Norwalk Area Schools Prepare For 1978 79 Opening
Norwalk area districts brace for a new school year with tight budgets and stable enrollments. Benedict, League, Maplehurst and others invest in roofs and energy upgrades while Edison High faces crowded conditions. New staff, lunch prices steady, and an in-house publication planned to improve community relations.
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Norwalk
James Rubright
Rubright
Ned. S. Hubbell
Michigan
Rllbright
Dean L. Wise
League and Benedict School
Wise
Cleveland Council Faces Grand Jury Probe Over Bribery Claims
Up to nine Cleveland City Council members may be investigated by a Cuyahoga County grand jury starting Tuesday over bribery and misconduct in office linked to the Sebring Exhibit & Supply Co. Officials allegedly paid off council members to run carnivals in several wards dating back to 1974. The probe followed reports that Council President George Forbes accepted about 9,500 dollars in cash from Sebring owners.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cuyahoga County
FBI
Cleveland Police
Sebring Exhibit & Supply Co
Cleveland Press
Sebring
George Forbes
Carnival Company
Nitrites under review for meat and fish preservation
In Winterset Iowa UPI reports Agriculture Secretary Bergland says a U.S. Justice Department ruling next week could force nitrite bans or a slower reduction in use for pork beef and fish. He notes health concerns and botulism risk as key factors in USDA FDA plans. GM prices rise on 1979 models by about 4.1 percent to slow inflation.
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Winterset
Iowa
UPI
Justice Department
U.S. Agriculture
Robert Bergland
USDA
Food and Drug Administration
Bergland
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Weather And Local Notices For The Record
Weather outlook minimal tonight and Sunday with cooler temperatures and low precipitation. Marriage license applications list Walter Ball and Marian Ball both Bellevue, plus Wagner and Hasseman Norwalk. Births note two families in Willard and Norwalk hospitals. Deaths include Mrs Harry G Shuman and Mrs Alice Barnes. Also records the Dutch midget Pauline Musters as shortest verified adult.
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Walter Ball
Bellevue
Too
Marian Ball
Housekeeping
Robert Wagner
Norwalk
Carpenter
Jill Hasseman
Robert
Carolyn Smith
Willard
Fisher-Titus
Michael and
Christine Gross
Fisher- Titus
Garry and
Jean Barnett
Willard Area Hospital
Mas and
Francis Mitchell
Greenwich
Harry G. Shuman
New London
Alice Mabel Barnes
Bluffton
Pauline Musters
Record Price On Parker Fair Ends With Crash
The Huron County Fair wraps with a demolition derby at 8 p.m., grandstand admission $2. A large crowd attended the Junior Fair Livestock Auction with a record high bid for Rachel Smith’s 225-pound porker at $4.20 a pound to Hug Concrete of Norwalk. Reserve champion Steve Kluding sold to Stieber Implement Sales of Norwalk for $2.50 per pound. Pony pull results reported for lightweight and heavyweight classes, with 8,000 attendees on Friday and a hog calling contest and draft horse pull featured.
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Dick Garner
GA. Pickworth
Pickworth
Huron-Erie
Rachel Smith
Hug Concrete
Norwalk
Steve Kluding
Stieber Implement Sales, Inc
New London School District Seeks Two Ballot Levies
New London voters will decide in November on two levies totaling 3.4 mills to fund operating expenses and permanent improvements for three years. The 1.5 mill operating levy would raise about $37,500 annually for activities, while the 1.9 mill improvement levy could bring in about $47,000 yearly for building repairs, drainage, roofing, and handicapped accommodations. Superintendent Howard Dulmage outlined critical needs at New London and Fitchville schools, including sealing brick, drainage upgrades, roof repair, and a new storage shed, among others. The board also seeks legal advice from the Huron County prosecutor regarding land-use rights with village council.
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Benedict
League
Maplehurst
Bronson
Rubright
Creighton
Christ
Food Service
Monroeville
Huron County
New London
Howard Dulmage
Fitchville
Dulmage
New London School
Huron County Prosecutor
Village Council
Vatican cardinals favor Italian moderate pope candidate
Vatican sources report a tentative consensus among cardinals that the next pope should be Italian and a theological moderate like Paul VI. They foresee a fast conclave in the Sistine Chapel starting August 25 with about 101 participating cardinals and no real divisions, despite at least 20 named contenders.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Vatican
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter
Aloise Lorscheider
Brazil
Willard Board Special Meeting Called Over Sunshine Law
Willard Board of Education President Gene McEndree has called a special meeting for 6:30 p.m. Monday in the JHS conference room to review Judge Robert Smith's Wednesday ruling that the board violated the Sunshine Law and must not reassign students from Rheba Bennett School.
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Willard Gene McEndree
Willard Board of Education
Common Pleas
Robert Smith
Rheba Bennett
Memphis Police and Firemen Return to Work After Strike
Memphis police and firefighters returned to their jobs after weeks of labor strife over a new contract. Mayor Chandler lifted the curfew and National Guard units in Memphis began returning home as talks produced an agreement with the Police Association and International Firefighters Local. Police and fire pay increases are set to take effect by October 1979, with losses of five days pay for each striker and damages totaling 15,000 dollars split between the two unions.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Memphis
Wyeth Chandler
National Guard
Robert Walker
Memphis Police Association
International Firefighters Local
Chandler
National Guardsmen
Presley
Singer
David Baker
Police
NBC Store Grand Opening Sets 10 A M Thursday
NBC Store prepares for a grand opening of a 32 000 square foot addition costing 780 000 with 4 new fitting rooms Western Shop and pre teen department. Expansion funded by 700 000 in industrial revenue bonds and includes property improvements near Lais Road.
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NBC
Huron County Commissioners
Izadore Lichtesien
Leo
Nathan Lichtessen
Lais Road
Izadore Lichtessen
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Berlin
Milan
Edison High School
Charles Lindecamp
Richard Armbrust
Michael Richardson
Armbrust
Western Reserve
Kindegarten
Washington
State Department
U.S
Senate
Carl Carter
American Bankers Association
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bob Vertner
Parker
Fair
Raymond Lower
Millersburg
Jess Schlarb
Baltic
Charlie Kidd
Utica
Leo Swarey
St. Joe
Ind
Swarey
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