Norwalk High Shake-Up Aims to Replace Poor Teachers
Norwalk High School faces reform under Supt. James Rubright who vows to replace poor teachers with better ones. Five nonrehires, three resignations, and a suspended speech teacher have sparked public furor as the district overhauls discipline and attendance policies. A new principal, Frank McDonald, has tightened control, and a detailed 30-item teacher evaluation system now guides performance with appeals and multi observer checks.
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Norwalk High
McDonald’s
Norwalk Teachers Association
Board of Education
Norwalk
Rlbright
Retired Gen Lucius Clay Dies at 80 in Cape Cod
Former Berlin Airlift mastermind and World War II Europe commander, Gen Lucius D Clay, dies at his Cape Cod home. Tragic accident at Squaw Valley ski tram leaves four dead and injures others as the car fell from the safety wire and tore through the roof.
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U.S
Europe
Cape Cod
Squaw Valley
Calif
Scotland Yard hunts two fugitives in Canada jump bail case
Scotland Yard issued an international alert for Joyce McKinney and Keith May after they fled bail, reportedly flying from Shannon to Montreal and Toronto aboard Air Canada flight 874. Two people matching their descriptions were seen. authorities said the pair failed to report to police as required.
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London
UPI
Scotland Yard
Canada
Sterilization grows as birth control method worldwide
A study shows 30 percent of married American couples rely on sterilization, with an estimated 160 million couples worldwide expected to use the method by 1985. In India and China two in ten couples rely on sterilization, while George Washington University Medical Center forecasts rising popularity.
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UPS
India
People’s Republic of China
George Washington University Medical Center
TRC Weather And Local Notices Chronicle Tuesday Outlook
Increasing cloudiness tonight with lows around 40. Showers and thundershowers developing Tuesday with highs near 60. Probability of precipitation 20 tonight and 60 Tuesday. Winds SE 10 to 20 mph tonight. Sunday temperatures 49 to 27. No Sunday precipitation. Sunrise 5 45, sunset 7 10. Marriage license applications listed for Gruey and Gahring, Slavik and Bollenbacher. Births and deaths noted including Katherine Pritt and Glen Hamilton. Danish astronomer Brahe note about golden nose following duel.
Plymouth Officer Crashes Car Killing Pedestrian In City
A Plymouth man Glen Hamilton, 38, was killed when a Plymouth police cruiser on an emergency run struck his car broadside at 10:30 p.m. Hamilton, returning home with pizza, died at the scene in front of his house. The cruiser crew, Ptl. Wilford Stover and Aux. Ptl. Dennis Laser, had minor injuries. The patrol report notes flashing lights and siren.
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Wilford Stover
Dennis Laser
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Stover
Wilford
Ohio
Tornado Kills 200 in Orissa and W. Bengal Cleans Out Villages
A weekend tornado tore through southeastern Orissa state about 100 miles west of the Bay of Bengal, killing at least 200 people and injuring 500 while leveling five villages in less than 10 minutes. Officials said about 1,000 residents in two villages are unaccounted for, and Calcutta in West Bengal also suffered damage.
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India
UPI
Orissa
Bay of Bengal
Bhubaneswar
Calcutta
West Bengal
Man Threatens Guests at Victory Inn Seizes Woman
A 27 year old man from Fostoria threatened to shoot patrons at the Victory Inn on Saturday and abducted a woman into a rear storage room. Police arrived at 3:30 pm, arrested him after entering the room. no weapon found. The hostage was released unharmed. He was sent to Tiffin State Hospital. charges pending.
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Victory Inn
Fostoria
Tiffin State Hospital
Lawmakers Battle Over 4 Litter Bills in Ohio House
In Columbus the Ohio House Energy and Environment Committee hears four litter bills amid steel industry and union opposition to three bottle bill proposals. Carney backs a tax funded litter control plan requiring litter bags in cars and boats, with local ordinances limited for five years. Brooks and Aveni oppose the measures.
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UPI
Ohio
Ohio House Energy and Environment Committee
Thomas J. Carney
Youngstown
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Steel Union
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Brooks
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
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Mental Health Board To Request Hearing In Norwalk
The Mental Health Society Board of Trustees plans a hearing tonight over alleged problems at the Norwalk Mental Health Center. President Marylous Griffiths says a March 4 resolution by the 648 Board of Mental Health and Mental Retardation requires agency reorganization. The contract allows a fair hearing, and the Society may consider suit if other options fail. The Society Board meets at 86 W Main St tonight at 8.
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Norwalk
Marylous Griffiths
Huron County Board of Mental Health and
Society Board
648 Board
Griffiths
Society
W. Main St
Murder By Contract Is Big Business In New York
New York City's special narcotics prosecutor Stirling Johnson says the $1 billion drug trade has spawned a contract murder industry with hitmen including women and children. He cites Harlem’s high drug-related murder rate and notes earnings rivals Fortune 500, while praising the Barnes case as proof of accountability in narcotics. Johnson spoke on WOR Radio Newsbeat.
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UPI
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Fortune Magazine
Leroy
Nicky” Barnes
Barnes
Mr. Untouchable
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Dean T. Slavik
Janis L. Bollenbacher
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Carol Keysor
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Darrean Walery
New London
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Janet Balduff
North Fairfield
Willard Area Hospital
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Rita Perkins
Katherine H. Pritt
Ceylon
Glen H. Hamilton
Harley ‘‘Bud” Penwill
Vermilion
Charlie W. Tedrow
Nova
United Press International
Echo Brahe
By Beverly Chapman
Highway Patrol
Jack Kegley
Main St
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