Norwalk Athletic Fund Deepens Red Amid Rising Costs
The Norwalk City Schools athletic department faces a substantial deficit this year, with costs exceeding income by at least 5 469 dollars. Principal George Perry and Athletic Director Howard Hershey cite reserves and concessions, but projections show the program remaining in the red even after a 25 percent income rise and cost increases across football and girls sports.
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Rick Reif
Norwalk City
George Perry
Howard Hershey
Hershey
Evacuation signs mount as Vietnam crisis grows
Indications mount that a mass evacuation from Vietnam is being prepared with Adm Noel Gaylor making a secret flight to Saigon and directing evacuations in Cambodia. Troops of Cambodia flee to Thailand as Khmer Rouge clashes erupt on the border and Thai guards exchange sharp words with guerrillas.
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Washington
UPI
Vietnam
Pentagon
Adm
Noel Gaylor
U.S
Pacific
Saigon
Honolulu
Gaylor
Cambodia
Thailand
Khmer Rouge
Weather and public notices from Norwalk area
Partly cloudy tonight andTuesday with lows in the 30s and highs 60s to 65. 10 percent precip. Northwesterly winds light. Sunrise 6 39 sunset 8 14. Moon times listed. Marriage license applicants Kenneth Nickols and Lana Plankenhorn of Norwalk. Births to Ronald Cross Norwalk and Stephen Perdieri Willard. Deaths Ruth Huber 80 Berlin Heights and John Handmacher 91 Berlin Heights.
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Kenneth P. Nickols
Norwalk
Lana Kay Plankenhorn
Ronald Cross
F-T
Stephen Perdieri
Willard
Willard Area
Ruth Huber
Berlin Heights
John Handmacher
Voters weigh judge’s conduct and traffic light policy
Opinion line reports divided views on Probate Judge Thomas Heydinger and a city traffic light extension. Readers are urged to vote yes or no by midnight using listed phone numbers.
Taxpayers Foresee Financial Strain Over Shady Lane Closure
Huron County commissioners Maurice Smith Arthur Herner and Donald Robertson faced backlash over closing Shady Lane Home with residents to private facilities. Smith warned of steep future real estate tax increases tied to a 3.5 million bond for a new county home, potentially 50 percent or more for some properties.
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Huron County
Maurice Smith
Smith
Arthur Herner
Donald Robertson
Shady Lane
Willard Bishman
W. Chestnut
Bishman
Norwalk
Commissioners’ Office
Erie County
New London
Robertson
Herner
Salvation Army rejects Norwalk church funding request
Salvation Army headquarters in New York rejected a Norwalk appeal to fund the purchase of St. Peter Lutheran Church, offering a smaller amount from Cleveland instead. The church asks 55 thousand dollars, with Norwalk funds to cover part of the sum, while Capt. Wells says time is running out to vacate their current Norwalk space. Congressman John Ashbrook will speak in Norwalk on May 19 about the U.S. Constitution bicentennial.
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New York
Salvation Army
St. Peter Lutheran
Norwalk
Stanley Wells
Cleveland
St. Peter Church
East Main Street
Milan Avenue
John Ashbrook
Ashbrook
Huron Co
Thieu resigns as Saigon braces for cease fire talks
President Nguyen Van Thieu announces his resignation blaming U S aid delays for South Vietnam's ruined defense. He says power will pass to Vice President Tran Van Huong, with Lam likely to assume if Huong resigns, while Saigon faces a Viet Cong and North Vietnamese advance and new curfew.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
Thieu
National Assembly
Nixon
United States
Paris
Henry
Kissinger
Xuan Goc
Tran van Huong
Huong
Senate
Tran van Lam
Vietnam
Playful Sue Not Wanted in Wife Ad Draws 162 Replies
Metamora Michigan businessman Wayne Bennett placed a classified asking for a wife with no experience needed. The ad drew 162 replies from women across the country and dozens of phone calls as he weighs marriage after his first wife’s death. Bennett, 41, runs a real estate firm in Oxford and says dating is costly but advertising may shorten the search. He has rejected one respondent who signed herself Playful Sue.
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Metamora
Mich
UPI
Wayne Bennett
Oxford
Bennett
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
East Prairie
Michigan
Sue
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Norwalk Athletic Fund
Robert Hart
IBM
Detroit
Cadillac
D.A. Bell
Lone Star Cadillac
Dallas
New Wittenberg
Springfield, Ohio
William A. Kinnison
Wittenberg University
Kinnison
Lutheran Church of America
G. Kenneth Andeen
Dee Ee
Opinon Line
Thomas Heydinger
Ellen Burstyn
New York City
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