County Board votes to close Shady Lane Home Sept 1
Huron County commissioners decide to phase out Shady Lane Home after 127 years. Residents and welfare workers will plan relocations. Gaumont Nursing Home owner William Dotson offers aid but no formal contract. Buildings to be repurposed, other options rejected.
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Janet Conway
Huron County
Shady Lane Home
Norwalk
William Dotson
Gaumont Nursing Home
Dotson
Shady Lane
Maurice Smith
Gaumont
Smith
Arthur Herner
Donald Robertson
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Herner
Robertson
Kenneth Reed
Erie County
Connally bribery trial heads for jury verdict
The fate of former Treasury secretary John Connally rests with a five man seven woman jury after Judge Hart orders jurors to hear bribery charges over alleged $10 000 payoffs from milk lobbyist Jake Jacobsen in 1971. If convicted, he faces up to four years in prison and a $20 000 fine.
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Washington
UPI
John Connally
United States
U.S. District Court
George L. Hart Jr
Connally
Treasury
Jake Jacobsen
Evacuation of Americans Underway as Saigon Crisis Deepens
U S officials organized a massive evacuation from Saigon on Ford orders with a time limit looming. Communist forces shifted heavy artillery into the Mekong Delta and used it to destroy a government naval transport. Maj Gen Homer Smith warned Americans that staying longer would make their exit harder.
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Saigon
UPS
Ford
U.S
Mekong Delta
Homer Smith
Vietnam
Weather Outlook and Local Births Deaths Report
Cloudy tonight with a chance of showers and thundershowers, higher Friday. Lows 40s, highs mid to upper 60s, 50 to 60 percent precip chance tonight and Friday. East to southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Agricultural note low humidity 55 percent, no rain today. Births Wayne Lenhart Norwalk boy. Deaths Ida B Wolfe 90 Greenwich Georgia Williams 74 Norwalk Alice Hamilton 67 Norwalk Lulu Witter 103 Norwalk.
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Ida B. Wolfe
Greenwich
Georgia L. Williams
Norwalk
Alice Hamilton
Lulu Witter
Reader letter discusses removing "obey" from vows
A Wednesday opinion asks readers whether the word obey should be dropped from marriage ceremonies. A Tuesday writer to Dear Abby suggested the change and readers weigh in.
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Abby
Huron County Board vote on Shady Lane Home closure faces two views
A survey presents 69.8 percent supporting equal obedience in marriage and 30.2 percent favoring traditional headship. Readers are urged to vote yes or no on the Shady Lane Home closure with provided phone lines and deadlines.
Phnom Penh Falls to Khmer Rouge End War With Bloodless Entry
Khmer Rouge troops entered Phnom Penh after a months long siege ending five years of civil conflict in Cambodia. Sihanouk suspended power while Khieu Samphan assumed leadership and called for calm as foreign nationals sheltered at the Royal Phnom Hotel. UK, US officials weighed impact as Saigon reacted with alarm to the Cambodian capitulation.
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Cambodia
International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva
Royal Phnom Hotel
United Nations
Red Cross
Tanjug
Peking
Norodom Sihanouk
Khieu Samphan
Khmer Rouge
Sihanouk
China
U.S
Saigon
Duong van
Big) Minh
Nguyen van Thieu
Judge dismisses Elinor Beck after 14 years in Huron Juvenile Court
Judge Thomas E. Heydinger discharged Elinor Beck chief deputy clerk of Huron County Juvenile Court. Beck a rural North Fairfield resident held the post since 1973 after 14 years as deputy clerk. A new chief deputy has not been named. Beck refused a resignation letter offered Monday. Heydinger would not confirm whether it was a firing or resignation. The dismissal follows months of unspecified discussions and workplace rumors.
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Elinor Beck
Huron County Juvenile Court
Thomas E. Heydinger
Beck
Fairfield
Robert W. Smith
General Division of Common Pleas Court
Heydinger
Bernice Nirode
New London
Nirode
Juvenile Court
Water main break shuts four houses on Pearl Street
A four inch water line break on Pearl Street disrupted service for about two and a half hours this morning. City officials say the break was reported around 6 45 a m and service was restored by 9 30 a m. Some backyards flooded but only a small area was affected, according to service director Melvin Shipley.
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Pearl Street
Shipley
Gould Talks Heat Up Strike Vote At Plant
Gould employees plan a strike vote if a new contract isn’t ratified by April 30 when the current pact ends. The union, meeting with about 150 workers, described negotiations as emotional while management called them normal. Wages start around 4 per hour with an average near 5, and about 250 workers remain at the plant.
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Gould
Dick Oddo
Bill Billens
Thomas Kessler
Billens
Four drug raids reported by Norwalk police
Norwalk police conducted four drug raids last weekend with one arrest reported. Detectives found marijuana in each case and seized material sent to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Fremont. A separate East Main Street search uncovered several dozen marijuana plants and chemical narcotics under analysis.
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Norwalk
Don Ratliff
David S. Mason
W. League St
N. Hester St
W. Seminary St
Ratliff
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Fremont
East Main Street
Dog Shot By Policeman Is Found Safe At Vet
The wounded dog linked to Norwalk incidents is alive and at a local veterinarian. Humane Society director Roselle Ward retrieved the dog from a trap behind L K restaurant, after police shot it last Thursday, and the animal is expected to recover in about two weeks.
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Norwalk
Roselle Ward
Huron County Humane Society
Huron County
L-K
Benedict Avenue
Gerald Kluding
Mrs. Ward
WLKR_ radio
Henry Timman
Boy Scouts
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