County morticians weigh exit from ambulance service
Funeral home directors in Huron County say they will likely abandon ambulance work in three to five years. They cite recruiting difficulties and potential county wide operations as reasons while urging centralization. Several directors across Willard Plymouth Greenwich Norwalk Bellevue Monroeville Willard New London Wakeman anticipate state and federal changes pushing them out.
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Huron County
Warren Lindsay
Fink Funeral Home
Willard
Lindsay
Central County
Earl McQuate
McQuate Funeral Home
Plymouth
McQuate
Shiloh
Richland County
C.A. Myers
Myers Funeral Home
Greenwich
Norwalk
Funeral Home
George Drake
Drake Funeral Home
Monroeville
Jerry Foos
Foos
Dennis Wohlever
Wohlever
Waters
Smith Funeral Home
Bellevue
Robert Harris
Harris Funeral Home
Harris
Carl Gerber
Gerber Funeral Home
Wakeman
James Eastman
Eastman Funeral Home
New London
Dog Bit Victim Sought as Rabies Shots Threaten
A stray small black and white beagle that bit 15 year old Dallas Smith at 8 p.m. Wednesday near 12 S Garden St remains unfound and could prompt a rabies shot regimen if not located by Monday. Norwalk police urge sightings call 668 4141.
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Dallas Smith
Corwin St
Smith
S. Garden St
Norwalk
Roy Smith
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Weather outlook and births and deaths from Norwalk area
Partly cloudy with warm temperatures and a chance of Saturday rain. Highs around 85 to 90, lows near 65 to 70. Norwalk high 89, low 62. Humidity mid day around 47 to 76 percent. No precipitation. Sunrise 6 35 am sunset 8 27 pm. Moon times listed. Births include Pridemore Willard daughter Swiger New London daughter Hicks Shiloh daughter. Deaths include Miller 70 Willard Dennison 90 Berlin Heights Zavatka 75 Norwalk Hicks 77 Ashland.
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Norwalk
William Pridemore
Willard
Thomas Swiger
New London
Eugene Hicks
Shiloh
Luther P. Miller
Mary Jane Dennison
Berlin Heights
Julia Zavatka
Opel Ruby
Ashland
Kennedy warns inflation will halve the dollar by 1980
Treasury Secretary David M. Kennedy warns that unchecked inflation could cut the dollar’s value in half by 1980. He cites intolerable inflation timing with a Philadelphia mint dedication and discusses taxes, profits, and consumer prices as part of the deteriorating long term economy.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Nixon
Kennedy
Philadelphia
Senate
Norwalk Faces New Ambulance Service Claim of Speed
Dennis Dible reports Jesse Byrd, an Ohio ambulance operator with five other services, pitches a fast 24 hour radio dispatched system with hospital and police radio links. Byrd wagers faster arrival than rivals by simultaneous calls to Norwalk and New London. He promises at least two ambulances and trained personnel to Norwalk.
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Dennis Dible
Jesse Byrd
Byrd
Ohio
Norwalk
Funeral Home
City Hall
New London
James Hile
U.S. Sen Church Questions Secret Thailand War Pact
Senator Frank Church pressed Defense Secretary Laird to reveal a five year old secret U S agreement with Thailand that could commit substantial American troops under Thai government command in certain circumstances. Fulbright cited the pact as signed by the U S military assistance group commander and approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Thailand
Frank Church
D- Idaho
Congress
Capitol Hill
Church
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Laird
U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group
Joints Chiefs of Staff
Britain to deploy 600 more troops to Northern Ireland
In Belfast authorities say Britain will fly 600 additional troops to Northern Ireland to restore order amid four days of Catholic- Protestant clashes. Casualties include 54 wounded and six dead with reports of escalating violence across Belfast and Armagh. Police fear further mobilization as fear of civil war grows.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Britain
England
Irish Free State
Armagh
Dr Blaiberg in serious condition at Groote Schuur
CAPE TOWN Dr Philip Blaiberg the world’s longest surviving heart transplant patient is in serious condition at Groote Schuur Hospital after a sudden deterioration. Medical sources said he was admitted Thursday. no bulletin has been issued and doctors will release further information after investigations.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
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