
National Governors’ Conference
Puerto Rico
National Guard
Rockefeller
Citizens Commission
Gilligan Stresses Need for Federal Policy on State Modernization
Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan told the National Governors Conference that revenue sharing and welfare reform require a clear federal policy and stronger state management. He urged the Nixon administration to expand planning, transfer technology to states, and consider a White House office to enhance local governance. Gilligan also criticized Nixon's shifting economic stance and reiterated support for federal welfareization and tax relief for lower incomes.
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Gilligan
Nixon
White House
Meet the Press
Ohio
Ohio's Laura Lea Schaefer Crowned Miss America 1972
Laura Lea Schaefer of Ohio was crowned Miss America 1972 in Atlantic City. The 22 year old from Bexley answered questions on abortion premarital sex campus drugs and politics at a press conference after winning the title. She planned further appearances in King of Prussia and New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Fanto
Atlantic City
N.J
UPI
Laura Lea Schaefer
Ohio
Nixon
Columbus
Bexley
Bexley Plans Sign Change After Laurel Lea Schaefer Win
Bexley Ohio will replace the six city limit signs with a new inscription noting Laurel Lea Schaefer as Miss America 1972. Local officials call it a hometown celebration and anticipate a mid October homecoming with plans led by Mrs. Michael Herrel.
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Michael Herrel
Laurel
Herre
Highland Booster Club Opens New Concession Stand
Granger Highland Booster Club will open its new concession stand officially September 17 when the Hornets host Revere in the home opener. Clyde McDuffee is president and Robert Lorek manager with Bob Mooney handling coffee and popcorn. Joyce Lorek is cashier with B J Fuller and Joanne Scholz assisting. Monte Betts leads the Vo Ed students who run the stand assisted by Adeline Sabo.
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Granger
Highland Booster Club
Hornets
Revere
Clyde McDuffee
Robert Lorek
Bob Mooney
Joyce Lorek
B.J. Fuller
Joanne Scholz
Monte Betts
Adeline Sabo
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Chest Drive
Harry Workman
Wadsworth
Norman Rockwell
United Community Chest Drive
Otis Cronk
David
Catholic Social Service Bureau
Rockwell
Salvation Army
YWCA
Medina Pee Wee Football League
Rita Queen
Jeff Antal
Medina High School
Gazette
Bob Levandoski
Laura Lea Schaffer
America
King of Prussia
Philadelphia
New York City
Laurel Lea Schaefer
Kenneth McClure
Elaine
Laurie
Eleanor Schaefer
Franklin County
Charles
Mary Katherine Campbell
Marilyn Meseke
Marion
Jacqueline Jeanne Mayer
Sandusky
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ohio University
Athens
Boosters
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