County park board seeks grants with bare bones budget
The reactivated Huron County Park Commission asked for 50 000 to start a program but received 2 500 already allocated and ideas on operating without a director. Commissioners urged grant seeking, village cooperation, and development of existing reservoirs like New London and Willard, with opposition to hiring staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron County Park Commission
New London
Willard
Municipal Park Board
Park Board
William Dauch
Patricia Lattig
Patrick Saunders
Thomas Carabin
Roy Palm
Maurice Smith
Norwalk
Greenwich
EPA recalls 430000 Pontiacs over air control systems
EPA ordered recall covering 1975 to 1978 Pontiac models including Catalina Grand Prix Firebird Le Mans and Bonneville. Breakdown shows 27000 ’79 engines 455 cubic inches 5000 ’76 350 cubic inches and 398000 ’77 and ’78 engines 350 or 400 c.i. models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Weather and life events snapshot from MLA area
The section reports considerable sunshine and clear nights with low 30s and highs in the 60s through Wednesday. It lists marriage license pairs from Norwalk and nearby towns, notes two deaths, and recalls a 1906 speed of horse traffic versus 1972 auto traffic averages in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
County settles lawsuit over bridge damage by truck
Huron County Commissioners accepted 5590 to settle a suit against Charles H. Ruffing after a tractor trailer damaged a Peru Section Line Road bridge. The county had claimed 13000 for a full bridge replacement costing 13000 to install a newer wider span. Prosecutor Hauser was authorized to dismiss the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron County Commissioners
Charles H. Ruffing
Monroeville
Peru
Ruffing
Arthur Poths
Richard Hauser
Davis-Besse near miss echoes Three Mile Island incident
A 1977 Davis-Besse valve failure at a nuclear plant in Ohio, built by Babcock and Wilcox, resembled the 1979 Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania. NRC notes warn gauges may misread. cooling pumps halted due to false readings as radioactive water flooded the containment floor. The Ohio event was less serious thanks to quick detection in the control room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
UPI
Three Mile Island
Wjz-Tv
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Davis-Besse
Toledo
Ohio
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
NRC
Babcock and Wilcox
WJZ
Washington
Psychologist and surgeon at New London Hospital under fire
The Cleveland Press reports New London Hospital in Huron County employs a felon psychologist and a surgeon who failed the Federation Licensing Exam in 1974. Dr Miklos Egyed faced censure for high charges, while psychologist Don McBride, jailed for Medicare fraud, continued treating patients and faced potential Medicare/Medicaid suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
UPI
New London Hospital
Cleveland Press
Huron County
Lorain County Medical Society
Miklos Egyed
Florida
Don W. McBride
Toledo
Illinois
McBride
Ohio
Walter Kummer
Underworld
Ohio Boys Town
Cuyahoga County Welfare Department
Highland Heights
Indicted executive becomes New London Hospital chief
Lawrence C. Plants, indicted for grand theft and unlawful government contract interest, joins as New London Hospital chief executive ten days after a grand jury indictment. The former board chairman and other Seminole associates face trial, while hospital officials say he did consulting work gratis and the indictment is not a conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
UPI
Lawrence C. Plants
New London Hospital
Cleveland Press
Plants
Ralph Perk
William Seawright
Terest
New London
Seminole Management Consultants, Inc
Seminole
Seawright
Regional Health Planning Council
Indicent
James Bender
Bender
Waterbury arms heist ends in arrests of two couples
Police arrest Lawrence Pelletier Jr and wife Evelyn and Donald Couture with their wives for the $1.9 million Purolator robbery that killed three guards. Most loot recovered including cash checks jewelry and guns. two M16 rifles used. three guards killed. two more arrests expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury, Conn
UPI
Connecticut
Lawrence Pelletier Jr
Evelyn ‘Vega
Pelletier
Waterbury
Donald Couture
Donna
Wallingford
Conn
A.m
Police Dept
John Connelly
Purolator
Edward T. Cody
Hartford
Leslie A. Clark
Plymouth
William West
Cromwell
U.S
Lufthansa Airlines
New York
Kennedy
Chicago
FBI
Norwalk Alcohol Center to elect new board members
The Alcohol Center council will hold its annual meeting at 7 30 p m in Shady Lane to elect new board members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Alcohol Center Council
Shady Lane
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County Park Board
New London Park Board
Russ Edgington
Carl Essex
Edgington
Park Commission
Carabin
Edward Still
North Star Council of Governments and Regional Planning Commission
Palm
Huron
Vermilion
Saunders
Dauch
Thomas Heydinger
United
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
Douglas A. Hainline
North Fairfield
Malinda A. Horning
Donald H. Granquist
Sandusky
Carol Harp
David Rogers
Jennifer Kiser
Loren J. Puckett
Darnell McDaniel
Daniel L. Jett
Susan A. Wyss
Mitchell K. Jason
Tonja S. Lykins
N. Fairfield
David J. Thomas
Bellevue
Martha A. Pipoly
Robert W. Windnagle
O.J
Jack) Eastman
Grove
Okla
Louise McGlone
Jennie L. Bracy
Hess Ee Ee Ee Society
Alice McKnight
Houston
Kimberly
Kummer
Elyria
Egged
New London Hospital Board of Trustees
Texas
Huron County Medical Society
Egyed
New Hospital
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