Rhodes urged to order public hearings on Blue Shield rate hikes
Ohio lawmakers urged Gov. Rhodes to compel the Insurance Department to hold public hearings on Medical Mutual and Blue Shield rate increases or let them proceed in Cleveland within two weeks. They cited a February 18 filing that boosted rates for about 300,000 subscribers and questioned a May 1 effective date.
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Cleveland
UPI
James A. Rhodes
State Insurance Department
Medical Mutual
Blue Shield
Eckart
Butts
Insurance Department
Cleveland Orchestra Opens Latin American Tour With Two Encores
The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel performed to a full house in Mexico City, receiving two encores. Maazel signed autographs amid cheers and a fan kissed him as he prepared to depart.
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Mexico City
UPI
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel
Maazel
Frederic March Dies at 77 After Cancer Battle
Renowned actor Frederic March, aged 77, died Monday after a cancer illness. A two time Academy Award winner, March excelled on stage and screen from silent films to talking pictures and remained active in live theater throughout his career.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Frederic March
March
Talking Pictures
Weather brief and local notices from Norwalk area
Cloudy and cool tonight with low 30s. Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer highs upper 40s to 50s. Winds 5 to 10 mph. Monday high 45 low 29. Humidity around 75 at 7 am, 53 at 1 pm, 59 at 7 pm. Precipitation 0.01 inch. Births list include Lichoff Wakeman Hale Bellevue Wright Brown Allen with initials indicating birth outcomes. Deaths noted: Harry W. Allen 74 Zephyrhills Fla Harry E Kieffer 82 Willard Theodore L Campbell 76 rural Milan.
Huron County considers options for aging care home
A county survey asks residents to choose among a tax levy for a new home a joint project with a hospital or privatized operation. 85.1 percent oppose a privately run facility and urge a ballot decision while 14.9 percent favor voting.
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Huron County
Shady Lane
Gaumont
War Bride Seeks U S Evacuation for South Vietnamese Family
Norwalk wife Le Thi Chanh Myers, now a U.S. citizen, pleads for help to evacuate her mother and four sisters and brother from South Vietnam as President Ford warns 200,000 citizens are endangered if the Communists win. Her husband Alan Myers cites visa assurances but fears escape routes are shrinking. Judge Don J. Young Jr and Judge Clifford Brown helped speed citizenship to aid the effort.
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Janet Conway
Norwalk
Ford
le Thi Chanh
Alan Myers
Stoutenburg
South Vietnam
John Ashbrook
United States
Myers
U.S. Marines
Army and
Air Force Exchange Service
Home Savings and Loan Co
Bryan
Norwalk to Flash Amber Lights Longer to Ease Traffic
City officials announce extended amber flashing hours for most street lights starting Wednesday to improve traffic flow and save gas. Specific intersections and timing details show major streets flashing amber while side streets use red, with several lights remaining on full cycle through the night or adjusting Sunday hours. Local officials say the plan will be reanalyzed if issues arise.
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Norwalk
Wayne Goodsite
Melvin Shipley
Goodsite
Monroe Street
Whittlesey Avenue
Seminary Street
Benedict Avenue
Square
Milan Avenue
West Main
Pleasant Streets
West Streets
East Elm Street
League Street
League and Whittlesey Avenue
League and
League and Milan
Stubborn Till Thwarts Wakeman Store Robbery
A man armed with a long knife entered Matt's Carry Out in Wakeman around 5:25 p.m. He tried to pry the cash register but it jammed and he fled into woods off Butler Road. Police searched the area but did not locate him. The clerk's name was not released.
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Wakeman
Matt
Lyle Miller
U.S. 20
Butler Road
Wakeman Police
Gene Croxford
Huron County Sheriff's Department
Relief for Mortgages Seeks Aid for Unemployed Homeowners
The House passed the Emergency Mortgage Act by 321 to 21, sending it to the Senate. It would provide up to 500 million dollars over three years to cover up to 250 dollars monthly for unemployed or underemployed homeowners facing two months delinquency on their principal residence.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
City Council Meets Tonight in Chambers
The City Council convenes at 7 30 tonight in the council chambers. The Reflector publishes a seven page car care section sponsored by thirty six area merchants detailing money saving ideas.
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City Council
Council Chambers
Reflector
ERA Poses Hardship For Factory Women
Naomi McDaniel a General Motors factory worker from New Carlisle Ohio testified that ERA adoption would allow states like Ohio to lift weight limits on women who operate heavy machinery. She argued ERA favors office workers and would burden industrial women while lawmakers considered Texas ratification rescission with the committee deferring action for study.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Naomi McDaniel
New Carlisle
Ohio
Newspaper Guild’s and Teachers Union
Texas
Bill Hilliard
D-Fort Worth
Ray Hutchinson
R-Dallas
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Dennis Eckart
Euclid
Charles L. Butts
Rhodes
Harry Jump
Saigon
Hanoi
North Vietnam
U.S. Expeditionary Corps
U.S
Indochina
84Th Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Constitution Hall
America
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
John F. Kennedy
David W. Belin
Belin
Warren Commission
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Fredric March
John Lichoff
Good Samaritan
Timothy Hale
Clayton Wright
Bellevue
Richard Brown
Larry Allen
Harry W. Allen
Zephyr Hills
Fla
Harry E. Kieffer
Willard
Theodore L. Campbell
Milan
Vietnam
Young
Immigration and Naturalization Authorities
Alan
Bryan Joseph
Steven Jaworski
E. Main St
Miller
Novalke
Capitol
Constitutional Revision Committee
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