Iranian Embassy Trip Brings Narrow Escape for Norwalk Wrestlers
Norwalk athletes Matt Missey and Bobb Evans, part of a Lake Erie Amateur Athletic Union exchange, returned from a 13 day Iran visit near Tehran where civil unrest and heavy police presence framed matches at an Olympic training camp five miles from the city. Evans recalled soldiers near the U S Embassy and a teammate enduring a street disturbance. He described Iran as a country of fear rather than respect for police amid efforts to westernize.
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Norwalk
Matt Missey
Bobb Evans
Iran
Tehran
Missey
Evans
United States
Lake Erie
Amateur Athletic Union
Matt
U.S
Convicted killers escapees in fog. one captured at Ohio prison
Two inmates Cleo Vernon Keaton and Richard Tingler escaped the Southern Ohio Correctional Institution in heavy fog after sawing bars. Keaton, 41, was captured near the administrative offices, while Tingler, 40, remains at large. Authorities note both shared a cell prior to the breakout.
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Lucasville, Ohio
UPI
Southern Ohio Correctional Institution
S.M. Patterson
Division of Institutions
Columbus
Cleo Vernon Keaton
Pickaway County
Richard Tingler
Franklin County
Keaton
Patterson
Ohio Lottery sets August meeting for daily game vendors
Ohio Lottery Commission schedules August 28 session to review proposals for the new daily game. Director David R. Harbarger invites any company specializing in computer technology support systems and terminal hardware to attend the meeting in Columbus.
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Cleveland
UPI
Ohio Lottery Commission
Commission
Lottery
Ohio Lottery
David R. Harbarger
Weather and local life notes from Norwalk area
Clear tonight with a low near 60 then sunny midweek highs in the mid 80s. Winds southeast under 10 mph. Monday highs 75 low 52. Zero precipitation expected. Marriage licenses filed for Seidel and Kline, Klepper and Rogge. Births include Linton, Patchen, Evans, Hart, and Cook. Deaths listed for Klein, Franz, Crayton, and infant Timmans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene
Michelle Linton
Bellevue
Fisher-Titus
Robert
Sharon Patchen
Greenwich
Fisher- Titus
Jack
Mary Evans
Norwalk
Sandusky Memorial
Richard and
Teresa Hart
Earl and
Brenda Cook
Plymouth
Willard Area Hospital
Robert J. Klein
Willard
Olive A. Franz
Ann Arbor, Mich
Charles ( Leland) Crayton
Timmans
Terry
Margaret Timmans
States split on cousin marriages across the U.S.
A compact note highlighting that thirty states ban first cousin marriages while twenty allow them, with a contrast that reflects differing state laws from New Jersey to New York. This creates a sharp legal divide in family law and marriage eligibility.
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New Jersey
New York
Willard Board Votes to Close Rheda Bennett School
In a special meeting the Willard Board of Education voted 4-1 to close Rheda Bennett School. 106 students will be bused to other elementary schools. Emerson Neuman dissented, arguing for keeping the school open to limit class sizes. The move followed a judge's ruling that the June 5 closure was illegal due to Sunshine Law violations in two prior May meetings.
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Willard
Willard Board of Education
Rheda Bennett School
Emerson Neuman
Common Pleas
Robert W. Smith
Sunshine
Neuman
Danny Pauley
Tom Waggoner
Salisbury
Pat Sattig
New Haven
Richmond School
Richmond
Alva Cummings
New Elementary
Betty Weaver
George Henderson
Kheba Bennett
Bob Thornton
John Rosso
Supt. Salisbury
Rheba Bennett
Community Action Commission of
CAC
Weaver
Willard Bonds Rescinded For Discount Drug Mart Plan
Willard council voted 5 to 2 to rescind Aug 8 endorsement of $700,000 in industrial revenue bonds for a Discount Drug Mart project by Parviz Boodjeh. Opponents cited subsidy concerns and interference with private business. sentiment split among mayoral and council members. Norwalk area development groups canceled a related meeting. the action follows objections from local businessman Edward Prack and several council critics.
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Willard
Parviz Boodjeh
Independence
Ohio
Council
Huron County Commissioners
Boodieh
Willard Airport
U.S 224
Ohio 103
Chris McKinney
George Gaich
Richard Snook
Greg Emery
Richard Bower
Bower
Wade Eden
Tod Shininger
McKinney
Snook
Emery
Norwalk
Edward Prack
Prack
McDonald's
Krogers
Huron County Bank
Cardinals Ignore Charges Ahead of Vatican Conclave
Vatican officials and cardinals prepared for the weekend conclave to elect Pope Paul VI's successor amid denials of a sabotaging campaign. Corriere della Sera cited poisonous biographies of papabili and accusations against Cardinal Baggio and Cardinal Pignedoli. II Messaggero reported dossiers aimed at leading candidates have circulated quietly among cardinals.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Vatican
Milan
Corriere Della
Grand Orient Lodge
Rome
Messaggero
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Edward L. Ronders
Reflector Sports
Cros
Rhodes
EPA
ST. Clairsville, Ohio
Miami
API
Mel Fisher
Nuestra Senora de Atoche
William O. Mehrtens
Merhtens
Florida
Mehrtens
Marc Cairo
Benedict School
Paul
Pat Nash
Stacy Besseger
Paul Stafford
Boston
Congressional
Senate Commerce Committee
John F. Kennedy Federal
Munich
West Germany
Isar
Loisach
Bavaria
Bavarian
Ministry of Interior
Charles H. Seidel
Judith L. Kline
Steven R. Klepper
Sandusky
Sandra M. Rogge
Willard Board
Willard Council
Huron
Erie
Erie Counties
Sera
Papabili
Sebastiano Baggio
Sergio Pignedoli
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